1st Half 2011 results press release

RNS Number : 1490L
Banco Santander S.A.
27 July 2011
 



Press release

 

FIRST HALF 2011 RESULTS

 

 

Banco Santander registered attributable net profit of EUR 3.501 billion (-21%), after setting up an extraordinary fund of EUR 620 million

in the U.K.

 

Ø The fund covers potential claims for payment protection insurance sold in the U.K.

 

Ø Recurring attributable profit stood at EUR 4.121 billion. The Bank's ability to generate profit remains above EUR 2 billion per quarter.

 

 

§ SOLVENCY. The Group continues generating capital, with a Core ratio of 9.2%, 
among the highest in international banking.

 

§ REVENUES. Group revenues increased 6% in the first half. For the first time, these 
were above EUR 11 billion in a single quarter, with a strong improvement in net interest income in Spain for a third consecutive quarter.

 

§ ACTIVITY. Loans remained stable, amounting to EUR 723,969 million, while deposits 
grew 5% to EUR 624,414 million.

 

§ NPLs. The Group's NPL ratio came to 3.78% and 4.81% for Spain, below the sector 
average.

 

§ DIVERSIFICATION. Latin America contributed 44% of profit (Brazil, 25%); Continental 
Europe, 34% (Spain, 12%); U.K., 17% (excluding the extraordinary fund) and Sovereign (U.S.A), 5%.

 

§ Latin America: Attributable profit increased 16%, to EUR 2,457 million. Loans grew 
18% and deposits 14%.

 

§ Brazil registered profit of EUR 1,381 million, up 8%. Loans increased 17% and 
deposits 16%. 

 

§ Continental Europe: Attributable profit fell 17% to EUR 1,874 million. Loans 
increased 2% and deposits grew 9%.

 

§ United Kingdom: Attributable profit stood at EUR 346 million. This would have 
resulted in an increase of 17% without the creation of the EUR 620 million fund and excluding local regulatory changes. Loans grew 1% and deposits 8%.

 

§ United States: Attributable profit grew 72%, to EUR 547 million. Sovereign 
contributed EUR 256 million, up 49%. Loans grew 4% and deposits 14%.

 

§ Poland. The integration of Bank Zachodni WBK increased the Group's 
diversification and contributed EUR 94 million or 2% to first half earnings.

 

Madrid, July 27, 2011 - Banco Santander registered net attributable profit of EUR 3,501 million in the first half of 2011, a decline of 21% from a year earlier. This profit includes the creation of a EUR 620 million fund to cover potential claims that could arise from the sale of payment protection insurance in the U.K. Excluding this provision, profit in the first half would stand at EUR 4,121 million, down 7% from the first half of 2010.

 

Banco Santander Chairman Emilio Botín said: "Our strong capacity to generate revenues will enable us to close 2011 with a recurrent profit in line with last year's and to keep our dividend at EUR 0.60 per share."

 

Results

 

Diversification was key for Grupo Santander to achieve record revenues in the second quarter, which amounted to EUR 11 billion, an increase of 6% in the first half of 2011. Emerging markets and mature markets' contribution to revenues was practically the same, with EUR 5,700 million and EUR 5,500 million respectively.

 

Grupo Santander results. H1'11

 



  Var. / H1'10

EUR Mill.

H1'11

Amount

%

Net interest income

15,152

+653

+4.5

Fees

5,323

+515

+10.7

Trading gains and other1

1,662

+96

+6.2

Gross income

22,137

+1,264

+6.1

Operating expenses

-9,731

-921

+10.4

Net operating income

12,406

+343

+2.8

Loan-loss provisions

-4,871

+48

1.0

Net op. income net of provisions

7,535

+391

+5.5

Attributable profit (recurring)

4,121

-324

-7.3

Extraordinary provision2

-620

Attributable profit

3,501

-944

-21.2

 

(1) Including dividends, equity accounted income and other operating results

(2) Extraordinary provision in relation to payment protection insurance (PPI) remediation in the UK

 

 

The performance of net interest income in Spain was of particular note in the context of a slowdown in activity. In the second quarter, revenues in the Santander branch network amounted to EUR 1,151 million, the highest in the last five quarters. Banesto's revenues came to EUR 578 million, the highest amount in the last four quarters. This performance is related to the Group's decision of limiting the cost of resources.

