BBAR Stock — BBVA Banco Frances SA ADR

BBVA Banco Frances SA ADR (BBAR)

Updated October 16, 2026.

BBAR is a Stock. its distribution rate is 3.20%, its trailing-12-month yield is 3.20%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 35/100 (Elevated risk). Total return is 75.0% over the past 32.9 years, 2771.4 points behind SPY at 2846.4%.

BBAR performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 75.0% over the past 32.9 years, 2771.4 points behind SPY at 2846.4%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 36.8%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 43.0%.

BBAR key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

35 · Elevated risk

Safety-Adjusted Yield

1.12%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

11/24/1993

Distribution rate

3.20%

Distribution frequency

Monthly

Trailing yield

3.20%

5-year average yield

2.83

Last close

$12.78 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$2,610,144,937

Average volume

385603.0

Dividend

$0.076

Ex-dividend date

08/03/2026

Payment date

08/14/2026

Beta

-0.056

Payout ratio

20.1%

P/E ratio

9.61

Forward P/E

3.2185

EPS

$1.33

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (3.20%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (3.20%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

BBAR risks and drawbacks

BBAR's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 43.0%.

Who may consider BBAR — and who may not

BBAR may suit someone looking for moderate current income with a quality tilt. It is a weaker fit for investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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