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SBI Q4 profit up 23% at Rs 3,742 crore

Source: PTI
May 22, 2015 17:07 IST
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SBIState Bank of India on Friday reported 23 per cent jump in standalone net profit at Rs 3,742.02 crore (Rs 37.42 billion) in the fourth quarter ended March 2015 on improvement in its asset quality.

The country's largest bank had made a net profit of Rs 3,040.74 crore (Rs 30.4 billion) during the same quarter a year ago.

Total income of the bank also increased to Rs 48,616.41 crore (Rs 486.16 billion) in the last quarter of FY15, from Rs 42,443.27 crore (Rs 424.43 billion) in the same quarter a year ago, State Bank of India said in a filing to the BSE.

The bank has recommended a dividend of 350 per cent or Rs 3.50 per share for the year ended March 2015.

During January-March quarter of 2014-15, the bank's asset quality improved as net non-performing assets or bad loans were trimmed to 2.12 per cent of net advances as against 2.57 per cent at the end of previous fiscal.

At the same time, gross non-performing assets also came down to 4.25 per cent of gross advances, from 4.95 per cent at the end of March 2014.

During the quarter, total provisioning and contingencies of the bank were high at Rs 6,592.91 crore (Rs 65.92 billion) from Rs 5,891.12 crore (Rs 58.91 billion) a year ago.

For the entire fiscal ended March 2015, State Bank of India's net profit increased 20 per cent to Rs 13,101.57 crore (Rs 131.01 billion) as compared to Rs 10,891.17 crore (Rs 108.91 billion) for the year ended March 2014.

Total income on a standalone basis increased to Rs 1,74,972.96 crore (Rs 1,749.72 billion) from Rs 1,54,903.72 crore (Rs 1,549.03 billion) for the year ended March 2014.

SBI Group's consolidated net profit rose 20 per cent to Rs 16,994.30 crore (Rs 169.94 billion) during the fiscal under review as compared to Rs 14,173.77 crore (Rs 141.73 billion) in the previous fiscal.

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