Komerční Banka Profit Soars: Net Profit Exceeds 18 Billion Crowns

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Komerční banka‘s net profit attributable to shareholders last year rose by 4.7 percent year-on-year to 18.1 billion crowns. Total revenues increased by 0.2 percent to 36.9 billion crowns. The bank’s board of directors proposes the payment of a dividend of 95.60 crowns per share,i.e. in the amount of the entire net profit. The general meeting will decide on the payment on April 23.

On Friday, the bank published its consolidated financial results according to international accounting standards on website. For 2024, the dividend was 91.30 crowns per share,also from the entire net profit.

The CEO of Komerční banka, Jan Juchelka, pointed out that in the strategic program completed last year, the bank built a new digital infrastructure, from basic transaction and accounting systems to a new client application. “Even with such basic changes, we were able to further increase the number of bank clients, the volume of business activities with customers and the profitability of the KB Group,” he added.

Last year, operating costs decreased by 4.2 percent year-on-year to 17 billion crowns. The volume of loans provided by the KB Group rose by 6.8 percent to 905.8 billion crowns. the volume of standard client deposits increased by 5.8 percent to 1.089 trillion crowns. The number of group customers increased by 42 thousand to 2.268 million.

For this year, the share of net profit paid out in dividends may decrease. “Taking into account the current situation and assumptions, KB’s management intends to propose a dividend payment of 80 percent of the consolidated net profit generated this year attributable to shareholders for 2026,” the bank said.

In the fourth quarter of last year,the net profit attributable to shareholders decreased by 4.9 percent year-on-year to 4.5 billion crowns.Total revenues fell by 6.9 percent to 9.4 billion crowns, operating costs by 3.8 percent to 4.2 billion crowns. The results include the dissolution of provisions for credit risks for 100 million crowns.

among the other larger banks in the Czech Republic, Raiffeisenbank published its results, which last year saw its net profit rise by 33.9 percent year-on-year to 9.71 billion crowns. Moneta Money Bank reported a net profit of 6.5 billion crowns for

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