HDFC Bank Q4 results: Profit jumps 37%, NII up 24.5%

HDFC Bank on April 20 reported a net profit of Rs 16,511 crore for the January-March quarter of the financial year 2023-24, marking a 0.84 percent jump compared to Rs 16,373 crore clocked in the previous quarter. The net profit is almost in line the market estimates of Rs 16,576 crore.

The bank’s year-on-year financial results are not comparable due to the merger with the parent entity HDFC Ltd during the year.

The net interest income (NII) of Rs 29,007 crore jumped from Rs 28,470 crore reported in the previous quarter. The NII is slightly lower as against the market estimates of Rs 29,172 crore.

The bank's gross non-performing asset (NPA) stood at 1.24 percent, down from 1.26 percent in the last quarter. On the other hand, net NPA for the quarter stood at 0.33 percent compared to 0.31 percent.

The net revenue of the lender grew to Rs 47,240 crore including transaction gains of Rs 7340 crore from the stake sale in subsidiary HDFC Credila Financial Services during the quarter.

The board of directors recommended a dividend of Rs 19.5 per equity share of Rs 1 for the year ended March 31, 2024, the bank said in a press release. Provisions and contingencies for the quarter were Rs 13,500 crore which included floating provisions of Rs 10,900 crore, the bank said. For FY24, the total profit of the bank stood at Rs 64,060 crore.

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HDFC Bank Q3 Profit jumps 34%

 

HDFC Bank Ltd on Tuesday reported a 33.54 per cent year-on-year (YoY) rise in standalone net profit at Rs 16,372.54 crore for the December quarter compared with Rs 12,259.49 crore in the same quarter last year. The profit figure was largely in line with Street estimates. Net interest income (NII) for the quarter, which is interest earned less interest expended, rose 23.9 per cent YoY to Rs 28,470 crore compared with Rs 22,990 crore in the same quarter last year. The NII growth was slightly lower than analyst estimates of 25 per cent. 

Pre-provision operating profit jumped 24.3 per cent to about Rs 23,650 crore. Provisions for the quarter jumped to about Rs 4,220 crore from Rs 2,810 crore in the year-ago quarter. The private lender said its core net interest margin (NIM) stood at 3.4 per cent on total assets, and 3.6 per cent based on interest earning assets.

Gross non-performing assets were at 1.26 per cent of gross advances as on December 31, 2023, against 1.34 per cent as on September 30, 2023, and 1.23 per cent as on December 31, 2022. Net non-performing assets were at 0.31 per cent of net advances as on December 31.

Non-interest revenue for the quarter ended December 31, 2023 stood at about Rs 11,140 crore compared with Rs 8500 crore in the corresponding quarter ended December 31, 2022. Among the four components of other income, fees & commissions stood at Rs 6,940 crore billion against Rs 6,050 crore YoY.

Foreign exchange & derivatives revenue came in at Rs 1210 crore against Rs 1,070 crore YoY; net trading and mark-to-market gain stood at Rs 1,470 crore against a gain of Rs 260 crore YoY. Miscellaneous income, including recoveries and dividend, stood at Rs 1,520 crore against Rs 1,110 crore.

HDFC Bank said its operating expenses were up 28.1 per cent to Rs 15,960 crore over Rs 12,460 crore in the corresponding quarter last year. The cost-to-income ratio for the quarter was at 40.3 per cent.

The Bank's total Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) as per Basel II guidelines stood at 18.4 per cent against 19.4 per cent YoY. This is against a regulatory requirement of 11.7 per cent.

As of December 31, 2023, HDFC Bank's distribution network was at 8,091 branches and 20,688 ATMs across 3,872 cities / towns as against 7,183 branches and 19,007 ATMS across 3,552 cities / towns as of December 31, 2022. A total of 52 per cent of its branches were in semi-urban and rural areas.

