10 Aug 2023

TBC Bank Announces Unaudited 2Q and 1H 2023 Consolidated Financial Results

2Q 2023 net profit reached GEL 293 million, up by 25% YoY, with ROE at 28.1%.
1H 2023 net profit stood at GEL 548 million, up by 20% YoY, with ROE at 26.7%.

European Union Market Abuse Regulation EU 596/2014 requires TBC Bank Group PLC to disclose that this announcement contains Inside Information, as defined in that Regulation.

The information in this announcement, which was approved by the Board of Directors on 9 August 2023, does not comprise statutory accounts within the meaning of Section 434 of the Companies Act 2006. Statutory accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022, which contained an unmodified audit report under Section 495 of the Companies Act 2006 and which did not make any statements under Section 498 of the Companies Act 2006, have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies in accordance with Section 441 of the Companies Act 2006.

Financial highlights

Income statement

in thousands of GEL 2Q’23 1Q’23 2Q’22 Change YoY Change QoQ 1H’23 1H’22 Change YoY
Net interest income 399,338 366,791 303,572  31.5% 8.9% 766,129 592,191 29.4%
Net fee and commission income 105,636 92,438 75,572 39.8% 14.3% 198,074 141,462 40.0%
Other operating non-interest income 81,792 73,010 84,965 -3.7% 12.0% 154,802 143,248 8.1%
Operating profit 586,766 532,239 464,109 26.4% 10.2% 1,119,005 876,901 27.6%
 Total credit loss allowance (33,934) (53,168) (37,854) -10.4% -36.2% (87,102) (51,590) 68.8%
 Operating expenses (203,560) (182,780) (163,635) 24.4% 11.4% (386,340) (314,585) 22.8%
Profit before tax 349,272 296,291 262,620 33.0% 17.9% 645,563 510,726 26.4%
Income tax expense (56,186) (41,331) (28,056) NMF 35.9% (97,517) (52,181) 86.9%
Profit for the period 293,086 254,960 234,564 24.9% 15.0% 548,046 458,545 19.5%

Balance sheet

in thousands of GEL Jun-23 Mar-23 Jun-22 Change YoY Change QoQ
Total Assets 28,878,826 27,138,985 25,983,476 11.1% 6.4%
Gross Loans 19,360,689 18,321,341 17,534,515 10.4% 5.7%
Customer Deposits 18,992,492 17,297,630 15,772,905 20.4% 9.8%
Total Equity 4,331,529 4,238,958 3,756,763 15.3% 2.2%
CET 1 Capital (Basel III) per IFRS 3,920,004 3,667,479 n/a n/a 6.9%
Tier 1 Capital (Basel III) per IFRS 4,443,544 4,179,559 n/a n/a 6.3%
Total Capital (Basel III) per IFRS 4,947,830 4,601,884 n/a n/a 7.5%
Risk Weighted Assets (Basel III) per IFRS 21,452,808 20,767,052 n/a n/a 3.3%
Number of shares (in thousands) 55,140 54,991 55,156 0.0% 0.3%

 

 

Key Ratios 2Q’23 1Q’23 2Q’22 Change YoY Change QoQ 1H’23 1H’22 Change YoY
ROE 28.1% 25.2% 25.7% 2.4 pp 2.9 pp 26.7% 25.9% 0.8 pp
ROE – Georgia FS 27.8% 23.7% 25.1% 2.7 pp 4.1 pp 25.7% 25.4% 0.3 pp
ROA 4.2% 3.6% 3.7% 0.5 pp 0.6 pp 3.9% 3.7% 0.2 pp
ROA – Georgia FS 4.5% 3.8% 3.9% 0.6 pp 0.7 pp 4.1% 4.0% 0.1 pp
NIM 6.8% 6.4% 5.8% 1.0 pp 0.4 pp 6.6% 5.7% 0.9 pp
Cost to income 34.7% 34.3% 35.3% -0.6 pp 0.4 pp 34.5% 35.9% -1.4 pp
Cost to income – Georgia FS 30.2% 30.4% 30.3% -0.1 pp -0.2 pp 30.3% 30.5% -0.2 pp
Cost of risk 0.6% 1.1% 0.9% -0.3 pp -0.5 pp 0.9% 0.6% 0.3 pp
NPL to gross loans 2.1% 2.2% 2.3% -0.2 pp -0.1 pp 2.1% 2.3% -0.2 pp
NPL provision coverage ratio 89.3% 92.9% 99.8% -10.5 pp -3.6 pp 89.3% 99.8% -10.5 pp
Total NPL coverage ratio 153.7% 154.8% 167.5% -13.8 pp -1.1 pp 153.7% 167.5% -13.8 pp
CET 1 CAR (Basel III) per IFRS 18.3% 17.7% n/a n/a 0.6 pp 18.3% n/a n/a
Tier 1 CAR (Basel III) per IFRS 20.7% 20.1% n/a n/a 0.6 pp 20.7% n/a n/a
Total CAR (Basel III) per IFRS 23.1% 22.2% n/a n/a 0.9 pp 23.1% n/a n/a
Leverage (Times) 6.7x 6.4x 6.9x -0.2x 0.3x 6.7x 6.9x -0.2x
EPS (GEL) 5.33 4.57 4.26 25.1% 16.6% 9.90 8.37 18.3%
Diluted EPS (GEL) 5.25 4.50 4.14 26.8% 16.7% 9.76 8.13 20.0%
BVPS (GEL) 78.21 75.91 67.61 15.7% 3.0% 78.21 67.61 15.7%

