REG-TCS Group Holding PLC TCS Group Holding PLC reports record quarterly profit for the period (net profit) in 1Q'21
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TCS Group Holding PLC (TCS)
TCS Group Holding PLC reports record quarterly profit for the period (net
profit) in 1Q'21
11-May-2021 / 10:00 MSK
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TCS Group Holding PLC reports record quarterly profit for the period (net
profit) in 1Q'21
• Total revenues grew 21% to RUB 56.8 bn in 1Q'21 (1Q'20: RUB 46.9 bn)
• Net profit rose 57% to RUB 14.2 bn in 1Q'21 (1Q'20: RUB 9.0 bn)
• Tinkoff Investments assets under custody exceeded RUB 415 bn
• Non-credit business lines accounted for 43% of revenues and 24% of net
profit
• Total customers reached 14.8 mn in 1Q'21 (1Q'20: 10.8 mn)
LIMASSOL, CYPRUS - 11 May 2021. TCS Group Holding PLC (LI: TCS, MOEX:
TCSG) ("Tinkoff", "We", the "Group", the "Company"), Russia's leading
provider of online financial and lifestyle services via its Tinkoff
ecosystem, today announces its consolidated IFRS results for the three
months ended 31 March 2021.
Oliver Hughes, CEO of Tinkoff Group, commented:
"We continued to demonstrate profitable growth in the first quarter of
2021 with net profit reaching a new quarterly record of RUB 14.2 bn, as we
charged full steam ahead, acquiring new customers and launching cool new
features across our product lines.
We continue to strengthen Tinkoff Investments by diversifying our
investment offering. I am pleased to welcome Anton Malkov on board as the
new Head of the Capital Markets Transactions Management Team at Tinkoff
Investments to lead our new DCM and ECM effort with a focus on new-economy
companies.
In April we announced Tinkoff Group's acquisition of a majority stake
in Beskontakt LLC, the developer of the Koshelek app. A digital wallet and
Russia's only mobile app for aggregating bank cards, loyalty cards and
coupons, the Koshelek app has a user base that exceeds 20 million and
works with the country's largest retailers. This is a huge apportunity for
Tinkoff as we step-up our presence in the loyalty space.
On the corporate governance front, we continue to make important
improvements. I am pleased to have taken on the role of Executive Director
of the newly expanded TCS Group Board of Directors to lead this work while
continuing to oversee strategic initiatives. In addition, just a week ago
we announced that we are signicantly expanding and strengthening the TCS
Group Board with the appointments of Ashley Dunster, Masha Gordon,
Margarita Hadjitofi, Nick Huber and Nitin Saigal as independent,
non-executive Directors from today. In parallel with these appointments,
the Company is launching two new committees, a Risk and Emerging Risk
('Sustainability') Committee and a Strategy Committee.
With these and other initiatives, we are well on our way to achieving our
goal of creating the most comprehensive, engaging and innovative financial
and lifestyle ecosystem in the world."
Stanislav Bliznyuk, Chairman of the Tinkoff Bank Management Board, added:
"I'm pleased to report the continuing robust performance of both our
credit and non-credit business lines, with our non-credit business lines
accounting for 43% of revenue in the first quarter.
As digital adoption accelerates across industries, we are rolling out new
products and services that best harness this trend. In April Tinkoff
launched Russia's first digital BNPL (buy-now-pay-later) service for
individuals called 1 Dolyame.ru. It combines the advantages of online
acquiring and instalment plans for customers making payments when shopping
online.
The Tinkoff Black business - our current account product and the backbone
of the Tinkoff ecosystem, reached new heights with 8.9 mn total customers.
Tinkoff Business continued to grow its customer base in Q1, as the
increase in the number of mid-sized businesses gathered pace. Tinkoff
Business also expanded customers' access to lending, while retaining its
traditionally conservative approach to risk.
