2023 Casablanca Stock Market Analysis: Banking Sector Boosts Turnover and Profits

2023 Casablanca Stock Market Analysis: Banking Sector Boosts Turnover and Profits

2024-03-30 16:45:07

The broker indicates the overall turnover of the Casablanca rating for the 2023 financial year is up 4.4%, reaching 303.4 billion DH compared to 290.6 billion DH in 2022, or 12. 8 billion DH in additional turnover, supported mainly by the good dynamics of the banking sector and a few stocks, in particular TGCC (+1,912 MDH), LabelVie (+1,853 MDH), Wafa Assurances (+1,085 MDH), Maroc Telecom (+1,853 MDH), +1055 MDH) and Akdital (+872 MDH).

“This positive development occurs in a context marked by (i) the continuation of the rise in inflation in 2023 (+6.1% in 2023 once morest +6.6% in 2022, according to the HCP) under the particularly of supply shocks in Morocco on certain food products, which led to the continued tightening of monetary policy by Bank Al-Maghrib and, consequently, an upward trajectory in interest rates, (il) the 2022 agricultural campaign /2023 in Morocco which took place in difficult climatic conditions (iii) the appreciation of the dollar compared to the euro which had a negative impact on the exchange rate of the dirham and (iv) the impact of the earthquake on some sectors of activity »point out M.SI.IN analysts.

For its part, the overall profit mass, for its part, recorded an increase of 15.7% to 32.9 billion dirhams compared to 2022, driven mainly by the good performance of the banking sector (+2.6 billion dirhams). ) and Maroc Telecom (+2.56 billion DH) which benefited from the non-recurrence of charges for the liquidation of the penalty imposed by the ANRT worth 2.45 billion DH. Excluding Maroc Telecom, the profit would be up +7.5% compared to last year.

Banks: another exceptional year

For the 2023 financial year, the listed banking sector continues to record an increase in its profit for the third consecutive year and reaches the highest level since

2016.

Listed banks posted a NBI increase of 13.1% to 81.2 billion dirhams, benefiting from the joint effect of the rise in rates and the positive performance of the stock markets. For its part, the RNPG increased by 21.5% to 15.2 billion dirhams benefiting from the good performance of the NBI and the control of operating expenses, despite an increase in the cost of risk (+24.6 % to 14.5 billion dirhams). A historic level of profit for the sector.

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