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BLX vs SMFG

Side-by-side comparison of Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior S.A. (BLX) and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc Unsponsored (SMFG): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both BLX and SMFG operate in Commercial Banks (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
  • SMFG is the larger of the two at $150.46B, about 72.1x BLX ($2.09B).
  • Over the past year, BLX is up 35.5% and SMFG is up 52.5% - SMFG leads by 17.0 points.
  • SMFG has been more active in the news (3 items in the past 4 weeks vs 1 for BLX).
  • SMFG has more recent analyst coverage (4 ratings vs 2 for BLX).
PerformanceBLX+35.52%SMFG+52.48%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-08
MetricBLXSMFG
Company
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior S.A.
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc Unsponsored
Price
$56.13-0.30%
$23.23+0.35%
Market cap
$2.09B
$150.46B
1M return
+3.59%
+8.15%
1Y return
+35.52%
+52.48%
Industry
Commercial Banks
Commercial Banks
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
1992
News (4w)
1
3
Recent ratings
2
4
BLX

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior S.A.

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S.A., a multinational bank, primarily engages in the financing of foreign trade in Latin America and the Caribbean. The company operates through two segments, Commercial and Treasury. It offers short and medium-term bilateral, structured and syndicated credits, and loan commitments; financial guarantee contracts, such as issued and confirmed letters of credit, and stand-by letters of credit; and guarantees covering commercial risk and other assets, as well as co-financing arrangements, underwriting of syndicated credit facilities, structured trade financing in the form of factoring and vendor financing, and financial leasing. The company also provides treasury solutions, which include term deposits and private placements. It primarily serves financial institutions, corporations, and sovereigns and state-owned entities. The company was formerly known as Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones, S.A. and changed its name to Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S.A. in June 2009. Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S.A. was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Panama City, the Republic of Panama.

SMFG

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc Unsponsored

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides commercial banking, leasing, securities, consumer finance, and other services in Japan, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Oceania. It operates through four segments: Wholesale Business Unit, Retail Business Unit, Global Business Unit, and Global Markets Business Unit. The Wholesale Business Unit segment offers financing, investment management, risk hedging, and settlement services, as well as financial solutions related to mergers and acquisition, and other advisory services primarily for large, mid, and small-sized corporate clients; various leasing services, including equipment, and operating and leveraged leasing; and digital services, such as robotic process automation and electronic contract services. The Retail Business Unit segment offers wealth management, settlement, consumer finance, and housing loan products and services, as well as business and asset succession services to high-net-worth customers. The Global Business Unit segment offers loans, deposits, clearing services, trade finance, project finance, loan syndication, derivatives, and cash management services; underwriting services; and leasing services related to the construction machinery, transportation equipment, industrial machinery, medical equipment, and aircraft leasing. The Global Markets Business Unit segment offers solutions through foreign exchange products, derivatives, bonds, stocks, and other marketable financial products. It also undertakes asset liability management operations. The company also offers credit card, Internet banking, system development and engineering, data processing, management consulting and economic research, and investment advisory and investment trust management services. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. was incorporated in 2002 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.