BNP Updates 2020 Targets as 4Q Net Profit Rises
February 06 2019 - 1:33AM
Dow Jones News
By Pietro Lombardi
BNP Paribas SA (BNP.FR) cut its revenue guidance and vowed to
increase cost savings as fourth-quarter net profit rose.
Net profit for the period rose 1.1% on year to 1.44 billion
euros ($1.64 billion), the bank said Wednesday.
France's largest listed bank by assets posted a 3.5% decline in
revenue to EUR10.16 billion.
BNP updated its 2020 targets. It now sees revenue growth of 1.5%
per year between 2016 and 2020, down from a previous guidance of
2.5%. It also increased its recurring cost savings target to EUR3.3
billion from 2020, up from a previous target of EUR2.7 billion. Of
the additional EUR600 million, roughly EUR350 million will come
from its corporate and institutional banking unit, it said.
The bank said it would propose a dividend of EUR3.02 per share,
stable compared with the previous year.
The bank's core Tier 1 capital ratio--a key measure of capital
strength--rose to 11.8% in December from 11.7% in September.
Write to Pietro Lombardi at pietro.lombardi@dowjones.com
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