BBVA Banco Francés S.A., together with its subsidiaries, provides financial services to small and medium enterprises, and individual customers in Spain, Mexico, South America, the United States, Turkey, and rest of Eurasia. The company offers current, checking, and savings accounts, as well as demand and time deposits. It also provides personal and auto loans, and mortgages; loans to the public sector and local financial institutions, and short-term loans to companies, as well as overdraft lines of credit, discounted instruments, real estate mortgage loans, collateral loans, consumer loans, credit card loans, pre-financing and export financing, and short-term placements in foreign banks. In addition, the company offers fire, mixed family and comprehensive, civil liability, theft, personal accidents, umbrella life, debtor balances, funeral services, and other insurance coverage products; investment fund and pension fund management services; and stock exchange brokerage services. Further, it provides financing for the acquisition of new and second-hand Peugeot and Citroën vehicles through pledge loans, receivables from financial leases, and other financial products and in supplying services associated to the purchase, maintenance, and insurance coverage of motor vehicles; and secured loans for the purchase of VW, Audi, and Ducati new or second hand vehicles, credit through operating leases, and other financial products and services, as well as engages in security trading, investment banking, and other authorized operations. As of December 31, 2017, it operated a network of 251 retail branches, 15 in-company branches, 1 points of sale, and 2 point of express support, 797 ATMs, 822 self-service terminals, a telephone banking, and Internet banking services. The company was formerly known as Banco Francés S.A. and changed its name to BBVA Banco Francés S.A. in October 2000. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Buenos Aires, the Republic of Argentina.
Industry, Sector and Symbol
Stock Exchange NYSE
Industry Commercial banks, not elsewhere classified
Sub-IndustryN/A
SectorFinance
SymbolNYSE:BFR
CUSIPN/A
Phone54-11-4346-4000
Debt
Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.22
Current Ratio1.15
Quick Ratio1.14
Price-To-Earnings
Trailing P/E Ratio9.11
Forward P/E Ratio9.88
P/E GrowthN/A
Sales & Book Value
Annual Sales$1.83 billion
Price / Sales1.36
Cash Flow$1.1495 per share
Price / Cash10.57
Book Value$7.71 per share
Price / Book1.58
Profitability
EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$1.14
Net Income$234.24 million
Net MarginsN/A
Return on Equity21.07%
Return on Assets2.67%
Miscellaneous
Employees6,082
Outstanding Shares204,220,000
Market Cap$2.48 billion
