Highlights:
- Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) released its FY22 results on Thursday (27 October 2022).
- ANZ declared a proposed final dividend worth 74 Australian cents to its eligible shareholders.
Shares of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ASX:ANZ) was spotted buzzing in the green territory on Friday morning after the company released its full year FY22 results yesterday (27 October 2022) reporting a 12% gain in its statutory income from operating activities.
The bank was trading 0.040% higher at AU$25.00 per share on the ASX at 11:03 AM AEST today (28 October 2022).
Further details of ANZ’s FY22 results
In its full-year FY22 results, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group reported delivering a 12% higher statutory operating income of AU$19,426 million from its continuing operations. In addition, the bank’s statutory profit attributable to shareholders was up by 16% in the given period, to AU$7,119 million.
ANZ’s cash profit gained by 5% to AU$6,496 million and cash profit from continuing operations gained by 5% to AU$6,515 in FY22.
ANZ’s dividend distribution plan
The board of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group has proposed to pay a fully franked final dividend worth 74 Australian cents to its eligible shareholders based on its earnings in FY22.
In addition to that, the bank also declared a fully franked interim dividend of 72 Australian cents per share for its eligible shareholders.
The record date for the proposed final dividend is 8 November 2022, and the payment is expected to be made on 15 December 2022.
FY22 results of ANZ New Zealand
Other than this, ANZ also came out with the full-year FY22 results for its New Zealand unit today. The update revealed that ANZ New Zealand made a cash net profit after tax worth AU$2,064 million in FY22, up by 8% from the previous corresponding period.
Antonia Watson, Chief Executive, ANZ Bank New Zealand, said:
