UBA released its FY09 result for the 15-month period ended December 2009. The highlights are:

• UBA reported gross earnings of N246.7bn (US$1.6bn) for the 15 months ended 31 December 2009, representing a 45.6% increase from the corresponding 12 month period to September 2008.
• Total assets decreased by 7.5% from N1.7tn (US$11.5bn) in 2008 to N1.5tn(US$10.3bn) as at FY2009
• Total loans and advances grew by 40.6% to N606.6bn ($4.0bn) while its loan to deposit ratio went up to 48.7% from 32.4% recorded in the prior year. • Operating income was up 46.0% from N128.2bn (US$852.6m) to N187.1bn (US$1.2bn)
• Deposits and other accounts decreased by 6.6% from N1.3tn (US$8.9bn) as at September 2008 to N1.2tn(US$8.3bn)
• Keeping loan quality at an acceptable limit seemed to be a challenge as Non-Performing Loans (NPL) (as a proportion of gross loans) went up from 4.0% in FY2008 to 8.0%
• The exceptional item reported included a net charge of N38.2bn (US$254.0m) for diminution in the value of assets which significantly hampered the bank’s bottom-line earnings potential; After-Tax Profits went down 94.9% from N41.2bn(US$274.4m) in 2008 to N2.1bn(US$14.1m) for FY2009.

Afrinvest, ARM and Meristem each prepared analyses of the company’s results:

Afrinvest - UBA FY 2009 Earnings Update (307).

ARM - UBA Plc 15M Dec 2009 (302).

Meristem - UBA - FY2009 (240).