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South Indian Bank Q4 net falls 38% to Rs 70.51 cr on higher provisioning for bad loans

The bank registered a 13 percent rise in interest income at Rs 1,790.94 crore from Rs 1,588.98 crore.

May 09, 2019 / 06:58 PM IST
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Private sector South Indian Bank May 9 reported a fall of 38 percent in net profit at Rs 70.51 crore for the March quarter due to a rise in bad loans. The bank had registered a net profit of Rs 114.10 crore in the same period of the 2017-18 fiscal.

Total income during the quarter ended March 2019 increased to Rs 2,026.59 crore from Rs 1,767.65 crore a year ago, the bank said in a regulatory filing.

The bank registered a 13 percent rise in interest income at Rs 1,790.94 crore from Rs 1,588.98 crore.

Asset quality of the bank deteriorated, with the gross non-performing assets (NPAs) rising to 4.92 percent of the gross advances as on March 31, 2019 from 3.59 percent a year ago.

Net NPAs increased to 3.45 percent from 2.60 percent.

In absolute value, gross NPAs stood at Rs 3,131.67 crore by the end of fiscal 2018-19 from Rs 1,980.30 crore a year ago. Net NPAs were valued at Rs 2,163.62 crore as against Rs 1,415.80 crore earlier.

Consequently, the provisions for bad loans during January-March quarter of 2018-19 were raised to Rs 219.15 crore as against Rs 148.63 crore a year earlier.

The board of directors, in their meeting held Thursday, proposed a dividend of Rs 0.25 per equity share for the year ended March 31, 2019, it said.

PTI
first published: May 9, 2019 06:50 pm

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