Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank) has released its unaudited financial results for the period ended March 31, 2020, to the Nigerian and London Stock Exchanges.
A review of the results shows positive performance across all financial indices.
Profit before tax stood at ₦58.2billion, representing a growth of 2.1 per cent over ₦57.0billion recorded in the corresponding period of March 2019.
The bank’s Loan Book grew by 8.0% from ₦1.502trillion as of December 2019 to ₦1.622trillion in March 2020, while customers’ deposit increased by 9.3 per cent to ₦2.768trillion from ₦2.533trillion in the same period.
GTBank maintained a well-structured and diversified balance sheet with total assets and shareholders’ funds closing at ₦4.057trillion and ₦661.1billion respectively. Full Impact Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) remained very strong, closing at 23.5 per cent.
In terms of assets quality, NPL ratio and Cost of Risk (COR) improved to 6.0 per cent and 0.1 per cent in March 2020 from 6.5 per cent and 0.3 per cent in December 2019 respectively. Loan Loss coverage also improved to 130.5 per cent for Lifetime Credit Impaired Loans (NPLs) compared to 126.6 per cent in December 2019.
Commenting on the financial results, GTBank’s Managing Director/CEO, Segun Agbaje, said: “These are very difficult and uncertain times, not just for the financial services sector and the economy as a whole, but also for hundreds of millions of people around the world whose lives and livelihoods have been put at risk by the COVID-19 pandemic. At GTBank, we know that the impact of this pandemic may sustain for months to come, but we remain positive that, by staying nimble and continuing to build on the strength of our businesses, we are appropriately positioned to cope with emerging economic realities, as reflected in our first quarter result.
“As a platform for enriching lives, our focus is on safeguarding lives and livelihoods. That is why we are working round the clock to keep all our members of staff and customers safe, supporting the government in combatting the pandemic and being there for our customers in every way that they may need our support at this time.”
