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Singaporean (SGX) Financials Sector Analysis

UpdatedFeb 21, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies25
  • 7D1.8%
  • 3M7.5%
  • 1Y39.2%
  • YTD5.4%

The Financials industry is up 1.8% in the last week, with DBS Group Holdings up 2.3%. Meanwhile, Singapore Exchange actually underperformed within the industry, shrinking 5.9% in the last week. In the last 12 months, the industry was up 39%. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 3.2% annually.

Sector Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 21 Feb 2025S$298.1bS$52.4bS$26.1b11.5x11.4x5.7x
Sun, 19 Jan 2025S$285.1bS$51.8bS$25.4b10.7x11.2x5.5x
Tue, 17 Dec 2024S$286.4bS$51.8bS$25.4b10.7x11.3x5.5x
Thu, 14 Nov 2024S$275.0bS$51.7bS$25.4b10.7x10.8x5.3x
Sat, 12 Oct 2024S$251.9bS$50.3bS$24.7b10x10.2x5x
Mon, 09 Sep 2024S$254.3bS$57.7bS$25.6b9.9x9.9x4.4x
Wed, 07 Aug 2024S$235.0bS$57.2bS$25.4b9x9.2x4.1x
Fri, 05 Jul 2024S$261.1bS$56.4bS$25.0b10.4x10.4x4.6x
Sun, 02 Jun 2024S$249.5bS$56.4bS$25.0b9.9x10x4.4x
Tue, 30 Apr 2024S$240.9bS$55.6bS$24.7b9.9x9.8x4.3x
Thu, 28 Mar 2024S$232.5bS$55.5bS$24.6b9.5x9.4x4.2x
Sat, 24 Feb 2024S$221.6bS$61.9bS$24.9b8.7x8.9x3.6x
Mon, 22 Jan 2024S$214.6bS$61.5bS$24.8b8.7x8.7x3.5x
Wed, 20 Dec 2023S$214.2bS$61.7bS$25.0b9.3x8.6x3.5x
Fri, 17 Nov 2023S$217.7bS$61.7bS$25.0b10x8.7x3.5x
Sun, 15 Oct 2023S$223.4bS$60.5bS$24.2b10.4x9.2x3.7x
Tue, 12 Sep 2023S$220.9bS$60.5bS$24.2b10.4x9.1x3.7x
Thu, 10 Aug 2023S$226.9bS$62.9bS$25.7b12.4x8.8x3.6x
Sat, 08 Jul 2023S$208.8bS$57.2bS$22.3b12.5x9.4x3.6x
Mon, 05 Jun 2023S$209.7bS$57.2bS$22.3b11.2x9.4x3.7x
Wed, 03 May 2023S$218.4bS$54.2bS$20.4b12x10.7x4x
Fri, 31 Mar 2023S$222.4bS$54.2bS$20.5b11.9x10.8x4.1x
Sun, 26 Feb 2023S$225.9bS$54.2bS$20.8b12x10.9x4.2x
Tue, 24 Jan 2023S$225.8bS$53.1bS$18.6b12.2x12.1x4.3x
Thu, 22 Dec 2022S$225.4bS$53.1bS$18.7b11.9x12.1x4.2x
Sat, 19 Nov 2022S$228.9bS$53.9bS$19.2b11.6x11.9x4.2x
Mon, 17 Oct 2022S$210.6bS$51.7bS$17.9b11.6x11.7x4.1x
Wed, 14 Sep 2022S$218.8bS$51.8bS$17.9b12.2x12.2x4.2x
Fri, 12 Aug 2022S$220.0bS$51.9bS$18.0b11.4x12.2x4.2x
Sun, 10 Jul 2022S$204.6bS$56.1bS$17.6b11x11.6x3.6x
Tue, 07 Jun 2022S$213.1bS$56.1bS$17.6b11.4x12.1x3.8x
Thu, 05 May 2022S$226.6bS$56.2bS$17.7b11.9x12.8x4x
Sat, 02 Apr 2022S$232.0bS$56.1bS$17.8b12.4x13x4.1x
Mon, 28 Feb 2022S$224.6bS$56.0bS$17.9b12.5x12.6x4x
Price to Earnings Ratio

12.6x


Total Market Cap: S$224.6bTotal Earnings: S$17.9bTotal Revenue: S$56.0bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Singaporean Financials Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 10.6x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the Singaporean Financials industry at the moment, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates to remain steady.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 10.6x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 4.2x is lower than the industry's current PS ratio of 5.7x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Financials industry have grown 13% per year over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have declined 2.2% 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 Singaporean Financials sector?

SG Market0.77%
Financials1.83%
Diversified Financial8.42%
Banks2.18%
Insurance1.43%
Consumer Finance1.06%
Mortgage Finance0%0
Mortgage REITs0%0
Capital Markets-3.03%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Capital Markets industry, which is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 17.0x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 6.9%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 63.4% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Capital Markets industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 6.9% over the next 5 years.
  • However this is lower than its past earnings growth rate of 63% per year.
  • In contrast, the Banks industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 3.0% per year over the next few years.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

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

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
D05 DBS Group HoldingsS$46.624.0%
+S$5.1b
51.6%PB1.9x
O39 Oversea-Chinese BankingS$17.731.9%
+S$1.5b
32.6%PB1.4x
U11 United Overseas BankS$38.380.8%
+S$534.9m
35.9%PB1.4x
YF8 Yangzijiang Financial HoldingS$0.566.6%
+S$121.8m
71.2%PE13.4x
S68 Singapore ExchangeS$12.800.9%
+S$117.8m
33.8%PE20.9x
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