Komercni Banka

This Statistical Dossier offers a summary of Komerční Banka's performance between 1997 and 2015, both on a quarterly as well as an annual basis. The report can be downloaded in Excel file format.

You will find here all the key numbers from the bank's balance sheet, income statement and the main ratios related to the bank's business such as asset quality, capital ratios, number and cost of employees or a detailed breakdown of some of the Bank's businesses such as its loan portfolio. In addition, the Excel file provides a detailed overview of the bank's market position in comparison with the overall banking sector. You can, for example, track KB's market position in mortgage or consumer lending.

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Komerční Banka is the third largest bank by assets in the Czech Republic, with a share of over 16%. Formerly a corporate-oriented bank, it has developed into a universal bank servicing more than 1.6 million retail clients through more than 400 branches. Following hefty loan losses and a government-orchestrated bailout at the end of the 1990s, 60% of the bank was sold to France's Société Générale in 2001. Since the takeover, Komerční Banka's net profit has increased fivefold and the bank's ROE has grown by 10-20%.

This report analyses the main trends in the Czech banking with a special focus on the 3Q2014's performance. In the 108-page report, you will find all the necessary details regarding profitability of the sector, breakdown and trends of the volume growth, market share, margin and asset quality development in the sector and within the particular segments of the market.

In addition, you will find here financials and market share of the 20 banks we cover in the Czech Republic including all key ratios describing their business. The report includes 446 charts and 40 tables.

The key points are:

• Czech commercial banks announced a net profit of CZK 14,387 mil in the third quarter of the year, up 3.5% compared to the same period last year. In the first nine months of the year, however, the banks' profit dropped 0.8% yoy to CZK 50,258 mil. This implies an annualised ROE of 11.6% for the last 12 months.
• Loans grew 0.6% qoq (or 5.2% yoy) in the third quarter. Mortgages still drive the volume growth (creating 90% of the loan growth in the 3rd quarter and 57% ytd) while corporate loans and consumer lending stagnate.
• The weak momentum is especially disappointing as the economy picks up. Banks are overcapitalized (CAR at 18%) and have plenty of cheap deposits to play with (with loans accounting for 76% of deposits only).
• In addition, asset quality remains of little concern. Non-performing loans account for 6.2% of total loans while half of them are covered by loan provisions.
• The trio of the largest banks (Sporitelna, CSOB and Komercni Banka) created 70% of the quarterly profit and 66% of loan growth in the third quarter of the year. Despite losing market share in revenue or overall assets, their market dominance continues. On the other hand, small players finally seem to be challenging the "boring" status quo.

You might also find all banks' financials in the Company section at www.helgilibrary.com/companies, and key charts for each bank at www.helgilibrary.com/charts.

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This report analyses the performance of the Bank for the 3Q2014. You will find all the necessary details regarding volume growth, market share, margin and asset quality development in the Bank.

The key highlights are:

Komerční's 3Q14 profit grows slightly...

Komerční banka reported a net profit of CZK 3,358 mil. in 3Q14, up 0.9% yoy when compared to last year. While revenue continues to fall (although at a slower pace at only 0.8% yoy), good cost control (other costs) and lower cost of provisioning turned the profit growth into the black.

With ROE of nearly 13% and cost to income ratio at below 43%, the bank remains well profitable and cost efficient:

...and deposits continue to outgrow loans

Komerční banka's balance sheet momentum remains solid. The bank gains market share in all the key segments, mortgage, consumer as well as corporate loans so far this year. Only a 12.8% yoy fall in loans at building savings bank Modrá Pyramida raises some questions.

Its deposits again steal the show. The bank grew its deposits base a further 3.4% qoq (up 11.4% yoy) increasing its market share gains to 110 bp (to 20.0%) within just a year.

With capital adequacy exceeding 17% and loans accounting for 70% of deposits only, the bank is well positioned for further growth.

Komerční's market position improves

Apart from the fall in building savings loans, Komerční's market position remains stable and has been improving so far this year. The bank forms a quarter of the sector's profit and maintains a fifth of bank loans and deposits.

In 3Q14, the bank sold nearly as many retail mortgages as Česká spořitelna (CZK 8.7 bil. a 22% market share) confirming that the bank is going in the right direction:

Asset quality not a concern

The volume of non-performing loans increased by CZK 160 mil. only in 3Q14, so its share of non-performing loans remained stable at 5.5% of total loans.

Komerční banka remains well provisioned against the problem loans. Provision coverage increased to over 71% (from 63% two years ago) and remains pretty high compared to the market average of 48%, or ČSOB for example (47%).