We remain Russia's second-largest provider of online acquiring services
and Tinkoff Acquiring continues to grow its revenues steadily. Tinkoff
Checkout, which enables companies to take care of their online and offline
payment needs in one place is just one of the new latest services
addressed at our business customers
Tinkoff Investments remained Russia's leading brokerage on Moscow Exchange
with 1.8 mn customers and RUB 415 bn in assets under custody."
FINANCIAL AND OPERATING REVIEW
RUB bn 1Q'21 1Q'20 Change
Credit accounts acquired (mn pcs) 1.5 1.0 +54%
Net margin 29.2 25.5 +14.4%
Net margin after provisions 24.5 10.0 +144.0%
Profit before tax 18.0 11.6 +55.3%
Net profit 14.2 9.0 +57.0%
Return on equity 43.7% 37.5% +6.2 p.p.
Net interest margin 15.8% 20.0% -4.2 p.p.
Cost of risk 4.5% 15.9% -11.4 p.p.
RUB bn 31 Mar 2021 31 Dec 2020 Change
Total assets 873.5 859.3 +1.7%
Net loans and advances to customers 431.0 376.5 +14.5%
Share of NPLs 9.7% 10.3% - 0.6 p.p.
Cash and treasury portfolio 326.6 374.8 -12.9%
Total liabilities 741.3 732.3 1.2%
Customer accounts 631.3 626.8 +0.7%
Total equity 132.3 127.0 +4.1%
Tier 1 capital ratio 18.0% 17.9% +0.1 p.p.
Total capital ratio 18.0% 17.9% +0.1 p.p.
CBR N1.0 (capital adequacy ratio) 12.6% 13.1% -0.5 p.p.
In 1Q'21, the Group's total revenue grew by 21% year-on-year to RUB 56.8
bn (1Q'20: RUB 46.9 bn). Gross interest income increased by 11%
year-on-year to RUB 35.3 bn (1Q'20: RUB 31.7 bn), driven primarily by loan
portfolio growth.
Gross interest yield decreased to 25.6% in 1Q'21 (1Q'20: 29.8%), mainly as
a result of the declining interest rate environment and changes in the
loan mix. The interest yield on the Group's securities portfolio decreased
to 5.1% (1Q'20: 6.0%), in connection with declining rouble interest rates.
In 1Q'21, despite the significant increase over the last 12 months in our
customer base and account balances, interest expense decreased by 1.6%
year-on-year to RUB 5.5 bn (1Q'20: RUB 5.6 bn). This was driven by a
continued decline in our cost of borrowing from 4.8% in 1Q'20 to 3.2% in
1Q'21, due to a gradual decrease in deposit rates (consistent with market
rate decreases) and a growing share of current accounts in the funding
mix.
In 1Q'21 net margin grew by 14% year-on-year to a record RUB 29.2 bn
(1Q'20: RUB 25.5 bn), primarily as a result of our growing loan portfolio.
Cost of risk fell to 4.5% in 1Q'21 from 15.9% in 1Q'20. Our risk-adjusted
net interest margin rose from 7.9% in 1Q'20 to 13.3% in 1Q'21.
Our non-credit business lines continue to deliver an increasing share of
our revenue thanks to growth of the customer base, our widened range of
product offerings and continued monetisation efforts. In 1Q'21 non-credit
revenue represented 43% of the Group's revenue and 24% of the Group's
profit before tax.
At the end of 1Q'21, the Group had:
• over 8.9 mn total current account customers with a total balance of
RUB 329.3 bn across all accounts
• over 500k total SME customers, with a total current account balance of
RUB 83.1 bn
• over 1.8 mn total Tinkoff Investments customers and over RUB 415 bn in
customer assets
In 1Q'21, operating expenses increased 74% year-on-year to RUB 20.3 bn
(1Q'20: RUB 11.6 bn) driven by resumed growth of our loan portfolio, and
investments into our fast growing new business lines.
The Group reported robust quarterly net profit of RUB 14.2 bn in 1Q'21
(1Q'20: RUB 9.0 bn), supported by continued robust customer acquisition
and monetisation. As a result, ROE for 1Q'21 stood at 43.7% (1Q'20:
37.5%).
