The largest bank in India, State Bank of India, announced its financial results for the first quarter of FY23 on 6th August 2022. The bank reported its profit after tax (PAT) at Rs. 7,325.11 crore in Q1 FY23, which declined marginally by 0.74% YoY from Rs. 7,379.91 crore in Q1 FY22.
This decline can be attributed to an increase in the SBI's operating expenses relating to its insurance business as well as other operating expenses and interest expenses. Operating Profit of the bank also declined 32.79% YoY to Rs. 12,753 crores in Q1 FY23 as against Rs. 18,975 crores in Q1 FY22, impacted by mark-to-market (MTM) losses on its investment book.
The MTM hit also had an adverse impact on the return on assets (ROA), which stood at 0.48% in Q1 FY23, down from 0.57% in Q1 FY22, and the return on equity (ROE), which was reported at 10.09% in Q1 FY23 as against 12.12% in Q1 FY22.
The Net Interest Income (NII) of SBI increased 12.87% YoY to Rs. 31,196 crore in Q1 FY23 from Rs. 27,638 crore in the same quarter of the previous year. The Domestic Net Interest Margin (NIM) for the quarter under review also increased by 8 bps YoY to 3.23%.
The bank’s balance sheet size crossed Rs. 50 lakh crores during the quarter. There was a credit growth of 14.93% YoY, with gross advances standing at Rs. 29,00,636 crore in Q1 FY23. Foreign Offices’ Advances of the bank stood at Rs. 4,49,816 crore, up 22.39% YoY.
Additionally, domestic advances during Q1 FY23 grew 13.66% YoY to Rs. 24,50,821 crore. This growth was driven by an increase in retail personal advances, which stood at Rs. 10,34,111 crore in Q1 FY23, up 18.58% YoY. Out of this, home loans grew by 13.77% YoY and the corporate loan book grew by 10.57%. At the same time, SME and agri loans too registered a YoY growth of 10.01% and 9.82% respectively.
Whole bank deposits of SBI grew at 8.73% YoY, out of which the CASA deposit grew by 6.54% YoY and stood at Rs. 17,67,666 crore in Q1 FY23, as against Rs. 16,59,234 in Q1 FY22. The CASA ratio stood at 45.33% in the quarter ended 30th June 2022.
Gross NPA ratio of the bank was down by 141 bps YoY at 3.91%, with Gross NPAs standing at Rs. 1,13,272 crore during the quarter. The Net NPA ratio also decreased by 77 bps YoY at 1.00%, with the Net NPAs recorded at Rs. 28,258 crore in Q1 FY23.
The earnings per share (EPS) of the multinational public sector bank stood at Rs. 8.21 in Q1 FY23, down from Rs. 8.27 in Q1 FY22.