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STANCHART Retreats 2% after Midday; 2025 Reported PBT Adds 15.8% at Lower End of Forecast
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STANCHART (02888.HK) closed up 1.3% at midday close. After the bank released its full-year results at noon today (24th), the share price retreated in the afternoon session, bottoming at HK$187.5. It last posted at HK$187.8, down 2.19%, with 484,400 shares traded, amounting to HK$92.9099 million.

STANCHART unveiled its full-year results for the year ended December 2025. It recorded a reported profit before taxation at USD6.963 billion, up 15.8% YoY, close to the lower end of the range of USD6.966-7.526 billion predicted by eight brokers compiled by this website. Operating income grew 7.2% YoY to USD20.942 billion.

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The group's reported profit attributable to ordinary shareholders was USD4.558 billion, up 26.9% YoY, at the lower end of the range of USD4.517-5.034 billion predicted by seven brokers compiled by this website. Reported EPS increased US54.1 cents to US195.4 cents.

Standard Chartered declared a final DPS of US49 cents, compared to US28 cents in the same period last year. The total annual dividend reached USD1.38 billion or US61 cents per share, up 65%, way above the range of US44-53 cents predicted by seven brokers compiled by this website. The group also announced a new USD1.5 billion share buyback, expected to reduce the CET1 by about 58 bps.
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