Saudi Arabia Banking Pulse
Higher net interest income and lower impairments
supported net income growth
Net income bridge - SAR Bn
11.04
(2.06)
(0.23)
0.71
0.01
0.00
(0.28)
13.28
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Aggregate net income increased 20.3%
QoQ to SAR 13.3bn
• Higher net interest income (+3.5%
QoQ) and lower impairments (-44.3%
QoQ) boosted net profit
• Impairments decreased substantially
after it spiked in Q2'21 due to higher
reported impairments by SNB (+8.6x
QoQ) due to merger
■ SNB reported impairments of SAR
0.7bn in Q3'21 compared to SART
2.4bn in Q2'21
The increase in net profit was partially
offset by higher operating expense
(+3.0% QoQ) and increase in tax
expense (+15.6% QoQ)
Q2'21
Net interest
income
Net fee &
commission
income
Other
operating
income
Operating Impairments Taxes
expenses
Q3'21
Source: Financial statements, Investor presentations, A&M analysis
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