Compass Bank

BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA – The retail and commercial banking solution.

With its name on the list of the largest 25 banks in the United States, it has its branches spread across the continent from Alabama, California, Texas, Meixco, Colorado, Florida and Arizona. BBVA Compass Bank operates under the bigger umbrella of BBVA Group, a global financial service provider since 1857. Once part of the S&P500, BBVA Compass Bancshares, Inc. has its headquarters in Texas.

The services

BBVA Compass Bank’s services can be placed under major categories: Retail banking, Commercial banking and Wealth management. These ensure that the customers get almost any kind of financial service they need. Commercial, wholesale or retail banking services, Small business loans, consumer loans, mortgages, home equity, treasury managements, credit cards, securities trading, mutual funds, financial consultation, pension planning and Insurance services.

Its strength

Over 50 years and 688 branches later, BBVA Compass Bank has a total asset of $65 billion, and these make it one of the top banks in the U S. BBVA Group does not only have a high rank in the US, but also in Spain being the largest financial institution in Mexico. It has a total asset of about €724,627 million, serving over 48 million clients, in 7600 branches with 136,244 employees across 35 countries like  South America, Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Turkey, Switzerland, China, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore to name a few.

Trading in the Markets

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria is a stock that is traded on Nasdaq at approximately $6.68 with historic trends showing a range of trading to be roughly between $5.7 to $7.5 and the 52 – week high of $7.67. The dividend yield for shareholders is 5.37%, while the P/E ratio is at 10.95. The EPS is at €7.33 and the book value per share is at €7.33.

Ownership details

Institutional ownership of the share is 1.78%, which is 116,734,203 shares held with total values of 777,451,790 based on the latest 13F filing. The top five holders are Cambiar Investors LLC, Aristotle Capital Management, LLC, Harding Loevner LP, Bank Of America Corp /De, Morgan Stanley.

How it began?

It all began as a currency-issuing and discount bank, Banco de Bilbao was sponsored to creation by the Spanish Board of Trade and was reigning as the only bank in that  region of Spain. The law was passed in 1872 which resulted in the creation of Banco Hipotecario (BHE) for the purpose of long – term loans for property purchases. The activities of the bank expanded from just being commercial to contributing to the industrial sector. 1902 saw the merger of Banco de Bilbao and Banco del Comercio.

1999 witnessed the merger of BBV and Argentaria and the emerging bank, BBVA Compass Bank now  had the advantages of the bigger size, stronger capital base as well as good financial structure and geographic diversification.

Recognitions

2000: World’s Best Bank – Forbes

2000: Best Bank in Spain – The Banker

2001: Best Bank in Latin America – Forbes

2001: Best European Bank – Lafferty

Financial data

The major financial data of the company are:

• Net Interest Income: € 12,674 million
• Gross Income: € 18,431 million
• Operating income: € 8,882 million
• Net Profit: € 2,797 million

You can invest

Investing in the BBVA Group can be done through the purchase of shares in the stock markets. The share shows promising signs and can be a good purchase for long term investing too. The last nine months have seen a whopping increase in interest income of about 16%. The net income of stockholders has also seen an increase of 64%.

Compass Bank Ground Lease Property or Compass Bank NNN Properties for Sale:

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky,  Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey,  New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma,  Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Virgin Islands,  Washington, West Virginia,  Wisconsin,  Wyoming