BIL reports 21% decline in year end net profit

November 20, 2025

Barita Investments Limited (BIL)

Unaudited financials for the year ended September 30, 2025:

Barita Investments Limited (BIL) for the year ended September 30, 2025, reported a 40% increase in Net Interest Income totaling $902.70 million compared to $646.22 million in the corresponding period last year. Net Interest Income for the fourth quarter had a 150% increase to close at $417.65 million compared to $167.38 million for the comparable quarter of 2024.

  • Fees and Commission Income for the year ended September 30, 2025, amounted to $4.16 billion (2024: $3.71 billion).
  • Foreign Exchange Trading and Translation Gains for the year amounted to $444.07 million (2024: $593.92 million).
  • Gain on Investment activities for the year ended September 30, 2025, amounted to $2.76 billion (2024: $4.87 billion).
  • Other income for the year amounted to $194.32 million (2024: $177.75 million).

Consequently, Net Operating Revenue for the year ended September 30, 2025, fell 15% to $8.46 billion (2024: $10.00 billion). For the fourth quarter, Net Operating Revenue decreased by 26% from $2.96 billion in 2024 to $2.19 billion in 2025. BIL highlighted, “This performance was largely driven by the reduction in gains from our alternative investment exposures year-over-year, reflecting the normalization of extraordinary gains recorded in FY 2024. These effects were partially offset by increases in fees and commission income and net interest income.”

Staff Costs increased by 2% to close at $1.70 billion (2024: $1.66 billion), while Administration costs increased by 4% from $2.68 billion in 2024 to $2.80 billion in the period under review. Also, Impairment/ Expected Credit Loss (ECL) amounted to $134.65 million (2024: $640.95 million). As a result, total expenses for the year ended September 30, 2025, amounted to $4.63 billion, a 7% decrease relative to $4.98 billion reported in 2024.

Operating profit for the year ended September 30, 2025, amounted to $3.84 billion, a 23% decrease relative to $5.01 billion reported in 2024. Operating profit for the fourth quarter amounted to $790.42 million (2024: $1.17 billion).

Share of results of associated company totalled a loss of $113.71 million, a 572% downturn from the corresponding period last year. (2024: Gain of $24.08 million).

Profit Before Taxation for the year ended September 30, 2025, amounted to $3.72 billion, a 26% decrease relative to $5.04 billion reported in 2024. Profit Before Taxation for the fourth quarter amounted to $806.98 million (2024: $1.13 billion).

Taxation for the year ended September 30, 2025, had a 42% decrease to reach $713.69 million (2024: $1.22 billion). As such, Net Profit for the year amounted to $3.01 billion, a 21% decrease from the $3.82 billion reported in 2024. For the fourth quarter, Net Profit was $763.41 million (2024: $929.60 million).

Consequently, Earnings Per Share for the year amounted to $2.47 (2024: EPS: $3.13), while Earnings Per Share for the quarter totaled $0.63 (2024: EPS: $0.76). The twelve-month trailing EPS was $2.47, and the number of shares used in these calculations was 1,220,388,243.

Notably, BIL’s stock price closed the trading period on November 19, 2025, at a price of $78.03 with a corresponding P/E ratio of 31.65x.

Balance Sheet Highlights

The company’s assets totalled $149.91 billion (2024: $142.32 billion). The 5% increase in total assets was driven primarily by growth in pledged assets and marketable securities of $10.4 billion, and by a $4.3 billion increase in receivables. These movements were partially offset by reductions of $3.0 billion in repo assets and $4.8 billion in loans.

Shareholder’s equity was $35.33 billion (2024: $35.30 billion), representing a book value per share of $28.95 (2024: $28.93).

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