Record Annual Profit and Earnings Growth
Reported best-ever annual profit of EUR 14.1 billion for FY'25 (up 12% YoY; +15% YoY ex-Argentina). Quarterly profit also hit a record. Earnings per share rose 17%.
Customer and Deposit Expansion
Customer base grew by 8 million to 100 million. Openbank scaled in key markets with ~EUR 5 billion in deposits and over 200,000 customers, supporting deposit gathering strategy and lower funding cost.
Improved Profitability and Efficiency
Post-AT1 RoTE reached 16.3% (up nearly 1 percentage point YoY); group efficiency improvements driven by One Transformation delivered ~265 bps of efficiencies (global businesses +108 bps, global tech +87 bps). Retail cost-to-income ended ~39% with retail cost-to-serve down ~4%.
Stronger Capital Position and Organic Capital Generation
Fully loaded CET1 ratio was an all-time high of 13.5% (up 70 bps in '25). Organic capital generation expected ~70 bps in '26 (net of distributions and regulatory headwinds). TNAV plus dividend per share grew 14%.
Top-line and Fee Income Momentum
Revenue up 4% in constant euros; fee income up 9% in constant euros. Record net operating income of ~EUR 37 billion. Net interest income resilient: consumer NII +5% YoY; group NII ex-Argentina +3% YoY.
Strong Performance in Wealth, CIB and Payments
Wealth profit +27% in '25 (double-digit fee growth). CIB and Payments delivered high-single-digit fee growth; payments volume +9% and PagoNxt EBITDA margin >34%.
Strategic Webster Acquisition to Scale U.S. Franchise
Announced bolt-on acquisition of Webster for EUR 12.2 billion (65% cash / 35% shares): expected ~EUR 800 million pretax cost synergies (~19% of combined cost base), estimated ROIC ~15% (cash-on-cash), Santander U.S. RoTE target raised to 18% by 2028 and projected 7-8% EPS accretion in 2028. Transaction increases U.S. Northeast deposit share to ~8% and combined loan-to-deposit ~100%.