 

Performance of costs, which grew 10%, clearly reflects the different economic cycles  the Group's units are going through. European banks are making important efforts to cut costs without impacting their commercial activity. Costs in Spain's main branch networks - Santander and Banesto- fell by approximately 1%, while the U.K. and Portugal remained virtually unchanged. On the other hand, the Group's main units in Latin America grew costs between 6% and 11% due to the expansion of their commercial infrastructure in view of strong growth in business.

 

As a result, net operating income stood at EUR 12,406 million, up 3%. Loan-loss provisions remained stable at EUR 4,871 million. The Group's NPL ratio came to 3.78% and 4.81% in Spain, with slight increases linked to the slowdown in loans in the case of Spain. However, these ratios continue to be below the sector average in the markets where Banco Santander operates.

 

These results highlight Grupo Santander's capacity to generate recurring profit of more than EUR 2,000 million per quarter which is largely due to the Group's geographic diversification. This recurrence was clearly stated in the stress tests carried out by the European Banking Authority (EBA) which showed that Banco Santander is the European bank capable of generating the highest profit, of paying the largest cash dividend and retaining the highest profit in the most adverse scenario.

 

In the last quarter of this year the bank expects to register a capital gain of EUR 850 million following the agreement with Zurich regarding certain insurance businesses. This capital gain will be fully used for provisions to strengthen the balance sheet.

 

Solid generation of recurring profits

 

Results are underpinned by the Group's diversification and by managing the different growth stages in each market

 

 

Attributable profit(1) H1'11

In euros

Brazil

25%

Latin America ex-Brazil

19%

Sovereign Bank

5%

UK

17%

SAN Network + Banesto

12%

Portugal

2%

Global Europe

6%

SCF

12%

Poland BZ WBK

2%

EUR 94 million (3 months)

 

(1) Over recurring operating areas H1'11 attributable profit

 

Brazil

Constant US$ mill.; continued operations

H1'11

2,350

H1'10

2,200

   

* Variation (%) H1'11/ H1'10: +7%

** Attributable profit: +4%

 

 

Latin America ex-Brazil

Constant US$ mill.; continued operations

H1'11

1,651

H1'10

1,420

  

* Variation (%) H1'11/ H1'10: +16%

** Attributable profit: +29%

 

 

UK and Sovereign

Constant EUR mill.

UK (Before one-off provision)

H1'11

966

H1'10

1,008

Variation (%) H1'11/ H1'10: -4%

Sovereign

H1'11

256

H1'10

162

Variation (%) H1'11/ H1'10: +58%

   

 

Continental Europe (ex-Poland)

EUR million

H1'11

1,780

H1'10

2,264

  

* Variation (%) H1'11/ H1'10: -21%

 

Some 46% of profits come from emerging markets (Latin America and Poland), with strong growth in activity, while 54% comes from mature markets such as Spain, the U.K., Germany, USA and Portugal.

 

Business

 

Santander's central strategy continues to be attracting customers and deepening linkage with more and better customers, while improving the structure for funding assets through more stable deposits. The situation of each market leads to different performances. The units operating in emerging economies have higher growth in loans than deposits, such as Latin America. In contrast, in subsidiaries operating in economies with a slowdown in activity and deleveraging processes, deposits grew more than loans.

 

The combination of these different situations enabled Banco Santander to further strengthen its liquidity position with deposits (+5%) growing ahead of loans, which were stable at the end of June of this year, compared to the same month of 2010. The Group's total loans amounted to EUR 724,000 million, representing 116% of deposits, which totalled EUR 624,000 million. In December 2008, this ratio was 150%. Additionally, Banco Santander continues to be one of the banks with better access to wholesale funding markets.

