Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. SAN scored 72.0, BBVA scored 71.0 — SAN leads.
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SAN
Banco Santander, S.A.
Banks - Diversified · Financial strength
63Fin
$13.55 · $195.9B
fundamentals as of
Strength gap
9.0
BBVA leads
BBVA
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.
Banks - Diversified · Financial strength
72Fin
$26.43 · $145.4B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestBBVA12.1x
Fastest growthBBVA+0.5%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
SAN
BBVA
-0.5%D+
Rev
+0.5%C
13.2xB
P/E
12.1xB
13.1%B
ROE
18.9%B+
1.58B
P/B
2.29C+
2.1%B
Yield
4.1%B+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
The companies
SANBanco Santander, S.A.
Banks - Diversified · $13.55 · beta 0.94
Why now
Banks - Diversified · market cap $195.9b. 10% off the 52-week high of $15.05. PEG 0.90 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 3 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $14.79 (implying +9% upside).
Moat
Net margin 33% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 13% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. $195.9b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Balance-sheet financial — book value, net interest margin, and credit loss provisions are the lever points; a rates regime change or a deterioration in the loan book moves the stock more than EPS does.
BBVABanco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.
Banks - Diversified · $26.43 · beta 0.90
Why now
Banks - Diversified · market cap $145.4b. 11% off the 52-week high of $29.64. 3 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $27.53 (implying +4% upside).
Moat
Net margin 33% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 19% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. $145.4b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Duration mismatch — the asset and liability books reprice on different schedules; a rapid move in rates either direction can compress net interest margin before management can reposition.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Common questions
Is SAN or BBVA the better stock?
SAN scores higher: SAN 72.0, BBVA 71.0 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
How are SAN and BBVA scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.