--- title: "ANZ Bank Shares Enjoy Best Day Since 2020 as Cost Cuts Show" type: "News" locale: "zh-CN" url: "https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/275688376.md" description: "ANZ Group shares surged 8% to A$40.17, marking their best day since 2020, following a stronger-than-expected first-quarter cash profit of A$1.94 billion. The profit exceeded Citi's forecast by 6%, driven by cost-cutting measures, including a reduction of 4,500 staff. Operating expenses fell 1% year-on-year, contributing to the positive results. Customer deposits rose 5% to A$787 billion, while net loans increased by 1% to A$837 billion. The market capitalization gained approximately A$9 billion as a result of the stock's performance." datetime: "2026-02-12T02:13:28.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/275688376.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/275688376.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/275688376.md) --- > 支持的语言: [English](https://longbridge.com/en/news/275688376.md) | [繁體中文](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/275688376.md) # ANZ Bank Shares Enjoy Best Day Since 2020 as Cost Cuts Show By Stuart Condie SYDNEY--ANZ Group shares are on course for their best day since 2020 after the country's fourth-largest lender cut its first-quarter costs by more than analysts had expected. ANZ on Thursday reported an unaudited cash profit for the three months through December of 1.94 billion Australian dollars, equivalent to US$1.37 billion. That was 6% higher compared with the same period a year earlier. Stripping out one-off items, profit was up 17% on the average of the prior two quarters, helped by what Chief Executive Nuno Matos called a productivity program. Operating expenses fell 1% on year earlier after ANZ cut about 4,500 staff and contractors in the second half of its 2025 fiscal year, incurring a one-off cost of A$585 million. ANZ's ASX-listed stock was up 8.0% midway through Thursday's session at A$40.17, adding about A$9 billion to its market capitalization. That would be its largest daily gain since March 2020, when global stocks were swinging wildly on uncertainty generated by the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. ANZ's first-quarter profit was about 6% stronger than the A$1.83 billion forecast by Citi analysts. They estimated it was about 8% ahead of the quarterly run-rate implied by consensus forecasts for the whole of the fiscal first half. "The beat was largely driven by faster-than-expected progress on costs," analyst Thomas Strong wrote in a note to clients. Revenue increased 1% on the average of the prior two quarters, supported by 0.4% growth in net interest income and 5% growth in markets income. Strong said that markets income of A$557 million was slightly softer than he had anticipated, implying that ANZ's underlying revenue growth was slightly better. Analysts have been skeptical that former HSBC executive Matos, who took charge in May 2025, could deliver on revenue growth ambitions while materially cutting costs. Customer deposits grew by 5% over three months to A$787 billion. Net loans and advances grew by 1% over the same period to A$837 billion. Write to Stuart Condie at stuart.condie@wsj.com (END) Dow Jones Newswires February 11, 2026 21:07 ET (02:07 GMT) Copyright (c) 2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. ### 相关股票 - [Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ.AU)](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/quote/ANZ.AU.md) ## 相关资讯与研究 - [Anz announces business & private bank leadership changes](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/278799472.md) - [Anz to reopen branch in Chinchilla](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/278467603.md) - [ANZ Issues Additional Unquoted Options Under Employee Incentive Scheme](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/278665263.md) - [Markets Underpricing Likely Duration of Supply Disruption, Risk of Compounding Losses from Middle East Conflict, ANZ Research Says](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/278811358.md) - [Janison moves to reassure after unrelated glitches hit NAPLAN and CA ANZ exams](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/278979751.md)