Jefferies | BBVA reported a solid 1Q24 print, with a 10% PAT beat versus consensus, driven by strong revenues, partly offset by costs. The quarter confirmed solid dynamics across most geographies, with beats coming from both Spain and Mexico. The FY24 outlook for revenues is improving on the back of better NII dynamics in Spain, and NAP for the group now guided to grow double-digit versus FY23 (consensus at 7%…

Link Securities| The financial institution has reported the completion of the execution of its share buyback programme, having reached the maximum monetary amount of €781 million. With the acquisition of the last shares referenced below, the total number of shares acquired in execution of the Buyback Programme is 74,654,915 treasury shares, representing approximately 1.28% of BBVA’s share capital at this date. As indicated by BBVA, the purpose of the Buyback…

Link Securities| The chairman of BBVA (BBVA), Carlos Torres, said that the bank tax damages the Spanish economy and should not exist, because it negatively affects the volume of loans and reduces GDP growth, in an interview with the newspaper Expansión, on the occasion of the World Economic Forum in Davos (Switzerland). The executive defends that the Spanish banking sector is efficient and competitive and does not enjoy extraordinary profits….

CdM | The new Green and Social Bonds Report 2022 published by BBVA (BBVA) highlights that in the last year the bank doubled the number of green bonds issued. Since 2018, the financial institution has issued eight green bonds for a total amount of €4,723 million, half of these issues occurred last year for a value of €1,688 million. The report states that by the end of 2022, BBVA’s parent…