Bank of Maharashtra Q2 Results: Net profit rises 44%

State-owned Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) on Tuesday posted a 44 per cent jump in its profit at Rs 1,327 crore in the second quarter ended September 2024 on account of improvement in interest income.

The Pune-based lender had posted a net profit of Rs 920 crore in the same quarter a year ago.Total income increased to Rs 6,809 crore during the quarter under review against Rs 5,736 crore in the same period last year, BoM said in a regulatory filing.

Talking about the financial performance, BoM Managing Director Nidhu Saxena said Net Interest Margin (NIM) increased to 3.98 per cent, from 3.88 per cent in the same quarter a year ago.

Among the stack of 12 public sector banks, BoM has the highest NIM, Saxena said, adding the target for the NIM for the current fiscal is 3.75-3.85 per cent anticipating a rate cut during the course of the year.

He further said the bank expects the net profit of the bank to cross Rs 5,000 crore during the current fiscal.In the H1, the profit has crossed Rs 2,500 crore and the trend will improve further going forward.The bank had earned a net profit of Rs 4,055 crore in the previous fiscal.

The bank earned interest income of Rs 6,017 crore during the quarter compared to Rs 5,068 crore in the same period a year ago.

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Bank of Maharashtra's Q1 net profit jumps 47%

Bank of Maharashtra on July 15 reported a significant increase in its Q1 net profit, which rose by 46.6 percent to Rs 1,293.5 crore, compared to Rs 882 crore in the same period last year, the lender said in an exchange filing.

The bank's net interest income (NII) also saw a robust growth of 20 percent, reaching Rs 2,799 crore from Rs 2,340 crore year-on-year (YoY).

The bank's asset quality showed slight improvement, with gross non-performing assets (NPA) at 1.85 percent, down from 1.88 percent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ).

However, the Net NPA remained unchanged at 0.20 percent during the same period. In absolute terms, gross NPA stood at Rs 3,873 crore compared to Rs 3,833 crore in the previous quarter, while net NPA was Rs 415 crore against Rs 409 crore QoQ.

The provisions for the quarter were reported at Rs 950 crore, slightly up from Rs 942 crore in the preceding quarter.

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Latest Bank Merger News : 4 PSU Banks likely to be merged

According to sources, the government has formulated its plan for the second round of merger of PSU banks. The government is considering two options for merging four small government banks. To facilitate the merger, changes are being prepared in the Banking Regulation Amendment Act. One option is to merge UCO Bank, Bank of Maharashtra, Punjab & Sind Bank, and Central Bank of India.

The second option involves merging with Union Bank of India, Canara Bank, or Indian Bank according to the banking software. 

The government aims to make these changes in the Banking Regulation Amendment Act to facilitate the merger process. 

The functioning of UCO Bank, Punjab & Sind Bank, Bank of Maharashtra, and Central Bank has shown improvement in the past few years. This is a developing story.

Let us tell you that the government has a 98.25 per cent stake in Punjab & Sind Bank.

While the government has a 93.08 per cent stake in Central Bank, 86.46 per cent in Bank of Maharashtra and a 95.39 per cent in UCO Bank.

The government had announced the merger of 10 public sector banks into four entities in 2019.

This was part of the government's policy to strengthen public sector banks (PSU Bank Mergers) to strengthen their finances for a strong national presence and global reach.

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Bank of Maharashtra Q4 Results: Net Profit Jumps 45% , Rs 1.40 Dividend Declared

Public sector lender Bank of Maharashtra on April 26 reported a net profit of Rs 1,218 crore for fiscal fourth quarter, a 45 percent jump from the year-ago period.

The bank had reported net profit of Rs 840 crore last year.The PSU lender also said that its board approved the proposal to raise up to Rs 7,500 crore through various modes.

"Board approved raising of Capital up to Rs 7,500 crore through Follow-on Public Offer (FPO) / Rights issue / Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) issue, Preferential issue, ESPS or any other mode or combination thereof and / or through issue of BASEL III Compliant Tier I and Tier II Bonds or such other securities as may be permitted under applicable laws etc., ubject to the necessary approvals," said Bank of Maharashtra in a stock exchange filing.

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The net interest income (NII) of the lender was up 18.2 percent YoY and stood at Rs 2,584 crore versus Rs 2,187 crore. The GNPA of the lender stood at 1.88 percent versus 2.47 percent last year and NNPA stood at 0.20 percent versus 0.25 percent last year.

