State Bank of India: Quarterly Result Q4FY22
18-05-2022

State Bank of India | Market Cap 412,540 Cr

CMP Rs. 462 | P/B 1.4x FY23 (Standalone)

 

Results:  State Bank of India (SBI) reported 15% growth in net interest income over previous year. Operating income before provisions for FY22 grew 5% versus FY21. 

Key highlights:

  • Segment wise year on year loan growth- Retail (15.1%) of which Home Loan grew 11.5% and Other Retail grew 24.4% year on year. The corporate loan book grew 7.2% year on year. Overall growth in the loan book was 11%.
  • Net Interest Margin was stable at 3.12% year on year. The bank expects to keep NIMs at current levels despite of rising rate environment due to 74% floating rate loans.
  • CASA ratio stood strong at 45.3% (vs 46.1% in Q4FY21)
  • The asset quality improved as GNPA declined to 3.97% (from 4.5% in previous quarter). The bank plans to keep credit costs at the current level as they are fully provided on the large retail account.

 

Outlook: The management expects growth trends to continue to show strong traction, led by a pickup across most segments. Going forward in FY23, bank should post stronger growth in SME book as it has increased customer proposition by adding several features, a two-tier relationship manager system and digital features.

On asset quality front, slippage ratio improved to 0.99% in FY22 (vs 1.18% in FY21). The bank witnessed a decline in net NPA across retail segments. The bank is aspiring to have a net NPA of less than 1% and the endeavour of the bank is to keep credit cost as low as possible with an outer boundary of 1%. Exposure to Essar group is of INR78.9b and is 100% provided. SBI has strengthened its Balance Sheet by creating higher provisions on stressed accounts. It raised its PCR to ~90% in 4QFY22 (from ~65% in 1QFY18) and holds a higher (~85%) provision coverage on Corporate NPAs. The bank remains committed to delivering 15% RoE on a sustainable basis. Also the subsidiaries have delivered an encouraging performance during the quarter. 

 

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