Bank Of India Posts Decent Q3FY13 Numbers

DSIJ Intelligence / 28 Jan 2013

Bank of India (BOI) today posted a decent set of Q3FY13 numbers. On one hand, the bank has seen improvement in some of the key parameters like Net Interest Margin (NIM) and asset quality while on the other hand; it posted subdued growth in its top and bottomline for the Dec 2012 quarter.

Bank of India (BOI) today posted a decent set of Q3FY13 numbers. On one hand, the bank has seen improvement in some of the key parameters like Net Interest Margin (NIM) and asset quality while on the other hand; it posted subdued growth in its top and bottomline for the Dec  2012 quarter. The stock ended the day down 2.51% to Rs 355.25 per share. Following are some of the key financial parameters of the bank:

Particulars (%)

Dec-12

Dec-11

Net Interest Income (NII)

2308.69

2068.12

Net Profit (Rs/Cr)

803.48

716.15

CASA

33.84

32.41

NIM

2.5

2.42

CAR (Basel II)

10.59

11.18

Provisions (Rs/Cr)

915.78

693.07

Gross NPAs

3.08

2.74

Net NPAs

1.97

1.78

Return On Assets

0.75

0.8

Cost to Income Ratio (%)

41.61

42.7

For the Dec 2012 quarter, the bank’s Net Interest Income (NII) and profit grew by 12% to Rs 2309 and Rs 803 crore respectively on a YoY basis. The bank posted lower profit on account of higher provisions, which increased by 32% to Rs 916 crore.BOI had faced serious headwinds in terms of asset quality but showed some improvement here in this quarter. Gross and Net NPA of the bank decreased by 34 and 7 basis points to 3.08% and 1.97% respectively on a sequential basis which is commendable. As on Dec 31, 2012, Provision Coverage Ratio (PCR) of the bank also stands at 75% which is above the RBI guidelines of maintaining 70%. 

The bank’s NIM moderated marginally, as it decreased by 5 basis points to 2.5% on a sequential basis while it stood higher by 8 basis points on a YoY basis. We believe that with interest rate expected to soften, the bank may see improvement in their margins going ahead. As on Dec 31, 2012, Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) of the bank stood at 10.59%. One could note that the government may infuse some capital in the bank in this Mar 2013 quarter, to improve its overall CAR. 

As on Dec 2012, the bank’s deposit grew by 13.62% to Rs 349117 crore (against the RBI estimate of deposit growth of 15% for FY13) and Advances grew by 20% to Rs 276486 crore (outpacing the RBI estimate of 16% for FY13). CASA deposits of the bank also improved standing at 33.84% against 32.41% in the similar period last year. 

On the segmental front, retail banking segment performed well as the revenue from the same increased by 19% to Rs 2652 crore while profit grew at a robust rate of 39% to Rs 572 crore on a YoY basis. Profit from the treasury grew at a good rate of 43% to Rs 270 crore while Wholesale banking segment witnessed some pressure de-growing by 62% to Rs 105 crore on a YoY basis. 

The bank added 147 branches and 158 ATMs during FY13, taking the total network to 4147 and 1833 respectively. Overall, we suppose that the bank posted decent performance for the Dec 2012 quarter. On the valuation front, the bank is currently available at a Price to book value of around 1x. We would advise our readers to invest in a staggering manner in the counter keeping in mind longer horizon to garner better returns.  

Particulars

Revenue

Operating Profit

Segment (Rs/Cr)

Dec-12

Dec-11

% Change

Dec-12

Dec-11

% Change

Treasury Operations

2361.63

2224.91

6.14

270.06

475.16

43.16

Retail Banking

2651.7

2228.15

19.01

572.21

410.78

39.30

Wholesale Banking

3843.08

3610.92

6.43

104.74

276.72

-62.15

Other Banking Operations

127.32

-44.67

-385.02

-7

-123.84

-94.35

Inter Segment

23.9

17.04

40.26

 

 

Total

8959.83

8002.27

11.97

940.01

1038.82

-9.51



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