BLADEX INC CLASS E (BLX)
Financials · Regional Banking / Trade Finance · NYSE
Bladex is a specialized multinational bank dedicated to financing foreign trade and economic integration across Latin America and the Caribbean.
What BLADEX INC CLASS E does
Bladex is a Panama-based multinational bank established by the central banks of 23 Latin American and Caribbean countries to promote foreign trade and economic integration in the region. The bank provides commercial banking services, including trade finance and lending, to corporations and financial institutions across Latin America. It also maintains a treasury investment portfolio of investment-grade securities and offers various fee-based financial services.
Themes: Latin American trade finance, cross-border banking, commercial lending, economic integration financing
Fundamentals
- Price$53.43 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$2.0B as of 2026-08-24
- 1-year return+17.7% 2025-08-21 close $45.39 → 2026-08-21 close $53.43
- P/E8.41 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+62.4% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+13.8% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity2.54 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+14.1% FY2024 vs FY2023, SEC XBRL
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+42.8% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.81 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earningsn/a no confirmed date — as a foreign private issuer it reports on Form 6-K, which carries no earnings item code
Dividend: yield +4.0%; pays a dividend.
How BLX compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiobottom 25% 525 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit margintop 10% 538 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating margintop 10% 534 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitymiddle range 575 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRtop 10% 347 covered Financials peers
- indicated dividend yieldmiddle range 453 covered Financials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 431 covered Financials peers, as of FY2014
Position among covered Financials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Dividend coverage (FY2014)
Covered by reported results. In FY2014, BLX's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 51%, free-cash-flow payout 32%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout51% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payout32% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2014 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How BLADEX INC CLASS E looks technically
BLADEX INC CLASS E (BLX) is trading 4.0% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 945 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 24 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 31, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day low about 2 trading days ago. It is 15.5% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 4.0% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +4.0% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $58.42 | $58.42 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $51.40 | $51.40 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 23 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 23 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part downward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in the fourth leg, a pullback against that downward direction; the labelling fails if price closes above 56.74. It is the only labelling that fits, though not with textbook proportions, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. | possible downward five-wave sequence, in wave 4 (atypical proportions) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 945 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 945 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 24 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend) | 24.2 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 31, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 31.2 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the bottom of its 14-day range ($52.95 to $60.41) — its "stochastic" reading is 6 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 6.4 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in negative territory (momentum leaning bearish) | 18 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $63.20 | $63.20 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 15.5% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -15.4% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 39.1% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +39.1% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 15.5% below its highest point of the past year | 15.4% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 2 trading days ago | 2 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 2 trading days ago | 2 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $63.20 (set on 2026-07-01) | $63.20 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($42.31 to $62.78), and it has given back around half of its rise from last year’s low — 46% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $49.47 to $50.13. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 45.7% |
| From the all-time high | it is 15.5% below its all-time high | -15.4% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 2.5% above a support level at $52.07 — a price it turned at three times since 2026-02-17, most recently on 2026-05-13. Since 2024-08-21 it has 16 such levels below the current price and 1 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -2.5% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $6.83 (set on 2009-03-09) | $6.83 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 682.3% above its all-time low | +682.3% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually wide versus its own recent history (wider than about 83% of the past ~6 months) | 83rd percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $1.39 between its high and its low — about 2.6% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $1.39 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $52.53 and $61.01 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $52.53 – $56.77 – $61.01 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 2.6% in a typical session — calmer than most companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 2.6% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 1.5 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (4.0% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 1.5 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 2.00× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | not available for this company yet | n/a |
Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 0.1% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +0.1% |
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| Gap filled | a 5.0% gap up opened on 2026-06-11 has been "filled" 9 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 39 sessions to close | 9 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 12.1 percentage points (the stock lost 9.8% while the market gained 2.3%) | -12.1% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 8.3 percentage points (the stock lost 5.2% while the market gained 3.1%) | -8.3% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 3.9 percentage points (the stock gained 7.1% while the market gained 11.1%) | -4.0% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 2.8 percentage points (the stock gained 17.7% while the market gained 20.5%) | -2.8% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 3 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, near the bottom of its 14-day range (oversold) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 3 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a fresh 20-day low, MACD momentum is negative, lagging the market over 6 months, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 4 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 7.2% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is moderate, spanning 2.2% of the share price. | -7.2% |
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Volume-weighted price
1
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 1% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $53.94 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 157 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -0.9% |
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Price levels it has turned at before
BLX last closed at $53.43 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 16 prices below its last close and 1 above; the 3 nearest below and the nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $52.07 | Support | 2.5% below the last close | turned there three times · 2026-02-17 to 2026-05-13 |
| $50.85 | Support | 4.8% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-02-04 to 2026-02-26 |
| $57.36 | Resistance | 7.3% above the last close | turned there four times · 2026-04-24 to 2026-07-29 |
| $48.35 | Support | 9.5% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-09-11 to 2026-02-19 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part downward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 4 of five, a pullback against that direction.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes above $56.74.
It is the only labelling that fits these swings, though its proportions are not the textbook ones.
On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $56.74 and $58.16 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.
This labelling was already in place when we began recording count changes on 2026-08-13, so how long it has stood is not something we can say yet.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Broke down to a new 20-day low · At the bottom of its 14-day range (stochastic below 20) · Trading at this year’s average price paid (anchored VWAP) · Trading below the Ichimoku cloud · Elliott wave 4 pullbacks | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Mean price target$64.65 range $57.00 – $68.00; median $66.80
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-18. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Competition for high-quality assets in the Latin American region putting pressure on asset pricing and lending spreads.","Credit risk associated with regional economic conditions and fluctuations in trade activity.","Market liquidity conditions and funding cost volatility."]
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales are on record for BLX — recent Form 4 activity was compensation-related (awards, option exercises, or tax withholding), not open-market buying or selling.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsOnly open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
BLX had 381,808 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
Short interest as a percent of shares outstanding is not shown for BLX because we do not hold a verified share count to divide it by. The reported figures above are unaffected.
- Reported short interest (shares) 381,808
- Prior settlement (shares) 519,323
- Reported change -26.48%
- Days to cover (reported) 2.37
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Banco Santander (SAN)
- Citigroup (C)
- JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
- Bank of America (BAC)
- Itaú Unibanco (ITUB)
- Credicorp (BAP)
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Frequently asked questions
What does BLADEX INC CLASS E (BLX) do?
Bladex is a Panama-based multinational bank established by the central banks of 23 Latin American and Caribbean countries to promote foreign trade and economic integration in the region. The bank provides commercial banking services, including trade finance and lending, to corporations and financial institutions across Latin America. It also maintains a treasury investment portfolio of investment-grade securities and offers various fee-based financial services.
What sector is BLADEX INC CLASS E (BLX) in?
BLADEX INC CLASS E (BLX) is classified in the Financials sector. Its industry is Regional Banking / Trade Finance. It trades on NYSE.
Does BLX pay a dividend?
Yes — BLADEX INC CLASS E (BLX) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 3.96% (market data, as of 2026-08-24). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are BLADEX INC CLASS E's (BLX) competitors?
Notable peers of BLADEX INC CLASS E (BLX) include Banco Santander, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Itaú Unibanco. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is BLADEX INC CLASS E (BLX) overbought or oversold right now?
BLADEX INC CLASS E (BLX) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 31, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on BLX come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.