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Profile’s Stock Exchange Handbook: 2026 - Issue 1 JSE - ABS
RATIOS
Absa Group Ltd. Ret on SH Fund 13.58 13.37 13.50 14.46 13.02
RetOn AveAsset 2.30 2.32 2.46 2.61 2.30
Oper Pft Mgn 70.70 69.72 65.92 70.44 77.21
Div Cover 1.72 1.78 1.75 1.88 2.73
Interest Mgn 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.03
LiquidFnds:Dep 0.07 0.08 0.06 0.05 0.06
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 36 779
DIRECTORS: Abdool-Samad T (ind ne),
Bassa Z B M (ind ne), Beck A E M (ind ne, British),
Diogo L D (ind ne, Mozambican), Keanly R A
(ind ne), Kennedy B (ind ne), Mageza N P (ind ne),
Mangale A (ind ne), Mjoli-Mncube N S
(ld ind ne), Smith P (ind ne), Tonelli F (ind ne),
Zilwa S V (ind ne), van Wyk R (Chair, ind ne),
ISIN: ZAE000255915 SHORT: ABSA CODE: ABG Fihla K A (CEO), Raju D (Group FD)
REG NO: 1986/003934/06 FOUNDED: 1986 LISTED: 1986 Scan the QR code POPULAR BRAND NAMES: Absa
to visit our Investor POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 7735,
NATURE OF BUSINESS: Center Johannesburg, 2000
Absa Group (the Group or Absa) which has a primary EMAIL: ir@absa.africa
listing on the JSE, is incorporated and domiciled in South WEBSITE: www.absa.africa
Africa and provides retail, business, corporate, investment TELEPHONE: 011-350-4000
banking, insurance, financial services and wealth COMPANY SECRETARY: Nadine R Drutman
TRANSFER SECRETARY: Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Ltd.
management products and services. The Group operates SPONSOR: Absa Bank Ltd., JP Morgan Equities South Africa (Pty) Ltd.
in 12 African countries, United Kingdom, United States of AUDITORS: KPMG Inc., PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.
America and employs 36 779 people. BANKERS: Absa Bank Ltd.
The Group is one of South Africa’s largest financial services CALENDAR Expected Status
organisations, serving retail, business and corporate Next Final Results Mar 2026 Unconfirmed
Jun 2026
customers and clients in Sub-Saharan Africa. Annual General Meeting Aug 2026 Unconfirmed
Unconfirmed
Next Interim Results
The Group has majority stakes in banks in Botswana, CAPITAL STRUCTURE Authorised Issued
Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, South ABG Ords 200c ea 950 000 000 894 376 907
Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. There are also
representative offices in New York, London, Namibia and DISTRIBUTIONS [ZARc]
Nigeria as well as bancassurance operations in Botswana, Ords 200c ea Ldt Pay Amt
9 Sep 25
Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia. Interim No 76 22 Apr 25 15 Sep 25 785.00
29 Apr 25
Final No 75
775.00
The Group interacts with its customers and clients Interim No 74 10 Sep 24 16 Sep 24 685.00
through a combination of physical and electronic Final No 73 16 Apr 24 22 Apr 24 685.00
channels, offering a comprehensive range of banking LIQUIDITY: Dec25 Avg 14m shares p.w., R2 589.6m(81.9% p.a.)
services (from basic products and services for the low-
income personal market, to customised solutions for the ABSA 40 Week MA BANK 26000
commercial and corporate markets), financial services 24000
and wealth management products and services. 22000
20000
SECTOR: Fins--Banks--Banks--Banks 18000
MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 13 Nov 2025 16000
Other 82.09% 14000
Public Investment Corporation (SOC) Ltd. 13.95% 12000
M&G Investments (UK & ZA) 5.72% 10000
FINANCIAL STATISTICS 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 8000
Jun 25 Dec 24 Dec 23 Dec 22 Dec 21
(R million)
Interim Final Final(rst) Final(rst) Final(rst) RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Interest Paid 44 700 96 751 86 407 51 734 36 173
Interest Rcvd 81 007 167 856 154 462 112 232 89 495 Friday, 05 December 2025: Shareholders were informed
Operating Inc 24 482 47 245 45 585 46 362 37 296 that Brian Kennedy and Paul Smith have been
Tax 4 530 8 320 7 687 7 952 7 299 appointed as independent non-executive directors of
Minority Int 1 517 2 958 2 299 1 873 1 420 Absa Group with effect from 1 February 2026.
Attrib Inc 11 231 21 537 19 891 20 265 17 763 Friday, 28 November 2025: The Pillar 3 risk management
TotCompInc/Loss 14 032 30 652 22 878 15 261 18 210 report provided the quarterly view of Absa Group
Ord SH Int 166 282 160 174 144 586 134 541 129 863
Minority Int 16 769 18 458 15 167 13 951 12 802 Limited regulatory capital and risk exposures. It
Dep & OtherAcc 1 578 217 1 506 927 1 339 536 1 241 918 1 173 766 complies with directive D10/2025 on Pillar 3 disclosure
Liabilities 1 968 791 1 884 355 1 710 479 1 638 939 1 488 758 requirements.
Inv & Trad Sec 522 724 500 681 433 036 427 064 395 835 The Pillar 3 risk management report is available on the
Adv & Loans 1 412 147 1 349 588 1 271 357 1 213 399 1 092 257 Absa Group website (https://www.absa.africa).
ST Dep & Cash 102 857 124 557 77 815 66 429 66 041 Friday, 12 September 2025: Shareholders were informed
Total Assets 2 159 759 2 068 695 1 874 876 1 792 101 1 639 532 that John Cummins has resigned as an independent
PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share) non-executive director to the Board of Absa Group,
EPS (ZARc) 1 354.10 2 599.20 2 400.30 2 443.33 2 139.60 effective 30 September 2025, due to work and
HEPS-C (ZARc) 1 431.60 2 662.20 2 422.30 2 408.20 2 147.10 public interest commitments requiring significant
Pct chng p.a. 7.6 9.9 0.6 12.2 193.8 additional time, including an assignment with a new
Tr 5yr av grwth % - 31.6 30.2 29.8 26.6
DPS (ZARc) 785.00 1 460.00 1 370.00 1 300.00 785.00 global defence institution and advising companies
Pct chng p.a. 7.5 6.6 5.4 65.6 - specialising in artificial intelligence.
Tr 5yr av grwth % - - 4.5 - 5.5 - 5.9 - 18.2 Consequently, he will step down as chairman of the
NAV PS (ZARc) 20 048.00 19 310.00 17 440.00 16 246.00 15 641.00 Models Committee (MC) and as a member of the Group
3 Yr Beta 0.56 0.82 0.72 1.36 1.48 Risk and Capital Management, Group Credit Risk and
Price Prd End 17 600 18 975 16 371 19 390 15 255 Information Technology Committees on 30 September
Price High 19 900 20 070 20 775 21 100 16 000 2025. Alison Beck will take up the chairmanship of the
Price Low 14 684 13 683 15 070 15 002 11 001 MC effective 1 October 2025.
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