Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank),proposes to pay its shareholders an interim dividend of 30kobo per share for the half year (H1) period ended June 30, 2019.
Snapshot of the Group’s operating results for the period under review shows its profit before tax (PBT) increased to N115.7bn as against N109.6bn recorded in the corresponding H1 period of 2018.
The bank’s H1’19 results released on the
Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday August 16, showed gross earnings dropped slightly to N221.86bn against N226.6bn in H1’18.
Profit after tax (PAT) increased to N99.13billion from N95.58billion in H1’18. The bank’s earnings per share rose to 350kobo from 338kobo in H1 of 2018.
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Iheanyi Nwachukwu, is a creative content writer with almost two decades journalism experience writing on banking, finance, capital markets, and tax. The multiple awards winning journalist is Assistant Editor, BusinessDay. Iheanyi holds BSc Degree in Economics from Imo State University; Master of Science (MSc) Degree in Management from University of Lagos.
Iheanyi has attended several work-related trainings including (i) Advanced Writing and Reporting Skills (Pan African University, Lagos); (ii) News Agency Journalism (Indian Institute of Mass Communication {IIMC}, New Delhi, India); and (iii) Capital Markets Development and Regulations (International Law Institute {ILI} of Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA).
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