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The Manila times Article Rating

KBC Group: Fourth-quarter result of 1 003 million euros

  • Bias Rating
  • Reliability

    20% ReliableLimited

  • Policy Leaning

    -10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

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Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

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Overall Sentiment

51% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Operating expenses excluding bank and insurance taxes were up on the previous quarter but remained in line with our guidance for the full year after excluding forex effects.
52% : Consequently, when adding up the results for the four quarters of the year, our full-year 2025 net profit amounted to 3 568 million euros, up 18% on the year-earlier figure when excluding the one-off tax benefit of 318 million euros related to the exit from Ireland and the one-off 79-million-euro gain recorded under 'Share in results of associated companies & joint ventures', both in full-year 2024.
50% : By 2028, we are aiming for total income to outgrow operating expenses excluding bank and insurance taxes by at least 3.4 percentage points on average on an annual basis, leading to a cost/income ratio below 38%.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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