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DNB: 1Q24 Looks Spread Positive, Issuer Hardly Lagged YTD Anyway.

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DNB 1Q24 results are credit positive with better NPLs and loan losses than expected. Mgmt only sees slow recovery in its domestic market, striking a resilient tone, we feel. The credit has lagged the sector marginally YTD (28bp tighter vs. 33bp avg.) so market has already discounted some of this positive news, it seems.


  • Key credit metrics: loan losses were barely one-third of the consensus figure (at 6bp of loans, from 18bp in 4Q23) which is clearly positive. Non-performers (stage 3) are 10bp better than Dec-23 (at 107bp), reversing the uptick seen in 4Q23. This was driven by improved domestic corporates. CET1 is 70bp better than consensus (19.0% vs. 18.3% est.).
  • Income statement: revenues missed consensus by 1% (down marginally y/y) but costs were slightly better than expected with most of the 6% net income beat driven by that strong loan loss performance. Equity investors will question the sustainability here, especially in light of the strong performance of the equity since last results.
  • Outlook: mgmt sees GDP accelerating slowly from last year’s slowdown as rates falling only in Dec-24. It sees consumers remaining resilient and property prices starting to grow again. Financial targets remain unchanged but a slow recovery appears the overall takeaway.

Analyst call is 1230 (London time) at: https://events.webcast.no/dnb/zaEeS9WUTiwEQDAw15I3/JqzkDUuCauj1X6fftN8l

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