AYALA-LED Bank of the Philippine Islands’ (BPI) net income for the first nine months of 2024 surged by 24.3 percent to a record P48 billion from P38.6 billion a year earlier, driven by robust revenue growth and sustained positive operating leverage.
The bank told the stock exchange on Thursday that it also recorded its highest quarterly income to date of P17.4 billion, 28.9 percent higher than the year-earlier P13.5 billion.
For the January to June period, BPI said that its return on equity and return on assets stood at 15.9 percent and 2.1 percent, respectively
Earnings per share for the period rose 16.5 percent year on year to P9.10 from last year’s P7.81, “notwithstanding the additional shares issued for the BPI and Robinsons Bank Corp. merger.”
Revenues grew 24.7 percent from to P125.8 billion from P100.9 billion, led by a 22-percent increase in net interest income to P93.8 billion from P76.8 billion previously.
Average loans were said to have expanded by 18.9 percent, with net interest margin widening by 22 basis points to 4.29 percent, while noninterest net income grew to P31.9 billion from securities trading gains of P3 billion.
Fee income was up 28 percent year on year to P26.4 billion, attributed to higher service charges, credit card fees and bancassurance income.
For the third quarter alone, BPI posted a 26.3-percent growth in revenues to P44.6 billion from P35.3 billion in the same quarter last year.
It said that gross loans grew to P2.1 trillion, up 18.9 percent year on year, and driven by consistent growth across its portfolio.
BPI’s personal loans portfolio grew by 10 percent, followed by business banking (up 99.3 percent) and microfinance (up 65.2 percent).
Total deposits expanded 14.5 percent year on year to P2.5 trillion, with the current accounts savings account ratio at 63 percent and the loan-to-deposit ratio at 85.9 percent.
BPI shares rose P1.90, or 1.35 percent, to P142.50 each on Thursday amid a 0.49-percent drop for the benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index.
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