Provisions for bad loans nearly doubled to Rs 1,476.2 crore in Q2FY18, compared with Rs 748.99 crore in Q2FY17 but declined 5.3 percent on sequential basis.
HDFC Bank's July-September quarter earnings matched analysts' expectations on Tuesday as profit grew by 20 percent year-on-year to Rs 4,151 crore despite sharp increase in provisions and tax expenses. The growth was driven by operating profit, other income and net interest income.
The country's second largest private sector lender had reported profit at Rs 3,455.33 crore for corresponding quarter last fiscal.
Net interest income during the quarter rose by 22 percent year-on-year to Rs 9,752 crore, which was ahead of analysts' estimates, driven by average asset growth of 17.6 percent and a core net interest margin for the quarter of 4.3 percent.
HDFC Bank said total deposits grew by 16.5 percent to Rs 6.89 lakh crore YoY, with both savings account and current account deposits each growing 23.6 percent over the previous year.
Total advances growth was 22.3 percent at Rs 6.04 lakh crore, compared with corresponding quarter last fiscal, it added.
Domestic advances grew by 26.8 percent YoY while retail loans (which contributed 55 percent to total loan book) grew by 21.6 percent and wholesale loans growth was 23.6 percent in Q2 YoY.
Profit was estimated at Rs 4,143.5 crore and net interest income at Rs 9,664.1 crore for the quarter, according to average of estimates of analysts polled by CNBC-TV18.
Provisions and contingencies nearly doubled to Rs 1,476.2 crore in Q2FY18, compared with Rs 748.99 crore in Q2FY17 but declined 5.3 percent on sequential basis.
"Provisions consisted of specific loan provisions of Rs 1,078.8 crore and general & other provisions of Rs 397.4 crore," the bank said.
Asset quality was largely stable for the quarter as gross non-performing assets (NPA) increased mildly to 1.26 percent (from 1.24 percent QoQ) but net NPA fell to 0.43 percent (from 0.44 percent QoQ).
In absolute terms, gross NPA increased 6.35 percent sequentially to Rs 7,703 crore and net NPA rose 2.72 percent to Rs 2,597 crore for quarter ended September 2017.
Other income (non-interest income) grew by 24 percent to Rs 3,606 crore and operating profit rose by 29.8 percent to Rs 7,817.9 crore compared with same quarter last year.
HDFC Bank said the core cost-to-income ratio for the quarter was at 42.6 percent against 45.9 percent for corresponding quarter ended September 2016.
Tax cost for the quarter stood at Rs 2,190.7 crore, higher by 20.4 percent year-on-year.
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