State-owned PrivatBank ended 2023 with UAH 37.77 billion in net profit, which is UAH 7.57 billion, or 25%, higher than the financial result of 2022, the financial institution said in a press release on Wednesday.
Pre-tax profit increased 2.1 times, or by UAH 38.09 billion, to UAH 72.77 billion.
According to the release, PrivatBank’s assets last year, after growing by 34.9% in 2022, increased by another 26.6% to UAH 685.1 billion, ensuring its leadership in this indicator in the market.
In 2023, the bank’s net interest income increased by UAH 19.7 billion, or 49.4%, to UAH 59.6 billion, of which UAH 3 billion was due to the favorable interest rate policy of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) in 2023,
At the same time, net fee and commission income increased by 20% to UAH 24.4 billion.
“In the context of business growth, operating expenses grew by only 8%, remaining under close management control,” the release said.
According to the state-owned bank, the net portfolio of loans to households in 2023 increased by 39% to more than UAH 60 billion, while the volume of loans to businesses increased by 23% to more than UAH 30 billion.
PrivatBank notes a gradual improvement in the quality of the loan portfolio, which leads to significant savings in provisioning costs. In particular, according to the bank, expenses under this item in 2023 decreased by UAH 11.8 billion compared to 2022.
There has also been an increase in deposits in the state bank of both individuals and enterprises – the volume of deposits increased by 18%, or UAH 85 billion, compared to the level of 2022. According to the state-owned bank, deposits and balances on correspondent accounts of clients reached UAH 550 billion in 2023. According to the submitted materials, Privat has 18.35 million active individual clients and 875 thousand business clients.
It is noted that Privat paid UAH 26.8 billion in income tax to the state budget (including UAH 8.2 billion in prepayments in 2021-2022, together with dividends), while in 2021-2022 the financial institution paid UAH 8.5 billion.
“The majority of the bank’s net profit will be used to pay dividends, i.e. also to the state budget, according to the decision of the shareholder represented by the Ministry of Finance,” the statement emphasizes.
Dnipro Metallurgical Plant (DMZ, formerly Evraz-DMZ), a part of DCH Steel of businessman Aleksandr Yaroslavsky’s DCH Group, posted a net profit of UAH 4.225 million in 2022, compared to UAH 1 billion 725.157 million in 2021.
According to the minutes of the annual general meeting of shareholders held on December 22, 2023, which was held remotely, the shareholders decided to use the profit made in 2022 to repay the losses of previous years and not to make any contributions to the reserve capital.
The outstanding loss at the end of 2022 amounted to UAH 454.601 million.
The shareholders planned to consider personnel issues regarding the termination of powers of the members of the Supervisory Board and the Audit Committee, election of a new Supervisory Board, but the meeting did not vote for the resignation of the members of the Supervisory Board and the Audit Committee – 100% of shareholders were against it. Therefore, no votes were counted on the issues of amendments to the company’s charter and internal documents (taking into account the liquidation of the revision commission as a controlling body).
As reported, in 2021, DMZ received a net profit of UAH 1 billion 725.157 million, while it ended 2020 with a net loss of UAH 394.091 million.
DMZ specializes in the production of steel, cast iron, rolled products and products made from them.
On March 1, 2018, DCH Group signed an agreement to buy Dnipro Metallurgical Plant from Evraz.
According to the third quarter of 2023, Drampisco Limited (Cyprus) owns 97.7346% of DMZ shares.
The authorized capital of the company is UAH 574.994 million, with a par value of UAH 0.25 per share.
Northern Mining and Processing Plant (Pivdennyi GOK, Kryvyi Rih, Dnipro Oblast), a part of Metinvest Group, posted a net profit of UAH 681.867 million in January-September 2023, compared to a net loss of UAH 2 billion 227.488 million in the same period of 2022.
According to the interim report of the company, which is owned by Interfax-Ukraine, net income for the period increased by 8.8% to UAH 14 billion 27.599 million.
Retained earnings as of the end of September 2023 amounted to UAH 10 billion 727.921 million.
In 9M2023, Northern Mining produced 1 million 414.95 thousand tons of concentrate and 2 million 233.98 thousand tons of pellets.
The company ended 2022 with a net loss of UAH 2 billion 972.333 million, while in 2021 it made a net profit of UAH 25 billion 293.042 million.
In 2022, Northern GOK produced 2 million 144.23 thousand tons of concentrate and 1 million 525.01 thousand tons of pellets. In 2022, the plant’s supplies to the Ukrainian market amounted to 3.957 million tons, compared to 12.612 million tons in 2021. The share of sales of commercial concentrate to the domestic market in physical terms amounted to 51%, which is 37% less than in 2021. The company exported 2.092 million tons of iron ore concentrate and pellets.
