Company Analysis

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (DB)

NYSE: DB · State Commercial Banks · New York, NY · filing with the SEC since 2002
Grade4.7
◀ Past 5.2● Present 3.6▶ Future 5.4
6 est.

The grade of Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.7/10
◀ Past5.240% of the headline
● Present3.635% of the headline
▶ Future5.425% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 3 read as filed from the record and 6 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.2/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
7.8/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 45% of this tense · 78th percentile among 165 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft's filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
0.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+0.5% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 5 of 8.

weight 22% of this tense · 1st percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from EUR 30 billion in fiscal 2016 to EUR 31 billion in fiscal 2025, up 0.5% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 23% from fiscal 2016 to fiscal 2019; net income was positive in 5 of 8 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span0.5%bottom 1% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 1% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 1% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak22.8%bottom 4% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
4.9/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 4.9/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 159 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 159 members with one.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
family median, 159 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft's shareholder treatment is put at 4.9 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 159 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

3.6/1035% of the headline grade · 0 of 3 filed, 3 estimated

Financial health

SI estimate
5.1/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

SI estimate 5.1/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 45% of this tense · 50th percentile among 162 sector filers · read for itself

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Fewer than two of the four checks can be read, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 162 members with one.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the four checks can be read.
How it was reasoned
family median, 162 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft's financial health is put at 5.1 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because fewer than two of the four checks can be read, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 162 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Industry position

SI estimate
0.8/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

SI estimate 0.8/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 8th percentile among 157 sector filers · read for its customers

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, three-year revenue growth, which ranks in the bottom 8% of 157 in its family; fewer than two of the three parts can be read: size in the family's currency, net margin, three-year growth.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the three parts can be read: size in the family's currency, net margin, three-year growth.
How it was reasoned
one part: three-year revenue growth, the one part on file, ranked among 157 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft's industry position is put at 0.8 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, three-year revenue growth, which ranks in the bottom 8% of 157 in its family; fewer than two of the three parts can be read: size in the family's currency, net margin, three-year growth. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Leadership

SI estimate
4.9/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 4.9/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 158 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; no officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the last fifteen months, so the years in charge cannot be read, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 158 members with one.
What the record cannot read
It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; no officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the last fifteen months, so the years in charge cannot be read.
How it was reasoned
family median, 158 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft's leadership is put at 4.9 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; no officer or director has filed a Form 3, 4 or 5 for it in the last fifteen months, so the years in charge cannot be read, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 158 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.4/1025% of the headline grade · 1 of 3 filed, 2 estimated

Room to expand

SI estimate
4.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

SI estimate 4.8/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 142 sector filers · read for itself

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
The record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 142 members with one.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue.
How it was reasoned
family median, 142 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft's room to expand is put at 4.8 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because the record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 142 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 40% of 152 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 40th percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 5.1% a year over the last three filed years against 0.5% over all 10, speeding up (top 42% of its family); the newest year grew -0.2% (bottom 22%) (its annual reports). Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+4.6 points a yeartop 42% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-0.2%bottom 22% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

SI estimate
7.6/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

SI estimate 7.6/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 33% of this tense · 76th percentile among 152 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, revenue against the prior three years' pace, which ranks in the top 24% of 152 in its family; the record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change.
How it was reasoned
one part: revenue against the prior three years' pace, the one part on file, ranked among 152 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft's expectations vs reality is put at 7.6 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, revenue against the prior three years' pace, which ranks in the top 24% of 152 in its family; the record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

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