Key takeaways
- To date, the realised return across all countries is on track to continue a trend of three consecutive years of improved performance moving from 12.70% to 18.25% to 19.78% for 2015, 2016 and 2017 respectively.
- Spain and Finland have each exhibited three consecutive years of improved realised net returns. At this point, their 2017 performance suggests this trend is ongoing, though it’s still early in the year.
- If 2017 figures hold steady the total realised net return will be the highest seen since 2012.
- The variance between the realised net return for each country is growing as Spain begins to deliver greater performance.
Actual and targeted bondora net returns by grade and country
Estonia
- “D” rated loans are beginning to strengthen their returns. Their Q1, 2017 performance exceeds the performance seen in the last three quarters.
- The average realised net return has dropped to 16.62% which is slightly lower than the same measurement over each quarter for the last two years.
- The lower risk loans (“AA,” “A” and “B”) have been delivering lower realised net returns in recent quarters than in 2015.
 Estonia |
AA | A | B | C | D | E | F | HR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Q1 |
Actual | 14,60% | 13,75% | 15,45% | 18,31% | 20,37% | 24,10% | 24,57% | 23,02% |
| Target | 13,10% | 13,84% | 14,31% | 15,76% | 18,47% | 20,43% | 23,17% | 23,51% | |
| 2015 Q2 |
Actual | 14,19% | 11,39% | 14,96% | 14,33% | 21.56% | 16,97% | 31,19% | 19,48% |
| Target | 13,20% | 13,82% | 14,29% | 15,89% | 18,40% | 20,46% | 23,08% | 23,65% | |
| 2015 Q3 |
Actual | 15,41% | 15,20% | 16,02% | 17,60% | 18,07% | 26,74% | 27,87% | 27,25% |
| Target | 13,18% | 13,85% | 14,30% | 15,79% | 18,43% | 20,32% | 23,19% | 23,85% | |
| 2015 Q4 |
Actual | 14,03% | 15,42% | 15,05% | 19,01% | 19,93% | 14,51% | 23,36% | 27,04% |
| Target | 12,20% | 13,17% | 13,81% | 15,50% | 17,59% | 18,41% | 21,29% | 20,83% | |
| 2016 Q1 |
Actual | 11,88% | 13,68% | 15,01% | 19,03% | 23,72% | 25,85% | 23,45% | 34,70% |
| Target | 10,62% | 11,32% | 12,09% | 14,38% | 16,17% | 17,51% | 18,28% | 17,96% | |
| 2016 Q2 |
Actual | 9,74% | 1,51% | 13,89% | 15,78% | 17,99% | 20,82% | 28,51% | 26,28% |
| Target | 8,15% | 9,74% | 11,46% | 13,62% | 15,22% | 16,47% | 17,05% | 17,10% | |
| 2016 Q3 |
Actual | 9,93% | 12,11% | 11,77% | 14,42% | 17,94% | 22,80% | 24,72% | 27,29% |
| Target | 8,40% | 9,77% | 11,48% | 13,64% | 15,22% | 16,48% | 17,04% | 17,10% | |
| 2016 Q4 |
Actual | 9,25% | 10,46% | 11,84% | 15,80% | 18,02% | 25,51% | 30,22% | |
| Target | 8,21% | 8,61% | 9,61% | 11,10% | 12,47% | 14,09% | 14,94% | ||
| 2017 Q1 |
Actual | 9,46% | 8,97% | 12,33% | 14,97% | 19,69% | 23,91% | 26,99% | |
| Target | 8,29% | 8,61% | 9,44% | 10,84% | 12,68% | 13,99% | 14,63% | ||
Finland
- Finland has had an excellent Q1 this year delivering an average realised net return of 24.79%.
- The riskier “HR” rated loans are performing again after two consecutive quarters of low returns. “HR” loans returned 30.09% in Q4 of 2016 and 23.07% in this years first quarter relative to the return of -4.08% and 4.40% seen in Q3 and Q2 of 2016 respectively.
 Finland |
AA | A | B | C | D | E | F | HR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Q1 |
Actual | 7,77% | 6,44% | 6,87% | 10,03% | 18,60% | 41,17% | ||
| Target | 12,87% | 13,33% | 14,50% | 16,61% | 18,15% | 20,82% | |||
| 2015 Q2 |
Actual | 3,49% | 9,93% | 10,69% | 7,73% | 4,59% | 11,19% | ||
| Target | 12,88% | 13,33% | 14,67% | 16,67% | 18,07% | 20,86% | |||
| 2015 Q3 |
Actual | 1,58% | 8,07% | 10,69% | 13,60% | 6,62% | 16,52% | ||
| Target | 12,90% | 13,30% | 14,70% | 16,58% | 18,36% | 20,81% | |||
| 2015 Q4 |
Actual | 0,99% | 10,56% | 15,01% | 14,58% | 8,02% | 23,85% | ||
| Target | 12,89% | 12,80% | 14,49% | 16,02% | 16,86% | 18,11% | |||
| 2016 Q1 |
Actual | 15,14% | 12,16% | 16,82% | 24,64% | 21,22% | 14,83% | ||
| Target | 9,87% | 11,22% | 12,56% | 13,44% | 14,24% | 14,40% | |||
| 2016 Q2 |
Actual | 17,50% | 16,07% | 13,41% | 20,83% | 18,73% | 4,40% | ||
| Target | 12,07% | 14,05% | 16,17% | 17,55% | 18,27% | 19,19% | |||
| 2016 Q3 |
Actual | 7,74% | 18,02% | 14,48% | 12,48% | 12,53% | -4,08% | ||
| Target | 12,45% | 14,34% | 16,37% | 17,89% | 18,91% | 19,19% | |||
| 2016 Q4 |
Actual | -19,31% | 17,90% | 23,84% | 22,28% | 29,67% | 30,09% | ||
| Target | 9,90% | 11,87% | 14,32% | 16,37% | 20,66% | 27,53% | |||
| 2017 Q1 |
Actual | 18,09% | 11,38% | 19,02% | 22,99% | 35,05% | 23,07% | ||
| Target | 11,86% | 11,20% | 13,81% | 15,47% | 18,70% | 23,57% | |||
Spain
- Spain has seen the second best average realised net return since the start of 2015. First quarter of 2017 for the country returned an average of 30.50%.
