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Posted on February 11, 2026
2 min readLast updated: February 11, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleABN Amro announces a €500 million shareholder distribution despite missing Q4 profit expectations due to higher impairment charges.
Feb 11 (Reuters) - Dutch bank ABN Amro missed market forecasts on Wednesday with a 3% year-on-year rise in its fourth-quarter net profit, as impairment charges and income taxes weighed on its performance.
Profit for the quarter, including coupons paid on AT1 securities, was 410 million euros ($595 million). Analysts polled by the lender were on average expecting 466 million euros.
ABN Amro also said it would share an additional 500 million euros with its shareholders via a share buy-back program and dividend.
The 250 million-euro buyback is the first announced in 2026, as the lender plans to return up to 100% of capital generated until 2028 to shareholders. Analysts expect the Dutch bank to return close to 1 billion euros via additional distributions in the fiscal year.
Net interest income - a measure of earnings on loans minus deposit costs - remained largely unchanged over the year and stood at 1.67 billion euros, driven by strong treasury results.
At the same time income from fees rose 14% to 572 million euros, as the lender continues to expand its revenue stream to offset stagnating interest-based results.
($1 = 0.8391 euros)
(Reporting by Mateusz Rabiega; Editing by Christopher Cushing and Matt Scuffham)
A dividend is a payment made by a corporation to its shareholders, usually as a distribution of profits. It can be issued in cash or additional shares.
Equity represents ownership in a company, typically in the form of shares. Shareholders have a claim on the company's assets and earnings.
A buy-back program is when a company repurchases its own shares from the market, reducing the number of outstanding shares and often increasing the value of remaining shares.
Impairment charges occur when a company's asset value decreases significantly, leading to a reduction in its book value on the balance sheet.
Net profit is the amount of money a company has left after all expenses, taxes, and costs have been subtracted from total revenue.
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