City Union Bank Q4 net profit reports at Rs 111 crore

Private sector City Union Bank has reported net profit at Rs 111.18 crore for the quarter ending March 31, 2021. The Tamil Nadu-based bank had reported a net loss at Rs 95.29 crore during corresponding quarter previous year, the City Union Bank said in a BSE filing.

For the year ending March 31, 2021, net profits of the bank grew to Rs 592.82 crore from Rs 476.31 crore.

Total income for the quarter ending March 31, 2021 was at Rs 1,121.43 crore as compared to Rs 1,220.98 crore registered in the same quarter last year.

For the year ending March 31, 2021, total income stood at Rs 4,839.45 crore as against Rs 4,848.54 crore during corresponding period last year.

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Karnataka Bank Q4 net profit up 15%

Private sector lender Karnataka Bank on Wednesday posted an all time high annual net profit of Rs. 483 crore for the financial year 2020-21, registering a 12% growth over the previous year’s revenues.

The net profit for the fourth quarter ended March 2021 is Rs. 31.36 crore, a 15% jump over the previous year. The bank’s board also recommended a dividend of 18%.

“This turned out to be the best result under the unprecedented tough conditions triggered by Covid-19 pandemic,” Bank’s managing director Mahabaleshwara MS said in a press release.

The business turnover of the bank was at Rs. 1,27,348 crore as on March 31, 2021. The deposits stood at Rs. 75,655 crore and advances at Rs. 51,694 crore. The CASA deposits grew 15% and reached an all time high of 31% of total deposits as on March 31, 2021.

Mahabaleshwara said vaccinations coupled with other measures including restructuring by the RBI will help needy borrowers and the banking sector overcome the challenges posed by the pandemic.

The bank also announced the appointment of Balakrishna Alse S, a former executive director of Oriental Bank of Commerce, as an additional director on its board.

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Uco Bank Q4 net profit jumps nearly five-fold

 

State-owned Uco Bank reported nearly five-fold jump in net profit at Rs 80 crore for the March quarter largely riding on treasury gains. Net profit was Rs 17 crore in the year ago period.

The bank also made Rs 167 crore net profit for the full financial year after continuous loss in the previous five financial years.

Operating profit grew 26% at Rs 1533 crore as against Rs 1217 crore over the same period. Its net interest income rose 12.6% at Rs 1413 crore against Rs 1255 crore while other income including earnings from treasury rose 78% at Rs 1370 crore from Rs 769 crore over the same period.

The bank's board approved a plan to raise up to Rs 3,000 crore by selling shares to help the lender create a capital buffer as suggested by the Reserve Bank of India to ward off the pandemic-led stress. Its capital adequacy ratio stood at 13.74% with core capital at 11.14% at the end of March.

Uco, which is 94.4% owned by the government, said that it would contemplate a follow-on public offer (FPO), qualified institutional placement or preferential issue for capital raising.

The bank's advances grew by 3% to Rs Rs 1.18 lakh crore at the end of March. Gross non-performing assets improved to 9.59% from 16.77% a year back with net NPA falling to 3.94% from 5.45%. The provision coverage ratio rose to 88.4% from 85.5% earlier

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South Indian Bank back in black on lower provisioning

South Indian Bank on Friday reported a net profit of Rs 6.79 crore for the fourth quarter of FY21, against a loss of Rs 143.69 crore in the year-ago period, largely because of lower provisioning for bad loans. Provisions and contingencies for the fourth quarter stood at Rs 412.29 crore, compared with Rs 723.80 crore in the corresponding period of FY20 and Rs 499.48 crore in Q3 of FY21.

The Thrissur based lender had reported a net loss of Rs 91.62 crore during the third quarter of FY21. For the whole FY21, the bank has reported a net profit of Rs 61.91 crore, against Rs 104.59 crore in FY20.

The asset quality deteriorated, with GNPA ratio seen at 6.97%, compared to 4.90% in the preceding quarter and 4.98% in the year-ago period. Net NPA ratio for Q4 was at 4.71%, against 2.1% in Q3 and 3.34% in Q4 of FY20.

The provision coverage ratio improved from 54.22% to 58.73% on a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis.

Murali Ramakrishnan, MD & CEO, said the bank has been able to meet the targeted levels of recovery or upgrades which have helped in containing the GNPA level despite higher slippages during the year on account of Covid.

