Stock Research: Absa

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Absa

JSE:ABG ZAE000255915
83
  • Value
    9
  • Growth
    74
  • Safety
    Safety
    87
  • Combined
    69
  • Sentiment
    67
  • 360° View
    360° View
    83
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Company Description

Absa Group Limited is a financial services company offering retail, business, corporate, investment banking, insurance, financial services, and wealth management products. It operates in retail banking, business banking, and corporate and investment banking. The company operates mainly in South Africa. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $8728 million and 36779 employees. Revenue and profit data are unavailable.

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Analysis

ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 83 (better than 83% compared with alternatives) for 2025, overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Absa are very positive. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with all but one indicator above average for Absa. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 87, which means that the share price of Absa is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means the stock price is lower than for 87% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Growth Rank has a good rank of 74, which means that the company experiences above-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth, as well as stock returns. In addition, professional market sentiment is above average compared with other stock investment alternatives with a Sentiment Rank of 67. But the company’s financing is risky with a Safety rank of 9. This means 91% of comparable companies have a safer financing structure than Absa. ...read more

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The higher the 360° View, the better the stock performed against its peers, considering all metrics. The 360° View represents an average of the other 5 ranks and is then scaled to a rank from 1 to 100. The shaded values are illustrative only.
Last update: 21-Aug-2025.

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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
87 87 89 83
Growth
74 13 5 75
Safety
Safety
9 12 11 19
Sentiment
67 57 19 29
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83 24 3 53
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
62 55 89 92
Opinions Change
65 42 5 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 99 37 9
Market Pulse
8 15 16 20
Sentiment
67 57 19 29
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
87 87 89 83
Growth
74 13 5 75
Safety Safety
9 12 11 19
Combined
69 14 9 77
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
81 77 81 84
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
83 76 91 77
Price vs. Book (P/B)
60 56 65 60
Dividend Yield
94 88 94 84
Value
87 87 89 83
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
34 44 41 44
Profit Growth
75 19 30 90
Capital Growth
83 11 25 23
Stock Returns
59 69 9 83
Growth
74 13 5 75
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
48 34 38 30
Refinancing
32 41 50 56
Liquidity
6 18 15 32
Safety Safety
9 12 11 19

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