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Bank of Georgia profit jumps on solid net interest income growth

12th Nov 2024 11:01

(Alliance News) - Bank of Georgia Group PLC on Tuesday said it expects to benefit from ongoing healthy growth of Georgia's economy, as it posted a solid jump in profit and net interest income.

The Tbilisi-based lender said pretax profit jumped 44% to GEL606.5 million, around GBP174.9 million, in the third quarter of 2024 from GEL421.7 million a year ago.

Net interest income rose 53% to GEL641.0 million from GEL420.0 million. Interest expense increased 65% to GEL474.4 million from GEL286.9 million.

The company's common equity tier 1 ratio edged up to 17.2% as at September 30, from 17.0% at June 30. The CET1 ratio compares a bank's capital against its risk assets, with a higher ratio being more financially sound.

Bank of Georgia anticipates to benefit from an expected real gross domestic product growth of Georgia of around 9% for 2024 and 6% for 2025, despite current post-election political tensions in the country.

Chief Executive Officer Archil Gachechiladze said: "Overall, our business as a whole is performing well, and we keep focusing on supporting our customers with innovative, customer-centric solutions, and delivering strong growth and profitability in our key geographies, Georgia and Armenia."

Bank of Georgia said its key targets for the medium term are 15% annual growth of the loan book and an over 20% return on average equity.

In the third quarter, its loan book had surged 63% annually, while the return on average equity was 32.1%, up from 30.7% a year ago.

Bank of Georgia shares were 5.2% higher at 5,083.12 pence each on Tuesday morning in London.

By Tom Budszus, Alliance News slot editor

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