Connect with us

Business

Union Bank’s nine-month profit dips by 0.8% amid growing operating cost

Published

on

Union Bank to sell UK subsidiary

Union Bank of Nigeria Plc has announced a slip in after-tax profit for the nine-month period to September 2020 as huge operating expenditure continued to hurt earnings.

The lender’s unaudited financial statements published by the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday showed that turnover increased modestly to N121.384 billion from N117.153 billion, signalling a 3.6 percent rise.

Profit before tax edged down by 1.3 percent to N15.435 billion from N15.644 billion.

Profit after tax also dropped to N15.069 billion from N15.192 billion.

High cost of doing business pushed total expenses to N53.583 billion from N53.399 billion, thus impacting profit.

“The civil unrest which erupted in October and led to significant destruction of property and small businesses across the country had real impact on business and the operating environment.

READ ALSO: Union Bank to sell UK subsidiary

“Even as restrictions have eased, COVID-19 also remains a present threat in our day to day operations,” Union Bank’s Chief Executive Officer, Emeka Emuwa, said in a statement.

Earnings Per Share (EPS) climbed from N0.51 to N0.54 during the period.

With outstanding shares coming to around 29.190 billion units, Union Bank’s price-to-earnings ratio stood at 6.91 on Wednesday.

Its EPS is currently N0.85.

Shares in Union Bank closed on the NSE on Wednesday at N5.90 per share, up by N0.10.

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now