UniCredit Shares Climb After 3Q Beat
07 Noviembre 2019 - 4:02AM
Noticias Dow Jones
By Pietro Lombardi
UniCredit SpA (UCG.MI) shares trade higher Thursday after the
bank posted better-than-expected third-quarter results ahead of its
new strategic plan.
The improved earnings were anticipated, as they come against a
previous-year quarter that was hit by an impairment related to the
lender's stake in Turkish bank Yapi Kredi and provisions. However,
net profit grew more than analysts had forecast.
UniCredit shares traded 4.3% higher at 0922 GMT.
The results cap a busy week for Italy's largest bank, which has
sold its entire stake in Mediobanca SpA (MB.MI) and made further
progress on asset quality.
Net profit for the period was 1.10 billion euros ($1.22 billion)
compared with a profit of EUR29 million a year earlier, the bank
said Thursday. On an adjusted basis, which excludes one-offs, net
profit rose almost 26% on year.
Revenue rose 1.7% to EUR4.70 billion, benefiting from higher
fees and trading income, which offset a 5% decline in net interest
income.
Analysts had expected a net profit of EUR1.03 billion on revenue
of EUR4.58 billion, according to a consensus forecast provided by
the bank.
"This is another strong quarter from UniCredit," Jefferies
said.
Capital was above expectations, the P&L showed solid core
trends and the bank sped up the reduction of nonperforming loans,
it said. UniCredit reported lower operating costs and a 19% decline
in provisions for bad loans.
This was the bank's best quarter in a decade, Chief Executive
Jean Pierre Mustier said.
"We have already met or will exceed our key targets by the end
of this year," he said.
The strong performance comes as the lender gears up for a new
plan, dubbed "Team 23", that it will present in December.
Under the current strategy, it cut costs, disposed of bad loans
worth billions of euros and sold assets, including Polish lender
Bank Pekao SA and asset manager Pioneer. The bank also raised EUR13
billion of fresh capital. More recently, it sold its stake in
online lender FinecoBank SpA (FBK.MI), and, this week, it sold its
stake in Mediobanca for EUR785 million.
Write to Pietro Lombardi at pietro.lombardi@dowjones.com
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November 07, 2019 04:47 ET (09:47 GMT)
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