Chong Hing Bank year net up 10% to HK$1.56bn; div HK$0.39
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Chong Hing Bank (01111) said its profit attributable to equity owners for the year ended 31 December 2017 rose 10.2% year-on-year to HK$1,565 million. Basic and diluted earnings per share were HK$2.17. Net interest income amounted to HK$2,317 million, an increase of 13.3% from a year earlier. Net interest margin at 1.52% was 14 basis points less than the same period last year. After excluding penalty cost factor, year over year net interest margin dropped 7 basis points. Operating profit before impairment allowances amounted to HK$1,356 million, a decrease of 6% year-on-year. With careful management on the exposure of credit risk, asset quality of loans and advances continued to be good with impaired loan ratio at 0.46%, non-performing loan ratio at 0.56%, down 0.08 percentage point, and provision coverage of impaired loans and advances at 182%. Total capital ratio increased from 16.32% in December 2016 to 17.60% in December 2017, the Tier 1 capital ratio was at 13.30% and the Common Equity Tier 1 capital ratio was at 11.3%. The proposed final dividend is HK$0.39 (2016: HK$0.39) per share, payable on 5 June. |
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