profit from every ZAR 100 of sales.
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Absa Group
ZAR 231.70-1.61% today
-2.5% in 1 year
1-year low ZAR 207.961-year high ZAR 272.03
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average.
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You pay ZAR 8.25 for every ZAR 1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
Not measured for banks and insurers: deposits and policy reserves count as debt, so the usual debt test says nothing about them.
Absa Group vs. similar companies
Absa Group grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from ZAR 100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per ZAR 1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Absa Group | 8.2× · Cheap | ||
 China Merchants Bank | 7.7× · Cheap | ||
 DBS Group Holdings | 18.5× · Fair price | ||
 UniCredit | 11.6× · Cheap | ||
 HDFC Bank | 18.6× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Absa Group's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisNo annual statements on file yet.
This is a bank or insurer, so cash-flow and debt ratios are left out: borrowing and lending is the business itself. Price to book and return on equity are the measures that matter here.
Valuation
- 8.2×
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- 2.34
- 1.1×
- 1.7×
- 12.1%
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Profitability
- 20.2%
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- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +6.0%
- +3.5%
- –
- +0.2%
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 17%of 873
Bottom 40%of 883
Top 9%of 933
News
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Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
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Questions about Absa Group
Is Absa Group a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business, and the price looks low. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Absa Group AI analysis
What does Absa Group do?
Absa Group Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides retail, business, corporate, investment banking, insurance, financial, and wealth management products and services in South Africa and internationally. It is in Banks - Regional.
Is Absa Group stock halal?
No. Absa Group does not pass our halal screen: its main business, banking, is not permitted. How we check
How has Absa Group stock done over the past year?
Down 2.5% over the past twelve months, to ZAR 231.70. It traded between ZAR 207.96 and ZAR 272.03 and is 14.8% below its high.
Who are Absa Group's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are China Merchants Bank, DBS Group Holdings, UniCredit and HDFC Bank. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Absa Group's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.