BPER Banca SpA (WBO:BPE)
€ 5.596 0.046 (0.83%) Market Cap: 7.91 Bil Enterprise Value: 16.97 Bil PE Ratio: 5.18 PB Ratio: 0.78 GF Score: 49/100

Q2 2024 Bper Banca SpA Earnings Call Transcript

Aug 07, 2024 / 08:00AM GMT
Release Date Price: €4.72 (+1.11%)

Key Points

Positve
  • Revenues grew by 4%, reaching EUR2.8 billion, demonstrating strong business resilience.
  • Profit before tax increased by almost 16%, reaching EUR1.1 billion.
  • Cost income ratio remained stable at 50.6%, reflecting effective cost discipline.
  • Adjusted return on tangible equity stands at a robust 16.5%, with a CET1 ratio of 15.3%.
  • Liquidity profile remained strong, with LCR at 161.4% and NSFR at 134.6%.
Negative
  • Stated profit was lower year-on-year and quarter-on-quarter due to a limited tax rate in previous periods.
  • Operating cost guidance was revised modestly upwards.
  • Gross NPAs increased by EUR300 million quarter-on-quarter.
  • HR-related actions resulted in significant one-off costs, including EUR174 million in Q2 2024.
  • Market risk-weighted assets increased by EUR1.2 billion quarter-on-quarter.
Operator

Good morning. This is the chorus call conference operator. Welcome and thank you for joining the Bper first half 2024 consolidated results conference call. (Operator Instructions) At this time, I would like to turn the conference over to Mr. Nicola Sponghi, Head of Investor Relations with Bper . Mr. Sponghi, please go ahead, sir.

Nicola Sponghi
Bper Banca SpA - IR

Thank you and good morning, everyone. I am pleased to welcome you to our second quarter 2024 and this conference call. Before I give the floor to our CEO, Gianni Franco Papa, please note that our slide certain press release can be found on our corporate website.

I would also advise you to take note of the disclaimer on slide 2 of the presentation document. That said after the presentation, our CEO and our CFO, Simone Marcucci will take care of the Q&A session. I will reiterate that this is reserved for financial analysts, whom I will kindly request to ask a maximum of two questions each, so that everyone will have the opportunity to contribute to today's call.

Thank you very

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