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GTCO Declares N12.76k Dividend, N865.75bn Profit After Tax in 2025
Core earnings lifted profit before tax 23.2% as interest income and fee income rose, while the group declared a record dividend to shareholders.
- On Tuesday, Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc released its 2025 audited financial statements, reporting a profit before tax of ₦1.23 trillion and declaring a dividend of ₦12.76k per share to shareholders.
- Strong growth in core earnings underpinned the profit, with interest income rising 23.2 percent and fee income increasing 25.9 percent year-over-year, according to the firm.
- Deposit liabilities expanded 23.8 percent to ₦12.87 trillion, while the Group's net loan book grew 12.4 percent to ₦3.13 trillion during the period.
- The Group maintains robust financial health with a 43.8 percent Capital Adequacy Ratio and 5.3 percent return on assets; cost of risk improved to 2.2 percent.
- Group Chief Executive Officer Segun Agbaje attributed the ₦865.75 billion profit after tax to earnings resilience, citing fiscal policy adjustments to investment security taxation as impacting year-over-year comparisons.
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