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Italian (Borsa Italiana) Financials Sector Analysis

UpdatedMar 22, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies48
  • 7D1.5%
  • 3M26.1%
  • 1Y46.5%
  • YTD24.5%

UniCredit is up 1.2%, leading the way for the Financials industry, which has gained 1.5%. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 46%. Earnings are forecast to grow by 2.7% annually.

Sector Valuation and Performance

Has the Italian Financials Sector valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 23 Mar 2025€359.5b€166.9b€36.6b10.2x9.8x2.2x
Tue, 18 Feb 2025€332.3b€172.9b€35.4b9.5x9.4x1.9x
Thu, 16 Jan 2025€304.3b€170.1b€37.0b9.2x8.2x1.8x
Sat, 14 Dec 2024€293.2b€170.1b€37.0b9x7.9x1.7x
Mon, 11 Nov 2024€281.0b€170.2b€37.0b8.7x7.6x1.7x
Wed, 09 Oct 2024€276.1b€168.9b€35.2b8.4x7.8x1.6x
Fri, 06 Sep 2024€270.8b€168.9b€35.2b8.7x7.7x1.6x
Sun, 04 Aug 2024€252.6b€166.0b€35.1b8.5x7.2x1.5x
Tue, 02 Jul 2024€271.3b€178.0b€34.9b8.5x7.8x1.5x
Thu, 30 May 2024€274.5b€176.6b€34.9b8.9x7.9x1.6x
Sat, 27 Apr 2024€269.7b€174.4b€33.5b9.2x8.1x1.5x
Mon, 25 Mar 2024€260.6b€171.9b€33.1b9.3x7.9x1.5x
Wed, 21 Feb 2024€221.7b€190.0b€33.2b8.7x6.7x1.2x
Fri, 19 Jan 2024€228.6b€230.2b€32.1b9.3x7.1x1x
Sun, 17 Dec 2023€216.7b€230.2b€32.1b9.1x6.8x0.9x
Tue, 14 Nov 2023€218.1b€231.9b€31.9b8.7x6.8x0.9x
Thu, 12 Oct 2023€207.7b€227.8b€28.8b9.3x7.2x0.9x
Sat, 09 Sep 2023€202.6b€228.1b€28.8b9.8x7x0.9x
Mon, 07 Aug 2023€208.9b€220.8b€27.2b9.9x7.7x0.9x
Wed, 05 Jul 2023€202.9b€216.8b€26.1b11.3x7.8x0.9x
Fri, 02 Jun 2023€190.8b€216.8b€26.0b11x7.3x0.9x
Sun, 30 Apr 2023€198.3b€212.4b€22.5b11.7x8.8x0.9x
Tue, 28 Mar 2023€187.8b€212.7b€22.5b11.4x8.3x0.9x
Thu, 23 Feb 2023€194.4b€213.2b€22.5b10.3x8.6x0.9x
Sat, 21 Jan 2023€180.6b€206.9b€17.2b11.5x10.5x0.9x
Mon, 19 Dec 2022€165.5b€207.0b€17.1b10.9x9.7x0.8x
Wed, 16 Nov 2022€169.7b€207.0b€17.2b10.6x9.8x0.8x
Fri, 14 Oct 2022€153.7b€237.3b€18.9b9.4x8.1x0.6x
Sun, 11 Sep 2022€159.6b€234.9b€18.1b10.1x8.8x0.7x
Tue, 09 Aug 2022€161.5b€236.5b€19.2b9.8x8.4x0.7x
Thu, 07 Jul 2022€153.8b€250.0b€17.2b9.6x8.9x0.6x
Sat, 04 Jun 2022€178.6b€250.2b€17.2b10.5x10.4x0.7x
Mon, 02 May 2022€177.3b€251.1b€18.8b10.5x9.4x0.7x
Wed, 30 Mar 2022€191.2b€217.8b€18.8b10.3x10.2x0.9x
Price to Earnings Ratio

10.2x


Total Market Cap: €191.2bTotal Earnings: €18.8bTotal Revenue: €217.8bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Italian Financials Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 8.3x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the Italian Financials industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 9.8x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 8.3x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 1.1x is lower than the industry's current PS ratio of 2.2x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Financials industry have grown 33% per year over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have declined 8.4% per year.
  • This means that less sales are being generated overall, but since cost of doing business is lower, profits have been increasing.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Italian Financials sector?

IT Market0.87%
Financials1.49%
Consumer Finance21.77%
Diversified Financial2.42%
Banks1.38%
Insurance1.38%
Capital Markets0.73%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Consumer Finance industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 45.9x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 22.5%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 32.0% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Banks industry, although it looks like investor sentiment has improved given that it's trading above its 3-year average of 7.7x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Consumer Finance industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 23% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings decline of 32% per year.
  • In contrast, the Capital Markets industry is expected to see its earnings growth to stay flat over the next few years.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
UCG UniCredit€53.311.2%
+€950.2m
58.7%PB1.3x
G Assicurazioni Generali€32.501.7%
+€825.7m
40.1%PE13.2x
MB Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario€17.864.8%
+€669.6m
33.2%PB1.3x
BMPS Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena€7.605.5%
+€501.4m
82.8%PB0.8x
ISP Intesa Sanpaolo€4.830.6%
+€480.1m
46.5%PB1.3x
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