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SEOUL, South Korea , April 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Shinhan Financial Group (NYSE: SHG) (KRX: 055550) filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2024 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 23, 2025. The report is available at Shinhan Financial Group's Homepage, https://www.shinhangroup.com/en/ir/disclosure/overseas, as well as the U.S. Securiti...

I continue to rate SHG as a buy after previewing its results and doing a peer comparison exercise. Shinhan is expected to deliver positive earnings growth again in the first quarter of this year, in contrast with its bottom-line contractions for both 4Q24 and 1Q24. The stock is trading at a huge discount to its peer KB Financial based on the P/NAV metric, which I view as unjustified.

I am upgrading Shinhan Financial to a Buy, anticipating strong financial performance and increased capital returns in 2025. SHG's EPS is projected to rise by +8% in 2025, driven by a decrease in credit costs, above-expectations non-interest margin, and higher non-interest income contribution. Shinhan Financial's capital management yield for the current fiscal year is close to 10% based on my fi...

Major Japanese banks logged gains in efficiency measured by their cost-to-income ratios over the 12 months ended Sept. 30, helped by improved profits.