Enterprises and organizations in Ukraine in 2018 raised profit from ordinary activities before taxation by 23.6%, to UAH 353 billion, while in 2017 the figure was UAH 285.6 billion, according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
According to the service, in 2018, profitable Ukrainian enterprises received UAH 579.96 billion of profit, which is 4.1% more than in 2017.
At the same time, 22.9% of enterprises posted a negative financial result. Their losses in 2018 decreased by 16.4% compared to 2017, to UAH 227 billion.
The net profit of First Ukrainian International Bank (FUIB, Kyiv) in 2018 totaled UAH 2 billion, which is a 2.8-fold rise compared with 2017, FUIB Board Chairman Serhiy Chernenko has said. “The bank has never seen such business efficiency in the entire history of the bank. We earned a record amount of profit,” the banker said at a press conference in Kyiv on Monday.
According to him, with such indicators, FUIB became the fourth bank in Ukraine in terms of profit for 2018.
Operating income of the bank after the creation of reserves amounted to UAH 5.7 billion, which is 50% more compared to the same period last year. FUIB during 2018 created reserves in the amount of UAH 0.5 billion. Compared to 2017, this indicator more than doubled due to the fact that the bank has almost completely resolved the issue of troubled debt, the banker said.
According to the results of 2018, the net interest income of FUIB increased by UAH 1.1 billion and amounted to UAH 4.1 billion. Net commission income of the bank in 2018 increased 27% and amounted to UAH 1.5 billion.
In 2018, FUIB’s net assets amounted to UAH 49.9 billion. The corporate loans portfolio amounted to UAH 14.4 billion, loans issued to individuals – UAH 8.3 billion.
The bank’s capital in 2018 increased by 31.5% and amounted to UAH 6.3 billion.
FUIB was founded in 1991. Its largest shareholder is Rinat Akhmetov (indirectly 99.901045%).
According to the National Bank of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2019, FUIB ranked eighth (UAH 59.32 billion) in terms of total assets among the 77 banks operating in the country.
National joint-stock company Naftogaz Ukrainy in 2018 cut its net profit by 64.3% or UAH 24.532 billion compared with 2017, to UAH 13.613 billion, according to consolidated statements of the group published on Tuesday.
According to the press service of Naftogaz, the reduction in the size of the net profit was due to the fact that the company’s financial statements for 2017 showed the positive results of the decisions of the Stockholm arbitration in the amount of UAH 12.6 billion. The statements for 2018, in turn, accounted for VAT recognized by Naftogaz in accordance with the decision of the arbitration on gas transit in the amount of UAH 4.8 billion. The reduction in profits by another UAH 10.1 billion was also affected by the security of lawsuits. Most of this amount (UAH 9.6 billion) was secured in a lawsuit with involvement of JSC Ukrtransgaz for covering misbalances in the gas transmission system (GTS).
According to the document audited by Deloitte, the net sales income for 2018 increased 9.1% or UAH 17.012 billion, to UAH 204.938 billion, gross profit – by 11.5% or UAH 4.749 billion, to UAH 46.038 billion.
Income was received: from the transit of natural gas (UAH 72.347 billion); sales to gas supplying enterprises for the needs of households (UAH 56.245 billion); deliveries to heat producers for households (UAH 25.986 billion); deliveries to other consumers under public servicing obligations (PSO, UAH 16.319 billion); deliveries to other consumers beyond PSO (UAH 33.537 billion); and other (UAH 504.634 million).
The volume of premiums received by Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) in 2018 amounted to EUR9.7 billion, which is 3% more than a year before, and pretax profit was EUR485 million (up by 10%), according to the website of Globus insurer (Kyiv), part of the group. According to the report, the combined ratio at the end of last year was 96% (a decrease of 0.7 percentage points), the solvency ratio stood at 239% (an increase of 19 percentage points), while financial result was EUR1.037 billion (12% more).
The report also notes that the group intends to use its high capitalization for further growth. VIG’s supervisory board approved the board’s proposal to increase dividends from EUR0.90 to EUR1 per share.
As reported, Vienna Insurance Group in Ukraine is represented by four insurance companies: Globus, Ukrainian Insurance Group, Kniazha Vienna Insurance Group and Kniazha Life Vienna Insurance Group.
Ferrexpo with assets in Ukraine in 2018 saw $335.22 million in net profit, which is 15% lower than the figure of 2017.
According to the annual financial statements posted by the company on the website of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) on Tuesday, its revenue last year grew by 6.4%, to $1.274 billion with a fall of 2.3% in sales of pellets, to 10.227 million tonnes and growth of pellet production by 1.6%, to 10.607 million tonnes.
Gross profit fell by 2.5%, to $766.09 million, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) – by 8.7%, to $502.88 million and operating profit – by 12.7%, to $427.58 million.
Net debt fell by 14%, to $339 million with capital investment growing by 31.1%, to $135 million.
“We continued to benefit from the strong global demand for our high-grade iron ore pellets, which helped deliver strong cash flow despite a rise in costs. This enabled us to increase investment, reduce debt further and pay a record dividend,” Non-executive Chairman Steve Lucas said.
He said that “our balance sheet is now strong and this gives us a platform to deliver the next stage in our planned expansion.” “This year we plan to increase investment once more to be able to hit our medium-term production target of 12 million tonnes per annum by 2021 and lay the foundations for our longer-term intention to move to annual output of 20 million tonnes per annum,” he said.
The net profit of JSC Raiffeisen Bank Aval (Kyiv) in January-March 2019 amounted to UAH 1.079 billion, which is 21.9% less than in the same period of 2018 (UAH 1.381 billion). According to the quarterly statements of the bank on its website, its net interest income for the first three months of the current year increased by 6.3% compared to the corresponding period last year, to UAH 1.740 billion.
Since the beginning of the year, its assets decreased by 3.8%, to UAH 70.526 billion, in particular loans to customers were down by 3.3%, to UAH 45.278 billion.
Since the beginning of the year, the bank’s liabilities have decreased by 6.3%, to UAH 57.804 billion.
The charter capital of the bank in the first quarter did not change and remained at UAH 6.153 billion, while net worth grew by 9.4%, to UAH 12.721 billion.
Raiffeisen Bank Aval was founded in 1992. According to its data, on January 1, 2019, Raiffeisen Bank International owned 68.27% of the charter capital of the financial institution, the EBRD held 30%.