"In addition, we have 15,053 business correspondents, which are primarily manned by Common Service Centres (CSC). The number of employees were at 2,08,066 as of December 31, 2023 (as against 1. ,66, 890 as of December 31, 2022)," the bank said in a BSE filing.

Domestic retail loans grew 111.1 per cent, commercial and rural banking loans grew 31.4 per cent and corporate, and other wholesale loans (excluding non-individual loans of eHDFC Ltd of approximately Rs 98,900 crore) grew 11.2 per cent. Overseas advances constituted 1.7 per cent of total advances.

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For 'biggest scam in India's history', RBI, two private sector banks get threat mails

The sender also claimed to have planted bombs at 11 locations across Mumbai, where the three banks – HDFC and ICICI are the other two – are headquartered.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which is headquartered in Mumbai, and two city-based private sector banks (HDFC and ICICI) on Tuesday received threat mails, in which the sender accused the RBI and private sector banks of carrying out the ‘biggest scam in the history of India,’ and claimed to have planted bombs at 11 locations across the financial capital, Mint reported citing Mumbai Police.

The sender also demanded the resignation of Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and RBI governor Shaktikanta Das, among others, for their 'involvement' in the so-called ‘scam.’

“We demand that both RBI Governor and Finance Minister to immediately resign from their posts and release a press statement with a full disclosure of the scam. We also demand government to give them both and all those who are involved the punishment they deserve,” the emails said, as per Mint.

Where were the ‘bombs’ planted?

Three of the locations at which the sender claimed to have planted bombs were: RBI-New Central Building, Fort; HDFC House-Churchgate; and ICICI Bank Towers, BKC (Bandra-Kurla Complex). Also, the mails warned that the explosives would detonate at 1:30 pm.

What did the police find?

The Mumbai Police said that upon being made aware of the mails, they sent their personnel to each of the 11 locations, though nothing was found.

“A case has been registered and the probe is underway,” a police official told news agency ANI.

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HDFC Bank Q1 Results: Net profit jumps 30%, maintains healthy asset quality

HDFC Bank on July 17 reported a net profit of Rs 11,951 crore for the April-June quarter FY24, a jump from Rs 9,196 crore in the quarter ended June 30, 2022. The net profit slightly exceeded the market expectations. At least four brokerages had predicted a net profit of Rs 11,581 crores whereas HDFC Bank reported a net profit of Rs 11,951 crore.

The country's largest private sector bank's net interest income (NII) grew by 21.1 percent to Rs 23,599 crore from Rs 19,481 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2022. Core net interest margin was at 4.1 percent on total assets, and 4.3 percent based on interest earning assets.

The lender's gross non-performing assets (GNPA) ratio stood at 1.17 percent, improving from 1.28 percent in the corresponding period a year ago.

Similarly, its net NPA (NNPA) stood at 0.30 percent from 0.35 percent last year. The lender's net profit jumped from Rs 9,196 crores in the corresponding quarter last year to Rs 11,951 crores in Q1FY24.

On the deposit side, total deposit of the bank stood at Rs 19.13 lakh crores, jumping by 19.2 percent on a year-on-year basis.

Current account and savings account (CASA) grew by 10.7 percent where total current account deposits stood at Rs 2.52 lakh crores and savings account deposits stood at Rs 5.6 lakh crores. Whereas time deposits of the bank stood at Rs 11 lakh crores, improving by 26.4 percent.

Total advances of the bank grew by 15.8 percent on a year-on-year basis and stood at Rs 16.15 lakh crores.

Domestic retail loans grew by 20 percent, commercial and rural banking loans grew by 29.1 percent and corporate and other wholesale loans grew by 11.2 percent.

The lender's treasury segment reported a revenue of Rs 10,537 crores, jumping from Rs 7,379 crores in the corresponding quarter last year.

Retail banking, which formed the bank's major revenue, stood at Rs 42,939 crores compared to Rs 31,685 crores last year. Whereas the lender's wholesale banking stood at Rs 28,332 crores, jumping from Rs 18,642 crores.

