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Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria SA ADR (BBVA) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria SA ADR

BBVA in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
BBVA is a diversified bank operating across Spain, Mexico, Turkey, South America and other regions, covering retail, wholesale, investment and transaction banking. It also runs insurance, asset management, capital markets and digital banking businesses, serving individual and corporate customers across those markets. The bank is headquartered in Bilbao, Spain.
Where it sits in the stack
BBVA carries no seat in our index and sits outside the Rubin build-out stack; it belongs to the Financial Services sector of the diary's US-listed universe, grouped with scored banks and diversified financial names from that sector and country.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group draws on scored Financial Services names in the US, including Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Mizuho Financial Group, Credicorp and Brookfield Asset Management; the market also names Banco Santander as a comparable Spanish-based international bank.
Why Closelook tracks it
BBVA carries a Closelook score, with momentum the strongest module and valuation the weakest; it holds no index seat and no diary quotes so far.
What the diary watches
How lending and deposit trends across its Mexican and Turkish operations move against the eurozone business, since that mix drives much of the swing in its momentum reading.

Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria SA ADR (BBVA) trades on US exchanges, classified under Financial Services.

The Closelook company score reads 54/100 composite (momentum 83, quality 77, valuation 57) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for BBVA, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Banks - Diversified · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Banks - Diversified · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against BBVA on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.80%, semi-annual · buybacks 2.00 bn USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What BBVA pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.08 USD per share · a 3.80% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 2 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +135.1% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.46 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.71 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-04-09
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.83 USD (partial) · 2026: 0.71 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-04-09
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 4.20 bn USD 49% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 2.00 bn USD 1.3% of today's market value
  • Share count +3.5% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 6.19 bn USD · 47% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sector × region Financials in US: −2.4% week · −2.8% month · +4.6% quarter · +9.4% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLF.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-20
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria SA ADR (BBVA)?

Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria SA ADR trades as BBVA on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Financial Services in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is BBVA in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria SA ADR is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria SA ADR's Closelook composite score?

54 out of 100, with momentum 83, quality 77 and valuation 57 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does BBVA trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +1.9% vs the 50-day and +18.5% vs the 200-day average, 4.3% below the 52-week high and +66.4% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria SA ADR do?

BBVA is a diversified bank operating across Spain, Mexico, Turkey, South America and other regions, covering retail, wholesale, investment and transaction banking. It also runs insurance, asset management, capital markets and digital banking businesses, serving individual and corporate customers across those markets. The bank is headquartered in Bilbao, Spain. Closelook's peer group draws on scored Financial Services names in the US, including Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Mizuho Financial Group, Credicorp and Brookfield Asset Management; the market also names Banco Santander as a comparable Spanish-based international bank.

Where does Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria SA ADR sit in the AI build-out?

BBVA carries no seat in our index and sits outside the Rubin build-out stack; it belongs to the Financial Services sector of the diary's US-listed universe, grouped with scored banks and diversified financial names from that sector and country. BBVA carries a Closelook score, with momentum the strongest module and valuation the weakest; it holds no index seat and no diary quotes so far.

Does Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria SA ADR pay a dividend?

Banco Bilbao Viscaya Argentaria SA ADR has paid 1.08 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 3.80% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.71 USD on 2026-04-09. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 4.20 bn USD in dividends and bought back 2.00 bn USD of its own shares, 47% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 3.5% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for BBVA, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Banks - Diversified, then Financial Services. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.