WOOD Flash - Piraeus Financial Holdings: 1Q24 highlights
Piraeus has posted 1Q24 net income figures of EUR 233m and EUR 279m in reported and normalised terms, respectively. This indicates a 3% miss on the reported net income consensus (EUR 239m) and a 5% miss on the normalised net income consensus (EUR 295m). The miss was mainly revenue-driven, where other operating income/loss lines brought in a EUR 67m setback in the quarter, EUR 43m of which was related to the expenses associated with the HFSF stake sale. At first look, 1Q24 seems to have left us with less of a margin of safety for our 2024E NIM estimate, even though the Euribor curve has been evolving better than expected. On the other hand, the COR, opex and fee growth trends were better than expected. All-in-all, we see this as a neutral quarter. As far as our estimates go, despite the green shoots of better-than-expected trends in the mentioned lines, 1Q24 is unlikely to drive an earnings upgrade. We rate Piraeus a HOLD, with a price target (PT) of EUR 4.13/share. The bank is trading at 5.5x P/E and 0.7x P/TBV, on our 2024E estimates.
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