Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. American Depositary Shares (GGAL)

FairStock Score: 17/100 — RISKY

Key Financials

AI Analysis

AI-generated, general educational analysis — not personal investment advice.

I look for banks that earn high returns on equity, trade near book value, and are conservatively financed. Grupo Financiero Galicia is an Argentine financial holding company with Bank, Naranja X, Insurance, and Other segments. In fiscal Q2 2026, the provided figures show revenue of $2.8T, net income of $258.3B, and a 9.34% net margin. That is positive, but the larger picture is troubling. At the close on 2026-10-13, the ADS price was $36.79. FairStock calculations show a P/E of 41.34, P/B of 9.73, ROE of 1.09%, and ROCE of 0.20%. For a bank, paying almost ten times book while earning barely above 1% on equity offers no Graham margin of safety. The provided figures show profit growth of -65.65%, revenue growth of 3.12%, and EPS of $0.89. The 4.21% dividend yield and low beta of 0.29 are attractions, but they do not offset weak profitability. The Piotroski F-Score is 4/9 and the FairStock Score is 17/100. No Peter Lynch category is assigned because only 0 years of filed results are available, against a need for 3. Banking is leveraged, so I want CET1, net interest margin, non-performing loans, provisions, and combined ratio; none are in the data. Without those, I cannot judge credit or capital risk. The stock may be a macro recovery bet, but on these figures it is expensive and fragile.

In plain English: Grupo Financiero Galicia is an Argentine financial company that runs a bank and offers loans, cards, deposits, insurance and digital payment services. Its recent profit fell sharply and the return on shareholders' money is very low, so the business looks weak right now. Compared with its current profits and accounting net worth, the share price looks expensive, even though it pays a 4.21% dividend.

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Data as of 2026-10-13 close · note generated 2026-10-15 · model deepseek-flash

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