Vanquis Banking Group 20 (VANQ)

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Financials

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FTSE Small Cap

52.70p
   
  • Change Today:
    -3.10p
  • 52 Week High: 240.00
  • 52 Week Low: 46.20
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 256.48m
  • Volume: 3,404,676
  • Market Cap: £135.17m

Provident Financial trades ahead of expectations in Q4, restructures Vanquis board

By Iain Gilbert

Date: Thursday 13 Jan 2022

LONDON (ShareCast) - (Sharecast News) - Sub-prime lender Provident Financial said its fourth-quarter trading performance continued to track ahead of management expectations, driven by favourable macroeconomic conditions and demand for credit from customers, and announced the restructuring of the board of Vanquis Bank as part of an effort to "substantially align its membership" with the board of PFG.
Provident Financial said its fourth-quarter trading performance continued to track ahead of management expectations, driven by favourable macroeconomic conditions and demand for credit from customers.

In the group's credit card business, credit standards remained "tight" and delinquency trends remained "benign", consistent with those outlined at the end of the third quarter.

Overall, customer credit card spend for the quarter was in line with pre-pandemic levels, although spend levels were impacted by the spread of Omicron through December and early January, in line with the wider market, while the group stated its vehicle finance business ended 2021 "well", with year-on-year growth in its customer numbers, customer feedback scores remaining positive and pricing of used vehicles at all-time highs.

As a result of the improved trading conditions in the second half, Provident now anticipates being able to release approximately £20.0m of Covid-19 macroeconomic related provisions as it reappraises its coverage ratios and intends to declare an ordinary dividend of approximately 30% of adjusted ongoing full-year earnings and anticipates providing guidance for a longer-term, progressive dividend policy with its full-year results.

Elsewhere, Provident Financial revealed it had restructured the board of Vanquis Bank as part of an effort to "substantially align its membership" with the board of PFG.

Provident said the restructuring was "an important step" in the execution of its specialist bank strategy, which includes the wider use of retail deposit funding across the group from the first half of 2022.

The FTSE 250-listed firm believes that streamlining the boards of the two legal entities in this way will create "a simpler, more efficient group governance structure", whilst also streamlining and enhancing both PFG and Vanquis' handling of corporate governance.

As part of the new governance structure, Patrick Snowball, Malcolm Le May, Neeraj Kapur, Andrea Blance, Angela Knight, Paul Hewitt, Graham Lindsay and Margot James were all appointed to the board of Vanquis Bank, with immediate effect.

Vanquis chairman Robert East will step down from the PFG and Vanquis boards, with effect from today, while managing director Neil Chandler and finance director Gary Thompson have decided to leave PFG and will each step down from their roles as directors on the Vanquis board and leave the firm on 31 March following a handover period.

As of 0815 GMT, Provident shares were up 1.65% at 357.0p.

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VANQ Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 52.70p
Change Today -3.10p
% Change -5.56 %
52 Week High 240.00
52 Week Low 46.20
Volume 3,404,676
Shares Issued 256.48m
Market Cap £135.17m

VANQ Star Ratings

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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
89.12% above the market average89.12% above the market average89.12% above the market average89.12% above the market average89.12% above the market average
80.95% above the sector average80.95% above the sector average80.95% above the sector average80.95% above the sector average80.95% above the sector average
Price Trend
93.03% below the market average93.03% below the market average93.03% below the market average93.03% below the market average93.03% below the market average
96.55% below the sector average96.55% below the sector average96.55% below the sector average96.55% below the sector average96.55% below the sector average
Income
49.75% above the market average49.75% above the market average49.75% above the market average49.75% above the market average49.75% above the market average
21.21% above the sector average21.21% above the sector average21.21% above the sector average21.21% above the sector average21.21% above the sector average
Growth
84.54% below the market average84.54% below the market average84.54% below the market average84.54% below the market average84.54% below the market average
71.96% below the sector average71.96% below the sector average71.96% below the sector average71.96% below the sector average71.96% below the sector average

VANQ Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 18-Apr-24 10-Aug-23
Paid 30-May-24 21-Sep-23
Amount 1.00p 5.00p

Trades for 28-Mar-2024

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16:35 582,223 @ 52.70p
16:35 9,956 @ 52.70p
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VANQ Key Personnel

CEO Ian McLaughlin
Chair Sir Peter Estlin
CFO Dave Watts

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