Spain
The Eight Largest Spanish Companies By Revenue 2012
The Spanish firms appearing in the Fortune Global 500 list are shown below: Source: Fortune Global 500, Fortune Despite all the troubles in recent years banking groups Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria(BBVA) and Banco Santander(SAN) are still large enough to make it to this global ranking. Related ETFs: iShares MSCI Spain Capped Index (EWP) The complete [...]
20 Spanish Blue Chip Stocks To Consider
The Spanish IBEX-35 index is up 10.3% as of May 2, 2011. Fears of debt crisis that plagued Spain last year have largely subsided. The financial system has stabilized and failing cajas (savings banks) have been closed or merged with stronger peers. With one of the largest economies in Europe and strong ties countries in [...]
The 10 Most Profitable Spanish Companies
The 10 most profitable publicly-listed Spanish companies that appear in the Forbes Global 2000 list for 2010 are listed below: Rank Company Industry Sales ($bil) Profits ($bil) 1 Banco Santander Banking 109.57 12.34 2 Telefonica Telecommunications Services 79.11 10.84 3 BBVA-Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Banking 49.27 6.03 4 Iberdrola Utilities 35.15 3.94 5 ACS Group Construction [...]
Spanish Bank ADRs May be Avoided Now
Spanish banks Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (NYSE:BBV) and Banco Santander SA (New) (NYSE:STD) may be avoided for investment now. While both are some of the largest banks in the world, their earnings have been impacted adversely not only due to the recession but also due to some wrong strategic moves. The collapsing real estate market [...]
Spanish Bank Stocks
Recently there was a mention in the BusinessWeek that Spanish Banks seem to have “escaped” the sub-prime crisis. This was made possible due to savvy strategies followed by the managements of these banks.There are only two Spanish Banks listed in the US. Banks of Spain provide an indirect entry into the Latin American market as [...]
Hola Spanish ADR Stocks
The following table lists all the Spanish ADRs listed in the US markets.Spain has had a great growing economy until recently. However the country has very few stocks listed in the US.In the Spain ADRs listing below, the two banks BBV and STD, REP and IBDRY are top picks among US investors. S.No. Company [...]