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Modrá Pyramida is the second largest building savings bank in the Czech Republic, with a 17.1% share of lending and a 16.5% share of building savings deposits as of the end of 2012. Despite gaining market share over the last two years, the bank’s overall balance sheet momentum remains negative. This is due mainly to the overall saturation of the market, ongoing reduction of the government subsidy and migration to mortgage lending. Having said that, Modrá Pyramida remains impressively profitable. In 2012, the bank achieved ROE of 14.2%, which is a remarkable achievement given the fact that the bank’s capital adequacy has been exceeding 20%. Closer cooperation with its owner Komerční Banka following the takeover in 2006 seems to be bearing fruit, so a further tie-up of Pyramida’s sales network with Komerční’s products will be interesting to watch for.

This report offers a summary of the company's performance in 2000-2012. You will find here all the key numbers from the bank's balance sheet, income statement and main ratios related to the bank's business.

In addition, the report provides a detailed overview of the bank's market position in the comparison with the overall banking sector and within the business of building savings.

Komerční Banka is the third largest bank by assets in the Czech Republic, with a share of over 16%. Formerly a corporate-oriented bank, the bank has developed into a universal bank servicing more than 1.3 mil retail clients through nearly 400 branches. Following hefty loan losses and a government-orchestrated bailout at the end of the 1990s, 60% of the bank was sold to France's Societe Generale in 2001.

Since the takeover, Komerční Banka's net profit has increased fivefold and the bank's ROE has exceeded 20%. The bank is well capitalised (with a capital adequacy ratio at nearly 15%) and funded (with loans to deposits at only 78%) and has been lending cautiously since its privatisation (non-performing loans accounted for only 5.8% of the total at the end of 2012).

This report offers a summary of the company's performance in 2008-2012. You will find here all the key numbers from the bank's balance sheet, income statement and main ratios related to the bank's business. In addition, the report provides a detailed overview of the bank's market position in the comparison with the overall banking sector.

Komerční Banka is the third largest bank by assets in the Czech Republic, with a share of over 16%. Formerly a corporate-oriented bank, the bank has developed into a universal bank servicing more than 1.3 mil retail clients through nearly 400 branches. Following hefty loan losses and a government-orchestrated bailout at the end of the 1990s, 60% of the bank was sold to France's Societe Generale in 2001.

Since the takeover, Komerční Banka's net profit has increased fivefold and the bank's ROE has exceeded 20%. The bank is well capitalised (with a capital adequacy ratio at nearly 15%) and funded (with loans to deposits at only 78%) and has been lending cautiously since its privatisation (non-performing loans accounted for only 5.8% of the total at the end of 2012).

This excel file offers a summary of the company's performance in between 1Q2000-1Q2013, both on the quarterly as well as the annual basis. You will find here all the key numbers from the bank's balance sheet, income statement and main ratios related to the bank's business. In addition, the file provides a detailed overview of the bank's market position in the comparison with the overall banking sector.

This report analyses the housing lending in the Czech Republic for the 1Q2013. You will find all the necessary details regarding volume growth (for both, the mortgage as well as Building Society lending), market share, margin and asset quality development in the mortgage segment. Also, based on the example of Hypotecni Banka, we calculate profitability of the mortgage busines for each bank.

This report focuses specifically on development in Komercni Banka in the 1Q2013. The key highlights are:

Housing lending momentum deteriorates...

Komerční Banka’s mortgage loans increased 0.8% qoq and 7.3% yoy in 1Q13, slightly more than the overall market. On the other hand, the loans provided by Modrá Pyramida (Komerční’s building society) dropped a further 2.1% qoq or 6.3% yoy in 1Q13.

...and the bank stopped gaining market share

Komerční banka has been growing faster than the market throughout the years 2011 and 2012. In 1Q13, the bank took a breather losing 3 bp, so was holding 19.0% of all Czech mortgage loans at the end of March, according to our calculations (see chart 62 on page 18).

The bank clearly benefits from its superior funding and capital positions when compared to the smaller players.

Having said that, the bank has not been as aggressive as its peers ČSOB and Česká Spořitelna in the most recent quarters. This is in particularly visible when we look at quarterly sales of new mortgage loans, where Komerční’s market share is some 5-10% lower than that of its peers.

In addition, 1Q13 was another quarter, when the bank sold fewer mortgages than a year ago. The gap to its two main rivals Česká Spořitelna and ČSOB seems rising again:

Mortgage lending – 14% of Komerční’s profit?

