FIDELITY BANK PLC - NOTICE OF POTENTIAL DELAY IN PUBLICATION OF AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE HALF YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2026
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Open
₦18.80
Previous close
₦19.20
Day range
₦18.80 – ₦20.20
Volume
8,232,933
5.4x P/E
Awaiting filing
No current yield
65/100 measured
Easy to trade
FIDELITYBK has a strong upside over 30 days and strong upside over one year.
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Expected move
-3.30%
Expected price
₦18.57
Lower path
₦17.59
Upper path
₦19.54
Whisone is bullish because fundamentals are solid at 70/100 while turnover is thin at 0.032%. Whisone has moderate conviction here. The final read is being balanced by the weighted scores for fundamentals, technicals, insider flow, sentiment, event flow, and liquidity.
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Fundamentals
Growth, margins, cash flow, and valuation.
Sentiment
Market mood from flow, events, and attention.
Latest net profit
₦226B
TTM (2026-08-31)
ROE
24200.0%
Return on equity
ROA
2420.0%
Return on assets
Debt / equity
0.76
Lower is usually safer.
P/B ratio
0.87
Useful for book value support.
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Confidence
93/100
Direction
Cautious
Main supports
Business quality and balance-sheet strength are supporting the outlook.
Valuation still leaves room versus fair value and analyst anchors.
Recent price and fundamentals refreshes improve signal reliability.
What can go wrong
Volatility is elevated, so the path can stay rough even if the thesis is right.
Fair value
₦24.13
Analyst view
Buy
Analyst target
₦26.99
Forecast refresh
Updated 8h ago
Quality score
70
Growth score
65
These are the external analyst numbers and business outlook figures already synced into the company record.
Revenue this year
₦636B
EPS this year
₦5.03
EPS next year
₦6.89
Forward P/E
-
₦0.25
2023-09-18
Payment: 2023-09-22 | Qualification: 2023-09-15 | Yield at declaration: N/A
₦0.40
2023-05-15
Payment: 2023-05-23 | Qualification: 2023-05-12 | Yield at declaration: N/A
A plain-English reading of momentum, trend, volatility, range position, and trading participation.
RSI
36.5
Momentum is currently in a neutral range.
Recent trend
Falling
-3.8% across the latest saved price window.
Volatility
Low
Beta is 0.26. Price has historically moved more calmly than the wider market.
52-week position
43% of range
Price is sitting around the middle of its 52-week range.
Volume confirmation
0.51x average
Trading activity is broadly within its normal range.
employee_share_plan_vesting
FIDELITYBK may move with employee_share_plan_vesting. Confidence 95%.
Fidelity Bank vested 29,787,745 ordinary shares to 12 employees under its employee share plan, directly involving the company in the share allocation.
regulatory approval for audited results
FIDELITYBK may move with regulatory approval for audited results. Confidence 95%.
Fidelity Bank's half-year audit is being finalised and results will be submitted to the CBN for approval before publication.
reporting deadline extension
FIDELITYBK may move with reporting deadline extension. Confidence 95%.
Fidelity Bank obtained NGX approval to delay publishing its audited H1 2026 financial statements to September 30, 2026, directly affecting its reporting timetable.
reporting_deadline_extension
FIDELITYBK may move with reporting_deadline_extension. Confidence 95%.
Fidelity Bank obtained NGX approval to extend the deadline for publishing its audited H1 2026 results to Sept 30, 2026.
audit/publication delay
FIDELITYBK may move with audit/publication delay. Confidence 90%.
The bank said the extension was necessary because the audit of its H1 2026 financial statements is still being finalised.
employee share plan / share vesting
FIDELITYBK may move with employee share plan / share vesting. Confidence 90%.
Fidelity Bank vested 29,787,745 ordinary shares to 12 employees under its employee share plan; executive directors received the largest allocations.
employee share plan vesting
FIDELITYBK may move with employee share plan vesting. Confidence 90%.
Fidelity Bank vested 29,787,745 ordinary shares in 12 employees under its employee share plan, indicating the bank executed a vesting event.
Sector spillover signals
employee_share_plan
FIDELITYBK may also move because the FINANCIAL SERVICES sector may move with employee_share_plan. Confidence 95%.
The bank vested 29,787,745 ordinary shares to 12 employees under its employee share plan, with executive directors receiving the largest allocations, indicating the company is implementing equity incentives.
reporting deadline extension
FIDELITYBK may also move because the FINANCIAL SERVICES sector may move with reporting deadline extension. Confidence 95%.
Fidelity Bank obtained NGX approval to delay publishing its audited H1 2026 financial statements to September 30, 2026, directly affecting its reporting timetable.
employee_incentives
FIDELITYBK may also move because the FINANCIAL SERVICES sector may benefit from employee_incentives. Confidence 90%.
Vesting of shares to 77 key employees aligns staff interests with shareholders and supports retention.
selling_pressure
FIDELITYBK may also move because the FINANCIAL SERVICES sector may be hurt by selling_pressure. Confidence 85%.
The piece attributes the extended market decline to renewed selling in oil and gas heavyweights.
trading_activity
FIDELITYBK may also move because the FINANCIAL SERVICES sector may move with trading_activity. Confidence 80%.
NGX Group had high turnover (36.8m units valued at N4.6bn), indicating material involvement in the session's trading activity.
trading_activity
FIDELITYBK may also move because the FINANCIAL SERVICES sector may benefit from trading_activity. Confidence 80%.
NGX Group had high turnover (36.8m units valued at N4.6bn), indicating material involvement in the session's trading activity.
export_development
FIDELITYBK may also move because the FINANCIAL SERVICES sector may benefit from export_development. Confidence 75%.
Financial institutions facilitating export finance and capacity building are positioned to benefit from increased export activity under AfCFTA as suggested by the bank's initiatives.
CBN FHC exposure draft
FIDELITYBK may also move because the FINANCIAL SERVICES sector may move with cbn fhc exposure draft. Confidence 67%.
The exposure draft targets financial holding companies and imposes sector-wide measures (ownership thresholds, ring-fencing, governance limits, higher capital buffers) intended to reshape banking group structures and intra-group activities.
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Industry
Commercial Banks
Founded
1987
Employees
3,466
Exchange
NGX
Ticker
FIDELITYBK
FIDELITY BANK PLC - NOTICE OF POTENTIAL DELAY IN PUBLICATION OF AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE HALF YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2026
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