ANZ's Running Costs Appear to Have Ticked Up -- Market Talk

Dow Jones05-08
 

2330 GMT - It appears that ANZ's cost of running the bank has increased, say Macquarie analysts in a note looking at the Australian lender's 1H FY 2024 results. It reckons that given the bank's need to continue to invest, it's likely to rebuild its investment spend back towards A$2 billion per annum, suggesting a new cost base of A$10.6 billion. Overall, Macquarie sees that ANZ's A$2 billion buyback should support the near-term share price, with continued underlying headwinds and trading at around 14 times P/E, it continues to see ANZ and the Australian banking sector as expensive. Macquarie keeps its underperform call on ANZ. (alice.uribe@wsj.com)

 

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May 07, 2024 19:30 ET (23:30 GMT)

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