Riyad Bank
TADAWUL:1010 · Tadawul · Banking
Riyad Bank is one of Saudi Arabia’s largest banking groups, providing financial services across retail banking, corporate banking, treasury, investments, digital banking, payments, financing, and capital markets-related…
Current price
SAR 19.15
▼ −SAR 0.38 (1.95%) today
Share price
Live market dataET&A View
ET&A sees significant upside from the current price with an attractive risk/reward profile.
Riyad Bank is one of Saudi Arabia's stronger large banking franchises, combining a sizeable domestic deposit base, good asset quality, strong capitalisation and returns on equity around 16%.
Why we like it
- Profits are growing fast (+12%).
- High returns on shareholders' money (14% a year).
- Sales are growing quickly (+6% a year).
What worries us
- The share price has been weak recently.
Business Health
Is the business financially healthy?
Yes — healthy
Revenue, earnings and profitability stand out.
Overall
- Growth Strong
Revenue
SAR 17.3bn · ↑ +6% last year
- Growth Strong
Earnings
SAR 10.0bn · ↑ +12% last year
- Strong
Profitability
Earns 14% a year on shareholders' money
- Not rated yet
Capital strength
Its cushion against losses
- Yield Strong
Dividend
5.4% yield · Pays out 42% of earnings · covered 2.4×
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Our full viewET&A's complete thesis — why we hold the view we do.Members
Riyad Bank is one of Saudi Arabia's stronger large banking franchises, combining a sizeable domestic deposit base, good asset quality, strong capitalisation and returns on equity around 16%. Earnings growth is being…
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See our full reasoning, what could drive the shares higher or go wrong, our Fair Value and Preferred Entry, and how our view has changed.
- Our View in full
- What could drive it higher / go wrong
- Fair Value & Preferred Entry
- How our view has changed
What could drive it higher — and what could go wrongThe catalysts and risks we are watching.Members
Valuation discussionWhere today's price sits, and how it compares with the company's own history and its peers.Members
Financial and earnings trendsSales, margins, profit, earnings per share and cash, year by year.
Reported annual results, newest first · Market data. “Growth” is the change in sales on the year before.
| Year | Revenue | Growth | Operating margin | Net income | EPS | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | SAR 18.4bn | +6.4% | — | SAR 10.4bn | SAR 2.47 | −SAR 25.9bn |
| FY2024 | SAR 17.3bn | +9.5% | — | SAR 9.3bn | SAR 2.26 | SAR 8.6bn |
| FY2023 | SAR 15.8bn | +18.2% | — | SAR 8.0bn | SAR 1.94 | −SAR 8.9bn |
| FY2022 | SAR 13.3bn | — | — | SAR 7.0bn | SAR 1.74 | SAR 701m |
Who it suitsStrategy suitability and investment style.
Long-term investors who want growth and income
Also suits: Investors who want a mix of growth and stability
How it compares with peersOther companies we cover in Banking.
- State Bank of IndiaSBIN
ET&A sees significant upside from the current price with an attractive risk/reward profile.
- Capitec Bank Holdings LimitedCPI
ET&A sees significant upside from the current price with an attractive risk/reward profile.
- Standard Bank Group LtdSBK
ET&A sees significant upside from the current price with an attractive risk/reward profile.
- Wells Fargo & CompanyWFC
ET&A sees significant upside from the current price with an attractive risk/reward profile.
Compare Riyad Bank with any company → The model’s own peer calculations are in the Research View.
What the company doesThe full company profile.
Riyad Bank is one of Saudi Arabia’s largest banking groups, providing financial services across retail banking, corporate banking, treasury, investments, digital banking, payments, financing, and capital markets-related services. Headquartered in Riyadh, the bank serves individuals, businesses, corporates, government entities, and institutional clients, with a strong domestic franchise and a growing role in supporting Saudi Arabia’s financial and economic development.
Riyad Bank’s strength comes from its scale, corporate relationships, retail banking platform, digital investment, and exposure to Saudi Arabia’s long-term transformation under Vision 2030. Its business is closely tied to household banking, corporate lending, infrastructure finance, payments, trade, treasury activity, and government-linked economic projects. This makes Riyad Bank one of the most important financial institutions in the Kingdom, with exposure to domestic credit growth, private sector expansion, and the wider development of Saudi capital markets.
Banking · Saudi Arabia
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Financial statementsEvery published figure with its source, the market snapshot and connected sheets.