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HDFC Bank Q4 Results: Net profit rises 21% YoY , asset quality stable

HDFC Bank on April 15 reported a 21 percent YoY rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 12,594.5 crore for the quarter ended March 31. The private lender posted a 20.3 percent YoY growth in consolidated net revenue to Rs 34,552.8 crore during the quarter, against Rs 28,733.9 crore recorded during the quarter ended March 31, 2022.

Profit before tax (PBT) for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 was at Rs 15,935.5 crore. After providing Rs 3,888.1 crore for taxation, the bank earned a net profit of Rs 12,047.5 crore, an increase of 19.8 percent over the quarter ended March 31, 2022.

Net interest income (NII), or the difference between interest earned and interest expended, grew by 23.7 percent to Rs 23,351 crore from Rs 18,872 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, HDFC Bank said in an exchange filing.

The average of a poll of three brokerages estimated that the profits will rise to Rs 12,181 crore. Net interest income (NII) was expected to increase 30.5 percent on-year (up 8.8 percent QoQ) to Rs 24,601.9 crore, whereas the average poll of estimates saw HDFC Bank to report 21.9 percent YoY rise in March quarter profits.

Standalone revenue grew by 21 percent to Rs 32,083.0 crore for the quarter ended March, 2023 from Rs 26,509.8 crore posted a year ago.

The lender said its total deposits showed healthy growth and were at Rs 1,883,395 crore as of March 31, 2023, an increase of nearly 21 percent over March 31, 2022. Meanwhile, total advances as of March 31, 2023 were Rs 1,600,586 crore, an increase of 16.9 percent over March 31, 2022.

“Domestic retail loans grew by 20.8 percent, commercial and rural banking loans grew by 29.8 percent and corporate and other wholesale loans grew by 12.6 percent,” HDFC Bank said in the exchange filing.

Coming to asset quality, the gross non-performing assets were at 1.12 percent of gross advances as on March 31, 2023 as against 1.23 percent as on December 31, 2022 and 1.17 percent as on March 31, 2022. While, net non-performing assets were at 0.27 percent of net advances as on March 31, 2023.

HDFC Bank’s board also recommended a dividend of Rs 19 per share for the year ended March 31, 2023, as against Rs 15.5 for the previous year. This is subject to shareholders' approval.

Further, the bank's total Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) as per Basel Ill guidelines was at 19.3 percent as on March 31, 2023 (18.9 percent as on March 31, 2022) as against a regulatory requirement of 11.7 percent, it added.

Provisions and contingencies for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 were Rs 2,685.4 crore as against Rs 3,312.4 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2022.

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HDFC Bank Q1 results: Net profit jumps 19% to ₹9,196 crore; NII rises 14.5%

HDFC Bank, the country's largest private lender, on Saturday reported a 19% year-on-year (YoY) rise in its net profit for the April-June quarter at ₹9,196 crore after providing ₹2,984.1 crore for taxation.

HDFC Bank had posted a net profit of ₹7,729.64 crore in the year-ago period.

Net interest income (NII) for the June quarter grew by 14.5% to ₹19,481.4 crore from ₹17,009.0 crore for the same quarter last year. It was driven by advances growth of 22.5%, deposits growth of 19.2% and total balance sheet growth of 20.3%.

The private lender's net revenue (excluding trading and Market to Market losses) grew by 19.8% to ₹27,181.4 crore for the June quarter from ₹22,696.5 crore for the same quarter last year. 

The total net revenues i.e. net interest income plus other income) were ₹25,869.6 crore for the April-June quarter.

Core net interest margin was at 4.0% on total assets, and 4.2% based on interest earning assets. “We continued to add new liability relationships at a robust pace of 2.6 million during the quarter," the bank said in a regulatory filing.

Gross non-performing assets (NPA) were at at 1.28% of gross advances as on 30 June this year (1.06% excluding NPAs in the seasonal agricultural segment) as against 1.47% as on 30 June last year, (1.26% excluding NPAs in the seasonal agricultural segment). Net NPA were at 0.35% of net advances as on 30 June, 2022.