He added that the lower quarterly profit was mainly on account of credit cost on the fresh slippages during the fourth quarter, as a result of additional stress in the economy due to the pandemic.

The capital adequacy ratio stood at 15.42% as on March 31, 2021. The lender raised Rs 240 crore during the quarter which strengthened the common equity.

Total deposit base at the end of the March quarter is seen higher by 9% y-o-y at Rs 69,827 crore, while advances declined by 9% to Rs 59,418 crore.

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State Bank of India(SBI) Q4 net profit jumps 80% YoY

 State Bank of India(SBI) today reported a record net profit of ₹6451 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, helped by lower provisions for bad loans. The fourth quarter profit is a big jump from ₹3,581 crore in the year-earlier quarter. The central board of the bank has also declared a dividend of Rs. 4.00 per equity share for the financial year ended 31st March,2021, its first payout since May 2017, when it had rewarded shareholders with ₹2.6 per share. The date of payment of dividend is fixed on 18th June, 2021, the bank said.

India's biggest bank, State Bank of India (SBI) today reported a record net profit of ₹6451 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, helped by lower provisions for bad loans. The fourth quarter profit is a big jump from ₹3,581 crore in the year-earlier quarter. The central board of the bank has also declared a dividend of Rs. 4.00 per equity share for the financial year ended 31st March,2021, its first payout since May 2017, when it had rewarded shareholders with ₹2.6 per share. The date of payment of dividend is fixed on 18th June, 2021, the bank said.

According to a Bloomberg estimate of 10 analysts, the public sector lender was expected to report a profit of ₹6,166.2 crore in the three months to March, up from ₹3,580.8 crore in the same period last year.

According to a Bloomberg estimate of 10 analysts, the public sector lender was expected to report a profit of ₹6,166.2 crore in the three months to March, up from ₹3,580.8 crore in the same period last year.

The lender reportedly received a windfall of nearly 40 billion rupees as part of dues owed by bankrupt steelmaker Bhushan Power and Steel.

Provisions for bad loans slid 16.6% to ₹9914 crore.

On Covid impact, the bank said: "The spread of the pandemic across the globe has resulted in decline in economic activities and increase in movement in financial markets. In this situation, Bank is gearing up itself on all fronts to meet the challenges. The situation continues to be uncertain and the Bank is evaluating the situation on an ongoing basis. Major challenges for the Bank could be from extended working capital cycles, fluctuating cash flow trends and probable inability of the borrowers to meet their obligations against the loans timely."

"The bank is proactively providing against the challenges of likely stress on the bank's assets. A definitive assessment of the impact of COVID-L9 is dependent upon circumstances as they evolve in the subsequent period."

SBI shares, which are up about 40% so far this year, were trading marginally higher at ₹385.95 in late trade today.

Most Indian banks have reported strong numbers for the final quarter of the last financial year on a lower base and as retail lending picked up before the second coronavirus wave. Collections and credit growth have since been hit and lenders are now on a "wait-and-watch" mode.

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Canara Bank Q4 result: reports net profit

 

Canara Bank swung to profit in March quarter as it reported a net profit of Rs.1,011 crore in Q4FY21 as compared to Rs.3,259 crore of net loss posted in the same quarter last year. The bank's net interest income (NII) rose 68.4% to Rs.5,589 crore as against Rs.3,318 crore year-on-year (YoY).

The asset quality deteriorated as the gross non-performing assets (NPA) stood at 8.93% versus 7.46% on a sequential basis while the net NPAs stood at 3.82% as compared to 2.64%. Provisions and contingencies fell to Rs.4,134 crore from Rs.5,375.38 crore on a yearly basis.

Canara Bank's other income in Q4 jumped to Rs.5,207 crore from Rs.2,174.95 in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal.

The bank said that the ongoing Covid situation continues to be uncertain and it is evaluating the situation on an ongoing basis. The major identified challenges for the Bank would arise from eroding cash flows and extended capital cycles.

Despite the challenges, the management believes that no adjustments are required in the financial results as it does not significantly impact the current quarter. Despite these events and conditions, there would not be any significant impact on Bank's results in future and going concern assumptions as at presently made, it ad.