Mortgage loans represented 29.8% of Komerční’s total loans at the end of March 2013. That is up from the figure of 15% seen a decade ago, implying an impressive annual growth of 22%.

The massive growth in volumes made a difference to the bottom line of the bank. When Hypoteční banka’s financials are taken as a benchmark (for more details see page 9), we believe mortgage lending business generates around 14% of Komerční Banka’s overall profitability now. 

This is less than the 24% of Raiffeisenbank and 20% of ČSOB, but more than the 12% we calculated for Česká Spořitelna in 2012.

This report analyses the housing lending in the Czech Republic for the 1Q2013. You will find all the necessary details regarding volume growth (for both, the mortgage as well as Building Society lending), market share, margin and asset quality development in the mortgage segment. Also, based on the example of Hypotecni Banka, we calculate profitability of the mortgage business for each bank.

This report provides a summary of the development in the 1Q2013. The key highlights are:

• Mortgage loans increased by less than 1% qoq in the seasonally weakest quarter of the year, but the overall momentum stabilized. The annual increase remained unchanged at 6.3% yoy and sales of new loans of CZK 27.8 bil were nearly as high as in the same quarter last year:

• Mortgage loans reached 18.2% of GDP at the end of March 2013, or more than a third of bank loans when other housing loans are included. Nearly 15% of Czech households have a mortgage loan now, while more than 14% of residential dwellings were financed through a mortgage loan, according to our calculations.

• The average interest rate on mortgage loans continues to decline in line with the overall market trends. It reached 3.17% in 1Q13 while the average interest rate on the total mortgage loan stock dropped below 4.5%. This would imply that new loans were sold still with a decent 220 bp margin over a 5-year swap in 1Q13.

• The share of non-performing loans increased slightly in the 1Q13, from 3.16% to 3.30% of total mortgage loans at the end of March. This is a result of the overall low indebtedness of Czech households, strict lending procedures and only a mild fall in real estate prices. Czech housing affordability remains one of the best in Europe.

• As mortgage loans have grown to a sizable amount, the business  has become much more cost-efficient and profitable. We estimate mortgage business generates ROE of over 20% and contributes around 15% to the banking sector’s bottom line. LBBW and Raiffeisen seem to generate over 20% of their profits from mortgages when Hypoteční Banka’s results are taken as a guide.

• The three largest banks (ČSOB, Česká Spořitelna and Komerční banka) further cemented their market position in 1Q13 taking their share to 65.4%.  ČSOB remains the leader closely followed by Spořitelna. In 1Q13, Raiffeisen confirmed its turnaround while GE Money Bank continued losing its market position the most.

Komerční Banka is the third largest bank by assets in the Czech Republic, with a share of over 16%. Formerly a corporate-oriented bank, the bank has developed into a universal bank servicing more than 1.3 mil retail clients through nearly 400 branches. Following hefty loan losses and a government-orchestrated bailout at the end of the 1990s, 60% of the bank was sold to France's Societe Generale in 2001.

Since the takeover, Komerční Banka's net profit has increased fivefold and the bank's ROE has exceeded 20%. The bank is well capitalised (with a capital adequacy ratio at nearly 15%) and funded (with loans to deposits at only 78%) and has been lending cautiously since its privatisation (non-performing loans accounted for only 5.8% of the total at the end of 2012).

This report offers a summary of the company's performance in 2008-2012. You will find here all the key numbers from the bank's balance sheet, income statement and main ratios related to the bank's business. In addition, the report provides a detailed overview of the bank's market position in the comparison with the overall banking sector.

This report analyses the building savings business in the Czech Republic for the 4Q2012. You will find all the necessary details regarding volume growth, market share, margin and asset quality development in the building savings (as well as mortgage lending segment). Also, the report compares profitability and efficiency ratio of the largest player CMSS with the main player in the mortgage lending business - Hypotecni Banka to find out how market dominance translates into economies of scale and superior profitability.

The key highlights from 4Q2012 we discuss in this report are:

• The business remains under pressure in spite of its impressive profitability. ROE fell to 15.2% in 2012 and net profit dropped 6% yoy in 4Q

• Lending continues to fall and is losing to mortgages. In 4Q12, the annual decline deepened to 3.3% yoy

• 4Q12 confirmed a recovery in terms of the number of new contracts sold, while deposits grew by a seasonally strong 3.2% qoq

• ČMSS remains the leader, but Raiffeisen grabs most of the growth

This report focuses specifically on development in Modra Pyramida in 4Q2012, the building savings bank of Komercni Banka. The main conclusions are: