According to the consolidated unaudited balance sheet of Bank of Beirut, Total assets rose by 5.85 %y-t-d to $18.5 B in the first three quarters of the year. In details, “Net Loans & Advances to Customers at amortized cost” and “Cash and deposits at central banks” rose by 8.30% and 2.07% y-o-y, to reach$ 5.4B and $5.03B respectively, by September 2018.
On the liabilities’ side, Customers’ deposits rose by 1.77% yearly to stand at $12.65B , while total shareholders’ equity fell by an annual 0.22% to reach $2.38B by September 2018.
As for the bank’s income statement, Net Income revealed a downtick of 1.1% to reach $146.84M at the end of September. In fact, this decrease may be attributed to the 5% yearly increase of Total Operating expenses to $1.68B that outpaced the 1 % increase in the net operating Income. In details, the net interest income and net Commission income, both grew at 4.8% and 9.3% to hit $225M and $70M respectively.
Financial Highlights of Bank of Beirut in Q3 2018
(In Millions of Dollars) | 30- Sep 18 | 30-Sep 17 | |
Total Assets | 18,503 | 17,480 | 5.85% |
Net Loans and Advances to Customers at Amortized Cost | 5,400 | 4,986 | 8.30% |
Customers’ Deposits and Credit Balances at Amortized Cost | 12,654 | 12,433 | 1.77% |
Total Shareholders’ Equity | 2,382 | 2,387 | -0.22% |
Net Income | 146.85 | 148.52 | -1.1% |