The fourth-largest lender by assets in the United Arab Emirates made a net profit of 1.02 billion dirhams ($277.7 million) in the three months ending Dec. 31 versus 793.1 million dirhams in the corresponding period of 2013.
ADCB did not provide a breakdown of its fourth quarter earnings, so Reuters used the bank's full-year results statement to calculate its quarterly profit.
Three analysts polled by Reuters on average forecast ADCB would make a quarterly profit of 920.7 million dirhams.
ADCB made a 2014 net profit of 4.05 billion dirhams, up 20 percent on 2013, it said in a statement.
The bank also proposed paying a cash dividend of 0.4 dirhams per share for 2014. This is higher than the 0.3 dirhams it paid for 2013, according to Thomson Reuters data.