Jefferies | The print includes a €1.9bn capital gain in relation to the sale of the Polish business. Excluding this, net profit of €3,560m was also a 3% beat. PBT was a 2% miss on higher impairments, with pre-prov profits 3% above consensus. Revenues were a 1% beat, with NII 2% above and fees broadly in line. Costs were a 1% beat, with a C:I ratio in the quarter of…
“If you are not in the U.S., you cannot aspire to be a global bank,” stated Ana Botín, Executive Chair of Banco Santander, explaining the acquisition of Webster for $12.2 billion—an all-stock transaction. She described the move as a “growth operation” that will “allow us to increase earnings by 7% and positions us to be one of the most competitive banks in the U.S., with the expectation of reaching an…
“The urgency of growth” is the theme of this year’s International Banking Conference organized by Banco Santander, whose president, Ana Botín, opened the session with a passionate defense of the European banking sector, which she described as straitjacketed “by regulation exceeding 90,000 pages, the equivalent of 50 bibles or 100 Quixotes.” “In the US, capital requirements are going down. In Europe, they are going up, and the differences are going…
Santander posts record nine-month results, with earnings per share up 16% and growing seven million customers to 178 million. Revenue was stable (€46.3 billion), with the bank achieving record net fee income (up 4% year-on-year). Operating expenses fell by 1%. As a result, the efficiency ratio improved to 41.3%. Loan-loss provisions fell 1% with improved cost of risk at 1.13% (-5 basis points). Non-performing loan ratio of 2.92%, improving 14…
Banco Santander—currently the UK’s fourth-largest mortgage lender—will pay £2.65 billion (approximately €3.1 billion) in cash for TSB, the ninth-largest bank in the country. In addition to this, Sabadell will receive the €300 million that TSB is expected to earn until the transaction closes during the first quarter of 2026. This deal will allow Sabadell to pay €3.8 billion in dividends (equivalent to 1/6 of the bank’s capitalization) over the next…
Erste Group Bank AG (“Erste”) to acquire a c.49% stake in Santander Bank Polska S.A. (“Santander Polska”) and 50% of Santander’s Polish asset management business TFI for a total cash consideration of €7 billion. The all-cash transaction at 584 zlotys per share values the bank at 2.2 times first quarter 2025 tangible book value per share, excluding the declared dividend of 46.37 zlotys per share, and represents a premium of…
Iñigo Vega (Jefferies) | A 9% net income beat, mainly driven by revenues (trading and other income) and lower other provisions. Strong prints in South EU, alongside Poland and the US, while key geos in Latam and the UK were soft. The print looks good enough to us, with LLPs the only notable miss driven by €100m in extra NPL provisions booked at Corp Centre. FY25 guidance maintained despite EZ…
“And corporate credit in Spain is now cheaper than in Germany, according to data from the ECB survey” (3.69% vs 3.70%), emphasized the president of Spain’s largest bank, Ana Botín, who saw a rise of more than 8% in the stock market yesterday after announcing profits of €12.574 billion (up 14%) with a revenue increase of 10%. (https://t.co/TUaTQ8qTGE ) The board intends to increase shareholder returns and also announces a…
Jefferies | 4Q2 First Look -New Guidance Supportive to Earnings and Buybacks: A 4% PBT beat, positively impacted by an FX adjustment in Argentina, with PBT ex-Argentina in line. Beats come from ‘core’ geos such as Spain, Mexico and Brazil, with softer prints in rest of Europe. New guidance implies c1-1.5bn EUR upside to ’25 cons profits (+10% at the mid-point) and c4bn EUR upside to cons buybacks in ’25-26….
Iñigo Vega (Jefferies) | Santander 3Q24 First Look – Solid Dynamics Despite Still Ongoing Neg. Argentine Impact A 4% beat at bottom line, again impacted by negative adjustments in relation to Argentina. Ex-Argentina, net income was a 7% beat (5% beat at PBT). Revenue dynamics trending in line, with strong trading and other income and NII in line. Across the Group, better OpEx and CoR dynamics. Beats coming from key…