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DCB Bank Q4 profit rises 13%

 

Private lender DCB Bank on Saturday reported a 13 per cent increase in net profit to Rs 78 crore for the January-March quarter compared to that of Rs 69 crore in the year-ago quarter. Total income of the bank during the January-March quarter of 2020-21 fell to Rs 971 crore from Rs 1,012 crore in the same quarter of 2019-20, DCB Bank said in a regulatory filing. The income from interest as well as from investment fell during the reported quarter from a year ago.

For the FY2020-21, the bank's net profit remained nearly flat at Rs 336 crore against Rs 338 crore in FY20. Income also was a tad down at Rs 3,917 crore in FY21 against Rs 3,928 crore in FY20.

The bank's asset quality worsened with the gross non-performing assets (NPAs) spiking to 4.09 per cent of the gross advances as of March 31, 2021, as against 2.46 per cent by the end of March last year.

In value terms, the gross NPAs stood at Rs 1,083.44 crore, significantly higher than Rs 631.51 crore in the year-ago period.

Provisions for bad loans and contingencies in Q4FY21 came down to Rs 101.18 crore from Rs 118.24 crore a year earlier. Net NPAs stood at 2.29 per cent (Rs 594.15 crore) as against 1.16 per cent (Rs 293.51 crore).

On returning the compound interest to eligible borrowers post the Supreme Court final order in March and subsequent the RBI notification, the lender said it is in the process of account by account calculation of interest relief due to the eligible customers.

In the meantime, as of March 31, 2021, the bank has created liability towards estimated interest relief of Rs 10 crore and reduced the same from the interest income.

The bank said it held contingency provision of Rs 229.11 crore against the likely impact of Covid 19 regulatory package, impact of the conclusion of the interim order (of Supreme Court on not declaring accounts as NPAs till August 31, 2020 and after) and other contingencies.

On the impact of second wave of the pandemic, it said under the current circumstances the bank during March quarter, on a prudent basis, has made a contingency provision of Rs 124 crore towards further likely impact of Covid-19 on restructured and stressed assets.

"In addition to this contingency provision of Rs 124 crore, the bank also holds floating provision amounting to Rs 108.80 crore, besides, provisions for standard assets and specific non-performing assets," it said.

Besides, the amount in overdue categories where the moratorium or deferment was extended as of March 31, 2020 was Rs 1,908.08 crore at end of March this year, it said. The provisions held on these by the end of September 2020 was Rs 68 crore and similar amount was kept as provisions adjusted against slippages (NPA and restructuring), DCB Bank said.

The lender also said that its board has not recommended any dividend for fiscal ended March 2021 in view of the situation developing around Covid-19 in the country and the related uncertainty that it creates.

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IDFC First Bank Q4 Profit jumps 78%

 

IDFC First Bank on Saturday reported a 78 per cent jump in net profit at Rs 128 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 2021. The private sector lender had posted a profit of Rs 72 crore during the corresponding January-March quarter a year ago.

Total income during the fourth quarter rose to Rs 4,834 crore as against Rs 4,576 crore during the same period of FY20, IDFC First Bank said in a regulatory filing.

On the asset front, the gross non-performing assets (NPAs) or bad loans as a percentage of gross loans as on March 31, 2021, increased to 4.15 per cent from 2.60 per cent by year ago same period.

At the same time, net NPAs too rose to 1.86 per cent as against 0.94 per cent in March 2020.As a result provision (other than tax) and contingencies rose to Rs 603 crore as compared to Rs 412 crore in the same quarter a year ago.

In Q4 FY21, the bank released Rs 324 crores from provisions made for one telecom account based on mark to market value of the instruments and made additional provisions of Rs 375 crore for COVID-19 which is carried forward to the next financial year for the unprecedented situation arising due to COVID-19 second wave in India, it said.

For the full year 2020-21, the bank posted a profit of Rs 452 crore as against loss of Rs 2,864 crore in the previous fiscal.Total income during the year rose to Rs 18,221.5 crore from Rs 18,029.7 crore in the previous year.

"Including the equity capital of Rs 3000 crore raised through QIP on April 6, 2021, our overall capital adequacy is strong at 16.32 per cent. We maintain high levels of liquidity with liquidity coverage ratio of 153 per cent," IDFC First Bank MD V Vaidyanathan said.

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