Financial highlights - Group

Income statement      
(Amounts in percentage of average assets)    
 Q4 2023Q4 202220232022
 NOK million%NOK million%NOK million%NOK million%
Net interest income5062.114321.951 9002.021 5171.78
Net commission and other operating income700.29670.302500.262460.29
Net result from financial instruments10.00350.16450.05-7-0.01
Total income5772.405342.412 1952.331 7562.06
Total operating expenses2421.012160.978590.917470.87
Profit before impairment on loans3351.393181.441 3361.421 0091.19
Impairment on loans, guarantees etc.-117-0.4920.01-53-0.06-40.00
Pre-tax profit4521.883161.431 3891.481 0131.19
Taxes1120.46740.343340.352360.28
Profit after tax3401.422421.091 0551.137770.91
Balance sheet 
(NOK million)31.12.2023Change over the last 12 months (%)31.12.2022
Total assets 4)96 7358.189 501
Average assets 4)94 09510.185 436
Loans to and receivables from customers81 5727.276 078
Gross loans to retail customers53 7955.950 818
Gross loans to corporate and public entities28 0399.625 575
Deposits from customers47 4108.043 881
Deposits from retail customers29 22610.926 344
Deposits from corporate and public entities18 1843.717 537
Key figures and Alternative Performance Measures (APMs)
 Q4 2023Q4 202220232022
Return on equity (annualised) 3) 4)17.813.214.010.9
Cost/income ratio 4)42.040.339.242.5
Losses as a percentage of loans and guarantees (annualised) 4)-0.610.01-0.07-0.01
Gross credit-impaired commitments as a percentage of loans/guarantee liabilities0.511.440.511.44
Net credit-impaired commitments as a percentage of loans/guarantee liabilities0.391.190.391.19
Deposit-to-loan ratio 4)57.957.457.957.4
Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR)174185174185
NSFR (Net Stable Funding Ratio)124123124123
Lending growth as a percentage 4)2.33.27.28.8
Deposit growth as a percentage 4)1.6-1.88.04.8
Capital adequacy ratio 1)22.222.122.222.1
Tier 1 capital ratio 1)20.019.720.019.7
Common Equity Tier 1 capital ratio (CET1) 1)18.217.918.217.9
Leverage Ratio (LR) 1)7.57.67.57.6
Man-years400374400374
Equity Certificates (ECs)     
 20232022202120202019
Profit per EC (Group) (NOK) 2) 5)10.127.5031.1027.1034.50
Profit per EC (parent bank) (NOK) 2) 5)10.348.4830.9826.8332.00
Number of ECs 5)49 434 77049 434 7709 886 9549 886 9549 886 954
Nominal value per EC (NOK) 5)20.0020.00100.00100.00100.00
EC fraction 1.1 as a percentage (parent bank)49.749.749.749.649.6
EC capital (NOK million)988.70988.70988.70988.70988.70
Price at Oslo Stock Exchange (NOK)84.0084.41444.00296.00317.00
Stock market value (NOK million)4 1534 1734 3902 9273 134
Book value per EC (Group) (NOK) 4) 5)80.774.8350332320
Dividend per EC (NOK) 5)7.504.0016.0013.5014.00
Price/Earnings (Group, annualised)8.311.314.310.99.2
Price/Book value (P/B) (Group) 2) 4)1.041.131.270.890.99
1) Including proposed allocations
2) Calculated using the EC-holders' share (49.7 %) of the period's profit to be allocated to equity owners
3) Calculated using the share of the profit to be allocated to equity owners
4) Defined as Alternative Performance Measure (APM), see www.sbm.no/IR
5) Our EC(MORG) was split 1:5 in April 2022