Income
- Revenue
- SAR 17.3bnMarket data
- Gross profit
- SAR 17.3bnMarket data
- Operating profit (EBIT)
- SAR 11.9bnCalculated
- Net income
- SAR 10.0bnMarket data
- Earnings per share (EPS)
- SAR 2.50Market data
Growth
- Revenue growth, latest year
- Good6.4%Calculated
- Revenue growth, 3-year average
- Strong11.3%Calculated
- Earnings growth, latest year
- Strong11.7%Calculated
- Earnings growth, 3-year average
- Strong14.0%Calculated
- Revenue growth, latest quarter vs a year earlier
- 3.0%Market data
- Earnings growth, latest quarter vs a year earlier
- 2.2%Market data
Margins & returns
- Gross margin
- Below Average0.0%Market data
- EBITDA margin
- 0.0%Market data
- Operating margin
- Excellent68.6%Market data
- Net margin
- Excellent61.1%Market data
- Return on equity (ROE)
- Strong13.9%Market data
- Return on assets (ROA)
- 2.1%Market data
Cash flow
- Operating cash flow
- −SAR 27.7bnMarket data
- Free cash flow
- −SAR 25.9bnMarket data
- Free-cash-flow margin
- Weak−149.3%Calculated
- Free cash flow ÷ net income
- −2.6×Calculated
Balance sheet
- Cash
- SAR 35.3bnMarket data
- Total debt
- SAR 54.4bnMarket data
- Net debt
- SAR 19.2bnMarket data
Shares & dividends
- Shares outstanding
- 3.98bnMarket data
- Market capitalisation
- SAR 76.3bnMarket data
- Dividend per share
- SAR 1.05Market data
- Dividend yield
- Strong5.4%Market data
- Payout ratio
- 42.0%Market data
- Market data — the live feed (Yahoo Finance)
- Calculated — worked out by ET&A from the figures shown, using the formulas in our methodology
Other published figures
- Price / Sales
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- Price / Book
- Members
- Forward P/E
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Market data
LiveAs of 14 October 2026
- P/E Ratio
- 7.66x
Valuation multiplesP/E, forward P/E, EV/EBITDA, Price/Sales and FCF yield — today and at Fair Value.Members
Standard ways of comparing the share price with the company’s earnings, sales and cash. Tap the “i” for what each one means.
| Measure | Today | Source |
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| Forward P/E | Members | |
| EV/EBITDA | Members | |
| Price/Sales | Members | |
| FCF Yield | Members |
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Other published measures
- Price / Book
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Historical dataValuation history, how our view has changed, and the share-price history.
Share-price history
Use the 5Y and Max ranges on the price chart at the top of the page.
ForecastsWhat analysts expect — market consensus, not ET&A estimates.
Forecasts
- Forward EPS (next year, consensus)
- SAR 2.89Market data
- Expected EPS growth, next year
- Below Average−1.5%Market data
- Expected revenue growth, next year
- 2.5%Market data
Forecasts are market consensus or calculated from forward EPS — not ET&A estimates, and they can be wrong.
MethodologyHow ET&A values a company and reaches a view.
How we value Riyad Bank
- 1. The right method for the business. Each business is valued on the method that suits its economics — earnings for most companies, book value and returns for banks and insurers, cash flows or dividends where earnings mislead.
- 2. What the business deserves. ET&A builds a fair multiple from the company's own quality, sustainable growth, earnings predictability and risk. History, peers and the market are checked against it, but they don't set it.
- 3. Fair Value. The earnings (or other basis) per share multiplied by that fair multiple, cross-checked against independent methods.
- 4. Preferred Entry. A price below Fair Value that leaves room for the return ET&A requires for the company's risk.
- 5. Is it expensive? Today’s price is placed on ET&A’s Valuation Attractiveness scale — the same measure the ET&A Score uses. Cheap is the Preferred Entry; above Fair Value the shares are Expensive, and Very Expensive once they are more than 25% above it.
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Read the full ET&A methodology →How we reach a view
The ET&A View combines our assessment of the business with where today’s price sits against our Preferred Entry and Fair Value. It is a considered judgement, not a mechanical score.
- Business quality
- Financial performance
- Growth outlook
- Debt and financial strength
- Valuation
- Risk
- What could drive it higher
- Buy
- ET&A sees significant upside from the current price with an attractive risk/reward profile.
- Accumulate
- ET&A likes the company but would prefer investors to build exposure gradually.
