BLNC vs BMO vs SAN Stock Comparison

Balance Labs, Bank Of Montreal and Banco Santander Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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BLNC Balance Labs, Inc.
$1.55 0.0% 1M -29.5% 1Y
Market cap
$72.62M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
-$10.17K
Div. yield
–
Financial Advisory Financial Services
BMO Bank Of Montreal /Can/
$175.93 +3.7% 1M +39.6% 1Y
Market cap
$124.72B
P/E
19.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$44.39B
Div. yield
3.80%
Money Center Banks Financial Services
4 wins
SAN Banco Santander, S.A.
$11.76 -17.1% 1M +13.6% 1Y
Market cap
$172.75B
P/E
9.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$71.89B
Div. yield
2.38%
Money Center Banks Financial Services
7 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Banco Santander leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Banco Santander 7, Bank Of Montreal 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBLNCBMOSANLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $72.62M $124.72B $172.75B SAN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -2.3x 19.2x 9.3x SAN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 17.4x 10.8x SAN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — -4.6% +9.5% SAN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 14.9% 26.2% SAN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 36.3% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -4.8x -5.9x SAN
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 3.80% 2.38% BMO
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -29.5% +39.6% +13.6% BMO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +9.2%/yr +10.2%/yr +25.4%/yr SAN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 54.3% 20.5% 34.7% BMO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 7/100 60/100 26/100 BMO

Percentile Scorecard

BLNCBMOSAN

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBLNCBMOSAN
Valuation 11 #162 of 181 36 #232 of 361 23 #279 of 361
Growth 1 #109 of 110 65 #54 of 153 40 #92 of 153
Profitability – 82 #24 of 128 21 #102 of 128
Financial Health 9 #148 of 162 57 #61 of 140 1 #138 of 140
Shareholder Returns – 58 #140 of 335 43 #191 of 335
Overall 7 60 26
  • BLNC ranked among 209 companies in Asset and Wealth Management
  • BMO ranked among 368 companies in Banking
  • SAN ranked among 368 companies in Banking

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBLNCBMOSANSPY
1 month 0.0%+3.7%-17.1% +0.7%
3 months 0.0%-1.5%-16.7% +3.7%
6 months 0.0%+15.7%-3.5% +7.1%
Year to date 0.0%+35.5%+0.3% +12.8%
1 year -29.5%+39.6%+13.6% +11.9%
3 years +573.9%+132.7%+214.4% +85.2%
3 years, per year +89.0%+32.5%+46.5% +22.8%
5 years +55.0%+62.1%+210.3% +67.6%
5 years, per year +9.2%+10.2%+25.4% +10.9%
10 years -22.5%+175.9%+152.5% +262.0%
10 years, per year -2.5%+10.7%+9.7% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureBLNCBMOSANSPY
Volatility, 1Y 54.3%20.5%34.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y —22.8%35.1% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.170.961.69 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.541.930.39 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -85.0%-39.3%-42.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -29.5%-5.3%-21.8% -1.2%
52-week high $2.20$185.81$15.03 $779.14
52-week low $1.11$119.92$10.01 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBLNCBMOSAN
P/E now vs peer median -2.3xmedian 33.5x 19.2xmedian 12.2x 9.3xmedian 12.2x
P/S now vs peer median -7,138xmedian 4.9x 2.8xmedian 3.4x 2.4xmedian 3.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 12.0x -1.6xmedian 5.3x -9.4xmedian 5.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median -164.7xmedian 14.3x 3.5xmedian 10.8x -4.9xmedian 10.8x
P/B now vs peer median -26.2xmedian 1.8x 2.0xmedian 1.2x 1.3xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.01median 0.97 4.76median 1.34 0.39median 1.34

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBLNCBMOSAN
Revenue -$10.17K $44.39B $71.89B
Gross profit – – -$3.71B
Operating income -$13.94M – -$51.48B
Net income -$31.67M $6.62B $20.00B
Free cash flow -$440.96K $35.64B –
EPS (diluted) $-0.68 $9.14 $1.26
Cash & equivalents $117.47K $52.88B –
Total debt $1.91M $13.94B $384.25B
Shares (diluted) 46.85M 723.27M 14.98B
Enterprise value $71.82M -$653.63B -$504.84B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBLNCBMOSAN
P/E -2.3x 19.2x 9.3x
P/FCF -164.7x 3.5x -4.9x
P/Operating cash flow -164.7x 3.4x –
P/S -7,138x 2.8x 2.4x
P/B -26.2x 2.0x 1.3x
P/Tangible book -26.2x 2.1x 1.7x
EV/EBITDA – -1.6x -9.4x
EV/EBIT -5.2x -1.6x -9.1x
EV/Revenue -7,128x -1.4x 6.5x
EV/FCF -164.5x -1.7x –
EV/Operating cash flow -164.5x -1.7x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.01 4.76 0.39

