Saudi Arabia Banking Pulse
56.7
------
219.6
-3.9
61.2
157.3
Improved
Stable
Worsened
6 Cost of risk improved for seven banks; SNB reported
substantial decrease in cost of risk
-
Cost of risk (bps) – net of reversals
-162.9
46.3
20.3
-3.0
البنك
السعودي
الشرعية
ساب SABB
بنك الرياض مصرف الراجحي
SNB
Al Rajhi Bank
riyad bank
6.2
Note: Scaling and some numbers might not add up due to rounding
Source: Financial statements, investor presentations, A&M analysis
3.1
74.8
80.0
5.2
! 60.1
100.4
Dangus
Fransl
anb
مصرف الإنماء
العربي
alinma bank
Q2'21
Q3'21
Q2'21 Av
Q3'21 Av
-40.2
-22.4
89.6
112.0
بنك البلاد
Bank Albilad
16
-1-
68.2
68.6
0.3
34.5
76.1
-41.5
البنك السعودي للاستثمار
بنك الجزيرة
The Saudi Investment Bank
BANK ALJAZIRA
108.2
133.8
53.54
103.3
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Cost of risk decreased for seven of the
ten banks in Q3'21
• SNB reported the highest fall in cost of
risk (162.9 bps QoQ) to 0.57% in
Q3'21, driven by:
■ SNB reported impairments of SAR
0.7bn in Q3'21 compared to SAR
2.4bn in Q2'21
Impairments decreased substantially
by 70% QoQ after it spiked in Q2'21,
due to higher reported impairments
by SNB following the merger
BJAZ reported the highest increase in
the cost of risk by ~26 bps to 1.3%,
driven by
■ Significant increase in provisioning
by 27.3% QoQ compared to last few
quarters
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