The lender also declared a dividend of Rs 1.4 per equity share of Rs 10 face value. The provision coverage ratio of the bank stood at 98.34 percent. Net interest margin of the bank stood at 3.97 percent versus 3.78 percent last year.

On advances side, the bank witnessed a growth of 16.30 percent and total advances stood at Rs 2.03 lakh crore versus Rs 1.75 lakh crore last year. Deposits of the bank increased 15.66 percent and stood at Rs 2.7 lakh crore versus Rs 2.34 lakh crore last year.

Total branches of the bank increased to 2489 branches in March 2024 from 2203 branches in March 2o23.

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Bank of Maharashtra Q3 Net profit rises 34%

Bank of Maharashtra on January 16 reported a 33.61 percent on-year rise in its October-December quarter net profit to Rs 1,036 crore, on the back of rising net interest income and better asset quality.

Operating Profit has shown a growth of 27.32 percent on-year to Rs 2,012 crore for the third quarter of the current financial year as against Rs 1,580 crore in a similar period last year. The same has improved by 4.77 percent on-quarter.

In the reporting quarter, net Interest Income (NII) grew by 24.56 percent on-year to Rs 2,466 crore, as against Rs 1,980 crore in a similar period last year, Bank of Maharashtra said in an exchange filing. The same was up by 1.39 percent on a sequential basis.

Gross non-performing assets (NPA) of the bank declined to 2.04 percent as on December 31, 2023, against 2.94 percent as on December 31, 2022. Net NPA declined to 0.22 percent as on December 31, 2023, as against 0.47 percent as on December 31, 2022.

Provision Coverage ratio of the bank improved to 98.40 percent as on December 31,2023, as against 97.18 percent as on December 31, 2022.

Bank holds cumulative Covid-19 provision as contingency provision of Rs 1,200 crore as on December 31, 2023, release said.

In the reporting quarter, total business of the bank grew by 18.89 percent on-year to Rs 4.34 lakh crore.

Total Deposits rose 17.89 percent on-year in October-December to Rs 2.46 lakh crore. Gross Advances grew by 20.20 percent on-year Rs 1.89 lakh crore. Net Advances grew by 21.01 percent on-year to Rs 1.85 lakh crore.

RAM (Retail, Agri. & MSME) Business grew by 27.25 percent on-year basis. Retail advances grew by 21.91  percent to Rs  49,144 crore on-year basis. MSME advances grew by 29.14  percent on Y-o-Y basis to Rs 39,410 crore.

Total Basel III Capital adequacy ratio stood at 16.85 percent with Common Equity Tier 1 ratio of 11.56 percent.

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Latest Bank merger news of PSU banks and PSU Insurance Company

 

A government document shared on social media has triggered speculation about possible PSU bank mergers between Union Bank and UCO Bank, and Bank of India and Bank of Maharashtra. The document, whose source couldn't be verified, said that a Parliamentary committee will hold discussions with four PSU banks in the first week of January under banking laws, which govern mergers and acquisitions, among other things.

However, the government has not yet provided official information regarding the merger. Neither of the four PSU banks mentioned have made any stock exchange filings in this regard.

The document being circulated on X (formerly Twitter) is a government PDF issued in the name of Ramesh Yadav, Under Secretary of the Government of India. The letter is issued to the Governor, Reserve Bank of India, Chairman of LIC, IRDAI, and NABARD, along with MD and CEOs of UCO Bank, Bank of Maharashtra, Bank of India, and Union Bank of India.

The PDF is also addressed to CMDs of New India Assurance Company, United India Insurance Company, Oriental Insurance Company, National Insurance Company, and MD & CEO of SBI Life Insurance Company. The subject of the alleged government PDF states 'Study Visit programme of the Committee on Subordinate Legislation, Lok Sabha to Mumbai and Goa from 2 to 6 January 2024'.

The 2-day programme includes informal discussions with the representatives of Union Bank of India and UCO Bank on January 2, and with representatives of Bank of Maharashtra and Bank of India on January 4, 2024, on rules/regulations framed under Banking Regulations Act 1949 and other relevant Acts as applicable to them and the regulatory mechanism in post-merger scenario.

