BLNC vs BNY vs SAN Stock Comparison

Balance Labs, Bank of New York Mellon and Banco Santander Prices as of Oct 30, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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BLNC Balance Labs, Inc.
$1.12 -27.7% 1M -44.0% 1Y
Market cap
$52.47M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
-$10.17K
Div. yield
–
Financial Advisory Financial Services
BNY Bank of New York Mellon Corp
$147.81 +1.7% 1M +36.9% 1Y
Market cap
$103.31B
P/E
17.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$21.35B
Div. yield
–
Custody and Fund Services Financial Services
4 wins
SAN Banco Santander, S.A.
$11.46 -14.2% 1M +12.9% 1Y
Market cap
$180.17B
P/E
9.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$71.89B
Div. yield
–
Money Center Banks Financial Services
6 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Banco Santander leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Banco Santander 6, Bank of New York Mellon 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBLNCBNYSANLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $52.47M $103.31B $180.17B SAN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -1.7x 17.1x 9.6x SAN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 17.1x 10.4x SAN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +10.6% +11.2% SAN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 28.2% 26.2% BNY
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 27.1% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.6x -37.5x SAN
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -44.0% +36.9% +12.9% BNY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +2.3%/yr +19.7%/yr +24.3%/yr SAN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 62.6% 22.0% 35.3% BNY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 5/100 50/100 19/100 BNY

Percentile Scorecard

BLNCBNYSAN

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

AxisBLNCBNYSAN
Valuation 5 #172 of 181 77 #23 of 96 12 #316 of 359
Growth 1 #111 of 112 19 #55 of 68 40 #206 of 340
Profitability – 57 #31 of 70 7 #320 of 343
Financial Health 9 #150 of 165 25 #75 of 99 0 #338 of 338
Shareholder Returns – 75 #11 of 41 36 #224 of 351
Overall 5 50 19
  • BLNC ranked among 209 companies in Asset and Wealth Management
  • BNY ranked among 110 companies in Capital Markets
  • SAN ranked among 368 companies in Banking

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBLNCBNYSANSPY
1 month -27.7%+1.7%-14.2% -2.3%
3 months -27.7%-5.4%-20.7% -0.7%
6 months -27.7%+12.1%-0.8% +4.8%
Year to date -27.7%+27.3%-2.3% +10.3%
1 year -44.0%+36.9%+12.9% +10.3%
3 years +387.0%+226.7%+200.8% +73.0%
3 years, per year +69.6%+48.4%+44.4% +20.1%
5 years +12.0%+146.0%+196.9% +61.9%
5 years, per year +2.3%+19.7%+24.3% +10.1%
10 years -44.0%+244.8%+152.8% +258.6%
10 years, per year -5.6%+13.2%+9.7% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureBLNCBNYSANSPY
Volatility, 1Y 62.6%22.0%35.3% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y —22.8%36.1% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.250.771.71 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.701.680.37 0.80
Max drawdown, 5Y -85.0%-41.4%-42.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -44.0%-10.3%-23.8% -3.5%
52-week high $2.00$164.85$15.03 $779.14
52-week low $1.11$106.43$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.

MultipleBLNCBNYSAN
P/E now vs peer median -1.7xmedian 34.9x 16.8xmedian 29.1x 9.1xmedian 12.7x
P/S now vs peer median -5,158xmedian 4.7x 4.7xmedian 2.5x 2.3xmedian 3.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 11.8x 4.1xmedian 13.6x -41.0xmedian 4.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median -119.0xmedian 14.1x 63.0xmedian 16.8x 26.7xmedian 11.4x
P/B now vs peer median -18.9xmedian 1.7x 2.2xmedian 2.2x 12.0xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.01median 0.91 0.48median 0.52 0.38median 1.46

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 monthsBLNCBNYSAN
Revenue -$10.17K $21.35B $71.89B
Gross profit – – -$3.71B
Operating income -$13.94M – -$51.48B
Net income -$31.67M $6.35B $20.00B
Free cash flow -$440.96K $1.59B $6.31B
EPS (diluted) $-0.68 $8.70 $1.26
Cash & equivalents $117.47K – –
Total debt $25.00K $35.59B $1.88T
Shares (diluted) 46.85M 692.22M 14.98B
Enterprise value $51.67M $42.08B -$505.23B

