Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S.A. (BLX): Price and Financial Metrics

BLX POWR Grades

• BLX scores best on the Growth dimension, with a Growth rank ahead of 79.8% of US stocks.
• BLX's strongest trending metric is Momentum; it's been moving down over the last 177 days.
• BLX ranks lowest in Quality; there it ranks in the 40th percentile.

BLX Stock Summary

• The ratio of debt to operating expenses for FOREIGN TRADE BANK OF LATIN AMERICA INC is higher than it is for about 99.16% of US stocks.
• Revenue growth over the past 12 months for FOREIGN TRADE BANK OF LATIN AMERICA INC comes in at -24.66%, a number that bests merely 7.85% of the US stocks we're tracking.
• Shareholder yield, a measure of how much is returned to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases, for BLX comes in at -279.46% -- higher than that of only 2.38% of stocks in our set.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to FOREIGN TRADE BANK OF LATIN AMERICA INC, a group of peers worth examining would be WMC, CIM, BBDC, MITT, and NAVI.
• BLX's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit FOREIGN TRADE BANK OF LATIN AMERICA INC's official web site, go to www.bladex.com.

BLX Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Financial Services stock, BLX's price/earnings ratio is 1.05% higher, now standing at 9.6.
• Over the past 243 months, BLX's EV/EBIT ratio has gone up 58.5.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for BLX.

BLX Growth Metrics

The year over year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at -1.41%.
• Its 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at -22.45%.
• Its year over year price growth rate is now at -3.3%.

Over the past 52 weeks, BLX's revenue has gone up $5,049,000.

The table below shows BLX's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	104.206	-972.68	62.697
2020-12-31	99.157	1,144.301	63.593
2019-12-31	126.657	-192.152	86.053
2018-12-31	127.589	-277.218	11.138
2017-12-31	138.313	558.745	81.999

BLX's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• BLX has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 26.93% of graded US stocks.
• BLX's asset turnover comes in at 0.015 -- ranking 424th of 428 Banking stocks.
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The table below shows BLX's key quality metrics over time.