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Macedonian (MK) Public sector lender Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Saturday reported a 159% year-on-year (YoY) jump in its net profit for the quarter ended June 30, 2024, while the bank’s net interest income (NII) rose to Rs 10,476 crore, up by 10% YoY.
The net profit for the period stood at Rs 3,252 crore versus a PAT of Rs 1,255 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year. The global and domestic net interest margins of the bank stand at nearly 3%.
Total Income of the bank was booked at Rs 32,166 crore for Q1 FY25 from Rs 28,579 crore for Q1 FY24, recording a growth of 12.5%. The GNPA ratio for the quarter has improved by 275 bps on Y-o-Y basis to 4.98% from 7.73% in June 2023, while its NNPA ratio was up by 138 bps YoY to 0.60%.
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The state-owned bank’s savings deposits registered a 4.4% YoY growth, increasing to Rs 4,84,377 crore and its current deposits and CASA Deposits stood at Rs 64,702 crore and Rs 5.49 lakh crore respectively in the June quarter.
The net non-performing assets (NNPA) of the bank declined by Rs 11,199 crore to Rs 5,930 crore as on June 2024 from Rs 17,129 crore as on June 2023.
The bank, via a filing to the exchanges, also informed that its global business grew by 10.03% YoY while its global deposits registered a growth of 8.50% year-on-year.
Other key highlights
- Slippage ratio improved by 43 bps YoY to 0.76% as of June 2024 from 1.19% as of June 2023.
- Credit Cost improved by 167 bps year-on-year to 0.32% in Q1FY25 from 1.99% in Q1FY24
- The total retail credit increased by 14.4% YoY to Rs 2.35 lakh crore in June 2024 and the bank grew under core retail advances recording a YoY growth of 15.5%.
The shares of Punjab National Bank closed nearly 2% higher at Rs 120 on BSE in the last session.
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