TCS Group Holding PLC (TCS)
TCS Group Holding PLC reports RUB 7.2 bn net income for 1Q19, announces 2nd
Interim Dividend
14-May-2019 / 10:00 MSK
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TCS Group Holding PLC reports RUB 7.2 bn net income for 1Q19, announces 2nd
Interim Dividend
Limassol, Cyprus - 14 May 2019. TCS Group Holding PLC (TCS LI) (the
"Group"), Russia's leading provider of online financial and lifestyle
services via its Tinkoff.ru ecosystem, today announces its interim condensed
consolidated IFRS results for the first three months ended 31 March 2019.
KEY FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
1Q'2019
- Net margin up 29% y-o-y to RUB 18.1 bn (1Q'18: RUB 14.0 bn)
- Profit before tax up 25% y-o-y to RUB 9.3 bn (1Q'18: RUB 7.4 bn)
- Net income up 25% y-o-y to RUB 7.2 bn (1Q'18: RUB 5.7 bn)
- ROE amounted to 64.4% (1Q'18: 68.5%)
- Net interest margin at 21.5% (1Q'18: 25.5%)
- Cost of risk at 7.5% (1Q'18: 7.5%)
- Total assets increased by 8.9% to RUB 408.9 bn (31 Dec'18: RUB 375.5 bn)
- Gross loans and advances to customers up 19.2% to RUB 279.7 bn (31
Dec'18: RUB 234.7 bn)
- Net loans and advances to customers up 21.5% to RUB 241.1 bn (31 Dec'18:
RUB 198.5 bn)
- Share of non-performing loans (NPLs) decreased to 8.1% (31 Dec'18: 9.4%)
- Customer accounts increased by 0.2% to RUB 281.4 bn (31 Dec'18: RUB
280.9 bn)
- Total equity increased by 11.2% to RUB 46.9 bn (31 Dec'18: RUB 42.3 bn)
GUIDANCE FOR 2019
Following strong underlying growth year to date in 2019, the Group updates
the net loan portfolio growth guidance and reaffirms its previously
communicated guidance for the remaining metrics for the full year 2019.
- The Group expects net loan portfolio growth to be over 40%
- The Group expects net income of over RUB 35 bn
- The Group expects cost of risk to be around 6-7%
- The Group expects cost of borrowing to be within 6-7%
KEY HIGHLIGHTS FOR 1Q'2019
- In 1Q'19 over 1.1 mn new credit accounts were opened, underpinning net
loan growth of 72.5% year-on-year
- As of 1Q'19, the Group has over 5.1 mn current accounts customers
- In February, Tinkoff Bank was in the first wave of Russian banks to
launch the
Faster Payments System for its customers. The CBR introduced FSP to allow
nationwide instant P2P payments using mobile phone numbers
- In February, Tinkoff Bank won four accolades at the Bank of the Year
awards by Banki.ru, Russia's leading banking news portal. Tinkoff topped the
2018 list in the categories Investment Company of the Year, Online Mortgage
Application, The People's Ranking of banks and The People's Ranking for
mobile
operators (Tinkoff Mobile)
- In February, Tinkoff Investments launched a web-based platform for
securities trading. Following a pilot phase, the platform will be rolled
out to a wider base of advanced investors among Tinkoff customers
- In February, Moody's upgraded Tinkoff Bank's rating to Ba3 with a stable
outlook from B1. And in April, the Russian National Analytical Credit
Rating Agency - ACRA - reaffirmed Tinkoff Bank's rating at A(RU) with a
stable outlook
- The Group announced a further expansion and deepening of its long-term
management incentive and retention plan (MLTIP), and added 10 new
participants.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS POST 1Q'2019
- Tinkoff Bank's credit card market share increased to 12.4% as of 1 April
2019, further solidifying its position as Russia's second largest credit
card issuer.
- Tinkoff Bank announced it would return as a general partner of the St.
Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), to take place in St.
