JB金融集团三季度归母净利2100亿韩元创单季新高，同比仅增0.8%，并派季度股息每股317韩元

JB Financial Group (175330) posted its highest-ever quarterly net profit in the third quarter, as its main subsidiaries delivered solid results that also pushed nine-month net profit to a record.
Net profit attributable to controlling shareholders came to 210 billion won ($146 million) in the third quarter, up 0.8% from a year earlier, the group said on the 27th. Net profit for the first nine months of the year rose 2.9% from the same period last year to 595.7 billion won.
The group's main subsidiaries sustained solid earnings despite a difficult operating environment at home and abroad during the quarter, including global geopolitical risks and high interest-rate volatility.
By unit, third-quarter net profit was 72.5 billion won at The Jeonbuk Bank (006350), 82.4 billion won at The Kwangju Bank (192530) and 66.3 billion won at JB Woori Capital. JB Asset Management posted 6.6 billion won and JB Investment 2.8 billion won. Phnom Penh Commercial Bank (PPCBank), an overseas subsidiary in Cambodia, reported net profit of 14.3 billion won.
Return on equity, a key profitability gauge, stood at 13.3%, while return on assets was 1.08%. The cost-to-income ratio was 35.8% and the common equity Tier 1 ratio was 12.39%.
Won-denominated loans rose 10.0% from the end of last year, while risk-weighted assets increased 5.1%. The group is pursuing an asset-rebalancing strategy that expands the share of businesses with higher returns relative to risk-weighted assets.
The board approved a quarterly dividend of 317 won per common share. The group has paid equal quarterly dividends since the first quarter of this year.
"We will continue to strengthen profitability on the basis of a stable capital ratio while steadily expanding our shareholder return policy to enhance corporate value," an official at the group said.