Indian Bank Q4 Results: Net Profit Rises 47% To Rs 1,447 Crore

Chennai, May 08, 2023: State-owned Indian Bank reported on Monday a 47% rise in net profit to Rs 1,447 crore for the March quarter, helped by a decline in bad loans and a rise in interest income 

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The bank's board has recommended a dividend of Rs 8.60 per share or 86% of Rs 10 face value for the year ended March 31, 2023.

Indian Bank's MD & CEO SL Jain announces the bank's Q4 results

The bank had earned a net profit of Rs 984 crore in the year-ago period.

During the quarter, the bank's total income increased to Rs 14,238 crore against Rs 11,405 crore a year ago, Indian Bank said in a regulatory filing.

Interest income grew to Rs 12,244 crore during the period under review from Rs 9,832 crore in the corresponding quarter of the preceding fiscal.

The bank's board has recommended a dividend of Rs 8.60 per share, or 86% of Rs 10 face value, for the year ended March 31, 2023.

Gross non-performing assets were reduced to 5.95% of gross advances as of March 31, 2023, from 8.47% by the end of March 2022.

Net NPAs also came down to 0.90% of the advances from 2.27% a year earlier.

The fall in the bad loan ratio helped cut the provisions towards NPAs for Q4FY23 to Rs 1,040 crore compared to Rs 2,046 crore in the year-ago period.

During the quarter and year ended March 31, 2023, the bank made additional provisions of Rs 116.26 crore and Rs 363.61 crore, respectively, in certain stressed standard accounts in terms of RBI guidelines on 'Prudential Framework for Resolution of Stressed Assets,' it said.

The capital adequacy ratio of the bank declined marginally to 16.49% from 16.53% at the end of March 2022.

The board also approved a proposal for raising equity capital aggregating up to Rs 4,000 crore through various modes, including a follow-on public offer/rights issue/qualified institutional placement/preferential issue, or any other mode or combination in 2023–24.

Besides, the board has also given approval for raising funds aggregating up to Rs 3,000 crore through the issuance of Basel III-compliant AT-1 perpetual bonds or Tier-2 bonds in one or more tranches during the current or subsequent financial years based on the requirement.

For the year ended March 2023, the Chennai-based lender's profit increased by 34% to Rs 5,282 crore against Rs 3,945 crore in the previous fiscal.

The total income rose to Rs 52,085 crore, compared to Rs 45,772 crore.

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