OCBC - DBS Research 2024-08-06: Lowering NIM Guidance

OCBC - Lowering NIM Guidance

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  • OCBC (SGX:O39) reported 2Q24 revenue of S$3,629mil (+5% y-o-y, flat q-o-q) with net profit of S$1,944mil (+14% y-o-y, -2% q-o-q), ~7% above consensus.

Operating costs of S$1,373mil grew 3% y-o-y, 2% q-o-q, led by higher staff, IT-related, and business promotion expenses.

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  • OCBC's capital ratios remained strong, with CET1 at 15.5% (1Q24: 16.2%), down q-o-q as profit accretion from 2Q24 was more than offset by the payment of FY23 final dividend and increase in RWA while total CAR was 17.9% (1Q24: 18.4%).
  • 2Q24 net interest income (NII) of S$2,430mil rose 2% y-o-y, flat q-o-q, with 3% asset growth q-o-q and 1% loan growth q-o-q, offset by a 7bps q-o-q decline in NIM, mainly from growth in lower yielding high-quality assets and tightening of loan yields due to market rate movements.

Higher non-interest income supported by growth across insurance and net gains from sale of investment securities and others.

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  • Trading income of S$356mil (+14% y-o-y,-4% q-o-q) saw lower customer flow income q-o-q alongside flat non-customer flow income.
  • Meanwhile, profit from Great Eastern (SGX:G07) stood at S$294mil (+12% y-o-y, +2% q-o-q), buffered this quarter, supported by net gains of S$83mil (+32% y-o-y, +63% q-o-q) from the sale of investment securities and others.

2Q24 saw lower credit costs of 15bps (1Q24: 16bps), as writeback in general allowances offset higher specific allowances.

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Above is an excerpt from a report by DBS Group Research.
Clients of DBS may access the full PDF report @ https://www.dbs.com/insightsdirect/.



Rui Wen LIM DBS Group Research | https://www.dbs.com/insightsdirect/ 2024-08-06



Read also DBS's most recent report:
2025-11-10 OCBC - Dividend Policy A Potential Rerating Catalyst?.

Previous report by DBS:
2025-08-05 OCBC - Bracing For Impact From Lower Interest Rates.

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