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Banco Santander Chile 2Q26 Conference Call Highlights
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J P M O R G A N
Latin America Equity Research
05 August 2026
Banco Santander Chile
2Q26 Conference Call Highlights
Overweight
BSAC, BSAC US
Price (04 Aug 26):$34.73
Latin American Financials
Guidance
Management is confident in reaching ~24% ROE for 2026.
LT ROE guidance was reiterated at >20%.
Loan growth:
Loan growth is expected to be mid-single-digit, but toward the lower end of the
range (mentioned some ~4.5%).
For 2027, management expects industry growth to improve to the mid-to-high
single digits.
Seeing market share opportunities in middle-market corporates (where
performance has lagged and could recover) and in consumer lending/credit
cards as consumer confidence improves.
Lower credit penetration (~75% loans to GDP) is expected to recover through
credit cards and installment loans as unemployment and consumer confidence
improve; mortgages could recover partly through FOGAES, and commercial
activity to recover with new bill.
The recently extended mortgage guarantee program (FOGAES) could support
originations and help normalize the housing market.
Coverage expanded from 50k homes (~40k already executed) to 80k units, the
house value threshold increased from 4,000-6,000 UF (some US$170-250k).
BSAC has captured ~17% of the program so far and expects similar trends to
continue.
Yuri R Fernandes AC
(1-212) 622-3400
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
Guilherme Grespan
(55-11) 4950-3058
Banco J.P. Morgan S.A.
Fernanda Sayao
(55-11) 4950-6588
Banco J.P. Morgan S.A.
Diego Marquez Antonio
(52-55) 5339-94899
J.P. Morgan Casa de Bolsa, S.A. de C.V., J.P.
Morgan Grupo Financiero
Asset Quality
CoR guided at ~1.35% for 2026 (in-line with 1H26 1.38% CoR).
Operational focus is on improving new-origination quality while actively
working through legacy/problem exposures.
Fees
Getnet posted weaker results (-28% payment fees in 2Q26) as competition
pressured margins.This is particularly true for mass retail market.
Management expects some pickup in 2H26 as large corporates increase usage
of the platforms, though the competitive backdrop remains challenging.
Tax rate and tax reform
Current statutory rate is 27%, and the reform is expected to reduce the effective
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