Deutsche Bank AG · DB · FY2025 Q3 · Calendar Q4 2025

Deutsche Bank reports record profitability; capital and credit risks remain in focus

The supplied Q3 analysis describes a strong earnings profile supported by revenue growth, efficiency gains and diversified businesses, alongside a solid capital position. Whether that trajectory persists depends on revenue trends, credit costs and regulatory effects; the supplied record does not include a prior-quarter analysis for a direct comparison.

Reported After market closeNYSEFinancial Services $62.37B market cap
90quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $0.97 Consensus $0.85
EPS surprise +14.5% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $8.02B Consensus $8.81B
Revenue surprise -8.9% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

event-close to next-session close
Stock move +0.1% Event window
SPY move -1.1% Same window
Abnormal move +1.2% Stock minus SPY
Volume 1.1× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift -1.1% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

The analysis highlights record profitability in the first nine months of 2025 and a completed additional share buyback. It also notes details on private-credit exposure and DWS's planned expansion in the Middle East. Prior-quarter analysis is unavailable here, so quarter-over-quarter change cannot be assessed from the supplied materials.

Guidance delta

Guidance sentiment was characterized as maintained. The supplied analysis says management remained on track with its strategic goals; it does not identify a new change to guidance.

Key takeaways

  • Revenue growth and cost discipline supported the reported profitability, according to the supplied analysis.
  • Capital was characterized as strong, with management focused on maintaining its regulatory buffer.
  • Earnings are diversified across the bank's businesses, while Corporate Bank fee and net-interest-income trends merit attention.
  • The analysis cites shareholder distributions and asset-management inflows as relevant parts of the story.

Management priorities

  • Continue cost-efficiency work and operational improvements.
  • Advance digital transformation and branch reductions in Private and Personal Banking.
  • Pursue asset-management product and geographic expansion.
  • Preserve capital discipline while considering shareholder distributions subject to the capital plan.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
DB EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 10 reported fiscal quarters and 3 future estimate-only quarters. Q2 '24 estimate $0.49 Q2 '24 actual $-0.41, miss Q3 '24 estimate $0.56 Q3 '24 actual $0.97, beat Q2 '25 estimate $0.78 Q2 '25 actual $0.54, miss Q3 '25 estimate $0.85 Q3 '25 actual $0.97, beat Q4 '25 estimate $0.72 Q4 '25 actual $0.88, beat Q1 '26 estimate $1.15 Q1 '26 actual $1.24, beat Q2 '26 estimate $0.91 Q2 '26 actual $0.66, miss Q3 '26 estimate $0.91 Q3 '26 actual $1.08, beat Q4 '26 estimate $0.70 Q1 '27 estimate $1.18 Q2 '27 estimate $1.03
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusHold33 ratings
Bullish721.2%
Neutral1957.6%
Bearish721.2%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$33.64Current
$9.24Low
$16.09Average
$43High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Nov 2, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Barclays Equal Weight OverweightDowngradeApr 20, 2026
Citigroup Neutral SellUpgradeApr 9, 2026
Goldman Sachs Neutral BuyDowngradeAug 27, 2025
Erste Group Hold SellUpgradeMar 13, 2024
Societe Generale Hold BuyDowngradeJul 10, 2023
B of A Securities Neutral UnderperformUpgradeMar 21, 2022
Berenberg Hold SellUpgradeMar 14, 2022
Kepler Cheuvreux Buy HoldUpgradeJan 31, 2022
Exane BNP Paribas Neutral UnderperformUpgradeJan 7, 2022
RBC Capital Sector Perform UnderperformUpgradeJul 9, 2021
CFRA Sell SellMaintainJan 30, 2020
UBS Neutral SellUpgradeJul 12, 2019
Bank of America Underperform NeutralDowngradeAug 13, 2018
HSBC Buy HoldUpgradeNov 14, 2017
Macquarie Neutral OutperformDowngradeJul 28, 2017
Credit Suisse Underperform UnderperformMaintainSep 19, 2016
Santander Underweight HoldDowngradeSep 6, 2016
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Underperform Market PerformDowngradeApr 29, 2016
Keefe Bruyette & Woods Underperform Market PerformDowngradeApr 29, 2016
Nord/LB Hold SellUpgradeFeb 10, 2016
JP Morgan Neutral OverweightDowngradeOct 28, 2015
Redburn Partners Sell NeutralDowngradeOct 14, 2014
S&P Capital IQ Buy HoldUpgradeJul 29, 2014
Mediobanca Securities Neutral UnderperformUpgradeMay 22, 2014
Jefferies Buy BuyMaintainFeb 18, 2014
Bankhaus Lampe Hold BuyDowngradeFeb 4, 2014
Equinet Hold AccumulateDowngradeOct 22, 2013
Canaccord Genuity Hold BuyDowngradeOct 7, 2013
Oddo Securities Buy NeutralUpgradeOct 3, 2013
Hamburger Sparkasse Hold SellUpgradeMay 2, 2013
Nomura Neutral ReduceUpgradeApr 30, 2013
Natixis Buy NeutralUpgradeApr 30, 2013
Bank oferica Buy BuyMaintainMay 11, 2012
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $33.64. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
Deutsche BankAnalyst unavailable$43$37.04 +27.8%Jul 7, 2026
Deutsche BankAnalyst unavailable$29$9.68 -13.8%May 17, 2022
Warburg ResearchAndreas Plaesier$15.12$10.25 -55.1%Mar 11, 2022
CitigroupAndrew Coombs$11.96$10.25 -64.4%Mar 11, 2022
BarclaysAmit Goel$13.59$10.74 -59.6%Mar 10, 2022
BNP ParibasJeremy Sigee$11.96$10.74 -64.4%Mar 10, 2022
Morgan StanleyMagdalena Stoklosa$16.75$15.95 -50.2%Feb 15, 2022
Deutsche BankNicolas Payen$15.5$13.89 -53.9%Jan 31, 2022
Societe GeneraleAndrew T Lim$18.49$13.49 -45.0%Jan 28, 2022
Norddeutsche LandesbankMichael Seufert$12.51$12.62 -62.8%Dec 23, 2021
KBWThomas Hallett$14.14$12.96 -58.0%Aug 13, 2021
Oddo BHFJean Sassus$10.77$13.08 -68.0%Jun 30, 2021
Independent ResearchJan Lennertz$9.24$14.2 -72.5%Apr 29, 2021
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Deutsche Bank AG operates as a global financial institution, delivering a wide spectrum of investment, financial, and related services to private individuals, corporate entities, and institutional clients worldwide. Its Corporate Bank division offers key services including cash management, trade finance and lending, trust and agency functions, foreign exchange, and securities services, alongside specialized risk management solutions. The company's Investment Bank segment provides expert merger and acquisition (M&A) and equity advisory services. This unit also engages in financing, general advisory, fixed income products, advanced risk management, sales and trading operations, and currency-related activities.…

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Sources

  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2026-07-26T00:37:12.209961+00:00
  3. Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-11-02T01:30:41.622181+00:00
  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-11-02T01:30:41.619566+00:00

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By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-11-02. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.