Sector Report4 min read
Financials: 22 A-Grades, Five Banks Bleeding
Payments and exchanges print cash. The megabanks? Still burning it faster than they can explain.
Sep 7, 2026
CMEVMACOF+11
Financial data as of Dec 31, 2025Declining · Financials, Crypto Related
Base grade from FCF margin, adjusted by financial health factors
Key financials compared side by side
Debt, liquidity, and leverage snapshot
Free cash flow per quarter
FCF Margin ranked against sector peers
Payments and exchanges print cash. The megabanks? Still burning it faster than they can explain.
Payments and exchanges print money. The biggest banks still burn it. Six F-grades are all improving, but from deeply negative baselines.
The sector splits clean: exchanges and payments print cash, megabanks burn it. Twenty companies improving can't hide the bottom five.