BRI CEO: Higher Dividends Expected for 2025 Financial Year
Jakarta, VIVA – The President Director of PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (BBRI), Hery Gunardi, has hinted at the dividend distribution for the 2025 financial year. He revealed that the company will distribute dividends by considering the company’s financial structure.
Hery affirmed that BRI’s management always considers several key factors before determining the dividend distribution ratio. The most important are the company’s capital strength and long-term growth plans.
“In determining the dividend ratio, the bank will of course consider its capital structure and also its growth plans to support sustainable business in the future,” said Hery.
The good news, according to Hery, is that the company’s current capital position is at a solid level. As of the last period, the company’s capital adequacy ratio (CAR) was recorded at around 23.52 percent, or well above the minimum requirement of banking regulators.
With this strong capital position, the state-owned bank has more room to increase its dividend payout ratio (DPR). This means there is potential for higher dividend payments to increase the company’s attractiveness to investors.
“Considering these conditions, we have room to provide dividends with a higher payout ratio compared to the historical levels that have existed so far,” said Hery.
According to him, increasing the dividend ratio is also part of BRI’s strategy to create sustainable added value for shareholders. In addition to providing direct income through dividends, this step also has the potential to increase the company’s return on equity (ROE).
“This is our effort to continuously provide sustainable added value to shareholders. If the dividends are larger, BRI’s return on equity will also be higher,” he said.
For information, the company has successfully booked a net profit of IDR 57.13 trillion, supported by various solid financial indicators. The company’s total assets increased by 7.2 percent year-on-year (yoy) to IDR 2,135.3 trillion from IDR 1,922.1 in the previous year.
From a CAR of 23.52 percent, the CASA ratio increased significantly by 70.6 percent, reflecting the increasing strength of the company’s low-cost funding structure. Meanwhile, the non-performing loan (NPL) ratio remained under control at 3.07 percent until the end of 2025.