-- 巴克萊銀行（BARC.L）重申了其2026年的財務目標，儘管第一季提列了更高的減損準備，但其業績仍「穩健」。 根據週二發布的財報，這家英國銀行集團截至3月31日的三個月內歸屬於股東的利潤年增至19.3億英鎊，高於去年同期的18.6億英鎊。稅前利潤達28.1億英鎊，高於去年同期的27.2億英鎊。 信貸減損準備從6.43億英鎊擴大至8.23億英鎊，主因是該公司投資銀行部門一筆2.28億英鎊的單一帳戶減損準備。彭博新聞週二報導稱，這筆費用與英國專業貸款機構Market Financial Solutions有關，該公司今年2月倒閉。 加拿大皇家銀行資本市場分析師在一份簡報中指出：「稅前利潤符合市場預期，主要得益於投資銀行業務收入超出預期，但部分被汽車金融佣金的額外收入（1.05億英鎊）、汽車金融服務業務的減值撥備（2.28億英鎊）以及巴克萊英國的成本超預期所抵消。若撥備前利潤計算，則按撥備前利潤計算，則按撥備前利潤計算” 巴克萊也宣布，一旦目前10億英鎊的股票回購計畫完成，將啟動一項新的5億英鎊股票回購計畫。 該集團重申了2026財年全年目標，即實現310億英鎊的總收入和超過12%的有形權益回報率。展望未來，巴克萊銀行也確認了2028年的目標，包括超過14%的股本回報率（RoTE），以及計劃在2026年至2028年期間透過分紅和股票回購向股東返還超過150億英鎊的資本。 截至週二中午，該股在倫敦的交易價格下跌近1%。
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