UBS reported a pre-tax profit of $3.6 billion in the second quarter, up 64 percent from a year earlier and comfortably ahead of market expectations. Net profit came in at $2.8 billion, exceeding analysts’ consensus estimate of around $2.4 billion.
For the first half of 2026, the Swiss banking giant generated $7.4 billion in pre-tax profit and $5.8 billion in net profit, underlining the financial strength of the combined UBS-Credit Suisse franchise.
The underlying cost-to-income ratio stood at 70 percent, while the CET1 capital ratio remained strong at 14.4 percent.
«A Trophy We Had to Earn»
Group Chief Executive Sergio Ermotti described the results as evidence that the integration strategy is paying off.
