Company overview
Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A., a multinational bank, engages in financing of foreign trade and economic integration in Latin America and the Caribbean. It operates through two segments, Commercial and Treasury. The company accepts deposits. It also offers products and services, such as origination of bilateral short- and medium-term loans, structured and syndicated credits, and loan commitments; financial guarantee contracts, including issued and confirmed letters of credit, stand-by letters of credit, guarantees covering commercial risk, and other assets of customers' liabilities under acceptances; and co-financing arrangements, underwriting of syndicated credit facilities, structured trade financing in the form of factoring and vendor financing, and financial leasing. In addition, the company is involved in investment management activities, including securities at fair value through other comprehensive income and amortized cost. It serves financial institutions, corporations, 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 1975 and is headquartered in Panama City, the Republic of Panama.
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These values come from the daily market snapshot dated 2026-10-08. TTM means trailing twelve months. Use the market date when comparing BLX with another company.
| Daily close (USD) | $54.78 |
| Market capitalization (USD) | $2,056,222,080 |
| Price / earnings (TTM) | 9.06 |
| Price / book | 1.22 |
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Bladex, Inc.'s recorded market capitalization is $2,056,222,080. It measures the market value of the company's equity, rather than its revenue or cash balance.
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BLX's recorded price-to-book ratio is 1.22. That compares its market equity value with recorded book equity. Examine its business and balance sheet to understand why those values differ.
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