Announcement no. 3/2024
“Tailwinds and positive developments are the key words to describe virtually all aspects of the BankNordik Group’s business in 2023. We are pleased to report a satisfactory profit after tax for 2023 of
The sound results were driven mainly by the favourable interest rate environment, an improved balance of income and costs, the return on our own portfolio and the continued solid performance of the customer portfolio. On the other hand, 2023 was also a year of high, albeit subsiding, inflation, soaring interest rates and geopolitical tensions, resulting in sustained general economic uncertainty, which caused us to raise the management estimate.
Our outlook for 2024 is positive, however. Despite the higher management estimate, we reversed impairment charges overall for 2023, which shows that we have a strong credit portfolio and are well positioned for 2024. However, we expect to see rising impairment charges in 2024 compared with the reversals we have witnessed in recent years,” said BankNordik CEO Turið
At the upcoming annual general meeting, the Board of Directors will propose a total dividend distribution of
The Bank maintains the announced financial targets for 2024: ROE >12%, cost/income <53% and CET1 capital of 20%.
Highlights of BankNordik's annual report for 2023:
Q4 2023 relative to Q3 2023
- Operating profit before impairment charges decreased from
DKK 83m in Q3 2023 toDKK 68m in Q4 2023.- Net interest income amounted to
DKK 100m in Q4 2023, up byDKK 4m over Q3 2023. -
Fee and commission income was down by
DKK 2m fromDKK 19m in Q3 2023 toDKK 17m in Q4 2023. -
Net insurance income amounted to
DKK 12m in Q4 2023, which was aDKK 11m decrease quarter on quarter. -
Other operating income amounted to
DKK 4m in Q4 2023, which wasDKK 5m less than the Q3 figure. -
Operating costs amounted to
DKK 65m in Q4, flat compared to Q3 2023.
- Net interest income amounted to
-
Impairment charges were
DKK 5m in Q4 2023, compared toDKK 0m in Q3 2023.- The investment portfolio yielded a gain of
DKK 46m in Q4 2023, against a gain ofDKK 26m in Q3 2023.
- The investment portfolio yielded a gain of
-
The overall profit before tax for Q4 2023 was
DKK 109m , againstDKK 108m in Q3 2023.
Q1-Q4 2023 vs Q1-Q4 2022
- BankNordik reported operating profit before impairment charges of
DKK 269m for Q1-Q4 2023, aDKK 67m (+33%) improvement on Q1-Q4 2022.- Net interest income was up by
DKK 90m toDKK 360m in Q1-Q4 2023 compared toDKK 270m in Q1-Q4 2022. -
Fee and commission income was down by
DKK 11m toDKK 77m in Q1-Q4 2023 fromDKK 88m in Q1-Q4 2022. -
Net insurance income was up by
DKK 8m in Q1-Q4 2023 toDKK 60m relative to Q1-Q4 2022 as premium income, net grew compared to claims.
- Net interest income was up by
- Other operating income was down by
DKK 5m toDKK 32m in the Q1-Q4 2023 period compared to Q1-Q4 2022. -
Operating costs amounted to
DKK 257m in Q1-Q4 2023, an increase ofDKK 14m over Q1-Q4 2022.
- Other operating income was down by
- Impairment charges were a net reversal of
DKK 10m in Q1-Q4 2023, compared to aDKK 47m net reversal in Q1-Q4 2022. BankNordik has raised the management estimated provision fromDKK 56m toDKK 100m due to the general economic uncertainty. -
The investment portfolio yielded a gain of
DKK 109m in Q1-Q4 2023 against a loss ofDKK 43m in Q1-Q4 2022. -
The overall profit before tax was
DKK 379m in Q1-Q4 2023 againstDKK 207m in Q1-Q4 2022. -
Bank lending volumes were up by 10% from
DKK 8,083m at31 December 2022 toDKK 8,883m at31 December 2023 . -
Mortgage broking services fell from
DKK 2,648m at31 December 2022 toDKK 2,599m at31 December 2023 . -
Deposits were up by 4% from
DKK 8,351m at31 December 2022 toDKK 8,710m at31 December 2023 .
Capital ratios
At
Guidance for 2024
BankNordik's management is guiding for FY 2024 net profit in the
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Appendix: Q1-Q4 2023 financial highlights and comparative figures
DKKm | Q4 2023 | Q3 2023 | Index | Q2 2023 | Q1 2023 | Q4 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | Index |
Net interest income | 100 | 96 | 104 | 86 | 78 | 72 | 360 | 270 | 133 |
Net fee and commission income | 17 | 19 | 90 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 77 | 88 | 87 |
Net insurance income | 12 | 24 | 51 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 60 | 52 | 115 |
Other operating income (less reclassification) | 4 | 9 | 42 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 37 | 87 |
Operating income | 133 | 148 | 90 | 135 | 112 | 117 | 528 | 447 | 118 |
Operating costs | -65 | -65 | 100 | -64 | -63 | -58 | -257 | -243 | 106 |
Sector costs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -1 | ||
Profit before impairment charges | 68 | 83 | 82 | 71 | 49 | 59 | 269 | 202 | 133 |
Impairment charges, net | -5 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 47 | 22 | |
Operating profit | 62 | 82 | 76 | 78 | 57 | 62 | 279 | 249 | 112 |
Non-recurring items | 0 | 0 | -6 | -3 | 0 | -9 | 0 | ||
Profit before investment portfolio earnings and tax | 62 | 82 | 76 | 72 | 54 | 62 | 270 | 249 | 109 |
Investment portfolio earnings | 46 | 26 | 179 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 109 | -43 | -256 |
Profit before tax | 109 | 108 | 101 | 87 | 75 | 70 | 379 | 207 | 184 |
Tax | 20 | 20 | 100 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 72 | 42 | 170 |
Net profit | 89 | 88 | 101 | 70 | 61 | 54 | 308 | 164 | 187 |
Loans and advances | 8.883 | 8.790 | 101 | 8.655 | 8.354 | 8.083 | 8.883 | 8.083 | 110 |
Deposits and other debt | 8.710 | 8.602 | 101 | 8.426 | 8.524 | 8.351 | 8.710 | 8.351 | 104 |
Mortgage credit | 2.599 | 2.615 | 99 | 2.567 | 2.634 | 2.648 | 2.599 | 2.648 | 98 |
Equity | 1.851 | 1.762 | 105 | 1.676 | 1.608 | 1.799 | 1.851 | 1.799 | 103 |
Total capital ratio, incl. MREL capital, % | 41,1 | 29,9 | 30,2 | 28,9 | 29,7 | 41,1 | 29,7 | ||
CET 1 capital, % | 25,8 | 21,5 | 21,8 | 20,8 | 21,4 | 25,8 | 21,4 | ||
ROE, % | 19,6 | 20,5 | 21,2 | 17,7 | 12,1 | 16,9 | 8,6 | ||
ROE, excl. one-offs, % | 19,6 | 20,5 | 22,6 | 18,5 | 12,1 | 17,3 | 8,6 | ||
Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR), % | 228,2 | 196,6 | 183,7 | 220,0 | 225,2 | 228,2 | 225,2 | ||
Operating cost/income, % | 49 | 44 | 47 | 56 | 49 | 49 | 54 | ||
Number of FTE, end of period | 207 | 207 | 100 | 203 | 203 | 200 | 207 | 200 | 104 |
Further details are available in the annual report.
Attachments
- Annual Report 2023.pdf
- IR presentation Q4 2023.pdf
- Risk Management Report 2023.pdf
- banknordik-2023-12-31-en.zip
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