Pre-provision Operating Profit (PPOP) was at ₹15,367.8 crore. PPOP, excluding trading and Mark to Market losses, grew by 14.7% over the quarter ended 30 June last year.

Provisions and contingencies for the Q1FY23 were ₹3,187.7 crore (which were specific loan loss provisions) as against total provisions of ₹4,830.8 crore for Q1FY22.

Meanwhile, global brokerage BNP Paribas expected the lender's bottom-line to grow mere 13.4% ( ₹9,284.5 crore) YoY, JPMorgan pegged the expansion at a more aggressive pace of 32.4% ( ₹10,232 crore).

Domestic brokerages Motilal Oswal Financial Services, and Emkay Global Financial Services had expected PAT (profit after tax) to swell up to 20% ( ₹9,280 crore) YoY.

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HDFC Bank Q4 net profit jumps 23% YoY

HDFC Bank, the largest private sector lender in India, on April 16 reported a 23 percent year-on-year (YoY) growth in standalone net profit at Rs 10,055.2 crore for the quarter ended March 2022 as bad loans provisions declined 29 percent, with further improvement in asset quality. A year back, the standalone profit stood at Rs 8,186.51 crore.

Net interest income (NII), the difference between interest earned and interest expended, increased 10.2 percent YoY to Rs 18,872.7 crore in Q4, with credit growth of nearly 21 percent and 16.8 percent growth in deposits YoY. "Core net interest margin was at 4 percent on total assets, and 4.2 percent based on interest-earning assets, said the bank in its BSE filing on April 16.

HDFC Bank further said its advances grew by 20.8 percent YoY to Rs 13.69 lakh crore in the fourth quarter of FY22, with growth in retail loan book at 15 percent, commercial and rural banking loans at 30.5 percent, and corporate and other wholesale loans at 17.5 percent over the corresponding period last fiscal.

The bank recorded a 16.8 percent YoY growth in deposits at Rs 15.59 lakh crore as of March 2022, with retail deposits rising 18.5 percent, and wholesale deposits scaling 10 percent on-year.

The share of Current Account Savings Accounts (CASA) deposits stood at Rs 7.51 lakh crore as of March 2022, a growth of around 22 percent YoY, while the ratio of CASA deposits increased to 48 percent in the March 2022 quarter, compared to 46.1 percent in the corresponding period last fiscal, the bank said.

Provisions and contingencies fell sharply to Rs 3,312.4 crore at the end of the March 2022 quarter, down 29.4 percent compared to the year-ago period, but the same increased 10.6 percent on a sequential basis.

Total provisions for March 2022 quarter included contingent provisions of approximately Rs 1,000 crore, said the bank, adding the floating provisions were Rs 1,451 crore and contingent provisions at Rs 9,685 crore as of March 2022.

Asset quality improved further with the gross non-performing assets (as a percentage of gross advances) falling 9 bps QoQ to 1.17 percent and net NPAs (as a percentage of net advances) declining 5 bps sequentially to 0.32 percent at the end of the March quarter.

Non-interest income (or other income) grew by around half a percent to Rs 7,637 crore in Q4FY22 as there was a loss on sale or revaluation of investments during the quarter at Rs 40.3 crore (against income of Rs 655.1 crore in the same period last year, said the bank.

The fees and commissions segment, which contributed 74 percent to other income, grew by 12 percent to Rs 5,630.3 crore in the same period.

Pre-provision operating profit (PPoP) at Rs 16,357 crore registered a 5.3 percent YoY growth compared to the corresponding quarter of last fiscal as operating expenses increased by 10.6 percent YoY.

The bank said its total capital adequacy ratio (CAR) stood at 18.9 percent as of March 2022, up from 18.8 percent as of the same period last year, with Tier-I CAR at 17.9 percent increasing by 30 bps YoY.

