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(Sharecast News) - Germany's Commerzbank posted above-forecast earnings on Tuesday, and confirmed plans to return more than 500m to shareholders.
In a brief update ahead of it publishing full-year numbers on Wednesday, the lender said net profits in 2025 had come in at 2.63bn. That was down on 2024's 2.68bn, but was better than consensus expectations of 2.54bn.
Once restructuring charges were stripped out, net income rose around 13% to 3bn, the lender added.
The bank also confirmed plans to launch a 540m share buyback later this week, alongside an improved dividend. It is proposing a final dividend of 1.10 per share, up from 0.65 in 2024.
Bettina Orlopp, chief executive, said: "2025 marked an outstanding year of success for Commerzbank, and we are committed to sharing this achievement with our investments.
"In total, we are returning 2.7bn in capital, which is even slightly more than we had committed to deliver."
The total figure includes an earlier 1bn share buyback which completed in December 2025.
As at 1315 GMT, the Frankfurt-listed stock was up 2%.
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