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBLNCBMOSAN
Revenue growth (1Y) – -4.6% 9.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -140.7% 6.7% 6.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) -4,457% – –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -533.9% – -100.7%
Net income growth (1Y) -6,739% 5.6% 21.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -292.7% 7.0% 17.5%
EPS growth (1Y) -3,064% 6.4% -83.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -203.7% 4.0% 23.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -202.7% 2,208% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -113.4% 26.2% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -202.7% 9,217% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -113.4% 27.0% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBLNCBMOSAN
Gross margin – – -5.2%
EBITDA margin – 86.3% -68.9%
Operating margin – – -71.6%
Pretax margin – 20.1% 31.9%
Net margin – 14.9% 26.2%
FCF margin – 80.3% –
Operating cash flow margin 4,334% 81.9% –
Return on equity – 10.6% 27.7%
Return on assets -16,393% 0.6% 0.9%
Return on invested capital – 36.3% –
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover -0.1x 0.0x 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.0x 5.5x –
Stock comp / revenue -131,374% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBLNCBMOSAN
Debt / assets 19.7% 1.3% 16.1%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.2x 2.9x
Net debt / EBITDA – -4.8x -5.9x
Debt / FCF -0.1x 0.4x –
Liabilities / assets 2,288% 94.4% 94.4%
Equity / assets -2,188% 5.6% 5.6%
Interest coverage -119.8x 1.3x –
Current ratio 0.0x – –
Quick ratio 0.0x – –
Cash ratio 0.0x – –
Altman Z-score -790.54 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBLNCBMOSAN
Dividend yield – 3.8% 2.4%
Net buyback yield – -0.8% –
Shareholder yield – 3.0% 2.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 56.1% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 10.4% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 4.1% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 23.0% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBLNCBMOSAN
Forward P/E – 17.4xFY2026 10.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $10.11FY2026 $1.09FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +16.6%FY2026 +2.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +24.6% +23.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $28.65BFY2026 $76.20BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +10.7%FY2026 +3.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +5.6% -2.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBLNCBMOSAN
Held by institutions – 46.5% 3.4%
Institutions holding – 657 661
Change in shares held, QoQ – +2.3% +2.8%
Institutions buying – 304 404
Institutions selling – 212 149
Buyers to sellers – 1.43 2.71

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BLNCBMOSAN
BLNC 1.00 -0.08 0.02
BMO -0.08 1.00 0.57
SAN 0.02 0.57 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BLNC, BMO and SAN?

Banco Santander (SAN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Balance Labs (BLNC) $72.62M, Bank Of Montreal (BMO) $124.72B, Banco Santander (SAN) $172.75B.

Which stock is cheaper, BLNC, BMO and SAN?

Banco Santander (SAN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Balance Labs (BLNC) -2.3x, Bank Of Montreal (BMO) 19.2x, Banco Santander (SAN) 9.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Banco Santander (SAN) is cheapest (Bank Of Montreal (BMO) 17.4x, Banco Santander (SAN) 10.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Banco Santander (SAN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Bank Of Montreal (BMO) -4.6%, Banco Santander (SAN) +9.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Banco Santander (SAN) has the highest net margin (Bank Of Montreal (BMO) 14.9%, Banco Santander (SAN) 26.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Bank Of Montreal (BMO) returned the most: Balance Labs (BLNC) -29.5%, Bank Of Montreal (BMO) +39.6%, Banco Santander (SAN) +13.6%. Over five years, Banco Santander (SAN) compounded fastest (Balance Labs (BLNC) +9.2%/yr, Bank Of Montreal (BMO) +10.2%/yr, Banco Santander (SAN) +25.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Bank Of Montreal (BMO) has the highest dividend yield: Bank Of Montreal (BMO) 3.80%, Banco Santander (SAN) 2.38%. Balance Labs (BLNC) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Bank Of Montreal (BMO) has been the steadiest (Balance Labs (BLNC) 54.3%, Bank Of Montreal (BMO) 20.5%, Banco Santander (SAN) 34.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BLNC, BMO and SAN?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Banco Santander (SAN) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.