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‎Inside DIB's Q3 earnings estimates

Argaam - UAE News Trade press Published 19th October 2026 UAE

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‎<img src="https://argaamplus.s3.amazonaws.com/491b1db9-7383-4c0b-8834-0cba58a2ad87.png" > Dubai Islamic Bank building <hr> Argaam provides an overview of <a href="https://www.argaam.com/ae-en/companies/dfm/dubai-islamic/overview" target="_blank">Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB)</a> results for Q3 2026, which the bank is expected to announce soon. The table below shows the bank's quarterly profits starting from Q2 2025. Net profit declined in Q2 2026 compared to the same period a year earlier, mainly due to higher total expenses and tax expenses.The following table illustrates this: <table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" dir="ltr" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr > <td colspan="6" > Profitability Indicators – AED mln </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Item </td> <td > Q2 2025 </td> <td > Q3 2025 </td> <td > Q4 2025 </td> <td > Q1 2026 </td> <td > Q2 2026 </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Profit before provisions and non-recurring items </td> <td > 1,951.2 </td> <td > 1,898.6 </td> <td > 1,939.9 </td> <td > 2,136.2 </td> <td > 1,925.1 </td> </tr> <tr > <td > EPS before provisions and non-recurring items(AED/shr) </td> <td > 0.27 </td> <td > 0.26 </td> <td > 0.27 </td> <td > 0.30 </td> <td > 0.27 </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Loan and investment provisions </td> <td > (93.2) </td> <td > (35.6) </td> <td > (193.6) </td> <td > (420.1) </td> <td > (69.2) </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Net profit </td> <td > 1858.0 </td> <td > 1863.0 </td> <td > 2039.6 </td> <td > 1716.1 </td> <td > 1855.9 </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Exceptional items </td> <td > 0.0 </td> <td > 0.0 </td> <td > 293.3* </td> <td > 0.0 </td> <td > 0.0 </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Net income before one-offs </td> <td > 1,858.0 </td> <td > 1,863.0 </td> <td > 1,746.3 </td> <td > 1,716.1 </td> <td > 1,855.9 </td> </tr> <tr > <td > EPS excluding one-offs(AED/share) </td> <td > 0.26 </td> <td > 0.26 </td> <td > 0.24 </td> <td > 0.24 </td> <td > 0.26 </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Basic and diluted EPS excluding non-recurring items(AED/share) </td> <td > 0.23 </td> <td > 0.26 </td> <td > 0.26 </td> <td > 0.24 </td> <td > 0.23 </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div >*Net gain from the disposal of property and equipment.</div> Key Events in Q3 2026: -The bank announced the successful closing of its first unrated, unsecured, 3-year senior commodity Murabaha facility, valued at $750 million, as part of its ongoing strategy to diversify the bank’s institutional funding sources.. Key Data for Banking Sector Data from the Central Bank covering the period through end-August 2026 indicated that UAE bank assets rose 12.9% to AED 5,741.3 billion, compared with AED 5,087 billion in the same period of 2025. The data also showed that bank deposits increased by 13%, while loans and advances climbed 18.8%, as detailed in the following table: <table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" dir="ltr" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr > <td colspan="4" > Aggregate UAE Banks’ Data as of end-August 2026 – AED bln </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Item </td> <td > Aug. 2025 </td> <td > Aug. 2026* </td> <td > Change(%) </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Assets </td> <td > 5,087.0 </td> <td > 5,741.3 </td> <td > +12.9% </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Bank deposits </td> <td > 3,128.5 </td> <td > 3,534.8 </td> <td > +13.0% </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Loans and advances </td> <td > 2,417.3 </td> <td > 2,871.4 </td> <td > +18.8% </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div >*Preliminary data, subject to adjustment/change.</div> Bank Balance Sheet The bank’s balance sheet saw total assets rise 13% in Q2 2026, while net financing investments increased 18% and customer deposits grew 15% during the same period, led by higher time and demand deposits. The following table provides details: <table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" dir="ltr" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr > <td colspan="4" > Balance Sheet – AED bln </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Period </td> <td > Q2 2025 </td> <td > Q2 2026 </td> <td > Change </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Total assets </td> <td > 373.5 </td> <td > 423.2 </td> <td > +13% </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Net financing investments </td> <td > 237.4 </td> <td > 281.0 </td> <td > +18% </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Customer deposits </td> <td > 283.7 </td> <td > 327.0 </td> <td > +15% </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Time deposits </td> <td > 181.3 </td> <td > 214.9 </td> <td > +19 % </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Demand deposits </td> <td > 101.7 </td> <td > 111.3 </td> <td > +9 % </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div ></div> <table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" dir="ltr" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr > <td colspan="4" > Asset Quality and Solvency – AED bln </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Item </td> <td > Q2 2025 </td> <td > Q2 2026 </td> <td > Trend </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Non-performing financing </td> <td > 8.29 </td> <td > 7.02 </td> <td > ↓ </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Non-performing financing ratio </td> <td > 3.40% </td> <td > 2.45% </td> <td > ↓ </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Credit loss provisions </td> <td > 6.75 </td> <td > 5.95 </td> <td > ↓ </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Coverage ratio for non-performing loans </td> <td > 81.4% </td> <td > 84.7% </td> <td > ↑ </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div > Average Estimates for Q3 2026</div> DIB is forecast to report a net profit of AED 1,700.8 million,9% lower year-on-year (YoY) based on average forecasts byfour research houses. <table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" dir="ltr" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr > <td colspan="2" > Average Estimates – AED mln </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Research house </td> <td > Estimates(AED mln) </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Seco Bank </td> <td > 1,873.0 </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Citigroup </td> <td > 1,694.0 </td> </tr> <tr > <td > FAB Securities </td> <td > 1,788.0 </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Goldman Sachs </td> <td > 1,448.0 </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Average estimates </td> <td > 1,700.8 </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Net profit before one-offs(Q3 2025) </td> <td > 1,863.0 </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Variance(%) </td> <td > (9%) </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div ></div> <table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" dir="ltr" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr > <td colspan="3" > Share Performance </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Item </td> <td > Bank </td> <td > Market </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Change YTD </td> <td > (23.19%) </td> <td > (2.97%) </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Change (last 12 months) </td> <td > (25.76%) </td> <td > (2.69%) </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Previous close </td> <td > 7.12 </td> <td > 5,867.31 </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Recurring P/E (x) </td> <td > 7.18 </td> <td > 9.28 </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Trailing 12-Month EPS Excluding Non-Recurring Items(AED/shr) </td> <td > 0.99 </td> <td > -- </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

Publication: Argaam - UAE News · Trade Publication
Published: 19th October 2026
Original report: argaam.com

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Category: Geopolitical Risk
Geography: UAE
Organisations: None identified
Collected: 19th October 2026 · 13:34

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Significance 2 · Moderate

Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Moderate (22.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (12.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Geographic Breadth (0.0/10 points). Initial Confidence Low (26.5/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Corroboration (2.5/25 points).

Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact
Limiting factor: Geographic Breadth

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