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TBC Bank Posts Record Profit, Adds Buyback

TBC Bank Group's record third-quarter profit and new share buyback were driven by Georgia, where profit rose 17%, while its Uzbek arm saw profit fall by more than half and bad loans climb.

TBC Bank Group (LON: TBCG) shares are up 7% on Monday, after the lender reported record third-quarter profit and a new GEL 50m share buyback on Friday. The group, which runs banks in Georgia and Uzbekistan, reports in Georgian lari (GEL).

The shares were at 5,195p by 2.21pm, a delayed quote, against Friday’s close of 4,856p. They opened at 4,874p. On Friday, when results landed at 7am, they touched 5,235p intraday and closed 1.8% higher than Thursday’s 4,772p.

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Net profit for the quarter was GEL 404.2m, up 9.8% from GEL 368.3m a year earlier, which the company describes as a record. Return on equity, the profit earned on shareholders’ capital, slipped to 23.2% from 24.4%. Net interest margin, the gap between lending income and funding cost, edged up to 7.4% from 7.3%.

Georgia did the heavy lifting. Profit there rose 17.4% to GEL 406.2m, net interest income grew 19.7% and loans expanded 18% once currency swings are stripped out.

Uzbekistan went the other way. Profit fell 61.2% to GEL 15.9m from GEL 41.1m, and the share of loans going unpaid rose to 11.8% from 4.7% a year earlier. Chief executive Vakhtang Butskhrikidze said:

In Uzbekistan, lending is gradually recovering as we adapt to new regulatory requirements.

Vakhtang Butskhrikidze, chief executive, TBC Bank Group

TBC Bank shares since early August, rising on Q3 results day, 6 November 2026, and higher again on 9 November.
TBC Bank Group (TBCG.LSE) daily closing prices since early August, in pence. The 9 November point is a delayed intraday quote.

The group declared a third-quarter dividend of GEL 1.75 per share. The GEL 50m buyback is worth about $19m, according to the release.

Its 2026-28 targets are loan growth of at least 15% and return on equity of at least 23%, and the company said it remains on track to deliver them.

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