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Financial profile · Q3 FY2026

A spread-led earnings model with meaningful fee diversification and uneven reported profit

Santander’s earnings are anchored by net interest income, with a substantial non-interest stream adding diversification. The multi-year history shows expanding income and profits after the 2020 loss, while credit provisions and transaction-related items contribute to earnings volatility.

What is developing

The latest quarter continued income growth, but reported profit moved differently from underlying profit as acquisition-related charges affected the comparison. The Poland disposal also makes trailing reported earnings less representative of recurring operations, without indicating a clear change in the underlying spread-led model.

What matters next

Whether income growth excluding acquisitions continues to cover credit provisions and integration costs.

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Metric FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
31.1B 34.3B 34.3B 35.3B 32B 33.4B 38.6B 43.3B 43.8B 42.3B
55.2B 56B 54.3B 56.8B 45.7B 46.5B 71.4B 105.3B 109B 101.7B
24.1B 21.7B 20B 21.5B 13.7B 13.1B 32.8B 62B 65.2B 59.4B
20.9B 21.8B 23B 24.6B 21.4B 20.8B 23.5B 22.1B 22.5B 23.7B
52B 56.1B 57.3B 59.9B 53.4B 54.1B 62.1B 65.4B 66.2B 66.1B
(9.6B) (9.2B) (9B) (9.3B) (12.4B) (7.4B) (10.9B) (12.9B) (12.1B) (12.5B)
(31.7B) (34.8B) (34.1B) (38B) (43.1B) (32.2B) (36B) (36B) (36.8B) (34.9B)
10.8B 12.1B 14.2B 12.5B (2.1B) 14.5B 15.3B 16.5B 17.3B 18.7B
(3.3B) (3.9B) (4.9B) (4.4B) (5.6B) (4.9B) (4.5B) (4.3B) (4.8B) (4.7B)
7.5B 8.2B 9.3B 8.1B (7.7B) 9.7B 10.8B 12.2B 12.5B 14B
(1.3B) (1.6B) (1.5B) (1.6B) (1.1B) (1.5B) (1.2B) (1.1B) (1.2B) (1.4B)
6.2B 6.6B 7.8B 6.5B (8.8B) 8.1B 9.6B 11.1B 12.6B 14.1B
0.40 0.41 0.46 0.38 (0.51) 0.47 0.57 0.68 0.80 0.94