- The country’s limited offering of riskier loans (“E,” “F,” and “HR”) have helped boost the total average return as higher interest rates offset the higher likelihood of default.
- These three loan ratings are currently outperforming their targeted figures by an average of almost 7 percentage points.
 Spain |
AA | A | B | C | D | E | F | HR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Q1 |
Actual | -6,68% | -8,83% | -7,13% | 5,17% | 9,81% | 8,43% | ||
| Target | 12,62% | 12,90% | 14,33% | 16,21% | 18,32% | 20,24% | |||
| 2015 Q2 |
Actual | -13,98% | -10,57% | 3,93% | 10,26% | 12,51% | |||
| Target | 12,85% | 14,33% | 16,23% | 18,32% | 20,22% | ||||
| 2015 Q3 |
Actual | 15,29% | -6,88% | 5,44% | 10,58% | 2,39% | |||
| Target | 13,11% | 14,55% | 16,18% | 18,32% | 20,31% | ||||
| 2015 Q4 |
Actual | 17,76% | -0,99% | 6,48% | 15,65% | 11,45% | |||
| Target | 13,41% | 14,93% | 16,24% | 17,85% | 18,06% | ||||
| 2016 Q1 |
Actual | 37,26% | 24,35% | 17,95% | |||||
| Target | 14,61% | 14,58% | 13,93% | ||||||
| 2016 Q2 |
Actual | -17,43% | 4,21% | 0,39% | |||||
| Target | 19,41% | 20,16% | 20,36% | ||||||
| 2016 Q3 |
Actual | 28,38% | 25,66% | 8,74% | |||||
| Target | 19,30% | 20,24% | 20,65% | ||||||
| 2016 Q4 |
Actual | 37,38% | 23,93% | 29,24% | |||||
| Target | 16,44% | 17,15% | 27,79% | ||||||
| 2017 Q1 |
Actual | 22,23% | 37,13% | 29,69% | |||||
| Target | 15,12% | 17,17% | 29,14% | ||||||
Actual and targeted bondora net returns across portfolio per quarter
Just as last month, the average realized returns for 2016 vastly outperformed 2015 quarterly returns. Average for 2016 came to 18.34%, exceeding 2015 aversages by more than five percentage points. 2017 has also started strong, with Q1 average realized returns of 19.80%, which is 5.01 percentage points higher its target return (14.78%). Overall, the total average quarterly returns since 2015 is exceeding the target by 0.84%.
| 2015-Q1 | 2015-Q2 | 2015-Q3 | 2015-Q4 | 2016-Q1 | 2016-Q2 | 2016-Q3 | 2016-Q4 | 2017-Q1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual | 12,61% | 11,77% | 12,98% | 15,48% | 20,89% | 16,07% | 16,19% | 22,54% | 20,86% |
| Target | 16,56% | 16,52% | 16,79% | 16,28% | 14,66% | 15,64% | 16,38% | 16,41% | 14,84% |
Actual and targeted bondora net returns across previous 8 years
The early Q1 indicators for this year suggest we’re on track to deliver a fourth consecutive year of improved total realised net returns. The current realised return of 19.78% is less than that of years like 2010, 2011 and 2012, however, today we offer far more loan investments across more countries.
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Actual | Actual | Actual | Actual | Actual | Actual | Actual | Target | Actual | Target | Actual | Target |
| EE | 16,65% | 29,59% | 24,44% | 23,25% | 20,99% | 20,70% | 18,29% | 17,00% | 18,90% | 13,86% | 16,30% | 11,23% |
| ES | -10,82% | -4,40% | 6,00% | 17,42% | 15,54% | 21,48% | 30,49% | 27,41% | ||||
| FI | 9,24% | 8,42% | 9,87% | 15,50% | 18,39% | 16,85% | 24,75% | 18,00% | ||||
| SK | -9,75% | |||||||||||
| ALL | 16,65% | 29,59% | 24,44% | 23,25% | 18,35% | 10,95% | 12,70% | 16,57% | 18,25% | 15,89% | 19,78% | 14,78% |
