{"id":1834,"date":"2026-02-08T10:27:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T10:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hmcokorea.com\/en\/?p=1834"},"modified":"2026-02-08T10:27:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T10:27:55","slug":"woori-logs-w3-14tr-net-profit-boosts-shareholder-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hmcokorea.com\/en\/2026\/02\/08\/woori-logs-w3-14tr-net-profit-boosts-shareholder-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"Woori logs W3.14tr net profit, boosts shareholder returns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Woori Financial Group headquarters in central Seoul (Woori Financial Group)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Woori Financial Group reported a net profit of 3.14 trillion won ($2.14 billion) in 2025, missing market expectations but offsetting the shortfall with record shareholder returns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group said Friday that annual net profit totaled 3,141.3 billion won, up 1.79 percent from a year earlier and the second-highest on record, following the 3,141.7 billion won posted in 2022. The result came in below forecasts that had penciled in earnings above 3.2 trillion won for Korea\u2019s fourth-largest banking group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Excluding roughly 50 billion won in provisions related to a past, sector-wide collusion penalty, net profit would effectively mark a record high, Woori said. Net operating profit also hit an all-time high, rising 5 percent on year to 10.96 trillion won.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall earnings were supported by a 24 percent surge in noninterest income, driven by fee income from expanded nonbanking subsidiaries, alongside broader gains in securities, foreign exchange and insurance-related businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among key subsidiaries, Woori Bank tallied a 14.2 percent decline in net profit to 2.67 trillion won.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group\u2019s common equity tier 1 ratio reached 12.9 percent, exceeding its 12.5 percent target for the year, reflecting efforts to bolster financial stability amid a volatile market environment. Return on equity was unchanged at 9.1 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Woori also reported record shareholder returns of 1.15 trillion won, lifting the payout ratio to 36.6 percent. Dividends per share totaled 1,360 won, including a final year-end quarterly payout of 760 won, the highest on record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith executives and employees focused over the past year on strengthening the CET1 ratio and completing the group\u2019s transformation into a comprehensive financial services provider, Woori was the only one among the four major financial holding companies to record net foreign buying,\u201d a company official said, adding that the group\u2019s share price nearly doubled, earning a positive assessment from the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group plans to further bolster shareholder returns, targeting a CET1 ratio of 13.2 percent and raising annual treasury share buybacks and cancellations by more than 30 percent to 200 billion won. Dividends will also be increased, with per-share payouts targeted to rise by more than 10 percent, supported by about 6.3 trillion won in capital available for tax-exempt distributions over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

source : https:\/\/m.koreaherald.com\/article\/10671600?sec=002<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Woori Financial Group reported a net profit of 3.14 trillion won ($2.14 billion) in 2025, missing market expectations but offsetting the shortfall with record shareholder returns. The group said Friday that annual net profit totaled 3,141.3 billion won, up 1.79 percent from a year earlier and the second-highest on record, following the 3,141.7 billion won […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hmcokorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hmcokorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hmcokorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hmcokorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hmcokorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1834"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hmcokorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1837,"href":"https:\/\/hmcokorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1834\/revisions\/1837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hmcokorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hmcokorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hmcokorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hmcokorea.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}