Banco Santander (BME:SAN) is back on many investors’ radars after record quarterly profits, a multi billion euro capital return plan and continued progress on its ONE Transformation program.
See our latest analysis for Banco Santander.
The recent record profit and capital return plan come on top of a 90 day share price return of 20.33% and a one year total shareholder return of 129.89%. This points to strong momentum that has carried through both short and longer time frames.
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With record profits, a multi billion euro capital return plan and strong recent share price gains, the key question now is whether Santander’s current valuation still leaves room for upside or if the market is already pricing in future growth.
Against Banco Santander’s last close of €10.25, the most followed narrative points to a fair value of €9.53, implying a modest valuation premium at today’s price.
The analysts have a consensus price target of €7.997 for Banco Santander based on their expectations of its future earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors. However, there is a degree of disagreement amongst analysts, with the most bullish reporting a price target of €9.5, and the most bearish reporting a price target of just €5.8.
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Result: Fair Value of €9.53 (OVERVALUED)
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However, this outlook still depends on more stable conditions in key markets and effective technology execution. Loan quality issues or setbacks in the transformation could quickly challenge it.
Find out about the key risks to this Banco Santander narrative.
Analysts currently see Banco Santander as about 7.5% overvalued at €10.25 against their €9.53 fair value. Our DCF model tells a different story, with a fair value of €12.64, which puts the shares around 18.9% below that estimate. Which valuation appears more realistic to you?
Look into how the SWS DCF model arrives at its fair value.
SAN Discounted Cash Flow as at Jan 2026
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Companies discussed in this article include SAN.MC.
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