HDFC Bank Q2 Results: Net profit surges 51% to Rs 16,811 crore as NII grows 49%; asset quality deteriorates

HDFC Bank — the country's largest private sector lender — on Monday reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 16,811.4 crore for the quarter ended September 30, a 51.1 per cent jump compared with the corresponding period a year ago. This is the first earnings announcement after the banking behemoth's merger with erstwhile mortgage lender HDFC Ltd. 

Its net interest income (NII), or the difference between interest earned and interest expended, grew 49.4 per cent on a year-on-year basis to Rs 33,789.2 crore, according to a regulatory filing. 

The bank's net interest margin (NIM) — a key measure of profitability — shrank to 3.4 per cent on all assets and 3.6 per cent on interest-earning assets for the July-September period, from 4.1 per cent three months ago.

Revenue from retail banking — including digital banking — spiked 73.3 per cent to Rs 60,859 crore while that from wholesale banking more than doubled to Rs 47,298.6 crore from Rs 21,669.5 crore a year ago, according to the filing.

The lender's asset quality deteriorated as reflected in its non-performing assets (NPAs) as a percentage of total loans, which came in at 1.34 per cent for the September quarter as against 1.17 per cent for the pre-merger April-June period. Net bad loans increased to 0.35 per cent of total loans in the quarter under review from 0.3 per cent in the previous three months.   

HDFC Bank reported provisions to the tune of Rs 3,312 crore for the second quarter of the current financial year, as against Rs 3,765 crore for the corresponding period a year ago. 

HDFC Bank's deposits grew 29.8 per cent to Rs 21,72,858 crore while gross loans rose 57.7 per cent to Rs 23,54,633 crore, as of September 30, 2023, according to a statement.

Its total balance sheet stood at Rs 34.2 lakh crore as of September 30, 2023, up 53.3 per cent compared with the year-ago period. 

For the first six months of the financial year, the lender's consolidated net profit expanded 40.9 per cent to Rs 29,182 crore. 

The HDFC Bank stock finished weaker by Rs 7.3, or 0.5 per cent, at Rs 1,529.5 apiece on BSE ahead of the earnings announcement.

The mega HDFC Bank-HDFC merger, to create one of the world's largest financial institutions in a $40-billion deal, came into force on July 1, 2023.

(With inputs from Reuters)

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