 

Customer funds under management. June 2011

% o/ operating areas

Spain

28%

Portugal

4%

Germany

3%

Retail Poland

1%

Other Europe

3%

United Kingdom

30%

Brazil

16%

Mexico

4%

Chile

3%

Other Latin America

4%

Sovereign

4%


Customer funds under management

Billion euros and % variation Jun 11 / Jun 10

 


Jun 10

Sep 10

Dec 10

Mar 11

Jun 11


Total

994

984

985

985

996

+0.2%*

Other

151

142

145

143

143

-5.0%

Other on-balance sheet

292

282

269

268

283

-3.4%

Deposits w/o REPOs

551

560

571

574

570

+3.5%

(*) Excluding exchange rate impact: +4.8%

 

 

Total customer funds managed by the Group amounted to EUR 995,741 million at the close of June 2011, nearly the same figure as a year earlier. Customer deposits rose by 5%, with an increase of 7% in time deposits and 1% in sight deposits. In Spain, deposits from residents were stable at EUR 159,000 million while non-residents increased by almost 8%, to EUR 459,000 million. The growth of Santander Consumer Finance (43%), Latin America (14%) and the U.K. (8%) are of particular note.

 

Customer loans. June 2011

% o/ operating areas

 

Spain

31%

Portugal

4%

Germany

4%

Retail Poland

1%

Other Europe

6%

United Kingdom

31%

Brazil

10%

Mexico

2%

Chile

4%

Other Latin America

2%

Sovereign

5%

 

Gross customer loans

Billion euros and % variation Jun 11 / June 10

-0.4% *

 

Jun 10

747

Sep 10

735

Dec 10

744

Mar 11

733

Jun 11

744

(*) Excluding exchange rate impact: +4.6%

 

 

Grupo Santander's net lending was EUR 723,969 million at the close of June, 2011, virtually unchanged from January and a year earlier. Loans to residents in Spain fell by 7%, while loans to non-residents increased more than 2%. Lending in Latin America as a whole and Santander Consumer Finance grew 18%, while remaining flat in the U.K.

 

Integration of Poland's Bank Zachodni WBK

 

Last April 1st, the Group incorporated Bank Zachodni WBK after investing EUR 4,139 million in the acquisition of 95.67% of the Polish bank's capital. Bank Zachodni has EUR 8,700 million in loans and EUR 10,200 million in deposits. With this acquisition, Banco Santander incorporates 9,744 Polish employees who serve 2.6 million customers in 530 owned branches, plus around 100 franchised branches. Santander now has a market share of 8% in Poland, of which Santander Consumer contributes nearly 2 percentage points.

 

In the first half of this year, Bank Zachodni registered a profit of EUR 161 million, an increase of 33%. Banco Santander only incorporates the second quarter result, which amounted to EUR 94 million. Earnings performance this year is better than expected. According to Group forecasts, the bank will register a profit of EUR 480 million in 2013.

 

Capital and the share

 

Banco Santander ended the first half of 2011 with eligible capital of EUR 76,045 million, of which 53,379 million was core capital. Taking into account that the Group's total risk weighted assets amounted to EUR 580,480 million, the core capital ratio stood at 9.2% and will continue to be above 9% for the rest of the year. These ratios place Banco Santander among the world's most solvent financial institutions, without having received state aid in any of the market in which it operates.

 

This ratio is consistent with Standard & Poor's and Fitch's decision to confirm the long-term debt ratings of Banco Santander, AA, placing the bank among the small group of international banks rated AA or higher by the four major rating agencies.

 

Regarding the dividend, Banco Santander Chairman Emilio Botín announced in January that the Group's objective is to maintain shareholder remuneration per share unchanged in 2011 for a third consecutive year at EUR 0.60. The board of directors approved last June the first interim dividend against 2011 results, which will amount to EUR 0.13 per share, the same as last year, and will be paid from August 1.

 

Banco Santander continues to be the tenth bank in the world and first in the Euro zone by market value, with a capitalization of about EUR 65,000 million. Santander had 3,223,047 shareholders at the close of June, 2011. The Group employed 190,604 people, serving more than 100 million customers in 14,679 branches, making Santander the largest international financial group in terms of shareholders and number of branches.

