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Metric 2025 Data 2024 Data P/E Ratio 6.16x (at ₱74.00 price) 6.56x Book Value ₱203.16 ₱187.17 9M EPS ₱12.08 ₱11.29 Full Year EPS ₱15.72 ₱14.85 2025 4Q EPS ₱3.64 ₱3.56 YoY Earnings Performance YoY Earnings Value (Increase): +₱0.65 Billion (Total Net Income: ₱11.85 Billion) YoY Percentage Growth: +5.8% Security Bank reports 22% revenue growth, builds reserves for resilience Security Bank delivered 22% revenue growth in 2025 to P66.9B, powered by strong core banking and a 26% surge in pre-provision operating profit. Net income rose 3% to P11.6B as the bank nearly doubled credit reserves to strengthen its balance sheet.Read more

Bank of the Philippine Islands is pushing harder into everyday lending and fast-growing digital channels, which could make it earn more from each customer and rely less on traditional branch banking. But that same shift brings bigger risks from missed payments, tech problems, and rising competition for deposits.Read more

Bank of the Philippine Islands is pushing deeper into digital and community-based banking to bring in new customers and cheaper deposits, while growing higher-yield consumer lending. The catch is that this shift could also raise bad-loan and compliance risks, making the path to steadier profits less straightforward than it looks.Read more

Union Bank of the Philippines is coming out of a major integration, and the idea is that with the heavy lifting done it can shift attention back to growing everyday lending and fee-based services. The flip side is that loan trouble and a still-bumpy digital arm could keep profits under pressure if they don’t improve as expected.Read more

Bank of the Philippine Islands is leaning harder into digital tools and higher-yield consumer and small-business lending, but rising bad loans and heavier tech and outsourcing bills could eat into what shareholders take home. See why this cautious view says the bank may grow, yet still struggle to turn that growth into stronger profits if credit quality and costs don’t improve.Read more

Key Takeaways High exposure to consumer lending and integration challenges from recent acquisitions increase credit and operational risks, potentially undermining earnings and efficiency gains. Intensifying fintech competition and slow middle-class growth may restrict long-term revenue opportunities despite digital expansion and regulatory support for financial inclusion.Read more

Key Takeaways UnionBank's digital focus, ecosystem partnerships, and first-mover advantage in financial inclusion position it for sustained market leadership and superior long-term growth. Operational efficiency, automation, and expanding addressable markets are set to drive margin expansion, recurring revenue, and returns outperforming industry peers.Read more