Record quarterly income and earnings

DBS Group Holdings

1Q 2024 financial results May 2, 2024

Highlights

First-quarter net profit at $2.96 billion with ROE at 19.4%, both at new highs

  • Commercial book total income up 14% to $5.31 billion
    1. NIM expands 8bp to 2.77% from higher interest rates o Net fee income crosses $1 billion for the first time
      o Treasury customer sales reaches a new record
  • Markets trading income declines 9% due to higher funding cost
  • Cost-incomeratio at 37%

First-quarter net profit up 24% QoQ

  • Commercial book total income rises 9% QoQ as fee income and treasury customer sales reach new highs
  • Commercial book net interest margin rises 2bp
  • Markets trading income more than doubles

Balance sheet remains strong

  • NPL ratio unchanged at 1.1%, SP remains low at 10bp
  • Allowance coverage at 125% and at 223% after considering collateral
  • CET-1ratio at 14.7%, LCR at 144%, NSFR at 116%

First-quarter dividend at 54 cents per share over the enlarged post-bonus share base

2

1Q net profit up 15% YoY to new quarterly high

(S$m)

record

1Q24

YoY %

Total income

5,557

13

Commercial book total income rises 14% from 8bp

Commercial book

5,311

14

NIM expansion and new

highs in fees and treasury

Markets trading

246

(9)

customer sales

Expenses

record

2,079

10

Markets trading income

declines 9% from higher

Profit before allowances

3,478

14

funding costs

Allowances

record

135

(16)

Cost-income ratio little

changed at 37%

Net profit

2,956

15

SP at 10bp of loans, GP of $22m taken

Reported net profit

2,951

15

Impact on earnings:

positive

+8%

+23%

+44%

-9%

+10%

negative

2,956

23

189

197

77

51

65

192

Citi

263

(5)

integration

2,571

2,951

1Q23 net

Net

Fee

Treasury

Markets

Expenses

GP

SP

Tax and

1Q24 net

profit

interest

income

customer

trading

others

profit

income

sales &

income

other income

Commercial book

3

1Q net profit rises 24% QoQ

(S$m)

record

1Q24

QoQ %

Commercial book total income up 9% led by record

Total income

5,557

11

fee and treasury customer sales

Commercial book

5,311

9

Commercial book NIM rises 2bp

Markets trading

246

>100

Expenses

record

2,079

(6)

Markets trading income more than doubles

Profit before allowances

3,478

24

Expenses down 6% due partly to non-recurring items

Allowances

135

(5)

record

in the previous quarter

Net profit

2,956

24

Allowances decline from lower SP

Reported net profit

2,951

30

Impact on earnings:

positive

+0%

+20%

+59%

+118%

-6%

negative

2,956

19

26

2,393

126

120

133

Citi

Citi

231

(5)

176

10

integration

integration

(124)

and CSR

2,269

2,951

4Q23 net

Net

Fee

Treasury

Markets

Expenses

GP

SP

Tax and

1Q24 net

profit

interest

income

customer

trading

others

profit

income

sales &

income

other income

Commercial book

4

1Q commercial book net interest income stable, NIM up 2bp to 2.77%

Net interest margin (%)

2.69

Commercial book

Group 2.12

Net interest income (S$m)

3,271

Commercial book

3,384

Markets trading

-113

1Q23

2.81

2.82

2.75

2.77

2.16

2.19

2.13

2.14

3,433

3,504

3,434

3,505

3,581

3,684

3,637

3,647

-148

-180

-142

-203

2Q23

3Q23

4Q23

1Q24

Income from perpetual securities, which have stated coupon rates, was reclassified from Markets trading non-interest income to

Markets trading net interest income prospectively from 1Q24. There is no change to total Markets trading income.

5

Loans up 1% QoQ in constant-currency terms

(S$bn)

431

CBG / WM

131

Other

255

IBG

Trade

41

As at Mar 24

Others

Citi TW

+6

+6

In constant-currency terms

+4

1Q loan growth due to

increase in non-trade

+10

+7

corporate loans of 3%

+4

+0

Trade loans and consumer

-5

loans little changed

+

+1

+1

+1

-1

-1

-2

-4

-1

1Q23

2Q23

3Q23

4Q23

1Q24

Constant-currency change

Gross loans

6

Deposits up 1% QoQ in constant-currency terms

(S$bn)

576

567

579

583

604

57

47

47

48

48

Loans Other funding

FD and others Casa

227

228

248

249

267

417

416

420

416

425

302

292

284

286

280

Mar 23

Jun 23

Sep 23

Dec 23

Mar 24

HQLA (S$bn)

144

149

146

148

151

Ratios (%)

LDR

79

80

79

78

78

LCR

147

146

138

144

144

NSFR

118

116

117

118

116

Includes Citi Taiwan deposits of $12bn from September 2023

HQLA is high quality liquid assets; Other funding comprises senior medium-term notes, commercial papers, negotiable certificates of 7 deposit, other debt securities and covered bonds

1Q fee income growth due to wealth management, cards and loan-related fees

(S$m)

Investment banking

Wealth management

Loan-related

Cards

Transaction services

YoY (%)

1,271

1,048

1,069

18

1,008

999

29

21

44

31

536

370

393

365

377

142

133

137

142

185

227

237

269

311

301

230

221

228

217

231

1Q23

2Q23

3Q23

4Q23

1Q24

(1)

9

14

28

26

Gross fee income

8

1Q commercial book non-interest income up 30% YoY from record fee income and treasury customer sales

(S$m)

Other non-interest income

Net fee income

Commercial book

Markets trading

2,052

1,665

1,612

1,688

1,573

388

382

325

346

316

621

432

464

499

390

851

823

843

867

1,043

1Q23

2Q23

3Q23

4Q23

1Q24

1,283

1,287

1,342

1,257

1,664

382

325

346

316

388

9

1Q cost-income ratio of 37% stable YoY

Cost / income

(%)

(S$m)

Staff expenses

Other expenses

44

38

38

39

37

2,038

2,205

2,079

1,882

1,931

1,215

1,261

1,345

1,333

1,215

667

716

777

860

746

1Q23

2Q23

3Q23

4Q23

1Q24

10

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