heri wrote:MaichBlack wrote:heri wrote:littledove wrote:kcb final dividend of 1.5 per share total ksh 3, thats around 6.8% dividend yield at current price of ksh 45. This is likely to spoil current market mood with many bank shares reacting down ward. They could have reported being the last, sijui kiherehere ilikuwa ya nini
That DIY is bad. Are there storms ahead they are seeing?
Giving such a low DPS vs EPS without proper explanation (acquisitions etc.) raise a number of concerns from investors including probable cooking (I am not saying there is any cooking). You can never give dividends from cooked figures!
But all in all the performance was great. Very disappointing dividends.
What is your take on the high NPLs? With the sale of NBK, will the NPLs drop to a reasonable level?
NBK carries a NPL of Ksh 30Bn which will reduce the KCB NPLs to about 195Bn (about 13% reduction). Based on the NBK books, the NBK book value is now 13bn hence KCB should receive about Ksh 16.25bn for NBK sale (about Ksh 5 per share). With such poor dividends payout ratio, they may not issue any special dividend unless they fear a backlash from shareholders who they have to convince before the sale is ratified at the AGM.....Still hoping for at least Ksh 1 special dividend from that NBK sale. In the last 2 years, KCB has made Ksh 30 earnings per share while only distributing to share holders Ksh 3 (10% payout ratio).
I foresee further reduction in their NPL for 2025 due to the aggressive nature of auctioning of defaulters that they seem to have instituted this last few months. A reduction to about 170-180bn while growing the loan book could slash the NPL ratio to about 14-15% for 2025. But may have to reduce my price target for 2025 to about Ksh 52-55 unless they can achieve above market profit returns for the next 3 quarters and pay a better interim dividend.
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