Danske Bank (DNKEY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Danske Bank A/S is a major Danish banking group headquartered in Copenhagen. The firm traces its origins to the 19th century and has grown through mergers and organic expansion into one of the region’s largest financial institutions. Its shares are primarily listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen, and American investors may encounter the bank’s ADR trading on the U.S. over-the-counter market under the symbol DNKEY.

The bank provides a broad range of financial products and services across retail, commercial and institutional segments. For individual customers it offers deposit accounts, savings and investment products, mortgage lending, consumer loans and payment services. For corporate and institutional clients the bank supplies cash management, trade finance, lending and structured finance solutions, capital markets access and treasury services. Complementary offerings include asset management and wealth advisory services for private and institutional investors.

Operatively, Danske Bank serves customers across Denmark and the wider Nordic region and maintains a presence in several other European markets, including the UK, Ireland and the Baltic countries. In recent years the group has also been the focus of regulatory scrutiny and remediation efforts related to historical control weaknesses, prompting changes to compliance frameworks and governance. The bank continues to pursue its core strategy of serving retail and corporate customers in its home market and neighboring countries while strengthening risk controls and digital service delivery.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $28.95 to $29.13
• 50-Day Range: $25.26 to $29.21
• 52-Week Range: $20.16 to $29.41
• Volume: 36,908 shs
• Average Volume: 58,120 shs
• Market Capitalization: $47.34 billion
• P/E Ratio: 12.84
• Dividend Yield: 5.45%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Danske Bank Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Danske Bank scored higher than 95% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Danske Bank has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.86, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 4 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Danske Bank has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 7.42%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Danske Bank are expected to grow by 7.42% in the coming year, from $2.29 to $2.46 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Danske Bank is 12.85, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.57.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Danske Bank is 12.85, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 29.33.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Danske Bank has a P/B Ratio of 1.82. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.00% of the float of Danske Bank has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Danske Bank has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.25, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Danske Bank has recently decreased by 87.71%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

Danske Bank is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.52%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

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

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Danske Bank is 69.91%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Danske Bank will have a dividend payout ratio of 64.23% next year. This indicates that Danske Bank will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.37

News Sentiment

Danske Bank has a news sentiment score of 1.37. 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 0.81 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Danske Bank this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Danske Bank to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: N/A
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Institutions

Danske Bank has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/17/2026
• Today: 8/14/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/30/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:DNKEY
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.danskebank.com
• Phone: (453) 344-0000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 19,709
• Year Founded: 1871

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.26
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.84
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.67
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $3.49 billion
• Net Margins: 40.85%
• Pretax Margin: 54.48%
• Return on Equity: 13.80%
• Return on Assets: 0.63%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 8.09
• Current Ratio: 1.76
• Quick Ratio: 1.76

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $8.61 billion
• Price / Sales: 5.50
• Cash Flow: $2.12 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 13.69
• Book Value: $15.94 per share
• Price / Book: 1.82

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,631,630,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $47.34 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.61