PBT fell from $70.2m to $32.2m on remediation and weaker investment income
Margins remain in the historical normal range, so the comparison reflects an unusually strong HY25 rather than HY26 underperformance.
Published 21 May 2026
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Margins remain in the historical normal range, so the comparison reflects an unusually strong HY25 rather than HY26 underperformance.
Published 21 May 2026
Read briefingRevenue grew 4.6% and PBT rose 1.4%, but a swing to negative operating cash flow of –$6.7bn dominates the quality read.
Published 14 May 2026
Read briefingThe 1255.6% headline NPAT lift is recovery from a depressed comparable; underlying NPAT of NZ$46.1m and ROE of 7.8% set the cleaner read.
Published 21 April 2026
Read briefingRate-led claims improvement and a benign large-event year both drove the underwriting expansion, complicating the durability read.
Published 21 April 2026
Read briefingAround NZ$0.6m of exceptional first-half costs pushed ROE to 3.4% from 5.5% even as total assets grew 47.2% to NZ$275.8m.
Published 22 April 2026
Read briefingRevenue grew solidly but a surge in impairments, acquisition-related costs, and a portfolio reset crushed statutory earnings, leaving underlying NPAT
Published 22 April 2026
Read briefingBalance-sheet expansion outpaced earnings, and an in-year acquisition broadens segment mix and limits clean year-on-year comparison.
Published 22 April 2026
Read briefingReported NPAT rose 38.1% to NZ$49.7m but underlying NPAT of NZ$61.7m flags customer remediation and Canterbury claim drag.
Published 23 April 2026
Read briefingReported NPAT of NZ$3.6m versus underlying NZ$10.7m and a 500% NPAT payout ratio leave the dividend reliant on retained earnings, not current profit.
Published 22 April 2026
Read briefingFY24 reflects a calmer large-event year and IFRS 17 first-time adoption, so the headline recovery is not a clean like-for-like read.
Published 23 April 2026
Read briefingOperating cash of NZ$15.3m easily funds the inaugural distribution, but revenue growth has slowed sharply from the company's recent baseline.
Published 22 April 2026
Read briefingRevenue growth of just 0.2% left no buffer when provisions surged, driving a 22.0% PBT decline and compressing ROE to 6.0% from 9.3%.
Published 22 April 2026
Read briefingUnderwriting rebounded sharply and the interim dividend resumed at 3.0 cps, but the revenue line is broken by an insurance-presentation basis change.
Published 23 April 2026
Read briefingA lower tax rate and non-recurring prior-year items flattered headline growth while the dominant Finance segment's result declined.
Published 22 April 2026
Read briefingNet operating income contracted despite 4.2% receivables growth, pointing to material net interest margin compression ahead of Challenger integration.
Published 22 April 2026
Read briefingPBT grew just 1.6% and NPAT growth of 15.8% relied on a lower tax charge as the dominant Finance segment's profitability contracted.
Published 22 April 2026
Read briefingLarge-event claims of NZ$38.2m drove underwriting into loss and operating cash inflow fell to NZ$10.0m, straining solvency and capital return.
Published 23 April 2026
Read briefingFlat headline NPAT reflects a lower effective tax rate, masking underlying margin pressure and weaker returns on the expanded equity base.
Published 22 April 2026
Read briefingEquity grew 79.2% versus 68.4% NPAT growth, signalling capital raised to fund the loan book has yet to lift per-dollar returns.
Published 22 April 2026
Read briefingCatastrophic claims and reserve strengthening obscured a stronger underlying book and prompted Tower to skip the interim dividend.
Published 23 April 2026
Read briefingPBT grew 6.3% on stronger margins, but a 29.5% effective tax rate and 30.5% equity expansion drove ROE down to 9.6% from 12.2%.
Published 22 April 2026
Read briefingOperating leverage from a fast-scaling loan book quintupled PBT in a still-small finance company increasingly funded by term deposits.
Published 22 April 2026
Read briefingUnderwriting strengthened and full-year dividend rose to 6.5c, yet operating cash inflow fell to $59.8m from $98.6m as the capital buffer thinned.
Published 23 April 2026
Read briefingNet operating income grew 11.7% and PBT expansion outpaced it, while the effective tax rate rose to 30.6% from 26.6%, narrowing the NPAT result.
Published 22 April 2026
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