In 1Q'21, the Group continued to maintain a healthy balance sheet, with
total assets growing by 1.7% since the end of 2020 to RUB 873.5 bn (31
Dec'20: RUB 859.3 bn).
The Group's gross loan book grew by 12.4% since the end of 2020 to RUB
502.9 bn (31 Dec'20: RUB 447.4 bn), while the net loan book increased by
14.5% to RUB 431.0 bn (31 Dec'20: RUB 376.5 bn).
The Group's NPL ratio fell to 9.7% (31 Dec'20: 10.3%), while our credit
loss allowance coverage stood at 1.47x non-performing loans.
The Group's customer accounts increased by 0.7% since the end of 2020 to
RUB 631.3 bn (31 Dec'20: RUB 626.8 bn).
Tinkoff's total equity rose by 4.1% to RUB 132.3 bn at the end of 1Q'21
(31 Dec'20: RUB 127.0 bn). As of 1 April 2021 the Group's statutory N1.0
ratio stood at 12.6%, its N1.2 ratio stood at 12.1%, and the N1.1 ratio
stood at 10.0%.
GUIDANCE FOR FY'21
The Group reiterates the following previously communicated guidance for
full year 2021:
• We expect our net loan portfolio growth to be more than 30%
• We expect cost of risk to be 7-8%
• We expect cost of borrowing to be in the 3-4% range
• We expect the share of non-credit revenues to be more than 40% of
total revenues
• We expect net profit to be at least RUB 55 bn
1Q'2021 AND POST-REPORTING PERIOD OPERATING HIGHLIGHTS
Customer base and engagement growth has led to increased market share
• The Group had over 8.9 mn total Tinkoff Black customers as of 1 April
2021.
• As of 31 March 2021, the Tinkoff app had over 30 mn installs, and
Group MAU stood at 10.7 mn, Group DAU stood at 3.6 mn.
• Tinkoff Bank's credit card market share increased to 14.3% as of 1
April 2021, further solidifying its position as Russia's second
largest credit card issuer.
• Tinkoff moved up 44 positions to 91st place in the ranking of the top
banks in the world by debit card turnover thanks to the growth in
Tinkoff Black, according to the Nilson Report.
Superior and innovative product offering combined with targeted marketing
activities secure Tinkoff's place as a leading fintech brand
• In January Tinkoff Insurance became a partner of Sber's insurance
marketplace. Now customers on the Sber marketplace can purchase both
voluntary KASKO and mandatory OSAGO car insurance policies.
• In January Tinkoff integrated its Oleg voice assistant into its own
contactcenter, aiding customer service representatives in dealing with
customer queries.
• In February Tinkoff launched Tinkoff Checkout, an online and offline
payment service for legal entities which operates as a one-stop shop,
enabling companies to take care of all of their online and offline
financial needs in one place.
• In February Tinkoff Business launched "Business Saving Box" - a
service that allows our SME customers to automatically save and
allocate their income for various purposes such as taxes, rent,
salaries, etc.
• In April Tinkoff launched Russia's first digital BNPL
(buy-now-pay-later) service 2 Dolyame.ru. The new platform
facilitates combines the advantages of online acquiring and
installment plans. Buyers can pay for goods in installments without
incurring interest, and sellers can immediately receive the full
purchase price in their account without delays.
• In April Tinkoff acquired a majority stake in Beskontakt LLC, the
developer of Koshelek digital wallet, an aggregator of banking cards
and retail loyalty programs. The Koshelek app is a leader in its
field, reporting the highest number of users of any app in Russia and
the CIS
Commitment to further improving our Investor Relations (IR) disclosure and
ESG practices
• Tinkoff's senior management held a virtual Strategy Day for analysts
and investors on 7 April 2021, where they presented the Group's growth
opportunities and medium term targets. The presentation and full
replay of the event are accessible on the Tinkoff IR website.