 

More information is available at www.santander.com

 

 

Key consolidated data

 


Variation



H1 '11

H1 '10

Amount

%

2010

Balance sheet (million euros)

Total assets

1,231,908

1,220,024

11,883

1.0

1,217,501

Net customer loans

723,969

727,882

(3,913)

(0.5)

724,154

Customer deposits

624,414

595,300

29,114

4.9

616,376

Customer funds under management

995,741

993,774

1,967

0.2

985,269

Shareholders' equity

77,697

73,034

4,663

6.4

75,273

Total managed funds

1,374,028

1,365,893

8,134

0.6

1,362,289

Income statement (million euros) 

Net interest income

15,152

14,499

653

4.5

29,224

Gross income

22,137

20,874

1,264

6.1

42,049

Net operating income

12,406

12,063

343

2.8

23,853

Profit from continuing operations

4,602

4,917

(315)

(6.4)

9,129

Attributable profit to the Group

3,501

4,445

(944)

(21.2)

8,181

EPS, profitability and efficiency (%)

EPS (euro)

0.3951

0.5126

(0.1175)

(22.9)

0.9418

Diluted EPS (euro)

0.3922

0.5095

(0.1173)

(23.0)

0.9356

ROE

9.39

12.91

11.80

ROA

0.65

0.85

0.76

RoRWA

1.36

1.70

1.55

Efficiency ratio (with amortisations)

44.0

42.2

43.3

BIS II ratios and NPL ratios (%)

Core capital

9.20

8.61

8.80

Tier I

10.43

10.06

10.02

BIS ratio

13.10

13.48

13.11

NPL ratio

3.78

3.37

3.55

NPL coverage

69

73

73

Market capitalisation and shares

Shares outstanding (millions at period-end)

8,440

8,229

211

2.6

8,329

Share price (euros)

7.963

8.740

(0.777)

(8.9)

7.928

Market capitalisation (million euros)

67,210

71,920

(4,710)

(6.5)

66,033

Book value (euro)

8.73

8.40

8.58

Price / Book value (X)

0.91

1.04

0.92

P/E ratio (X)

10.08

8.52

8.42

Other data

Number of shareholders

3,223,047

3,164,143

58,904

1.9

3,202,324

Number of employees

190,604

170,264

20,340

11.9

178,869

   Continental Europe

64,101

50,461

13,640

27.0

54,518

        o/w: Spain

33,345

33,387

(42)

(0.1)

33,694

   United Kingdom

25,574

22,843

2,731

12.0

23,649

   Latin America

89,860

86,734

3,126

3.6

89,526

   Sovereign

8,781

8,386

395

4.7

8,647

   Corporate Activities

2,288

1,840

448

24.3

2,529

Number of branches

14,679

13,671

1,008

7.4

14,082

   Continental Europe

6,643

5,864

779

13.3

6,063

        o/w: Spain

4,785

4,857

(72)

(1.5)

4,848

   United Kingdom

1,405

1,328

77

5.8

1,416

   Latin America

5,908

5,757

151

2.6

5,882

   Sovereign

723

722

1

0.1

721

Information on recurring profit (before the impact from the establishing an extraordinary provision)

Attributable profit to the Group

4,121

4,445

(324)

(7.3)

8,181

EPS (euro)

0.4651

0.5126

(0.0476)

(9.3)

0.9418

Diluted EPS (euro)

0.4617

0.5095

(0.0478)

(9.4)

0.9356

ROE

11.05

12.91

11.80

ROA

0.76

0.85

0.76

RoRWA

1.57

1.70

1.55

Efficiency ratio (with amortisations)

8.56

8.52

8.42

 

Note: The financial information in this report was approved by the Board of Directors at its meeting on July, 21 2011, following a favourable report from the Audit and Compliance Committee on July, 20 2011.

