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Best Bank Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top bank stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best bank stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best bank stocks to buy right now are:

Intercorp Financial Services (NYSE:IFS) is the #1 top bank stock out of 330 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Intercorp Financial Services (NYSE:IFS) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: A.

Intercorp Financial Services (NYSE:IFS) has a Due Diligence Score of 31, which is -5 points lower than the bank industry average of 36. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates IFS as a "A".

IFS passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Intercorp Financial Services has seen its stock return 61.76% over the past year, overperforming other bank stocks by 52 percentage points.

Bankwell Financial Group (NASDAQ:BWFG) is the #2 top bank stock out of 330 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Bankwell Financial Group (NASDAQ:BWFG) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: D, and AI: A.

Bankwell Financial Group (NASDAQ:BWFG) has a Due Diligence Score of 54, which is 18 points higher than the bank industry average of 36.

BWFG passed 19 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Bankwell Financial Group has seen its stock return 48.45% over the past year, overperforming other bank stocks by 39 percentage points.

Bankwell Financial Group has an average 1 year price target of $42.00, an upside of 4.17% from Bankwell Financial Group's current stock price of $40.32.

Bankwell Financial Group stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Bankwell Financial Group, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 100% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Peoples Financial Services (NASDAQ:PFIS) is the #3 top bank stock out of 330 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Peoples Financial Services (NASDAQ:PFIS) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: A.

Peoples Financial Services (NASDAQ:PFIS) has a Due Diligence Score of 58, which is 22 points higher than the bank industry average of 36.

PFIS passed 20 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Peoples Financial Services has seen its stock return 9.49% over the past year.

Out of 263 bank stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 bank stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Hdfc Bank (NYSE:HDB) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the bank industry average of 2.79%. Hdfc Bank's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Hdfc Bank's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Hdfc Bank's dividend payout ratio of 22.1% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Glen Burnie Bancorp (NASDAQ:GLBZ) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the bank industry average of 2.79%. Glen Burnie Bancorp's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Glen Burnie Bancorp's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

ICICI Bank (NYSE:IBN) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the bank industry average of 2.79%. ICICI Bank's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. ICICI Bank's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

ICICI Bank's dividend payout ratio of 14.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Bank stocks were up 0.8% in the last day, and up 3.39% over the last week.

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Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued bank stocks right now are:

Newtekone (NASDAQ:NEWT) is the most undervalued bank stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Newtekone has a valuation score of 71, which is 24 points higher than the bank industry average of 47. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Newtekone's stock has dropped -4.9% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the bank industry by -14 percentage points.

Op Bancorp (NASDAQ:OPBK) is the second most undervalued bank stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Op Bancorp has a valuation score of 100, which is 53 points higher than the bank industry average of 47. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Op Bancorp's stock has gained 8.65% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the bank industry by -1 percentage points.

Citizens Financial Services (NASDAQ:CZFS) is the third most undervalued bank stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Citizens Financial Services has a valuation score of 100, which is 53 points higher than the bank industry average of 47. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Citizens Financial Services's stock has gained 11.49% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the bank industry by 2 percentage points.

39.15% of bank stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect bank stocks to rise by 11.56% over the next year.

0.36% of bank stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 5.71% of bank stocks are rated B (Buy), 73.93% are rated C (Hold), 17.86% are rated D (Sell), and 2.14% are rated F (Strong Sell).