Wednesday, November 15, 2017

BANK OF BARODA ANNOUNCES FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR Q2 and H1 of FY 2017-18



Highlights (Standalone Basis)

·         Improved Operating Performance: Operating Profit of INR 3,042 crore during Q2 FY18 registering YoY growth of 13.09%, driven by growth both in Interest and Fee Income.
·         Loan growth– Domestic credit registered YoY growth of 13.81% driven by retail loans growth of 25.49% and within retail loans, home loan growth of 34.11%.
·         CASA Deposits- Growth of 26.71% YoY.
·         Cost of Deposits (Domestic) declines by 20 bps. Yield on Advances (Domestic) improves by 7 bps. Net Interest Margin (NIM) improves by 20 bps.
·         Cost to Income Ratio also improve to 44.26% from 46.57% last quarter
·         Stressed assets / Impaired assets – GNPA and Restructured Standard Assets flat on sequential basis.
·         Gross NPA ratio declines from 11.40% in Q1 FY 18 to 11.16% in Q2 FY 18.
·         Net NPA ratio declines from 5.17% in Q1 FY 18 to 5.05% in Q2 FY 18
·         Provision Coverage Ratio (PCR) including TWO improves to 67.18% in Q2 FY 18 from 62.95% in Q2 FY 17.
·         PCR excluding TWO improves to 57.73% in Q2 FY 18 from 54.97% in Q2 FY 17.
·         Continued focus on recovery and collections.
·         Capital Adequacy Ratio continues to be above regulatory requirements with CRAR (Basel III) at 11.64%; Tier - I at 9.61% and CET - I at 8.39%.
·         Bank’s Transformation journey remains solidly on track.


Bank of Baroda announced its audited results for the Q2 FY 18, following the approval of its Board of Directors on November 14, 2017.
Results at a Glance (Standalone Basis)
                                         All figures in INR crore
Particulars
Quarterly Results
Half-Yearly Results

Q2 FY 18

Q2 FY 17
% Change

H1 FY 18

H1 FY 17
%
Change
Total Income
12,490
12,047
3.68
24,594
23,925
2.80
Interest Income
10,753
10,485
2.56
21,306
20,919
1.85
Interest Expenses
7,033
7,059
(0.37)
14,181
14,121
0.42
Net Interest Income
3,720
3,426
8.58
7,125
6,798
4.81
Other Income
1,737
1,562
11.20
3,288
3,006
9.38
Total Expenses
9,449
9,356
0.99
18,905
18,564
1.84
Operating Expenses
2,416
2,297
5.18
            4,724
4,443
6.32
of which,Employee Cost
1,213
1,169
3.76
2,228
2,277
(2.15)
Operating Profit
3,042
2,690
13.09
5,690
5,360
6.16
Provision for NPA
1,847
1,630
13.31
4,004
3,617
10.70
Provision for Tax
357
342
4.39
            434
584
(25.68)
Net Profit
355
552
(35.69)
559
976
(42.73)



BUSINESS

·         The Bank’s Total Business stood at INR 9,70,514 crore as at Sept 30, 2017 up by 5.30% from INR9,21,681 crore as at Sept 30, 2016.

·         Total Deposits stood at INR 5,83,212 crore as at Sept 30, 2017 as against INR 5,67,531 crore as atSept 30, 2016. Corresponding figures for Average Deposits (based on daily averages) were INR 5,73,124crore and INR 5,52,714 crore respectively.

·         Domestic Deposits stood at INR 4,47,593 crore as at Sept 30, 2017 up by 10.58 % from INR 4,04,770crore as at Sept 30, 2016. Low Cost CASA Deposits registered a growth of 26.71% YoY.

·         Percentage of CASA deposits to total domestic deposits as at Sept 30, 2017 was 39.22% up from34.23% as at Sept 30, 2016.



·         Total Advances (Net) at INR 3,87,302 crore as at Sept 30, 2017 increased by 9.36% from INR 3,54,150crore as at Sept 30, 2016. Domestic advances (net) grew by 13.81% to INR 2,80,526 crore as at Sept 30, 2017 from INR 2,46,494 crore as at Sept 30, 2016 driven by retail loans growth of 25.49% and within retail loans, home loan growth of 34.11%.

·         The Bank’s International Business contributed 24.98% to the Bank’s Total Business against 25.36% as at June 30, 2017.


OPERATING PERFORMANCE


·         The Bank’s Total Income at INR 12,490 crore in Q2 FY 18 increased by 3.68% y-o-y. Net Interest Income stood at INR 3,720 crore up by 8.58% y-o-y. Other Income increased by 11.20% on y-o-y basis toINR 1,737 crore.

·         The Bank’s Total Expenses stood at INR 9,449 crore in Q2 FY 18. The interest expenses stood at INR7,033 crore.

·         Net Interest Margin (NIM) improved to 2.31% in Q2 FY 18 from 2.12% during last quarter. NIM for Domestic operations improved by 20 bps 2.68% compared to last quarter.

·         Cost to Income Ratio improved to 44.26% from 46.57% last quarter

·         The Bank’s Operating Profit was INR 3,042 crore in Q2 FY 18 registering YoY growth of 13.09%.

·         The Bank posted a Net Profit of INR 355 crore for Q2 FY 18, an increase of 74.88% from previous quarter. 

ASSET QUALITY

·         Gross NPA (GNPA) of the Bank stood at INR 46,307 crore as on Sept 30, 2017 as compared to INR46,173 crore as at June 30, 2017. Stressed assets / Impaired assets also (GNPA and Restructured Standard Assets) were flat on sequential basis.

·         GNPA ratio declined from 11.40% in Q1 FY 18 to 11.16% in Q2 FY 18.

·         Net NPA ratio declined from 5.17% in Q1 FY 18 to 5.05% in Q2 FY 18.

·         The Provision Coverage Ratio (PCR) including TWO improved to 67.18% in Q2 FY 18 from 62.95% in Q2 FY 17. PCR excluding TWO also improved to 57.73% in Q2 FY 18 from 54.97% in Q2 FY 17.


CAPITAL ADEQUACY

·         Capital Adequacy Ratio of the Bank on Standalone and Consolidated basis continues to be above regulatory norms.The CRAR on standalone basis (Basel III) was 11.64% as at Sept 30, 2017. Out of this, the Tier 1 capital was 9.61% and CET 1 Capital was 8.39%. On Consolidated basis, CRAR was 12.10%.


TRANSFORMATION OF THE BANK


The execution of various strategic initiatives continues to be underway as part of Project Navoday – the Bank’s comprehensive business transformation that seeks to deliver a differentiated world-class customer experience enabled by an energized and engaged team.

The transformation journey aims at improved market share, quality business growth, portfolio diversification and enhanced fee income, with cutting edge digitization of processes, while ensuring due focus is accorded to compliance and controls.

The Bank is expanding the network of cashless digital villages across the country. The Bank is also expanding the presence of digital portable branches.

The execution of Project WeLead – a comprehensive leadership development program anchored on behavioural competencies, is underway across four parallel tracks, which cover high-potential talent at every level in the Bank.

The Bank is also progressing on the strengthening of the performance management system as part of ‘Sparsh Plus’, aided by the best-in-class technology and digital tools.

In summary, the Bank’s transformation journey is aimed at enhancing shareholder value by focusing on increasing customer and employee satisfaction.

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