Shares of Nordea Bank , the Finnish lender, have been labeled "too cheap to ignore" by investment bank Berenberg.
Net interest income – earned through the differences in rates offered to savers and borrowers — grew 7% year-on-year to 3.86 billion euros.
"Trading on only 7.5x our [financial year] 2025 earnings — an 8% premium to the sector — we think Nordea is too cheap to ignore.
However, the Berenberg analyst believes that Nordea's net interest income is relatively resilient, noting that "the market still underappreciates Nordea's [net interest income] stability, in our view, which contrasts favourably to that of more rate-sensitive Nordic peers."
The analyst also said that recent challenges, including a slight miss on second-quarter net interest income expectations or a modest cost increase, should not deter investors.
Persons:
—, Frank Vang, Jensen, Hugh Moorhead, Banks, Moorhead
Organizations:
Nordea Bank, Moorhead
Locations:
Helsinki, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, U.S, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Moorhead