Deutsche Bank said on Thursday that it posted a record profit during the fourth quarter of 2025.
The German lender’s fourth-quarter earnings report showed net profit attributable to shareholders of 1.3 billion euros ($1.56 billion) for the three-month period. That exceeded analysts’ forecast of 1.12 billion euros.
In total, Deutsche Bank Group revenues were 7.73 billion euros for the three-month period ending in December, in line with an estimate of 7.72 billion euros made by LSEG.
Meanwhile, its CET 1 capital ratio – which provides insight into banks’ solvency – was 14.2% for the fourth quarter, down slightly from 14.5% in the previous quarter and up from 13.8% for the same period in 2024.
Elsewhere, loan impairment – a measure of how credit losses negatively affect the loan portfolio – was 395 million euros, less than the 408.3 million euros expected by analysts and less than 417 million euros in the third quarter.
The fourth-quarter earnings report comes a day after German federal prosecutors launched an investigation into alleged money laundering at the lender and law enforcement officers searched Deutsche Bank’s offices in Frankfurt and Berlin, SEEbiz reports.
In a statement on Wednesday, the bank said it was “fully cooperating” with investigators and declined to comment further.
