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Nordea Bank Abp (HLSE:NDA FI) Valuation Check After Strong Multi Year Shareholder Returns

Simply Wall St · 3d ago

Why Nordea Bank Abp (HLSE:NDA FI) just drew investor attention

With no single headline event driving Nordea Bank Abp (HLSE:NDA FI) today, investor focus is instead on how the bank’s recent share performance and current valuation metrics might align with its earnings profile.

See our latest analysis for Nordea Bank Abp.

At a share price of €16.21, Nordea’s 16.67% 90 day share price return sits alongside a 59.80% 1 year total shareholder return and 244.31% 5 year total shareholder return, suggesting momentum has been building over time.

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With Nordea trading at €16.21 against a €15.65 analyst target, but with an estimated 38% intrinsic discount, is the market mispricing the bank or already factoring in its future growth story?

Most Popular Narrative: 3.5% Overvalued

With Nordea Bank Abp trading at €16.21 against a narrative fair value of €15.65, the current price sits slightly above that central estimate.

Nordea is investing heavily in digital capabilities (including technology, data, AI, and cybersecurity) and seeing strong, rising digital channel usage. This positions the bank to leverage increased digitalization, drive cost efficiencies, and expand customer reach, which is likely to benefit future net margins and customer-driven fee income.

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Want to see what kind of revenue path and margin profile this assumes, and why a higher future P/E is baked in? The full narrative lays out the earnings, fee income and share count assumptions that underpin that €15.65 fair value, plus how a relatively modest discount rate ties those cash flows back to today.

Result: Fair Value of €15.65 (OVERVALUED)

Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.

However, this hinges on Nordic economic resilience and contained legal outcomes, as weaker regional growth or heavier money laundering penalties could quickly challenge those optimistic assumptions.

Find out about the key risks to this Nordea Bank Abp narrative.

Another View: Market Ratios Paint A Richer Picture

While the narrative fair value of €15.65 suggests Nordea is only slightly overvalued, the current 11.6x P/E is higher than both the European banks average of 11x and the peer average of 10.3x, and also above its own 10.8x fair ratio.

That gap means you are paying a premium compared to similar banks, with less of a margin for error if earnings or sentiment soften. The question is whether Nordea’s business strengths and buybacks justify that richer multiple, or whether patience might be the better option.

See what the numbers say about this price — find out in our valuation breakdown.

HLSE:NDA FI P/E Ratio as at Jan 2026
HLSE:NDA FI P/E Ratio as at Jan 2026

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