- Hold
- ET&A sees limited reason to buy aggressively or sell at the current price.
- Reduce
- ET&A believes the current valuation or risk profile makes a smaller position more appropriate.
- Sell
- ET&A believes the downside risk materially outweighs the potential return at the current price.
ET&A Score: ET&A's overall assessment of business quality, valuation, growth and risk, out of 10. It weighs business quality, financial strength, growth, valuation, risk, future prospects.
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Scoring calculationsBehind the ET&A Score and the Business Health ratings.
Behind the ET&A Score
The automatic, rules-based scores that feed our research. The ET&A Score blends these with our own analysis of the business and its value. How the framework works →
ET&A Quant Score
Thin margins · Soft
Context — not part of the score
- Valuation multiplesInexpensive
- Share-price steadinessModerate volatility
- IncomeHigh yield
Valuation and share-price swings describe the shares, not the company, so they are judged in the ET&A Score and View instead.
- Annualised volatility
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- Max drawdown (1y)
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- 12-month return
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- 3-month return
- Members
- P/E
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- Price / Sales
- Members
- Dividend yield
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Based on the factors that could be measured (30% of the model).
Business Health ratings
Each area is scored from 0 to 10 on ET&A’s methodology scales — the same ones our research uses — then given a word: Excellent from 8.5, Strong from 7, Good from 5.5, Average from 4.5, Below Average from 3, Weak below 3. The overall answer is the average of the areas we could rate (at least three); the dividend isn’t part of it.
| Area | Based on | Score | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue |
Rated on 3-year average revenue growth, on ET&A's growth scale. | 7.3 / 10 | Strong |
| Earnings |
Rated on 3-year average earnings growth, on ET&A's growth scale. | 7.8 / 10 | Strong |
| Profitability |
For banks and insurers ET&A judges profitability on return on equity (and cost ÷ income where known), not sales margins. | 7.6 / 10 | Strong |
| Capital strength | Needs equity and total assets to rate. For banks ET&A measures capital as equity ÷ assets, on its bank capital scale. | — | Not rated |
| Dividend |
Dividend yield on ET&A's income scale. Not part of the overall health rating. | 8.3 / 10 | Strong |
| Overall | Average of the 3 rated areas | 7.6 / 10 | Strong |
ET&A's scales
Where each band starts on the scales above. They are fixed and identical for every company we cover; they come straight from ET&A’s methodology, so a company is judged the same way here as in our research.
| Measure | Excellent | Strong | Good | Average | Below Average | Weak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GrowthStructural Growth (Fundamental Conviction) | 18%+ | 10%+ | 5.0%+ | 1.7%+ | −2.5%+ | below −2.5% |
| Operating marginCompetitive Position (Fundamental Conviction) | 29%+ | 20%+ | 13%+ | 7.5%+ | 0%+ | below 0% (loss) |
| Net marginEarnings Durability (Fundamental Conviction) | 23%+ | 15%+ | 9.8%+ | 6.0%+ | 0%+ | below 0% (loss) |
| Free-cash-flow marginCapital Allocation (Fundamental Conviction) | 15%+ | 8.5%+ | 3.8%+ | 1.3%+ | −2.5%+ | below −2.5% |
| Net debt ÷ EBITDAStructural Risk (Fundamental Conviction) | net cash | ≤ 1.5× | ≤ 2.8× | ≤ 3.6× | ≤ 5.0× | above 5.0× |
| Return on equity (banks & insurers)Bank and insurer quality | 16%+ | 12%+ | 9.0%+ | 6.7%+ | 2.7%+ | below 2.7% |
| Equity ÷ assetsBank capital | 7.5%+ | 6.0%+ | 4.7%+ | 4.0%+ | any | — |
| Dividend yieldIncome factor (ET&A Quant Score) | 5.8%+ | 4.0%+ | 2.5%+ | 1.8%+ | 1.0%+ | below 1.0% |
Band floors: Excellent 8.5 · Strong 7 · Good 5.5 · Average 4.5 · Below Average 3 (scores out of 10). Utilities and property companies’ structural debt is scored 6.5, as in ET&A’s risk model.
Valuation model outputsFair Value, the 12-Month Price Target, Preferred Entry and the expected return — and how each was calculated.Members
Peer calculationsThe comparable companies the valuation model used, with their multiples and returns.Members
Detailed assumptionsEvery input the valuation model used, with its source.Members
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