Petersburg, Russia on 6-8 June, 2019
- In April, Tinkoff Group announced it had built the most powerful
supercomputer, the Kolmogorov cluster, among financial institutions to
develop a platform for machine learning and artificial intelligence for
the Group
- In April, Tinkoff launched a co-branded card with Yandex, offering up to
10% of cashback for one of 15 services available through Yandex.Plus
- As of 1 May 2019, Tinkoff mobile banking app has over 13.3 mn installs,
MAU stands at 4 mn, DAU stands at 1.2 mn
Second 2019 Interim Dividend Announcement
In line with the Group's new dividend policy, the Group's Board of Directors
has
approved a second 2019 interim gross dividend of USD 0.17 per share/per GDR
(with each GDR representing one class A share) with a total amount allocated
for dividend payment for 1Q of around USD 31 mn.
Subject to London Stock Exchange regulations, indicatively the dividend will
be payable on 28 May 2019 to those shareholders on the register as at the
record date of 24 May 2019. The ex-dividend date will be 23 May 2019.
According to the terms of the GDR deposit agreement, holders of the Group's
GDRs should receive their dividends approximately 3-5 business days after
the payment date.
Oliver Hughes, CEO of Tinkoff Bank, commented:
"I am pleased to report that we've had another excellent quarter, starting
2019 on a great footing. We reported a net profit of RUB 7.2 billion in the
first quarter of the year.
These strong results were driven by both credit and fee and commission
business lines, as we continued to expand our financial and lifestyle
ecosystem.
Net loans grew and their structure became more diversified, as we developed
new credit products, including secured, car and SME loans and further
increased our credit card portfolio.
We saw robust growth of fee and commission income, driven by the development
of non-credit business lines, such as SME services, retail investment
products and debit cards. Transactional and servicing business-lines now
account for 32% of the Group's total revenue.
Tinkoff Black, our main debit product, attracted customers with promo rates,
adding 600,000 new customers in the first quarter. Strong inflows of
customers are allowing us to keep funding costs at record lows.
Our award-winning mobile app is continuing to help attract and retain
customers, who now have greater access to an increasing number of
non-financial lifestyle services that feature restaurants, cinema tickets,
concert tickets and other events. More and more people are starting to view
Tinkoff as a guide and partner for their lifestyle needs, rather than just a
banking app.
Tinkoff Investments continues to show rapid growth in transaction volumes
and transaction fees. Almost half of new retail investment accounts at MOEX
were opened through Tinkoff Investments in 1Q'19, which provides individuals
an easy access to a wide spectrum of global securities. As we acquire more
professional investors, who by nature generate high volumes of trades, our
F&C revenue growth momentum will build up as well.
In line with our AI-first strategy, we have built our very own supercomputer
to provide a better platform for machine learning and AI. This
supercomputer, the so-called Kolmogorov cluster, significantly reduces time
required for ML tasks and enables us to test hypotheses, improve services
and bring new products to the market more quickly and efficiently.
AI puts the data we have accumulated since the company's inception 13 years
ago to work quickly, creating targeted personalized content for customers
and making our operational processes less costly and more efficient."
FINANCIAL AND OPERATING REVIEW
RUB bn 1Q19 1Q18 Change
Credit cards issued ('000 pcs) 1,016 520 x2
Credit card 120.9 78.6 +54%
transactions
Net margin 18.1 14.0 +29%
Net margin after credit loss allowance 13.3 10.8 +23%
Profit before tax 9.3 7.4 +25%
Net income 7.2 5.7 +26%
RUB bn 31 March 1 Jan 2019 Change
2019
Total Assets 408.9 375.5 +8.9%
Net loans and advances to 241.1 198.5 +21.5%
customers
Cash and treasury portfolio 126.4 135.1 -6.5%
Total Liabilities 361.7 333.2 +8.5%
Customer accounts 281.4 280.9 +0.2%
Total Equity 46.9 42.3 +11.2%
Tier 1 capital ratio 14.0% 14.9% -0.9
p.p.