• In January all outstanding 69,914,043 Class B shares in the Group,
held by trusts connected with Oleg Tinkov, were converted to and
reclassified as Ordinary shares (after 10,100,181 Class B Shares were
converted to GDRs in December 2020). Following this latest conversion
and reclassification, Oleg Tinkov's voting rights in the Group
decreased to around 35% from 84% aligning all shareholders' interests
ever more closely.
• In February 2021 Tinkoff's GDRs were added to the MSCI Russia Standard
Index with a pro-forma weight of 4.69%.
• In February 2021 the Group announced the launch of an updated version
of its management long-term incentive program (MLTIP) and expansion of
its Key-Employee Retention Programme (KERP). The updated equity-based
MLTIP includes awards currently totalling 5.35 mn GDRs and vests over
5 years starting from August 2021, while the cash-based equity-linked
KERP currently covers around 400 beneficiaries. With a view to
financing this initiative, the Group has announced a GDR buyback
programme to repurchase up to 700,000 GDRs, with an aggregate purchase
price not exceeding $45 mn.
• Tinkoff is now presenting two new customer metrics: "Total customers",
which represent customers that have utilised a Tinkoff product and
have not closed it. "Active customers", which represent customers that
have generated revenue for Tinkoff over the previous month.
Tinkoff has revamped its segmental financial reporting to provide further
insight into its growth and profit drivers. Tinkoff now presents its P&L
across 7 different segments: Consumer Finance, Retail Debit Cards (Tinkoff
Black), SME Services (Tinkoff Business), InvestTech (Tinkoff Investments),
Acquiring and Payments, InsurTech and MVNO Services.
In April 2021 Tinkoff Group became a signatory to the Global Principles
for Responsible Banking, as developed by the United Nations Environment
Programme Finance Initiative, the largest UN partnership with the finance
industry or the worldwide community of nearly 400 banks, insurers and
investors
• Tinkoff is progressing its latest Sustainability Report which it
expects to publish in June 2021.
Corporate governance enhancements and new management appointments
• In March with the aim of developing and promoting its outstanding
talent, deepening the management bench and continuing to strengthen
the Group's corporate governance, Tinkoff announced that Oliver Hughes
was appointed Executive Director of the TCS Group Board of Directors
as part of its expansion. At the same time, Stanislav Bliznyuk was
appointed Chairman of Tinkoff Bank Mangement Board and George Chesakov
was appointed as Chairman of Tinkoff Bank Board of Directors.
• In April Neri Tollardo was promoted to Vice President, Director of
Strategy from his previous role of Head of International Investor
Relations and Partnership Projects. At the same time, Andrey
Pavlov-Rusinov joined the company as the new Head of International
Investor Relations and Partnership Projects. Andrey was previously the
lead equity analyst for Russia & CIS Financials at Goldman Sachs
Russia.
• In April Anton Malkov joined Tinkoff as Head of Capital Markets
Transactions Management to develop the ECM and DCM businesses with a
focus on new-economy companies. Previously, Anton served as the
Managing Director of Sberbank CIB's Global Markets Department, where
he was engaged in ECM development and supervised DCM and M&A from
2015-2018
In May Tinkoff announced that five new independent, non-executive
directors (INEDs) would be joining the Tinkoff Group Board of Directors.
Ashley Dunster, Masha Gordon, Margarita Hadjitofi, Nick Huber and Nitin
Saigal have been appointed effective 11 May 2021. In addition, the Company
will soon launc two new committees, a Risk and Emerging Risk
('Sustainability') Committee and a Strategy Committee. The Company
envisages that the initial members of the Risk and Emerging Risk
('Sustainability') Committee will be Masha Gordon, Nick Huber and
Margarita Hadjitofi (Chair), and of the Strategy Committee - Ashley
Dunster, Masha Gordon, Oliver Hughes, Nick Huber, and chaired by Nitin
Saigal.
CONFERENCE CALL INFORMATION
Tinkoff management team will host an investor and analyst conference call
at 2:00 pm UK time (4:00 pm Moscow time, 09:00 am U.S. Eastern Daylight
Time), on Tuesday, 11 May 2021.
