Deutsche Bank: Share price plummeting – What investors need to know now!

Deutsche Bank saw its share price fall on Wednesday, May 1, 2025. In XETRA trading, the price fell by 2.3 percent to EUR 23.01. The highest loss during trading was EUR 22.92, while the price at the start of trading was EUR 23.65. In the trading volume so far, 3,588,325 shares have been traded.

The company reached a 52-week high of EUR 23.80 on April 30, 2025. An increase of 3.43 percent would be necessary for Deutsche Bank shares to reach this high again. The 52-week low was recorded on August 6, 2024 at EUR 12.27, which means a distance of 46.68 percent from the current price. Experts expect a dividend of EUR 1,000 for 2025, compared to EUR 0.680 last year. The analysts' average price target is EUR 23.55.

Quarterly figures and business development

In addition, Deutsche Bank's quarterly figures were published. Revenue rose year-on-year from 6.66 to 7.22 billion euros, while investment banking recorded growth of 30%. However, the corporate bank and the retail bank suffered declines of 2% and 1% respectively. The asset management division grew by 22%.

In the same period, profit before taxes fell from 698 million to 583 million euros compared to the previous year. However, the common equity Tier 1 capital ratio increased from 13.7% to 13.8%. The shares fell by 2.87% on the Tradegate stock exchange.

A total dividend of 1.3 billion euros, or 0.68 euros per share, was proposed for 2024, an increase of 50% compared to 2023. Bank boss Christian Sewing emphasized Deutsche Bank's successful transformation and announced the goal of achieving a return of over 10% by 2025.

Bond traders in particular recorded their best results on record in the fourth quarter. Fixed income and currency revenue rose 26%, while revenue from deal advisory and stock and bond sales rose 71%. Still, profit before tax fell short of estimates and costs rose 14%.

Deutsche Bank plans to increase capital distributions for 2024 to 2.1 billion euros, of which 1.3 billion euros will be invested in dividends and 750 million euros in share buybacks. The performance of the bank's trading unit is now comparable to its largest Wall Street competitors.

During the quarter, provisions for non-performing loans amounting to EUR 420 million were made, with the prospect of reducing these provisions during the year. The cost-income ratio will be raised to less than 65%; the original target was less than 62.5%.