Swedbank 3Q Net Profit Beat Views on Higher Income, Lower Costs
20 October 2020 - 5:14PM
Dow Jones News
By Dominic Chopping
STOCKHOLM--Swedbank AB on Tuesday reported a forecast-beating
net profit for the third quarter of the year, as income rose while
costs fell despite uncertainty caused by the coronavirus
pandemic.
The Swedish bank said that with the support of the strong stock
market, net commission income is back to a normal level, Swedbank's
card business has recovered and underlying expenses were as
planned, it said.
The bank booked 425 million Swedish kronor ($48.1 million) of
credit impairment provisions in the quarter, mainly related to
increased provisions for a few oil-related commitments.
Swedbank said that its work to implement its action plan to
remedy money laundering shortcomings is progressing as scheduled,
but that work has been affected by the pandemic. The cost of these
measures continues to be lower than forecast, it added.
The bank reported a quarterly net profit of SEK5.26 billion,
from a profit of SEK4.66 billion in same quarter last year, while
net interest income rose 2.5% to SEK6.71 billion.
Analysts polled by FactSet had expected net profit of SEK4.32
billion with net interest income of SEK6.88 billion.
The bank's common equity Tier 1 ratio--a measure of financial
strength--was 16.8%, compared with 16.3% in the year-earlier
quarter.
Write to Dominic Chopping at dominic.chopping@wsj.com
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