The plant specializes in the extraction, processing and production of iron ore.
According to the third quarter of 2023, Metinvest B. V. owns 100% of the shares in Northern Mining.
Northern GOK is part of Metinvest Group, whose main shareholders are System Capital Management (SCM, Donetsk) (71.24%) and Smart Holding Group (23.76%). Metinvest Holding LLC is the management company of Metinvest Group.
The authorized capital of Yenakiieve Mining is UAH 579.707 million.
Metinvest Group’s Kametstal plant, which was built at the facilities of Dnipro Metallurgical Plant (DMK, Kamianske, Dnipro region), posted a net profit of UAH 1 billion 359.475 million in January-June 2023, while the same period in 2022 ended with a net loss of UAH 1 billion 256.843 million.
According to the company’s interim report available to Interfax-Ukraine, net income for the period decreased by 0.8% to UAH 23 billion 415.731 million.
Retained earnings as of the end of June 2023 amounted to UAH 202.216 million.
The plant ended 2022 with a net loss of UAH 883.119 million, while in 2021 it made a net profit of UAH 120.277 million. The company’s net income in 2022 increased by 91.3% to UAH 37 billion 850.282 million. Production in 2022 amounted to 1 million 686.4 thousand tons of steel products.
“Kametstal was established on the basis of PJSC Dnipro Coke and Chemical Plant (DKKhZ) and the Centralized Steel Works of PJSC Dnipro Metallurgical Plant (DMK).
According to the third quarter of 2023, Metinvest B.V. (Netherlands) owns 100% of the company’s shares.
The authorized capital of PJSC Kametstal is UAH 170.584 million.
In January-September 2023, Kryvyi Rih Iron Ore Plant (KZHRK) cut its net profit by 45.7% compared to the same period in 2022 to UAH 699.465 million.
According to the interim report of the company, available to Interfax-Ukraine, net income for the period decreased by 18% to UAH 4 billion 430.021 million.
Retained earnings as of the end of September 2023 amounted to UAH 6 billion 210.007 million.
In 2022, KZHRK reduced its net profit by 72.2% to UAH 1 billion 117.502 million and net income by 43.6% to UAH 6 billion 290.171 million. Production in 2022 amounted to 2.888 million tons, while sales volume was 2.383 million tons. The total volume of products exported in 2022 amounted to 84.7% of total sales.
Proven (balance sheet as of January 1, 2023) reserves of rich ores amount to 262.4 million tons with an average iron content of 58.66%.
As reported earlier, in 2021, KZHRK increased its net profit by 2.37 times compared to 2020 to UAH 4 billion 23.95 million, while net income increased by 68.9% to UAH 11 billion 158.331 million.
KZHRK specializes in underground iron ore mining. The company has four mines: “Pokrovska (formerly Zhovtneva), Kryvorizka (Batkivshchyna), Kozatska (formerly Gvardiyska) and Ternivska (formerly Ordzhonikidze and then Lenin).
According to the third quarter of 2023, the main shareholder of KZHRK is Starmill Limited (Cyprus), which owns 99.8812% of its shares.
Earlier it was reported that SCM Group owns a certain share in KZHRK, while Metinvest Group has no relation to KZHRK. At the same time, SCM Group is only an investor, while Privat Group exercises operational control over the plant.
The authorized capital of the company is UAH 1 billion 991.233 million.
Ilta, the official dealer of Peugeot, Citroёn, DS and Jeep in Kyiv and Kyiv region, earned UAH 34.84 million in net profit in January-September this year, compared to a loss of UAH 36.67 million in the same period in 2022.
According to the company’s interim financial statements published in the NSSMC disclosure system, its net income increased by 83% to UAH 471.55 million.
The company’s profit from operating activities increased 3.8 times to UAH 56.52 million, and gross profit by 66% to UAH 86.35 million.
Ilta has been operating in Ukraine since 1991. It is the official dealer in Kyiv and Kyiv region of Stellantis car brands – Peugeot, Citroёn, DS, and since 2023 – Jeep.
The company provides a full range of operational leasing services for cars and commercial vehicles, customer car administration services, sales of new and used cars, maintenance, and also rents office space in its own business center.
According to the company’s annual report, in 2022, it suffered a loss of almost UAH 34 million, up 60.6% year-on-year, with net income more than halving to UAH 339 million.
