FCMB records 186% profit growth, proposes 50k dividend

For the year ended December 31, 2023, FCMB Group Plc recorded a profit before tax of ₦104.4 billion, a 186% year-on-year (YoY) increase compared to ₦36.6 billion in 2022 and earnings growth across its business segments: Banking Group 212.6%, Consumer Finance 67.3%, Investment Management 40%, and Investment Banking 89.7%.

The group grew deposits, loans, assets under management, revenue and earnings and improved its environmental, social, and corporate governance scorecard.

FCMB Group, which proposed a dividend of 50 kobo per share for its shareholders, contributed to food security and import substitution in Nigeria by increasing lending to the agricultural sector by 38.4% from N147.4 billion in 2022 to N204.3 billion in 2023.