Attica Bank - Q419 showed good momentum
Attica’s Q419 results showed good progress, with revenue sharply up and costs lower than expected. Impairment charges were higher, but underlying PBT was still better than forecast. Uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic greatly complicates forecasting at this stage. Our new numbers have higher impairment assumptions, mostly in 2020 and 2021. However, Attica’s strategy of strong asset expansion and its focus on the energy, infrastructure and green economy remains firm. There is just a time shift in achieving income targets. Successful execution would allow ROE to approach 6.8% (previously 7.4%) in 2022. This falls to 4.7–5.3% after factoring in needed rights issues and would provide upside to the shares, now trading at a PBV of 0.23x. We understand that Attica is currently making plans for a third securitisation as it strives to cut legacy NPLs to zero by 2021.Attica Bank SA is a Greece-based banking and financial institution. The Bank offers a range of banking and financial products and services: private and corporate banking services, e-banking, automated teller machine (ATM) services, leasing, factoring, asset management and brokerage services. In the private banking area, it offers savings, privilege current and time accounts, mortgages, insurance products, consumer and housing loans, and a range of credit cards. In the corporate banking area, the Bank offers time and foreign exchange accounts for companies, short- and long-term loans and advances, loans for the acquisition of business premises and letters of guarantee for various purposes. The Bank's other services include capital market and mutual fund services, as well as fixed orders, money transfers, imports and exports, pension payments and safe boxes. It has six subsidiaries and operates a network of 80 branches in Greece.
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