During the quarter ended March 2022, the bank purchased loans aggregating Rs 8,117 crore through the direct assignment route under the home loan arrangement with Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC).

For the full financial year 2021-22, the bank reported a profit of Rs 36,961.3 crore, a growth of 18.8 percent over the previous year, and net interest income at Rs 72,009.6 crore - up 11 percent during the same period.

On April 4 this year, the board of directors approved the merger of HDFC with HDFC Bank. The combined entity in terms of market capitalisation would be the third-largest in India, which is subject to several requisite approvals, including that from the Reserve Bank of India, Competition Commission of India, National Housing Bank, and Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India. HDFC shareholders will get 42 equity shares of HDFC Bank for every 25 shares held by them.

The private sector lender added 563 branches during the March quarter, taking the network to 6,342 units as of the end of FY22.

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HDFC Bank Q3 profit rises 18%

 

Leading private sector lender HDFC Bank on January 15 clocked standalone net profit of Rs 10,342 crore for the December 2021 quarter, up 18 percent year-on-year backed by decline in bad loan provisions.The profit in corresponding quarter last fiscal was at Rs 8,758.29 crore.

Net interest income, the difference between interest earned and interest expended, climbed 13 percent to Rs 18,444 crore in Q3FY22, with net interest margin at 4.1 percent for the quarter, and healthy credit growth of 16.4 percent.Profit and net interest income grew by 17 percent and 4.3 percent on sequential basis in Q3.

HDFC Bank on January 4 had said advances for the quarter at Rs 12.6 lakh crore grew by 16.4 percent compared to year-ago period and the sequential growth was 5.1 percent. "Retail loan growth was 13.5 percent YoY (up 4.5 percent QoQ) and corporate loan book growth at 7.5 percent YoY (up 4.5 percent QoQ)."

The bank further said it registered 13.8 percent YoY growth (up 2.8 percent QoQ) in deposits at Rs 14.46 lakh crore with CASA deposits rising 24.6 percent YoY (up 3.5 percent QoQ) to Rs 6.81 lakh crore in December 2021 quarter. "CASA ratio stood at around 47 percent as of December 31, 2021, as compared to 43 percent as of December 2020 and 46.8 percent as of September 2021."

Provisions and contingencies for the quarter at Rs 2,994 crore declined 12.3 percent year-on-year, and dropped 23.7 percent over previous quarter, which comprised a specific loan loss provisions of Rs 1,820.6 crore, and general and other provisions of Rs 1,173.4 crore.

"Total provisions for the December quarter included contingent provisions of approximately Rs 900 crore," said HDFC Bank.The total credit cost ratio was at 0.94 percent for the quarter, said the bank. This was against 1.3 percent reported for September 2021 quarter and 1.25 percent for December 2020 quarter.

Asset quality improved further as the gross non-performing assets (GNPAs) as a percentage of gross advances fell 9 bps sequentially to 1.26 percent and net NPAs declined 3 bps QoQ to 0.37 percent at the end of December 2021.

"Total provisions (comprising specific, floating, contingent and general provisions) were 172 percent of the gross non-performing loans as on December 31, 2021," said HDFC Bank.The bank held floating provisions of Rs 1,451 crore and contingent provisions of Rs 8,636 crore as of December 2021.

Pre-provision operating profit grew by 10.5 percent year-on-year to Rs 16,776 crore and other income (non-interest income) increased by 9.94 percent to Rs 8,183.55 crore for the December 2021 quarter.

The growth in other income was driven by forex & derivatives revenue, and recoveries & dividend, while fees & commissions, which contribute 62 percent to non-interest income, saw moderate growth YoY.

"Fees & commissions income at Rs 5,075.1 crore for the quarter grew by 2 percent, foreign exchange & derivatives revenue at Rs 949.5 crore increased by 68.8 percent, and miscellaneous income including recoveries & dividend at Rs 1,112.5 crore rose by 39.56 crore," said the company in its BSE filing.

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