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:
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.