Indian Overseas Bank(IOB)'s Record Q2 Profit surges 61%

 

Indian Overseas Bank (IOB), based in Chennai, reported a 61% year-over-year increase in net profit for the second quarter of the current fiscal year, reaching an all-time high of ₹1,258.82 crore, up from ₹779.61 crore in the July–September quarter of FY25. This increase was primarily due to improved asset quality and higher interest income. 

 For the quarter that ended in September 2025, the bank's overall operating income increased by 15% to ₹7,850.89 crore, up from ₹6,853.94 crore during the same time the previous year. Interest revenue, which is fueled by lending, is the source of net profit. IOB's managing director and CEO, Ajay Kumar Srivastava, stated that the company's net profit improved as a result of an increase in credit and interest income.

In Q2FY26, the bank's core revenue, or net interest income (NII), increased by 21% to ₹3,059 crore from ₹2,538 crore in the previous year. As of September 2025, the gross non-performing assets (GNPA) ratio was 1.83 percent, up 89 basis points from 2.72 percent the previous year. 

 Compared to the same quarter last year, when it was 0.47 percent, the net NPA ratio dropped 19 basis points to 0.28 percent. During the quarter, the slippage ratio was 0.11 percent and the credit cost was 0.18 percent, while the provision coverage ratio increased 42 basis points from 97.06 percent to 97.48 percent.

"This year, we aim to grow our business to a size of about ₹6 trillion, so making ₹1,000 crore in net profit is no longer a problem. We are onboarding additional clients in order to resolve CASA concerns. 

 We have onboarded 8.5 million users in the past two fiscal years and this half-year combined," Srivastava stated. CASA deposits rose 4% year over year to ₹1.37 trillion in Q2FY26 from ₹1.32 trillion the previous year, a gain of ₹5,531 crore. During the quarter, the CASA ratio was 40.52 percent.

From ₹851 crore in Q1FY26 to ₹874 crore for the quarter that ended in September, the total recovery climbed. The amount recovered from the written-off accounts was ₹461 crore. 

 As of September 2025, the bank's overall revenue increased by ₹76,233 crore to ₹6,17,034 crore, a 14% increase from ₹5,40,801 crore the previous year. Total deposits rose 9.15 percent year over year, from ₹28,414 crore to ₹3,39,066 crore from ₹3,10,652 crore in Q2FY25. As of September 2025, gross advances increased by 20.78 percent to ₹2,77,968 crore, up from ₹2,30,149 crore during the same period the previous year.