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Zenith Bank Plc
ZENITHBANKNGXEquity · Ordinary SharesFinancial ServicesTier-1 Banks
Current price
46.10NGN
Open
46.19
Previous close
46.30
Today's range
45.87 – 46.26
52-week high
50.28
52-week low
42.81
Deals
263
Volume
8.2M
Value traded
₦376.6M
Market cap
₦1.45T
YTD performance
-0.43%
Company profile
Zenith Bank Plc is a leading financial & services operator in Nigeria, with operations spanning multiple states and a track record across investment cycles.
- CEO
- Adaora Umeoji
- HQ
- Lagos
- Founded
- 1990
- Employees
- 7,600
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Sub-sector
- Tier-1 Banks
- Ticker
- ZENITHBANK
- Website
- zenithbank.ng
- Beta
- 0.88
AI-generated summary
Zenith Bank Plc (ZENITHBANK) operates in Nigeria's financial & services value chain with an estimated FY2024 revenue of ₦1155bn and PAT of ₦132bn. Headline ROE is 9.5% and leverage sits at 0.50x debt-to-equity, mapping to a composite risk score of 24/100 (Low).
Bull case
- Scale leadership within its financial & services sub-sector with durable distribution moat.
- Resilient ROE supports re-rating if rates ease in H2.
- Attractive dividend yield versus listed peers.
Bear case
- FX volatility could compress imported-input margins.
- Working-capital build-up in a 27.5% MPR environment.
- Sector regulatory cadence could front-load compliance cost.
Key risks
- Macro: persistent inflation > 25% pressuring real demand.
- Sector-specific regulatory action and tariff resets.
- Single-market concentration in Nigeria.
Recent developments
- Board recommended final dividend at last AGM cycle.
- Operational expansion announced in Lagos corridor.
- Engagement with CBN on FX repatriation framework noted in latest filing.
Recent news
- positiveProshare Markets· 09 JunZenith Bank Plc signs MoU with CBN on FX repatriation framework
- neutralNGX Wire· 07 JunZENITHBANK crosses key technical level on rising volume
- negativeProshare Research· 04 JunAnalysts trim ZENITHBANK FY26 EPS estimate by 4% on margin pressure
- positiveBusinessDay· 01 JunZenith Bank Plc expands Lagos operations with NGN 28.9bn capex