UCO Bank rises on selling bad assets worth Rs 1,500 crore to ARCs

21 Mar 2014 Evaluate

UCO Bank is currently trading at Rs. 67.85, up by 0.95 points or 1.42% from its previous closing of Rs. 66.90 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 67.55 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 67.95 and Rs. 67.25 respectively. So far 68434 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 84.10 on 16-May-2013 and a 52 week low of Rs. 46.00 on 28-Aug-2013.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 69.70 and Rs. 65.10 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 6879.73 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 69.26% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 17.49% and 13.25% respectively.

UCO Bank has sold bad assets worth Rs 1,500 crore to asset reconstruction companies (ARCs). This is the second straight quarter when the bank has resorted to selling bad assets to ARCs. In the quarter ending December 2013, the bank had sold off stressed assets to the tune of approximately Rs 322 crore. During the quarter, it had made provisions against bad debts and non-performing assets of Rs 812 crore. Fresh slippages stood at Rs 597 crore. The restructured asset portfolio stood at Rs 12,870 crore as on December 31, 2013, with loans worth Rs 1,400 crore being restructured during the quarter (Oct-Dec).

Uco Bank has reported over three fold jump in its net profit at Rs 314.53 crore for the quarter as compared to Rs 102.47 crore for the same quarter in the previous year. Total income of the bank has increased by 12.80% at Rs 4919.04 crore for quarter under review as compared to Rs 4360.88 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2012.

The bank’s gross NPA for the December 31, 2013 quarter of the current fiscal stood at 5.20%, as compared to 5.53% in the same quarter of the previous year. Besides, bank’s Net NPA stood at 3.06% as compared to 3.32% in the same quarter of the previous year.

 

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