FCMB Group’s profit rises 81% to N202bn

FCMB Group Plc has recorded an 81 per cent increase in its Profit Before Tax, PBT, which hit N202.1 billion in 2025 full financial year from N111.9 billion recorded in 2024.
The company disclosed this in its audited financial results for the year ended December 31, 2025 released yesterday alongside its unaudited results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026.
The company also recorded 142 per cent increase in profit after tax which increased to N177.3 billion, leading to improvement in Return on Equity to 23.2 per cent.
This trend continued in the first quarter of 2026, with profit before tax and profit after tax increasing by 148 per cent  and 137 per cent, respectively, to N87...