PagSeguro Digital Q2 Earnings Call Highlights

Key Points

• PagSeguro maintained its full-year targets despite Brazil’s challenging macroeconomic environment. Q2 payment volume rose 3% year over year to BRL 133 billion, while recurring non-GAAP net income increased 2% to BRL 576 million.
• Customer engagement and credit growth accelerated: cash-active banking clients increased 27% to 5.7 million, and the credit portfolio expanded 31% to BRL 5.1 billion. Nonperforming loans over 90 days were 3.4%, below the 6.2% market average cited by management.
• Funding efficiency and shareholder returns remained priorities. Deposits grew 15% to nearly BRL 43 billion, funding costs declined for the ninth consecutive quarter, and the company returned about BRL 2 billion to shareholders over the past year through dividends and buybacks.

PagSeguro Digital NYSE: PAGS reported second-quarter results marked by continued growth in banking engagement, credit balances and deposits, while management said it maintained its full-year targets despite a more challenging macroeconomic environment and elevated interest rates in Brazil.

Total payment volume reached BRL 133 billion, up 3% from a year earlier, which Principal Executive Officer Ricardo Dutra said reinforced a gradual reacceleration trend. Net revenue and income excluding interchange fees totaled BRL 3.4 billion, up 2% year over year and 1% sequentially. Recurring non-GAAP net income rose 2% to BRL 576 million, while diluted non-GAAP earnings per share increased 10% to BRL 2.06.

“We continued to increase client engagement while expanding our multi-product ecosystem across payments, banking and credit,” Dutra said, adding that the company’s profitability remained resilient despite a difficult macroeconomic backdrop.

Banking engagement and product adoption increase

Chief Executive Officer Carlos Mauad said PagBank continued to deepen its relationship with active customers through payments, banking and credit offerings. Cash-in volumes excluding acquiring-related inflows rose 23% year over year and 19% from the first quarter to nearly BRL 100 billion.

Cash-active banking clients reached 5.7 million, an increase of 27% from the prior-year period. Bill payments and Pix transactions increased 12% year over year. Investment penetration among active clients increased to 28% from 23%, while insurance penetration rose to 16% from 11%.

Credit-product penetration, excluding payroll clients, increased from 4% to 6%. Mauad said the broader adoption of financial products supports engagement, monetization and customer lifetime value.

The company also highlighted product launches and planned rollouts, including Minizinha Voz, a payment terminal with an AI-powered sales assistant; cashback on international credit card transactions; private payroll loans; Pix Finance, an installment-payment solution; zero-fee investments; pension plans; collections-management tools; and insurance products.

Credit expansion continues with asset quality below market average

PagBank’s total credit portfolio reached BRL 5.1 billion, up 31% year over year. The company said growth was driven primarily by working-capital loans and credit cards. Working-capital balances grew 204% to BRL 600 million, while credit-card balances rose 35% to BRL 1.1 billion. Payroll loans and other credit products totaled BRL 3.4 billion, up 18%.

Including financial operations linked to merchant prepayments, PagBank’s expanded credit portfolio was BRL 52.4 billion, up 9% year over year and 3% sequentially.

Nonperforming loans more than 90 days past due stood at 3.4%, below the 6.2% Brazilian market average cited by management. Mauad said the company remains confident in its long-term credit strategy, even as macroeconomic conditions have become tougher than anticipated earlier in the year.

Management said working-capital origination slowed during the second quarter because PagBank deployed a new credit model and waited to assess its initial loan cohorts. July production subsequently reached about BRL 80 million, above the second-quarter average and prior-quarter averages. The company said it had also begun originating private payroll loans outside its economic group, starting with higher-credit-quality borrowers.

PagBank said it was not seeing deterioration across its credit products and did not identify a major impact from Brazil’s second Desenrola debt-renegotiation program.

Funding costs decline as capital returns continue

Total deposits reached nearly BRL 43 billion, up 15% from a year earlier, while total funding rose 10% to BRL 47 billion. More than 90% of deposits were generated on the company’s platform, according to management.

Chief Financial Officer Gustavo Sechin said PagBank recorded its ninth consecutive quarter of funding-cost reductions as a percentage of CDI. Financial costs declined 5% from the first quarter, despite still-elevated Selic rates. He said the company expects more favorable comparisons in financial expenses during the second half, although its prior assumption for year-end Selic of about 12.5% is now closer to a range of 13.75% to 14%.

Gross profit was approximately BRL 2 billion, up 3% year over year and 6% sequentially. Total losses increased 9% year over year, reflecting the expansion and changing mix of the credit portfolio. Operating expenses represented 25.9% of revenue and income excluding interchange fees.

Management said it is pursuing additional efficiency through process redesign, automation, AI applications in customer service and back-office functions, and improved management of point-of-sale terminals. Sechin said the company aims to grow expenses below revenue growth, or at least below inflation, rather than forecasting an absolute expense reduction.

PagBank’s annualized non-GAAP return on equity was 15.6%, up 30 basis points year over year. Its adjusted Basel ratio declined to 22.5% from 24.1% in the first quarter, moving closer to its long-term target range of 18% to 22%.

Over the past 12 months, the company returned about BRL 2 billion to shareholders through dividends and buybacks. PagBank completed its third repurchase program during the first half, repurchasing more than BRL 307 million of shares. A third dividend tranche of $0.28 per common share is scheduled for payment on Sept. 30 to shareholders of record on Sept. 16.

Sechin said the company currently favors dividends as a more predictable capital-return tool, while noting that buybacks could still be used in the future. Management said its 2026 EPS outlook does not assume additional repurchases this year.

PagBank also announced the appointment of Enrique Fragata as chief operating officer. Mauad said Fragata’s experience in financial services would support the company’s focus on execution, efficiency and operational excellence.

About PagSeguro Digital (NYSE:PAGS)

PagSeguro Digital Ltd. is a Brazil-based financial technology company that specializes in digital payment solutions for merchants and consumers. Through its online platform and a suite of physical point-of-sale devices, the company enables businesses of all sizes to accept credit and debit cards, process e-commerce transactions, and manage payments via QR codes and digital wallets. In addition to payment acceptance, PagSeguro offers prepaid accounts, funds transfers, and working-capital credit lines designed to support small and medium-sized enterprises.

The company's product portfolio includes portable card readers, countertop terminals, and mobile point-of-sale devices that connect via Bluetooth or cellular networks.

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