Canara Bank Q4 Profit falls 10%

Canara Bank on May 11 reported a 12.7 percent rise in net profit as at the end of the fiscal year ending March 2026 to Rs 19,187 crore, as compared to Rs 17,027 crore as at the end of March 2025. For Q4 FY26, the PSU lender posted a net profit Rs 4,506 crore, as compared to Rs 5,004 crore in Q4 FY25.

The bank posted a moderation in net interest margin (NIM) in tandem with most major banks for the quarter. The margins for Q4 FY26 was at 2.54 percent, as compared to 2.73 percent in the prior corresponding quarter.

Canara Bank's asset quality improved throughout the year. The gross non-performing asset (GNPA) ratio for the March quarter came in at 1.84 percent for Q4 FY26, as compared to 2.94 percent in Q4FY25. On a sequential basis, the GNPA improved by 24 basis points from 2.08 percent in Q3 FY26. The net non-performing asset (NNPA) ratio for the March quarter came in at 0.43 percent, versus 0.70 percent in Q4 FY25.

Provisions also declined significantly on a sequential and year-on-year basis for the quarter. In Q4, the provisions were at Rs 2,252 crore, as compared to Rs 3,964 crore in Q3 FY26 and Rs 3,280 crore in Q4 FY25.

The bank posted a common equity ratio of 12.44 percent for March 2026, as compared to 12.03 percent in March 2025.

Canara Bank's domestic deposits stood at Rs 14,36 lakh crore as at March 2026, growing 7.95 percent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis, while advances stood at Rs 11.61 lakh crore as at March 202, rising 15.12 percent on a YoY basis.

The bank ended the year with a return on assets (RoA) of 1.10 percent as of the end of March 2026, a slight improvement from 1.09 percent in March 2025.

Shares of the lender were trading 3.85 percent lower at Rs 129.17 apiece as of 1345 IST.

The bank declared dividend of Rs 4.2 per share