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PNB's standalone interest income grew 13.8% YoY to Rs. 31,989cr in Q4FY25, driven by a rise in interest earned from loans (+10.5% YoY), income from investments (+15.1% YoY), and bank funds (+45.3% YoY). Interest expenses, on the other hand, jumped 19.6% YoY to Rs. 21,232cr, due to higher deposit costs. Thus,...

Indian Bank has been one of the best performing PSBs for several years now. Our recent interaction with its new MD and CEO Binod Kumar reconfirms the company’s unwavering focus on profitability over growth.

The bank performed strongly due to improved asset quality and robust deposit mobilisation, driven by an enhanced digitalisation journey and focused customer acquisition efforts. We expect strategic initiatives like expanding high-margin emerging corporate lending, launching targeted retail schemes, and investing in...

Bank of Maharashtra (BOM) is a midsized public sector bank headquartered in Pune (Maharashtra), is engaged in providing banking services for more than nine decades. It has largest network of branches of any nationalized bank in the state of Maharashtra. Of the 2,606 branches as on March 2025, 53% of branches are in rural and semi urban areas. The total business of the branch stood at Rs.5, 46,979 crs. The Central government ownership in the bank decreased from...

*over or under performance to benchmark index State Bank of India (SBI) is India's largest bank, with a vast network of 22,937 branches globally and 63,791 ATMs/CDMs. Through its subsidiaries, SBI offers a diverse range of...

Q4FY25 numbers were weak as core operating performance was weak while asset quality trends improved mainly led by higher write off. Net interest income (NII) at Rs. 11,020 crore (below estimates) down by 7% y-o-y/ 3% q-o-q.

UNBK saw a strong quarter owing to beat on all fronts i.e. NII, fees and asset quality resulting in core PBT being 9.4% above PLe. NII was 1.8% higher as NIM was cushioned due to (1) shedding of high cost bulk deposits in the last quarter and (2) avoiding disbursal of lower yielding loans. Loan growth was muted at 9.5% YoY; over FY25-27E we are factoring a loan CAGR slightly lower than the system at 10%. Asset quality was superior as net slippages were lower led by controlled gross slippages and healthy recoveries while provisioning for Q4'25...

Bank of Baroda (BoB) reported healthy credit growth at 13% YoY. However, the sharp and constant decline in NIM (by 8bps QoQ) to 2.86% (due to lower loan yields) and the higher provisions were the upsets during 4Q.

PNB reported some moderation in credit growth at 15% YoY, albeit the higherthan-expected margin downtick, similar to BOB’s, at 12bps QoQ to 2.8% was upsetting.

We maintain our BUY recommendation on the stock at reasonable valuations.

Canara Bank posted a 20% beat on earnings at Rs50bn/1.3% RoA, mainly aided by treasury gains/recovery from written-off loans and provision reversal on SR investments. Credit growth outpaced expectations at 12.6% YoY/2.5% QoQ, while deposit growth was strong at 11% YoY/6.4% QoQ.

BOB saw a weak quarter with core PPoP miss of 7.3% as NII/NIM was 6.1% below PLe. Margins remain under pressure; while reported domestic NIM fell by 9bps QoQ, full year NIM for FY25 fell by 16bps YoY to 3.02% due to 24bps increase in deposit cost and 13bps fall in loan yields. In our view, the fall in yields was likely due to preference for growth over profitability while increase in funding cost was driven by reliance on higher cost bulk deposits in FY25. Bank expects NIM to remain under pressure in Q1FY26, post which it may improve....

PAT beat our estimates by 5% mainly aided by govt-guaranteed SRs; return ratios stay steady with RoA/RoE of 1.1/17.3% in FY25

We maintain our BUY recommendation on the stock.

Indian Bank reported healthy credit growth at ~11% YoY/5.3% QoQ, but NIMs retraced to 3.4% levels (similar to Q2) due to impact of recent policy rate cuts. However, higher NPA recoveries/PSL fees and lower provisions led to a 4% beat on PAT at ~Rs29.6bn and peer-best RoA at 1.4%.

State Bank of India (SBIN) reported a 4QFY25 PAT of INR186.4b (in line) with robust treasury gains offsetting higher opex and provisions. NII grew 3% YoY to INR427.7b (in line). NIM stood at 3.0% (1bp QoQ dip) with domestic NIM holding stable at 3.15%.

Indian Bank (INBK) reported a 4QFY25 PAT of INR29.6b (up 31.6% YoY/ 3.6% QoQ; 4% beat), driven by lower provisions and higher other income. NII grew 6.2% YoY/flat QoQ (in line) at INR63.9b. NIM dipped 8bp QoQ to 3.37% during the quarter.

SBI saw a decent quarter; while core PPoP beat PLe by 11.3% due to better fees and TWO recoveries, asset quality was soft as provisions were higher at 66bps (PLe 25bps) since (1) write-offs/ageing provisions were more and (2) strong TWO recovery and SR reversal (Rs39bn) provided leeway to front load credit costs. Credit growth is guided to be above system in FY26E; we are factoring a 12% CAGR over FY25-27E. Opex for FY25 was flat at Rs1.18trn due to 9.7% decline in staff cost. For FY26, bank has guided a cost to income of 50-51% with...