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Highlights
- Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) is turning heads on the stock markets after reporting its quarterly results for Q1 FY2022 on Tuesday, March 1.
- The Toronto-headquartered banking company said that it recovered C$ 99 million in provision for credit losses in the latest quarter against a loss of C$ 156 million a year ago.
- The C$ 93-billion market cap firm’s net profit swelled by 45 per cent YoY to C$ 2.93 billion in the latest quarter.
Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) is turning heads on the stock markets after reporting its quarterly results for Q1 FY2022 on Tuesday, March 1.
The Toronto-headquartered banking company said that it recovered C$ 99 million in provision for credit losses (PCL) in the latest quarter against a loss of C$ 156 million a year ago.
Let glance at the financial performance of this bank.
Bank of Montreal (TSX: BMO) financial performance in Q1 FY2021
Bank of Montreal saw its first-quarter net revenue increase to C$ 7.64 billion in 2022 compared to C$ 6.37 billion in Q1 2021. The C$ 93-billion market cap firm’s net profit swelled by 45 per cent year-over-year (YoY) to C$ 2.93 billion in the latest quarter.
Its earnings per share also rose by 46 per cent YoY to C$ 4.43 in the first quarter of fiscal 2022.
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The financial company said that its return on equity (ROE) surged from 15.7 per cent to 21.4 per cent during the latest quarter.
Bank of Montreal’s stock performance
BMO stock closed at C$ 144.73 per share on Monday, with 2.5 million shares exchanging hands during the session.
The bank scrip expanded by over 39 per cent in 12 months.
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Bottomline
Bank of Montreal announced to dole out a quarterly dividend of C$ 1.33 apiece to be paid on May 26.
BMO Financial Group CEO Darryl White said that the bank continued to deliver “very strong” earnings in Q1 FY2022, underpinned by its Canadian and U.S. Personal and Commercial business operations and would continue to build on its operating momentum.
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