Total capital ratio 14.0% 14.9% -0.9
p.p.
CBR N1.0 (capital adequacy ratio) 13.0% 13.9% -0.9
p.p.
The Group delivered another strong set of results for 1Q'19 enabled by the
unstoppable momentum of its core credit business and ever-increasing revenue
contributions from non-credit business lines.
As a result, the Group reported a net income for 1Q'19 of RUB 7.2 bn, which
translated into ROE of 64.4%.
In 1Q'19, the Group issued 1mn new credit cards. The total volume of credit
card transactions in 1Q'19 increased by 54% y-o-y to RUB 120.9 bn (1Q'18:
RUB 78.6 bn).
In 1Q'19, gross interest income grew by 29% y-o-y to RUB 22.8 bn (1Q'18: RUB
17.7 bn). This strong trend was underpinned by the growth of our customer
base and the expansion of our product range, and despite a gradual decline
in the loan book's gross yield interest yield, which slid to 32.6% in 1Q'19
due to increase of the non-credit card share of portfolio. Meanwhile, the
interest yield on the Group's securities portfolio rose to 7.1% (1Q'18:
6.8%).
In 1Q'19, interest expense grew by 26% y-o-y to RUB 4.3 bn (1Q'18: RUB 3.4
bn). The Group's cost of borrowing fell to a record low of 5.3% in 1Q'19 as
a result of a continued decrease in deposit rates and strong inflows of
customer accounts.
In 1Q'19, net margin grew by 29% y-o-y to RUB 18.1 bn (1Q'18: RUB 14.0 bn).
The net interest margin (NIM) stood at 21.5% in 1Q'19 (1Q'18: 25.5%).
The Group continues to focus on controlling its cost of risk and efficiently
managing the quality of its portfolio. Cost of risk stood at 7.5% (1Q'18:
7.5%), while the risk-adjusted net interest margin decreased to 15.8% in
1Q'19 (1Q'18: 19.6%).
The Group continues to develop and expand its new non-credit business lines,
all of which are delivering exceptional performance. Tinkoff's transactional
and servicing business lines are together becoming an important revenue
driver, already contributing 32% of total revenue. In 1Q'19, the Group's fee
and commission income increased by 34% y-o-y to RUB 7.8 bn (1Q'18: RUB 5.8
bn) during the reporting period.
At the end of 1Q'19, the Group had nearly 5.1 mn current account customers
with a total balance of over RUB 134 bn across all their accounts. The
Group's SME business has grown its customer base to over 454k SME customers
in 1Q'19, with RUB 37.6 bn in total on their current accounts.
The Group continues to develop its mortgage platform in partnership with 11
banks, through which it originated over RUB 4 bn of mortgage loans in 1Q'19.
Tinkoff Investments continues to demonstrate robust growth and surpassed
450k brokerage accounts in 1Q'19.
In 1Q'19 operating expenses increased by 33% year-on-year to RUB 11.1 bn
(1Q'18: RUB 8.3 bn) due to annual salary indexation in 4Q'18. The
cost-to-income ratio was stable at 42.8% in 1Q'19 (1Q'18: 42.6%).
The Group reported net income of RUB 7.2 bn (1Q'18: RUB 5.7 bn). As a
result, ROE for the reporting period reached 64.4% (1Q'18: 68.5%).
In 1Q'19, the Group continued to maintain a healthy balance sheet with total
assets remaining firm at RUB 408.9 bn (1 Jan'19: RUB 375.5 bn).
In 1Q'19, the Group's gross loan book grew by 19.2% to RUB 279.7 bn (1
Jan'19: RUB 234.7 bn), while the net loan book grew by 21.5% to RUB 241.1 bn
(1 Jan'19: RUB 198.5 bn).
In 1Q'19, the Group's NPL ratio came to 8.1%, as a result of adoption of
IFRS 9 methodology. The Group's loan loss provision coverage stood at 1.7x
non-performing loans.
The Group's customer accounts increased by 0.3% YTD to RUB 281.8 bn (1
Jan'19: RUB 280.9 bn).
In 1Q'19, the Group's total equity increased by 11.2% to RUB 46.9 bn (1
Jan'19: RUB 42.3 bn). As of 1 April 2019, the Group's statutory N1.0 ratio
was up at 13.0% and its N1.2 ratio had decreased to 12.7%. N1.1 stood at a
comfortable 9.5 %.
***
The Tinkoff management team will host an investor and analyst conference
call at 12:00 UK time (14:00 Moscow time, 7:00 U.S. Eastern Standard Time),
on Tuesday, 14 May 2019.
The press release, presentation and financial statements will be available
on the Tinkoff website at
https://www.tinkoff.ru/eng/investor-relations/results-and-reports/ [1]
To participate in the conference call, please use the following access
details:
Conference ID 6062151
Russian Federation +7 495 646 9190
United Kingdom +44 (0)330 336 9411
United States of America +1 646-828-8193
A live webcast of the presentation will be available at:
https://webcasts.eqs.com/tcsgroup20190514 [2]
Please register approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the call.
For enquiries:
Tinkoff Bank Tinkoff Bank
Darya Ermolina Larisa Chernysheva
Head of PR IR Department
+ 7 495 648-10-00 (ext. 2009) + 7 495 648-10-00 (ext. 2312)
d.ermolina@tinkoff.ru ir@tinkoff.ru [3]
About the Group
TCS Group Holding PLC is an innovative provider of online retail financial
services. It includes Tinkoff Bank, mobile virtual network operator Tinkoff
Mobile, Tinkoff Insurance, and Tinkoff Software DC, a network of development
hubs in major Russian cities. The Group also has Tinkoff.ru, an evolving
ecosystem that offers financial and lifestyle services.
The Group was founded in 2006 by Russian entrepreneur Oleg Tinkov and has
been listed on the London Stock Exchange since October 2013.
The Group's key business is Tinkoff Bank, the country's first and only
direct bank and the core of the Tinkoff.ru ecosystem.
Tinkoff Bank is the second largest player in the Russian credit card market,
with a share of 12.4% as of 1 April 2019. The 1Q'19 IFRS net income of TCS
Group Holding PLC amounted to RUB 7.2 bn, ROE stood at 64.4%.
With no branches, the Group serves all its customers remotely via online
channels and a cloud-based call centre staffed by over 10,000 employees,
which makes it one of the largest in Europe. To ensure smooth delivery of
the Group's products, the Group has a nationwide network of over 2,500
representatives.
In 2018 Global Finance named Tinkoff Bank the world's Best Consumer Digital
Bank, in 2018, 2016 and 2015, the Best Consumer Digital Bank in Russia, and
in 2017 and 2013 The Banker recognised it as the Bank of the Year in Russia.
The bank's mobile app has been consistently praised by local and global
independent experts as the best of its kind (in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 by
Deloitte and in 2018 by Global Finance).
Forward-looking statements
Some of the information in this announcement may contain projections or
other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future
financial performance of the Group and Tinkoff Bank. You can identify
forward looking statements by terms such as "expect", "believe",
"anticipate", "estimate", "intend", "will", "could," "may" or "might", the
negative of such terms or other similar expressions. The Group and Tinkoff
Bank wish to caution you that these statements are only predictions and that
actual events or results may differ materially. The Group and Tinkoff Bank
do not intend to update these statements to reflect events and circumstances
occurring after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated events. Many factors could cause the actual results to differ
materially from those contained in projections or forward-looking statements
of the Group and Tinkoff Bank, including, among others, general economic
conditions, the competitive environment, risks associated with operating in
Russia, rapid technological and market change in the industries the Group
operates in, as well as many other risks specifically related to the Group,
Tinkoff Bank and their respective operations.
ISIN: US87238U2033
Category Code: QRF
TIDM: TCS
LEI Code: 549300XQRN9MR54V1W18
Sequence No.: 8612
EQS News ID: 810761
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