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mBank Czech Republic - Takeaways from 2Q2023 Results

Jiří Staník
August 8, 2023

mBank Czech Republic served almost 750,000 customers in the middle of 2023 through a network of 32 light branches and mKiosks

From almost 2.0% market share in retail lending and deposits in 2021, the Bank has been losing its market position since 2022

In the middle of 2023, the Bank held 1.51% share in consumer, 1.15% in mortgage lending and 1.39% in retail deposits

Average balance on deposits has been stagnating at around CZK 90,000 per account since 2021

Loans and Deposits

mBank Czech Republic's customer loans decreased 12.1% qoq and 28.6% yoy in the second quarter of 2023 while customer deposit fell 8.7% qoq and 19.5% yoy, respectively. That’s compared to average of 12.5% and 7.73% average annual growth seen in the last three years.

At the end of second quarter of 2023, mBank Czech Republic's loans accounted for 55.7% of total deposits and 55.7% of total assets.

Retail loans fell 12.1% qoq and were 28.6% up yoy. Mortgages represented 72.9% of the mBank Czech Republic's loan book while consumer loans added further 27.1% to total loans:

From almost 2.0% market share in retail lending and deposits in 2021, the Bank has been losing its market position since 2022

In the middle of 2023, the Bank held 1.51% share in consumer, 1.15% in mortgage lending and 1.39% in retail deposits

We estimate that the Bank has lost 0.315 pp market share in the last twelve months in terms of loans (holding 0.645% of the market at the end of 2Q2023). On the funding side, the bank seems to have lost 0.242 pp and held 0.713% of the deposit market:

Conclusion

Similar to the development on its home market in Poland, Czech mBank's momentum in both, retail lending as well as funding, remains negative. Tough decisions ahead...

Jiří Staník
Jiří Staník
CEO & Founder
He spent nearly two decades analysing companies in the region of Central and Eastern Europe, primarily in the area of financial services. Jiri built and headed Equity Research at Wood & Company, a Central European brokerage firm, and got several awards (such as The Best Equity Research or The Best Analyst by Euromoney).