Today afternoon saw the Kenya Commercial Bank Group (KCB) announce its financial results for the 9 month period ending September 30th 2011
The announcement came hot on the heels of Equity Bank’s own release yesterday and they managed to pip Equity by registering a higher Profit Before Tax.
KCB announced a Profit Before Tax of Kshs. 9.1 Billion, a 39.9% jump. Profit After Tax came in at Kshs. 6.4 Billion, a rise of 43.1%
Speaking during the release of the bank’s half year trading results, KCB Group Chairman Peter W. Muthoka noted the difficult operating environment in which banks were operating in. “Over the past six months, we have witnessed the economy going through turbulent times owing to a series of price shocks on fuel and food that has seen the 12-month overall inflation hit 17.32% by September, 2011. Despite all this, the bank has been able to register impressive results, driven by our Transformation Initiatives and growth in our respective business segments,” said the Chairman.
Efficiency, measured by the Cost:Income ratio improved to 66.1% from 70.3%
Subsidiaries continued their positive contribution to the Group business. They made Kshs. 400 Million more in Profit Before Tax than they made at this time last year, validating the managements decision to use some of the Rights Issue money on giving them much needed boosts
They have recently focused their energies on the property sector
The bank reduced its investment in Securities by 23.7% or Kshs. 12.1 Billion in order to focus on lending activities
KCB’s customer base now stands at 1.8 Million for both retail and corporate segments
Q3 2010 vs. Q3 2011 Analysis
2010 Kshs. | 2011 Kshs. | % CHANGE | |
TOTAL ASSETS | 244.2 BILLION | 322.5 BILLION | +32% |
NET LOANS AND ADVANCES | 137.9 BILLION | 193.9 BILLION | +40.6% |
CUSTOMER DEPOSITS | 193.1 BILLION | 252.4 BILLION | +30.7% |
LOAN:DEPOSIT RATIO | 71.4% | 76.82% | +5.4% |
TOTAL INTEREST INCOME | 17.5 BILLION | 19 BILLION | +8.8% |
TOTAL INTEREST EXPENSE | 2.9 BILLION | 2.4 BILLION | -15.7% |
NET INTEREST INCOME | 14.6 BILLION | 16.6 BILLION | +13.6% |
TOTAL OPERATING INCOME | 21.9 BILLION | 26.9 BILLION | +22.8% |
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSE | 15.4 BILLION | 17.8 BILLION | +15.6% |
COST:INCOME RATIO | 70.26% | 66.12% | -4.1% |
PROFIT BEFORE TAX | 6.5 BILLION | 9.1 BILLION | +39.9% |
PROFIT AFTER TAX | 4.5 BILLION | 6.4 BILLION | +43.1% |
KCB ramped up its lending by 40.6% to Kshs. 194 Billion which resulted in its Loan:Deposit ratio rising by 5.4% to 76.8%
KCB’s Non-Interest Income was buoyed by a 47.9% increase in its Fees and Commissions to Kshs. 6.9 Billion. Fees and Commissions now account for 67.3% of its Total Non-Interest Income
Despite the huge volatility in the Currency Markets, Foreign Exchange trading income was flat at Kshs. 2.2 Billion
A 19.4% rise in staff costs to Kshs. 8.65 Billion did not hamper efficiency, measured by the Cost:Income ratio, which improved to 66.1% from 70.3%
Gross Non-Performing Loans (GNPL) increased by 3.3% but overall, the quality of the loan book (GNPL/Net Loans) improved by 3% to 8.19%
Q2 2011 vs. Q3 2011 (Quarter on Quarter Analysis)
Q2 2011 Kshs. | Q3 2011 Kshs. | % CHANGE | |
TOTAL INTEREST INCOME | 6.1 BILLION | 7.2 BILLION | +19.1% |
TOTAL INTEREST EXPENSE | 649.8 MILLION | 1.2 BILLION | +78.7% |
NET INTEREST INCOME | 5.4 BILLION | 6.1 BILLION | +12.0% |
TOTAL OPERATING INCOME | 9 BILLION | 10 BILLION | +11.7% |
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSE | 5.7 BILLION | 6.6 BILLION | +15.9% |
COST:INCOME RATIO | 63.93% | 66.3% | +2.4% |
PROFIT BEFORE TAX | 3.2 BILLION | 3.4 BILLION | +4.3% |
PROFIT AFTER TAX | 2.3 BILLION | 2.4 BILLION | +3.1% |
Q3 saw a huge increase in Interest Expenses to Kshs. 1.2 Billion, a 79% increment from Q2
Operating Expenses in the 3rd Quarter also grew faster than Operating Income resulting in Cost:Income ratio in Q3 settling at 66.33%, 2.4% more than in Q2
The Group still managed to post steady growth with Profit Before Tax and Profit After Tax growing at 4.3% and 3.1% respectively from the previous quarter
Since the last 3 months, the tables have been turned and it is now Equity who trail KCB in Profit Before Tax by a figure of around Kshs. 100 Million. At Half Year, KCB trailed Equity by a similar figure
At 14.95, KCB is now trading at a Forward Price to Earnings ratio of 5.14.