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Citigroup: Give ICBC a "buy" rating and target price of HK $6.99

智通财经2021-08-30

  CitigroupReleased a research report stating thatIndustrial Bank of China(601398) (01398) "buy" rating, target price of HK $6.99, pre-provision profit in the first half of this year increased by 5.4% year-on-year to 331 billion yuan, and after-tax net profit increased by 9.9% year-on-year to 163.5 billion yuan.

According to the report, due to strong trading earnings, solid loan growth and lower cost-to-revenue ratio, profit before provision in the second quarter of this year increased by 8.5% year-on-year. Due to lower credit costs, net profit after tax in the second quarter of this year increased by 20.9% year-on-year to 77.7 billion yuan, both in line with expectations.

The bank said that the main positive factor for the company at present is that deposits increased by 2.5% quarter-on-quarter in the second quarter of this year, which was higher than the 2.4% quarter-on-quarter growth of loans, resulting in the loan-to-deposit ratio falling by 11 basis points quarter-on-quarter to 75.2% in the second quarter of this year.%; Loan growth remained strong in the second quarter of this year, with a year-on-year increase of 11.2%, mainly driven by corporate loan growth and strong small business loan growth at a low base.

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