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Foroya Banki (FOBANK.CO)
Financials · Leading Faroe Islands bank · LTM Q1 2026
Analysis date: 2026-06-15
Price at analysis: DKK 250.50
Method: mttssn_streamlined_v1
Conviction: MEDIUM
HOLD
Conviction: MEDIUM
The leading bank of the Faroe Islands — fortress-capitalised (CET1 25.5%), essentially all-tangible book, ROE ~15.5% LTM (14.1% FY2025; normalized ~12.5%). At 1.28x book / 8.5x earnings with a ~8.4% forward dividend yield it sits ~at a normalized-ROE Gordon anchor (~DKK 247). The dominant risk is single-economy concentration to the small Faroese/Greenlandic economy. HOLD; base DKK 250.
Return on Equity
15.2%
Cost of equity ~10.5%
Price / Book
1.28×
1.28x book; normalized-ROE Gordon ~1.27x
Fair P/B (Gordon)
1.62×
(ROE−g)/(COE−g); g 3%
Price / Target
DKK 250 → DKK 250
+0% base; HOLD
Price / Earnings
8.5×
~8.5x earnings
P / TBV
1.29×
Price / tangible book
Economic Profit
+DKK 91M
Residual income +DKK 91M; ROE ~14-15.5% vs 10.5% COE
Equity (book)
DKK 1.9B
CET1 25.5% (incl MREL 40.2%); all-tangible book
Thesis

Foroya Banki is the leading bank of the Faroe Islands — retail + corporate banking plus the Trygd insurance subsidiary, listed in Copenhagen (with the Faroese Government owning 34.8%). It is fortress-capitalised (CET1 25.5%, total incl. MREL 40.2%) with an essentially all-tangible book (no goodwill). ROE was ~15.5% LTM / 14.1% FY2025, giving residual income +DKK 91m over a 10.5% cost of equity — but FY2025 was flattered by a negative cost of risk + high investment income, so a normalized ~12.5% ROE is the fair anchor.

On equity multiples it trades at 1.28x book, 1.29x tangible and ~8.5x earnings. On the normalized 12.5% ROE the Gordon fair P/B is ~1.27x -> ~DKK 247 (-1%); on the FY2025 ROE ~DKK 289 (+15%). The proposed FY2025 dividend (~70% payout) gives a ~8.4% forward yield (the TTM yield is inflated by surplus-capital release). Quality capital + yield, but the stock sits on its normalized anchor with single-economy concentration + a thin float as the binding constraints. HOLD.

Valuation · residual income (equity frame) & scenarios

Gordon fair P/B = (ROE-g)/(COE-g) with COE 10.5%, g 3%: a normalized 12.5% ROE -> ~1.27x -> ~DKK 247 (-1%); the FY2025 ROE -> ~DKK 289 (+15%). Current 1.28x book, ~8.5x earnings, ~8.4% forward yield.

Base DKK 250 (~at the normalized anchor); bull DKK 290 if ROE holds mid-teens; bear DKK 200 on a Faroese-economy shock / cost-of-risk normalization.

Market-implied ROE
12.6%
sustainable ROE the price already demands — vs 15.2% observed
Current → Fair P/B
1.28× → 1.62×
at a sustained 15.2% ROE, Ke 10.5%, g 3%
Excess-return premium
DKK 121 / sh
value above DKK 195.30 book from the +4.7pp ROE−Ke spread

The operating reverse-DCF (NOPAT / invested capital / WACC) does not apply to a balance-sheet business — leverage is the raw material and "net debt" is not meaningful. The equity is valued on residual income: book equity plus the present value of returns above the cost of equity, discounted at Ke; the single-stage lens is the Gordon fair price-to-book, (ROE−g)/(Ke−g). The market prices in a sustainable ROE of 12.6% vs 15.2% currently earned; at a sustained 15.2% ROE the warranted P/B is 1.62× (DKK 316/sh, +26%).

Scenario24m targetImpl. ROEUpsideProb.Driver
BullDKK 29014%+16%30%ROE holds mid-teens
BaseDKK 25013%-0%45%~At the normalized-ROE anchor
BearDKK 20011%-20%25%Faroese-economy shock / cost-of-risk normalization
Prob-weightedDKK 250-0%100%Scenario-weighted expected value

Sensitivity — fair value / share at Ke × ROE

Ke \ ROE10%14%18%22%26%30%34%
9.00%2283584886187498791009
9.75%203318434550665781897
10.50% (base)182286391495599703807
11.25%166260355450544639734
12.00%152239326412499586673

Green = fair value above the current price of DKK 250.50. For a financial the surface is dominated by cost of equity and sustainable ROE — not unit growth.

Method & data. ROE 15.2% and book equity are observed (net income / total equity). Cost of equity 10.5% and terminal g 3% are assumptions, shown explicitly and overridable.

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Key drivers

1. Fortress capital + yield

CET1 25.5%; ~8.4% forward yield off surplus capital.

2. Domestic leadership

Leading Faroese banking position + the Trygd insurance arm.

3. All-tangible book

Negligible intangibles — clean book value.

4. Low cost of risk

Benign losses (FY2025 negative cost of risk).

Key risks
Conclusion

Foroya Banki is a fortress-capitalised (CET1 25.5%), all-tangible-book leading Faroese bank with a ~8.4% forward yield, but it sits ~at a normalized-ROE Gordon anchor with single-economy concentration + a thin float. HOLD; base DKK 250.

Own it for the capital + yield; the swing factors are the Faroese economy + cost-of-risk normalization.

Footnote evidence & sources

Every adjustment traces to the cited note/page in the source filing — click to open it there. Source reports archived locally.

