Stopanska Banka Bitola provided earnings guidance for the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. The company expects its net profit to edge down 0.68% year-on-year to MKD 42.7 million ($855,400/EUR 695,300) in 2018. Net interest income is projected to grow by an annual 2.12% to MKD 322.8 million in 2018. Net interest income is then expected to steadily grow to MKD 372.0 million in 2019, MKD 396.1 million in 2020, MKD 447.3 million in 2021 and MKD 498.8 million in 2022. It expects its return on equity to grow from 3.32% in 2017 to 5.52% in 2022. Return on assets is seen growing from 0.39% in 2017 to 0.70% in 2022.