SSI Securities clocks its second-best quarterly net profit

By Hai Yen
Fri, July 19, 2024 | 4:21 pm GMT+7

SSI Securities, a major Vietnamese stockbroker, earned VND835.4 billion ($33 million) in net profit in the second quarter of this year, its second-highest quarterly earnings, behind the record of VND1 trillion ($39.47 million) set in Q4/2021.

The firm, listed on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange as SSI, posted VND1.04 trillion ($55.3 million) in pre-tax profit in the period. Both profit results hiked 59% year-on-year, according to SSI’s Q2 earnings report.

Investors at the counter of SSI Securities. Photo courtesy of the firm.

Investors at the counter of SSI Securities. Photo courtesy of the firm.

For the first half of this year, SSI gained VND1.94 trillion ($76.61 million) in pre-tax profit and VND1.56 trillion ($62 million) in net profit, fulfilling 60% of its 2024 net profit target.

In Q2, the company netted revenue of VND2.24 trillion ($88.61 million), up 43% year-on-year. Of the sum, VND1.03 trillion ($40.85 million) came from fair value through profit or loss (up 49.6%), VND559 billion from stock brokerage (up 66.5%), and VND512 billion ($20.2 million) from interest income from loans and receivables.

It incurred a VND384 billion ($15.16 million) loss from financial assets, and its costs related to stock brokerage amounted to VND357 billion ($14.1 million). As a result, SSI’s operating costs doubled year-on-year to VND825 billion ($32.56 million) in Q2.

As of end-June, the company’s total assets and equity stood at VND70.3 trillion ($2.77 billion) and VND24.1 trillion ($951.25 million), respectively. Its outstanding margin loans hit VND19.6 trillion ($773.63 million), up nearly 34% from late-2023.

SSI shares ended up 1.31% at VND34,800 ($1.37) apiece on Friday.

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