Barclays 2Q Pretax Profit Fell Significantly, Missing Market Views; Costs Set to Keep Rising
28 July 2022 - 4:52PM
Dow Jones News
By Sabela Ojea
Barclays PLC reported Thursday a significant decline in
second-quarter pretax profit, missing market views, after the U.K.
bank booked higher operating costs and impairments which it said
are set to continue rising.
The U.K. bank posted a pretax profit for the second quarter of
1.50 billion pounds ($1.82 billion) compared with GBP2.50 billion
for the same period a year earlier. Pretax profit was expected to
decline to GBP1.63 billion, according to the bank's compiled
consensus.
The FTSE 100 listed bank's total income increased to GBP6.71
billion from GBP5.42 billion for the prior year. Total income was
anticipated to rise to GBP6.50 billion for the second quarter of
2022, taken from the bank's compiled forecasts.
The bank ended the period with a common equity Tier 1 ratio--a
key measure of balance-sheet strength--of 13.6%, down from
forecasts of a ratio of 13.8% and from a ratio of 15.1% as at Dec.
31.
The board has declared an interim dividend of 2.25 pence a
share, up from 2.0 pence a year earlier. The board was expected to
declare a payout to shareholders of 2.3 pence a share.
Write to Sabela Ojea at sabela.ojea@wsj.com; @sabelaojeaguix
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
July 28, 2022 02:37 ET (06:37 GMT)
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