The Finance Ministry has reportedly issued a clarification, saying that this is a parliamentary committee on subordinate legislation, and it has no connection whatsoever with the policies of bank mergers, according to CNBC-Awaaz. Amid the merger buzz, the ministry reportedly changed the agenda of its meeting. According to the new agenda, there is no mention of the word “Merger”, which simply means that there is no proposal for a merger between Union Bank of India and UCO Bank, Bank of India, and Bank of Maharashtra, said CNBC Awaaz in its report.

Meanwhile, No proposal to merge the public sector banks is being considered by the government and the discussions were part of a ‘routine exercise, Reuters also reported citing two sources from the Ministry of Finance.

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Bank of Maharashtra Q2 Net profit surges 72% on year

 

State-owned Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) has announced a profit of 71.8 per cent at Rs 919 crore year on year (Y-o-Y) at the end of the July-September quarter (Q2) for the financial year 2023-24 (FY24) in its consolidated results. The announcement came through a regulatory filing on BSE on Monday.

Last year, the bank recorded a profit of Rs 4,317 crore for the same period. The total income for this quarter also went up 32.8 per cent Y-o-Y at Rs 5,735 crore from Rs 4,317 crore.

Compared to the previous quarter that ended in March, profits rose by 4.2 per cent from Rs 882 crore, and income rose by 5.86 per cent from Rs 5,417 crore.

Net Interest Income (NII) went up 28.9 per cent to Rs 2,432 crore from Rs1,887 crore, Y-o-Y.

Gross non-performing assets (NPA) are down to 2.19 per cent in Q2FY24. Last year, during the same period, it was 3.40 per cent. Net NPA declined to 0.23 per cent at the end of the latest quarter compared to Q2FY23, when it stood at 0.68 per cent. In Q1FY24, gross NPA stood at 2.28 per cent and net NPA at 0.24 per cent.

Operating costs have gone up by 27 per cent compared to the same period last year at Rs 1,179 crore from Rs 927 crore. Quarter-on-quarter, it was a marginal growth of 6.67 per cent from Rs 1,105 crore.

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Bank of Maharashtra(BoM) Q1 Results: Net profit surges 95%, maintains healthy asset quality

 

Public sector lender Bank of Maharashtra on July 19 reported a 95 percent jump in net profit at Rs 882 crore for the April-June FY24 quarter, compared to Rs 451 crore in the corresponding quarter last year.

Net interest income (NII) of the bank stood at Rs 2340 crores, compared to Rs 1686 crores last year. The bank recorded steady improvement in its net interest margin (NIM). For the April-June FY24 quarter, the lender's NIM stood at 3.86 percent, compared to 3.28 percent last year.

The bank's gross non-performing asset (NPA) stood at 2.28 percent, down from 3.74 percent recorded in the same quarter last year. For the June quarter, total GNPA stood at Rs 4006 crores compared Rs 5259 crores a year ago. On the other hand, net NPA of the lender for the quarter stood at 0.24 percent, improving from 0.88 percent on a year-on-year basis. The lender's total NNPA stood at Rs 413 crores, compared to 1206 crores in the corresponding period last year.

On deposits front, the bank recorded a 25 percent growth taking the total deposits to Rs 2.44 lakh crores from Rs 1.96 lakh crores in the previous year. Current account and savings account (CASA) deposits improved to Rs 1.24 lakh crores from Rs 1.09 lakh crores with current account deposits recording 30 percent growth and savings account deposits recording 9 percent growth.

Gross advances of the bank grew by 25 percent on a year-on-year basis and stood at Rs 1.75 lakh crores compared to Rs 1.40 lakh crores in the year ago quarter.

Looking at the bank's segment wise advances growth, retail sector recorded advances of Rs 44, 952 crores compared to Rs 36,117 crores in the April-June FY23 quarter. Advances to agriculture sector stood at Rs 23,637 crores compared to Rs 19,336 crores last year. Micro small and medium enterprises recorded advances of Rs 33,740 crores for the April-June FY24 quarter compared to Rs 26,121 crores in the corresponding period last year.

The revenue for the bank's treasury operations stood at Rs 1169 crores, growing from Rs 938 crores last year.

Corporate and wholesale operations recorded a revenue of Rs 2028 crores in the April-June FY24 quarter compared to Rs 1217 crores in the same period last year.

Whereas the revenue of the lender's retail operations stood at Rs 2174 crores compared to Rs 1557 crores.

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