CIMB’s net profit up 2.34% to $502.6m in Q3

Non-interest income rose by over 20% during the quarter.

CIMB Group Holdings Berhad reported a profit attributable to owners of the parent or net profit of almost $502.65m (MYR2.08b) for Q3 2025, a 2.34% year-on-year (YoY) rise, its latest financial results showed.

Basic earnings per share is 19.32 sen for Q3 2025. For 9M 2025, earnings per share is 55.28 sen so far.

For the first nine months of 2025, CIMB has earned $1.44b (MYR5.94b), 0.2% YoY higher than the same period in 2024.

Profit before tax (PBT) is $1.96b (MYR8.12b) for 9M 2025, with an annualised return on average equity (ROE) of 11.3%.

For Q3, PBT grew 7.3% to $686.99m (MYR2.84b) over the same quarter in 2024.

Operating profit is 6.2% higher than in Q2 2025, attributed to non-interest income (NOII) rising 20.3% QoQ to $515.24m (MYR2.13b). Net interest income was $924.94m (MYR3.82b) for the period despite “a series of rate cuts in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand,” CIMB said in a press release on 28 November 2025.

CIMB has announced special dividends of up to $183.89m (MYR760.2m), or 7 sen per share, which will be distributed to shareholders on 24 December 2025. This is on top of the regular dividends paid by the group.

(US$1 = MYR4.13; as of 1 December 2025, Morningstar via Google)