Macro Bank (BMA) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Banco Macro S.A. is an Argentine financial institution headquartered in Buenos Aires and listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BMA. The bank provides banking and financial services to individuals, small and medium-sized businesses, corporate customers and public-sector entities throughout Argentina.

Its offerings include deposit accounts, personal and commercial loans, credit and debit cards, insurance, investment and cash-management products, foreign-exchange services and electronic banking. Banco Macro serves customers through a network of branches, automated teller machines and digital channels.

The company traces its origins to 1976, when it began as a financial company, and later expanded through acquisitions and the development of a nationwide banking franchise. Banco Macro completed its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange in 2006. Its business remains focused primarily on the Argentine market, with an emphasis on retail banking, regional economies and small and medium-sized enterprises.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $62.15 to $66.11
• 50-Day Range: $62.67 to $79.30
• 52-Week Range: $56.52 to $106.15
• Volume: 488,897 shs
• Average Volume: 337,971 shs
• Market Capitalization: $4.21 billion
• P/E Ratio: 14.43
• Dividend Yield: 5.56%
• Price Target: $101.25
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Macro Bank Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Macro Bank scored higher than 98% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 49th out of 847 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Macro Bank has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.75, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 5 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Macro Bank has a consensus price target of $101.25, representing about 53.5% upside from its current price of $65.96.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Macro Bank has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 29.46%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Macro Bank are expected to grow by 29.46% in the coming year, from $8.35 to $10.81 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Macro Bank is 14.43, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 41.31.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Macro Bank is 14.43, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 23.37.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Macro Bank has a PEG Ratio of 0.30. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Macro Bank has a P/B Ratio of 1.01. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.29% of the float of Macro Bank has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Macro Bank has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.4, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Macro Bank has recently increased by 50.54%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Macro Bank is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.55%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Macro Bank does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Macro Bank is 80.31%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Macro Bank will have a dividend payout ratio of 33.95% next year. This indicates that Macro Bank will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Macro Bank has a news sentiment score of 0.96. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.59 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Macro Bank this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

2 people have searched for BMA on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Macro Bank insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

18.34% of the stock of Macro Bank is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Macro Bank has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/20/2026
• Today: 10/24/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/25/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: Regional Banks
• Current Symbol: NYSE:BMA
• CIK: 1347426
• Web: www.macro.com.ar
• Phone: +541152226500
• Fax: 54-11-5325-5641
• Employees: 8,490
• Year Founded: 1978

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Macro Bank: $101.25
• High Price Target: $132.00
• Low Price Target: $85.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +53.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.75
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $4.57
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 14.43
• Forward P/E Ratio: 7.90
• P/E Growth: 0.3
• Net Income: $231.60 million
• Net Margins: 5.95%
• Pretax Margin: 10.08%
• Return on Equity: 8.65%
• Return on Assets: 2.04%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.26
• Current Ratio: 1.10
• Quick Ratio: 1.08

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $4.72 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.89
• Cash Flow: $7.26 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 9.08
• Book Value: $65.53 per share
• Price / Book: 1.01

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 63,900,000
• Free Float: 52,181,000
• Market Cap: $4.21 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.37