Handelsbanken (SHB) Investor presentation summary
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Investor presentation summary
21 Oct, 2026Q3 2026 performance
Operating profit SEK 7.353bn, up 10% QoQ; ROE 13.5%, C/I ratio 42.3% and CET1 ratio 17.0%.
Total income SEK 13.959bn, up 4% QoQ; expenses SEK 5.910bn, down 1%; net interest income SEK 10.051bn, flat, and fee income SEK 3.330bn, up 6%.
Net credit losses were SEK 5m and the net credit loss ratio was 0.00%; operating profit increased in all home markets.
Anticipated YTD dividend SEK 8.0 per share, equal to 92% of net profit.
Lending, deposits and assets under management grew; 75% of operating profit came from Sweden, 13% from the UK, 9% from Norway and 3% from the Netherlands.
Balance sheet and liquidity
Short-term assets were 2.0x short-term liabilities; long-term assets were funded by stable long-term liabilities, supporting a balance sheet designed for long-term stress.
NSFR was 119%; available stable funding exceeded required stable funding by SEK 328bn, stated as ~1.5 years of market funding before reaching 100% NSFR.
Q3 liquidity reserve was SEK 849bn and LCR 183%, with a SEK 302bn cushion; additional prepared liquidity-generating measures were ~SEK 700bn.
The reserve included SEK 517bn in cash and central-bank balances, SEK 242bn in sovereign and similar securities, and SEK 84bn in high-quality covered bonds.
Asset quality and lending
More than 90% of lending was collateralized; household mortgages had a 57% average LTV and 3.1% of balances above 75% LTV.
Home-market commercial and residential real estate portfolios had average LTVs of 46% and 49%, respectively; 99.8% of each portfolio had LTV below 75%.
Credit loss ratio remained 0.00% in Q3 2026; quarterly ratios were 0.01% in Q4 2025 and Q1 2026, and 0.00% in Q2 2026.
New corporate and household PD models were approved; the household model was expected to reduce capital requirements by ~SEK 3bn in Q4 2026, net of removing the associated Pillar 2 requirement.
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