The press release, presentation and financial statements will be available
on the Tinkoff website at
https://tinkoffgroup.com/financials/quarterly-earnings/
To participate in the conference call, please use the following access
details:
6013898
Conference ID
+7 495 213 1767
Russian Federation
8 800 500 9283
Toll-free
United Kingdom +44 (0)330 336 9126
Toll-free 0800 358 6377
United States of America +1 323-794-2094
Toll-free 800-263-0877
A live webcast of the presentation will be available at:
3 https://www.webcast-eqs.com/tcsgroup20210511
Please register approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the call.
For enquiries:
Tinkoff Tinkoff
Artem Lebedev Larisa Chernysheva
PR Department IR Department
+ 7 495 648-10-00 (ext. 2202) + 7 495 648-10-00 (ext. 2312)
Alexandr Leonov Andrey Pavlov-Rusinov
+ 7 495 648-10-00 (ext. 35738) + 7 495 648-10-00
4 pr@tinkoff.ru 5 ir@tinkoff.ru
About Tinkoff Group
TCS Group Holding PLC is an innovative provider of online retail and SME
financial services. It includes Tinkoff Bank, its mobile virtual network
operator Tinkoff Mobile, Tinkoff Insurance, its asset management company
Tinkoff Capital, Tinkoff Software DC, a network of development hubs in
major Russian cities, and Tinkoff Education. The Group is currently
developing Tinkoff ecosystem, which offers financial and lifestyle
services.
The Group was founded in 2006 by Russian entrepreneur Oleg Tinkov and has
been listed on the London Stock Exchange since October 2013.
The Group's key business is Tinkoff Bank, a fully online bank that serves
over 13 mn customers and forms the core of the Tinkoff ecosystem. Tinkoff
is the 3d largest retail bank in Russia in terms of active client-base.
Tinkoff Bank is the second largest player in the Russian credit card
market, with a share of 14.3%. The 1Q'21 IFRS net profit of TCS Group
Holding PLC amounted to RUB 14.2 bn. The ROE was 43.7%.
With no branches, the Group serves all its customers remotely via online
channels and a cloud-based call centre. The centre is staffed by over
10,000 employees, making it one of the largest in Europe. To ensure smooth
delivery of the Group's products, the Group has a nationwide network of
over 2,500 representatives.
Global Finance named Tinkoff Bank the world's Best Consumer Digital Bank
in 2020 and 2018, and the Best Consumer Digital Bank in Russia in 2020,
2019, 2018, 2016 and 2015. Tinkoff was also named the Best European Retail
Bank of the Year by Retail Banker International in 2020. In 2021, the
Banker recognised Tinkoff Bank as Russia's Best-Performing Bank. The
bank's mobile app has been consistently praised by local and global
independent experts as the best of its kind (in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 by
Deloitte and in 2018 by Global Finance).
Forward-looking statements
Some of the information in this announcement may contain projections or
other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future
financial performance of the Group and Tinkoff Bank. You can identify
forward looking statements by terms such as "expect", "believe",
"anticipate", "estimate", "intend", "will", "could," "may" or "might", the
negative of such terms or other similar expressions. The Group and Tinkoff
Bank wish to caution you that these statements are only predictions and
that actual events or results may differ materially. The Group and Tinkoff
Bank do not intend to update these statements to reflect events and
circumstances occurring after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence
of unanticipated events. Many factors could cause the actual results to
differ materially from those contained in projections or forward-looking
statements of the Group and Tinkoff Bank, including, among others, general
economic conditions, the competitive environment, risks associated with
operating in Russia, rapid technological and market change in the
industries the Group operates in, as well as many other risks specifically
related to the Group, Tinkoff Bank and their respective operations.
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ISIN: US87238U2033
Category Code: QRF
TIDM: TCS
LEI Code: 549300XQRN9MR54V1W18
Sequence No.: 104157
EQS News ID: 1194880
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