Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc (NGX: STANBIC), a member of the Standard Bank Group, has posted an impressive 91.5% growth in profit after tax for the first quarter period ended 31st March, 2023.
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The banking group reported a profit after tax of N28.86bn, up from the N15.96bn it reported for the first quarter period of 2022.
Review of the Financial Statements
Income Statement:
- Interest Income: The bank reported an interest income of N50.41bn, 52.80% higher than the N32.99bn it reported in the preceding period. Most of this income came from interest on loans and advances to customer; N41.85bn to be precise (Q1 2022: N24.65bn). Interest on investment and interest on loans and advances to banks contributed N7.93bn (Q1 2022: N8.22bn and N621mn respectively (Q1 2022: N117mn) respectively. The group incurred an interest expense totaling N14.03bn, mostly interest paid on borrowed funds, interest deposits, and term deposits.
- Fee and commission income: Stanbic IBTC posted a marginally higher revenue from fee and commission. It reported that it earned N26.02bn from fee and commission, 12.52% higher than the N23.12bn reported in Q1 2022. Asset management fees accounted for N15.99bn, a significant portion of this revenue. Brokerage and financial advisory fees added N2.59bn while foreign currency service fees brought in N2.19bn.
- Trading revenue: The banking group reported that its earned N19.89bn (Q1 2022: N10.50bn) from trading, with almost all of it coming from trading fixed income and currencies.
- Staff costs went up 12.93%, from N12.37bn in Q1 2022, to N13.97bn in Q1 2023.
- Other operating expenses also increased to N27.46 billion from N22.95 billion. AMCON expenses of N9.36bn and Deposit insurance premium of N2.49bn accounted for most of its operating expenses.
- Profit Before Income Tax: N36.26 billion, compared to N19.59 billion in Q1 2022.
- Profit After Tax: N28.86 billion, compared to N15.06 billion in Q1 2022.
- Earnings Per Share: N2.16, compared to 1.11 in Q1 2022.
Balance Sheet:
- Total Assets: N3.21 trillion, compared to N3.02 trillion as at 31st December 2022. Of these assets, over N1.2 trillion was loans and advances to customers and banks, while N841.84bn was cash and cash equivalents.
- Total Liabilities: N2.77 trillion, compared to N2.62 trillion as at 31st December 2022. Deposits from customers accounted for most of the liabilities with N1.79 trillion. The banks borrowings amounted to N194.97bn, while its trading liabilities stood at N214.69bn.
- Shareholders’ Fund: stood at N437.41 billion, compared to N407.67 billion as at 31st December 2022.
- Retained earnings: N319.38 billion, against N290.40bn as at 31st Dec. 2022.
Cashflow:
- Operating activities: net cash of N99.54bn was generated from operating activities, against N117.23bn generated in the preceding period.
- Investing activities: net cash of N117.84bn was used in investing activities, against N372.02bn generated in the preceding year,
- Financing activities: net cash of N8.65billion was generated from financing activities, against N33.49 billion generated in preceding period.
- Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period was N617.33 billion.
About the Company
Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC is a company domiciled in Nigeria. The address of the company is IBTC Place, Plot 1C Walter Carrington Crescent, Victoria Island, Lagos. The group is primarily involved in the provision of banking and other financial services to corporate and individual customers.
Nnamdi Maduakor is a Writer, Investor and Entrepreneur
