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Bank Muscat posts net profit of RO 63.95 million for the three months ended 31 March 2026

The Bank posted a net profit of RO 63.95 million for the period compared to RO 58.56 million reported during the same period in 2025, an increase of 9.2 per cent.

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Wednesday, April 15, 2026

MUSCAT : Bank Muscat, the flagship financial institution in the Sultanate, announced its preliminary unaudited results for the three months period ended 31 March 2026. The Bank posted a net profit of RO 63.95 million for the period compared to RO 58.56 million reported during the same period in 2025, an increase of 9.2 per cent.

The key highlights of the results for the period are as follows:

  1. Net Interest Income from Conventional Banking and Net Income from Islamic Financing stood at RO 104.14 million for the three months period ended 31 March 2026 compared to RO 102.00 million for the same period in 2025, an increase of 2.1 per cent.
  1. Non-interest income was RO 41.13 million for the three months period ended 31 March 2026 as compared to RO 38.67 million for the same period in 2025, an increase of 6.4 per cent.
  1. Operating expenses for the three months period ended 31 March 2026 was RO 57.78 million as compared to RO 55.03 million for the same period in 2025, an increase of 5.0 per cent.
  1. Net impairment losses on financial assets for the three months period ended 31 March 2026 was RO 11.24 million as against RO 15.04 million for the same period in 2025.
  1. Net Loans and advances including Islamic financing receivables increased by 6.3 per cent to RO 11,209 million as against RO 10,541 million as at 31 March 2025.
  1. Customer deposits including Islamic Customer deposits increased by 4.9 per cent to RO 10,492 million as against RO 10,003 million as at 31 March 2025.

Key highlights of preliminary unaudited results

Particulars (2 million) For the period ended31 Mar 202631 Mar 2025Change (%)
Net interest income & Islamic financing income104.14102.002.1%
Other operating income41.1338.676.4%
Operating expenses57.7855.035.0%
Operating profit87.4985.642.2%
Net profit63.9558.569.2%
Particulars (2 million) As at period ended31 Mar 202631 Mar 2025Change (%)
Total Assets15,37914,3647.1%
Net loans and Islamic financing11,20910,5416.3%
Conventional loans and advances9,4948,8976.7%
Islamic financing receivables1,7151,6444.3%
Customer deposits and Islamic deposits10,49210,0034.9%
Conventional customer deposits8,8218,4334.6%
Islamic customer deposits1,6711,5706.4%
Total Equity*2,5622,3817.6%

*Total Equity includes Perpetual Tier I capital of RO 505 million (2025: RO 505 million).

The full results for the three months period ended 31 March 2026 along with the complete set of unaudited financial statements will be released following the approval of the Board of Directors of the Bank at its meeting scheduled later during April 2026.

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