1BNP.MI
BuyUnloved QualityAI neutralBNP Paribas SA · Financial Services · France · $112.5B cap · $111K/day traded
EUR 83.17 +0.4% · close 23 Oct · scored 27 Oct
Unloved Quality: Strong and cheap; the market has not turned yet.
As of 27 Oct 2026, MoatMap's StockRank for BNP Paribas SA (1BNP.MI) is 74/100, ranked against 24,000+ stocks in 35 markets (Quality 51, Value 75, Momentum 42, each scored against its sector).
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BNP Paribas is the eurozone's largest bank, with retail networks in France, Belgium and Italy plus large investment banking and insurance arms. Higher-for-longer rates support net interest income and the shares trade at a discount to book value. Forward earnings estimates have edged down about 1.4% over four weeks, a collective discrimination lawsuit is threatened, and a diversified bank does not have the kind of moat or compounding runway that separates it from peers.
No clear trend: not near its 52-week low, and not in a steady uptrend.
Calmer than 77% of stocks we rank over the past year (28% a year).
How this is worked out
StockRank judges the business. The price check reads only the chart: it is the price side of the Momentum score, in words.
The rules: Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high. Finding a floor is no new low since. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average and within 15% of the high.
In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn like this one cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.
What it measures: day-to-day price moves over the past year, as a yearly figure, ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.
What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.
Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.
Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.
SCORE BREAKDOWN
FUNDAMENTALS
SECTOR PEERS
Closest peers in Financial Services, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of 1BNP.MI are excluded.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt Cap | StockRank | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1BNP.MI | BNP Paribas SA(you) | $112.5B | 74 | Buy |
| ISP.MI | Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. | $111.2B | 76 | Buy |
| UCG.MI | UniCredit S.p.A. | $120.9B | 75 | Buy |
| 601658.SS | Postal Savings Bank of China Co., Ltd. | $98.7B | 72 | Buy |
| USB | U.S. Bancorp | $92.8B | 72 | Buy |
| ITUB3.SA | Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A. | $117.3B | 68 | Buy |
| O39.SI | Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited | $102.0B | 67 | Buy |
| 600036.SS | China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. | $157.9B | 71 | Buy |
| 601998.SS | China CITIC Bank Corporation Limited | $73.4B | 71 | Buy |
| ICICIBANK.NS | ICICI Bank Limited | $105.4B | 60 | Hold |
Peer medians: ROE 10.2% · P/E 12.2x · Gross margin 70.5%
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