Adjustment / figureValueSourceWhy mttssn treats it this way
Net profit (LTM)283Financial highlights and ratios - Group p.3LTM = Q1 2026 55,911 + FY2025 288,317 - Q1 2025 60,930 = 283,298 DKK k -> 283.3 DKK m, attributable to shareholders (no AT1/NCI).
Net profit (FY2025 anchor)288Financial highlights and ratios - Group p.4Full-year 2025 net profit DKK 288,317 k; company proposes a 70% payout (DKK 202m / 21.04 per share).
Net interest income (LTM)384Financial highlights and ratios - Group p.3Core bank revenue. LTM = 94,338 + 388,103 - 98,209 = 384,232 DKK k. Down ~13% YoY at the FY level on lower rate margins and a higher deposit mix.
Total income (LTM)565Financial highlights and ratios - Group p.3 ('Interest and fee income and income from insurance activities, net')LTM = 132,324 + 563,119 - 130,240 = 565,203 DKK k. Includes NII, dividends, net fee/commission and the net insurance result of subsidiary Trygd.
Net insurance result (LTM, Trygd)68.1Segments - Insurance (Trygd) p.23Wholly-owned non-life insurer Trygd; FY2025 net insurance result DKK 66.1m, combined ratio 76 (vs 89 in 2024) on unusually low Faroese weather claims. LTM = 12,742 + 66,055 - 10,720 = 68,077 DKK k.
Total common equity (31 Mar 2026)1,870Statement of changes in equity - Group p.16Latest-quarter equity is the bank invested-capital base. DKK 1,869,776 k -> 1,869.8 DKK m, after deduction of the DKK 202m FY2025 dividend paid post-AGM. No proposed-dividend or AT1 line remains in equity at 31 Mar 2026.
Total equity (31 Dec 2025)2,015Balance Sheet - Group p.43FY2025 year-end equity DKK 2,015,313 k, incl. DKK 202m proposed dividend. Used to bridge to the post-dividend 31 Mar 2026 equity and for FY-average ROE.
Intangible assets (31 Mar 2026)4Balance Sheet - Group p.14Negligible intangibles DKK 4,011 k (no goodwill on the consolidated balance sheet). Tangible common equity 1,869.8 - 4.0 = 1,865.8; ROTCE ~ ROE.
Return on shareholders' equity FY20250.141Ratios and key figures - Group p.4Company-reported FY2025 RoE after tax 14.1% (FY2024 15.8%). LTM ROE recomputed at 15.5% on average equity 1,828.9; normalized through-cycle ~12.5% used for the Gordon anchor.
CET1 capital ratio (31 Mar 2026)0.255Ratios and key figures - Group p.3Regulatory capital strength. CET1 25.5% at 31 Mar 2026 (up from 23.3% at 31 Dec 2025 as the dividend cut equity but RWA also fell to DKK 7,054m); total capital incl. MREL 40.2%. Fortress capitalisation enabling ongoing capital return.
Cost/income ratio (Q1 2026)0.494Ratios and key figures - Group p.3C/I 49.4% Q1 2026 (FY2025 42.3%). Higher than a low-cost universal bank, reflecting a small, branch-and-advice-heavy North Atlantic franchise; the FY ratio is the cleaner gauge.
Impairment charges (FY2025, net)-4Financial highlights and ratios - Group p.4Net impairment REVERSAL of DKK 3,982 k in FY2025 (and a DKK 0.7m reversal in Q1 2026). Cost of risk is effectively negative; FY2025 earnings are flattered by the absence of credit losses. A DKK 121.5m management overlay is held for economic uncertainty (oil/inflation).
Shares outstanding / EPS (Note 40)9.574Note 40 Shares p.879,600,000 issued shares of nominal DKK 20, single share class; 26,289 held in treasury -> 9,574,000 outstanding. Used for BVPS, P/B and market cap. FY2025 basic EPS DKK 30.12.
Book value per share (31 Mar 2026)195Ratios and key figures - Shares p.3Company-reported BVPS DKK 195.3 at 31 Mar 2026; matches equity 1,869.8 / 9.574m = 195.30 exactly. Current P/B 1.28x at DKK 250.50.
Proposed dividend per share FY202521.04Letter to our stakeholders p.5Board to propose DKK 202m (DKK 21.04/share) at the 26 March 2026 AGM, 70% of FY2025 net profit. Forward ordinary yield ~8.4%; TTM cash dividend paid was higher (DKK 36.46) on extra capital-release distributions.
Largest shareholder — Faroese Government0.348Investor relations - shareholder structure p.25Foroya Landsstyri (Faroese Government) holds 34.8% of the share capital; next holders Ruth Holding 14.6% and GTM Familie Holding 10.4%. Concentrated register and thin free float — a governance/liquidity flag and part of the rationale for the elevated COE.
Share price 31 Dec 2025 / market cap286Investor relations - key metrics p.25Company reports a 31 Dec 2025 close of DKK 286.0 (P/B 1.4, P/E 9.3, market cap DKK 2,746m). Live verified price is DKK 250.50 (9 Jun 2026), used for current multiples.
Analysis history

How the mttssn view has evolved — each prior dated note is preserved.

Quality · Buffett tenets11 / 15
Understandable business
Foroya Banki — the leading bank of the Faroe Islands (retail + corporate + the Trygd insurance subsidiary); legible.
Durable moat
Strong domestic: a leading position in the small, concentrated Faroese market; essentially all-tangible book.
Able & honest management
Conservative, fortress-capitalised, high payout; Faroese-Government-controlled (34.8%), thin float.
Financial strength
Fortress: CET1 25.5% (incl. MREL 40.2%); low cost of risk.
Margin of safety
Limited: 1.28x book ~at a normalized-ROE Gordon anchor; FY2025 ROE flattered by negative cost of risk + investment income.