Georgia FS refers to Georgian financial services

 

Operational highlights

Customer base

In millions  Jun’23 Mar’23 Jun’22 Change YoY Change QoQ
Total number of registered users 16.1 14.8 11.4 41% 9%
  Georgia 3.2 3.1 2.9 10% 3%
  Uzbekistan 12.9 11.7 8.5 52% 10%
Total MAU 5.1 5.1 3.7 38% 0%
  Georgia 1.6 1.5 1.4 14% 7%
  Uzbekistan 3.5 3.6 2.3 52% -3%

 

Digital customers

In thousands Jun’23 Mar’23 Jun’22 Change YoY Change QoQ
Digital DAU Georgia 381 368 311 23% 4%
Digital MAU Georgia 849 829 704 21% 2%
Digital DAU/MAU Georgia 45% 44% 44% 1 pp 1 pp
Digital DAU Group 1,434 1,401 1,032 39% 2%
Digital MAU Group 4,295 4,432 2,959 45% -3%
Digital DAU/MAU Group 33% 32% 35%  -2 pp  1 pp

 

Uzbekistan – key highlights

In thousands of GEL Jun’23 Mar’23 Jun’22 Change YoY Change QoQ
Gross loans 526,843 407,993 181,345 NMF 29.1%
Customer accounts 457,340 374,429 235,780 94.0% 22.1%

 

  2Q’23 1Q’23 Change QoQ 1H’23
Net profit (GEL, thousands) 12,505 12,707 -1.6% 25,212
ROE 22.1% 28.1% -6.0 pp 25.1%

 

Georgian and Uzbek payments businesses

In millions of GEL 2Q’23 1Q’23 2Q’22 Change YoY Change QoQ 1H’23 1H’22 Change YoY
Net revenue – Georgia 71.0 61.1 50.7 40.0% 16.2% 132.1 94.0 40.5%
Net revenue – Uzbekistan 16.8 16.5 12.0 40.0% 1.8% 33.3 21.5 54.9%

 

TNET – digital lifestyle platform in Georgia

In millions 2Q’23 1Q’23 2Q’22 Change YoY Change QoQ 1H’23 1H’22 Change YoY
Gross merchandise value (GMV, GEL) 52.8 30.4 28.1 87.9% 73.7% 83.2 42.9 93.9%
Number of transactions 4.2 3.4 3.0 40.0% 23.5% 7.6 5.9 28.8%

 

Additional Information Disclosure

The following materials are disclosed on our Investor Relations website on https://tbcbankgroup.com/ under Results Center section:

  • 2Q and 1H 2023 Results Report
  • 2Q and 1H 2023 Results Call Presentation
  • Supplementary Data

 

For further enquiries, please contact:

Director of Investor Relations and International Media
Andrew Keeley

Or

Head of Investor Relations
Anna Romelashvili
ir@tbcbank.com.ge

 

About TBC Bank Group PLC ("TBC PLC")
TBC Bank Group PLC ("TBC PLC") is a public limited company registered in England and Wales. TBC PLC is the parent company of JSC TBC Bank ("TBC Bank") and a group of companies that principally operate in Georgia in the financial sector. TBC PLC also offers non-financial services via TNET, the largest digital ecosystem in Georgia. Since 2019, TBC PLC has expanded its operations into Uzbekistan by operating fast growing retail digital financial services in the country. TBC PLC is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol TBCG and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. It is also a member of the FTSE4Good Index Series and the MSCI United Kingdom Small Cap Index.

TBC Bank, together with its subsidiaries, is a leading universal banking group in Georgia, with a total market share of 38.8% of customer loans and 40.1% of customer deposits as of 30 June 2023, according to data published by the National Bank of Georgia.