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
MetricBLNCBNYSAN
P/E -1.7x 16.8x 9.1x
P/FCF -119.0x 63.0x 26.7x
P/Operating cash flow -119.0x 28.1x 26.7x
P/S -5,158x 4.7x 2.3x
P/B -18.9x 2.2x 12.0x
P/Tangible book -18.9x 2.4x -10.8x
EV/EBITDA – 4.1x -41.0x
EV/EBIT -3.8x 4.4x -38.0x
EV/Revenue -5,148x 5.6x 27.2x
EV/FCF -118.8x 74.8x 310.1x
EV/Operating cash flow -118.8x 33.3x 310.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.01 0.48 0.38

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBLNCBNYSAN
Revenue growth (1Y) – 10.6% 11.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -140.7% 7.4% 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% 26.9% 21.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -292.7% 28.6% 17.5%
EPS growth (1Y) -3,064% 31.1% -91.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -203.7% 35.4% 23.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -202.7% -7.2% -62.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -113.4% -28.1% 32.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -202.7% -33.1% -62.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -113.4% -42.8% 32.5%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBLNCBNYSAN
Gross margin – – -5.2%
EBITDA margin – 136.0% -66.4%
Operating margin – – -71.6%
Pretax margin – 37.4% 31.9%
Net margin – 28.2% 26.2%
FCF margin – 7.5% 8.8%
Operating cash flow margin 4,334% 16.7% 8.8%
Return on equity – 14.0% 117.4%
Return on assets -16,393% 1.2% 0.6%
Return on invested capital – 27.1% –
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover -0.1x 0.0x 0.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.0x 0.6x 0.3x
Stock comp / revenue -131,374% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBLNCBNYSAN
Debt / assets 19.7% 6.8% 78.8%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.8x 133.6x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.6x -37.5x
Debt / FCF -0.1x 22.4x 297.7x
Liabilities / assets 2,288% 91.4% 99.4%
Equity / assets -2,188% 8.6% 0.6%
Interest coverage -119.8x 1.4x –
Current ratio 0.0x – –
Quick ratio 0.0x – –
Cash ratio 0.0x – –
Altman Z-score -794.71 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBLNCBNYSAN
Dividend yield – 1.0% 2.5%
Net buyback yield – 4.0% –
Shareholder yield – 4.9% 2.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

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.

ConsensusBLNCBNYSAN
Forward P/E – 17.1xFY2026 10.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $8.73FY2026 $1.09FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +18.0%FY2026 +2.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +23.9% +23.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $23.23BFY2026 $76.20BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +16.0%FY2026 +3.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – -2.4% -2.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBLNCBNYSAN
Held by institutions – 83.8% 3.4%
Institutions holding – 1,882 662
Change in shares held, QoQ – +0.5% +2.8%
Institutions buying – 905 405
Institutions selling – 700 149
Buyers to sellers – 1.29 2.72

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.

BLNCBNYSAN
BLNC 1.00 -0.07 0.02
BNY -0.07 1.00 0.44
SAN 0.02 0.44 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BLNC, BNY and SAN?

Banco Santander (SAN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Balance Labs (BLNC) $52.47M, Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) $103.31B, Banco Santander (SAN) $180.17B.

Which stock is cheaper, BLNC, BNY and SAN?

Banco Santander (SAN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Balance Labs (BLNC) -1.7x, Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) 17.1x, Banco Santander (SAN) 9.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Banco Santander (SAN) is cheapest (Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) 17.1x, Banco Santander (SAN) 10.4x). 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 New York Mellon (BNY) +10.6%, Banco Santander (SAN) +11.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) has the highest net margin (Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) 28.2%, Banco Santander (SAN) 26.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) returned the most: Balance Labs (BLNC) -44.0%, Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) +36.9%, Banco Santander (SAN) +12.9%. Over five years, Banco Santander (SAN) compounded fastest (Balance Labs (BLNC) +2.3%/yr, Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) +19.7%/yr, Banco Santander (SAN) +24.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) has been the steadiest (Balance Labs (BLNC) 62.6%, Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) 22.0%, Banco Santander (SAN) 35.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BLNC, BNY 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 6. 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.