 

 

Key data by principal segments 

 

Income statement (million euros)

Net operating income

Attributable profit to the Group



Variation



Variation

H1 '11

H1 '10

Amount

%

H1 '11

H1 '10

Amount

%

Continental Europe

4,607

4,783

(176)

(3.7)

1,874

2,264

(390)

(17.2)

o/w: Santander Branch Network

1,227

1,267

(40)

(3.2)

500

699

(199)

(28.4)

      Banesto

597

746

(150)

(20.0)

168

385

(218)

(56.5)

      Santander Consumer Finance

1,837

1,611

226

14.0

665

396

269

68.0

      Portugal

262

380

(117)

(30.9)

131

260

(129)

(49.5)

      Retail Poland (BZ WBK)

134

-

134

-

94

-

94

-

United Kingdom*

1,679

1,904

(225)

(11.8)

346

1,007

(661)

(65.6)

Latin America

6,923

6,130

793

12.9

2,457

2,122

335

15.8

o/w: Brazil

5,042

4,283

758

17.7

1,381

1,283

97

7.6

     Mexico

767

746

22

2.9

486

282

204

72.3

     Chile

673

640

33

5.2

349

296

53

18.0

Sovereign

599

580

19

3.3

256

172

84

49.0

Operating areas*

13,808

13,397

411

3.1

4,934

5,565

(631)

(11.3)

Corporate Activities

(1,402)

(1,335)

(68)

5.1

(1,433)

(1,119)

(313)

28.0

Total Group*

12,406

12,063

343

2.8

4,121

4,445

(324)

(7.3)

Extraordinary allowances

(620)

(620)

Total Group

3,501

4,445

(944)

(21.2)

 

* Before the impact from the extraordinary provision in relation to Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) remedation in the UK.

 

 Ratios (%)

Efficiency ratio (1)

ROE**

NPL ratio *

NPL coverage *

H1 '11

H1 '10

H1 '11

H1 '10

30.06.11

30.06.10

30.06.11

30.06.10

Continental Europe

41.2

37.6

12.46

16.84

4.77

3.87

65

71

o/w: Santander Branch Network *

45.5

44.9

14.30

19.44

6.73

4.78

47

53

      Banesto

46.0

40.8

7.16

17.31

4.54

3.49

52

58

      Santander Consumer Finance

30.5

26.5

13.48

10.39

4.42

5.23

128

111

      Portugal

49.9

40.8

10.72

21.96

3.25

2.40

62

65

      Retail Poland (BZ WBK)

45.8

27.69

6.43

67

United Kingdom

43.2

39.9

15.55

27.11

1.82

1.85

41

46

Latin America

38.3

38.2

22.17

20.21

4.20

4.13

105

105

o/w: Brazil

36.6

37.0

23.73

20.79

5.05

5.01

102

98

     Mexico

38.1

37.4

21.26

17.95

2.45

1.77

165

257

     Chile

37.0

35.4

27.04

26.09

3.65

3.31

89

97

Sovereign

43.6

44.0

13.14

12.67

3.76

5.11

85

67

Operating areas

40.2

38.5

16.19

19.18

3.76

3.35

71

74

Total Group**

44.0

42.2

11.05

12.91

3.78

3.37

69

73

 

(1) With amortisations.

 

* Santander Branch Network is the retail banking unit of Banco Santander S.A. The NPL ratio of Banco Santander S.A. at the end of June 2011 stood at 5.08% (3.65% in June 2010) and NPL coverage was 44% (61% in June 2010).

 

** Before the impact from the extraordinary provision in relation to Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) remedation in the UK. Including them, ROE H1'11: 9.39%.

 

Operating means

Employees

Branches

30.06.11

30.06.10

30.06.11

30.06.10

Continental Europe

64,101

50,461

6,643

5,864

o/w: Santander Branch Network

18,845

18,765

2,914

2,930

      Banesto

9,568

9,750

1,717

1,768

      Santander Consumer Finance

15,344

9,974

662

312

      Portugal

6,108

6,215

731

762

      Retail Poland (BZ WBK)

9,744

530

United Kingdom

25,574

22,843

1,405

1,328

Latin America

89,860

86,734

5,908

5,757

o/w: Brazil

53,029

51,402

3,728

3,588

     Mexico

12,940

12,405

1,098

1,092

     Chile

12,107

11,725

487

499

Sovereign

8,781

8,386

723

722

Operating areas

188,316

168,424

14,679

13,671

Corporate Activities

2,288

1,840

Total Group

190,604

170,264

14,679

13,671

 


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