Key Highlights:
• Bank of Baroda (BOB) quarterly Net profit higher by 28.4% YoY at INR 4,253 crore in Q2FY24. Net Profit for H1FY24 grew by 51.8% to INR 8,323 crore.
• BOB has delivered ROA of more than 1% and ROE of around 20%, consistently for the last 5 quarters. ROA for Q2FY24 stands at 1.14% and ROE at 19.74%.
• The growth in profitability was supported by healthy Operating Income growth of 25% YoY in Q2FY24.
• Operating income growth was augmented by ~2x YoY growth in Non-Interest Income in Q2FY24.
• Non-interest income growth in Q2FY24 was driven by robust YoY growth in Fee Income (+31.7%), Trading Gains (+69.5%), and Recovery from TWO (~2x)
• Strong growth in Income coupled with a subdued increase in Opex has resulted in robust Operating profit growth of 33% YoY for Q2FY24. Operating profit for H1FY24 higher by 50.1% YoY.
• The Bank has been able to effect a reduction in the Cost to Income ratio by 320 bps YoY to 46.54% for Q2FY24. Cost to Income ratio for H1FY24 also declined by 608 bps YoY to 45.97%
• BOB has witnessed significant improvement in its Asset quality with a reduction in GNPA by 199 bps YoY to 3.32%. The bank’s NNPA improved to 0.76%, a reduction of 40 bps YoY.
• BOB’s balance sheet remained robust with a healthy Provision Coverage Ratio (PCR) of 93.16% with TWO & 77.64% without TWO.
• Credit cost remains below 1% at 0.92% for Q2FY24.
• BOB’s Global Advances registered a strong YoY growth of 17.3% in Q2FY24 led by robust retail loan book growth. The bank’s organic Retail Advances grew by 22.2%, driven by growth in high-focus areas such as Auto Loan (21.1%), Home Loans (16.1%), Personal Loans (67.2%), Mortgage Loans (13.3%), Education Loan (18.3%).
• Bank achieved a total business of INR 22,74,148 crore as of 30th Sep 2023, registering a growth of 15.8% YoY.
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