Royal Bank of Scotland Increased 4Q Pretax Profit, Scales Back Returns Target
14 February 2020 - 6:59PM
Dow Jones News
By Sabela Ojea
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC on Friday reported an increased
profit for the fourth quarter of 2019 but trimmed its medium-term
returns target.
The majority-state-owned bank made a quarterly pretax profit of
GBP1.55 billion compared with GBP572 million for the same period a
year earlier.
Net profit came to GBP1.41 billion in the quarter from GBP286
million, it added, while net profit for the year reached GBP3.13
billion from GBP1.62 billion in 2018.
Pretax profit for the year rose to GBP4.23 billion from GBP3.36
billion pounds in the year-earlier period. Analysts had forecast a
pretax profit of GBP4.07 billion, taken from FactSet and based on
15 analysts' estimates.
The London-listed lender booked a 900 million pound ($1.16
billion) provision in the third quarter of the year to cover
payment protection insurance costs following the late surge in
claims ahead of the August deadline.
Total income for the quarter rose to GBP4.23 billion compared
with GBP3.06 billion in the fourth quarter of 2018. Income for the
year came to GBP14.25 billion from GBP13.40 billion, largely
surpassing market forecasts of GBP12.14 billion, taken from FactSet
and based on 16 analysts' estimates.
RBS said it expects its return on tangible to equity to be in
the range of 9-11% in the medium to long term, having said in
August it was unlikely to hit its targeted 12% RoTE in 2020.
The board has declared a final dividend of 3.0 pence, down from
3.5 pence a share, and a special dividend of 5.0 pence, down from a
special dividend of 7.5 pence a share last year.
RBS's common equity Tier 1 capital ratio--a measure of a bank's
financial strength--stood at 16.2% at Dec. 31.
Write to Sabela Ojea at sabela.ojea@wsj.com; @sabelaojeaguix
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
February 14, 2020 02:44 ET (07:44 GMT)
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