Bank Alfalah posts 25% increase in half year profit

Bank Alfalah posts 25% increase in half year profit

KARACHI: Bank Alfalah has declared 25 increase in net profit for the half year ended June 30, 2022.

According to unconsolidated financial results submitted to Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Friday, the bank declared profit after tax at Rs8.70 billion for the half year ended June 30, 2022 as compared with Rs6.93 billion in the same half of the last year.

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The bank also announced earnings per share at Rs4.9 for the half year (January – June) 2022 as compared with Rs3.90 EPS in the same half of the last year.

The board of directors of Bank Alfalah met on July 28, 2022 and recommended an interim cash dividend for the half year ended June 30, 2022 at the rate of Rs2.50 per share i.e. 25 per cent.

Analysts at Insight Research said that the result remained below from expectations of rs2.8 per share, primarily due to higher both provisions charge and effective tax rate during the quarter.

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Net Interest Income remained in line with estimates to clocked in at Rs17.8 billion (up by 53 per cent/25 per cent YoY/QoQ), which is attributable to repricing of assets as bank’s investment book is fully geared up for current monetary policy settings.

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Non-markup income improved significantly in 2QCY22 to reached Rs6.5 billion (up 57 per cent/49 per cent YoY/QoQ) mainly due to massive foreign exchange income, which is clocked in at Rs3.4 billion amid better market share in remittances/trade and volatility in FX market. Whereas, fee income remained in-line with the estimates.

On the provision front, bank posted a net charge of Rs3.6 billion vs. expectation of Rs0.8 billion, as bank raised its general provisioning due concern on the economic slowdown.

Effective tax rate (ETR) remained above from estimates of 54 per cent to clock in at 59.2 per cent.

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