ICICI Bank Q4FY22 Results: Profit surges 59% YoY to Rs 7019 cr; lender announces Rs 5 dividend

Almost in line with D-street estimates, India’s second-largest private lender, ICICI Bank reported robust earnings in the fourth quarter of the financial year 2021-22 (Q4FY22). The bank registered strong year-on-year (YoY) growth in both profit and net interest income (NII) during quarter. 

As per the bank’s filing to exchanges, ICICI Bank’s profit after tax grew by 59 per cent YoY to Rs 7,019 crore in Q4FY22 from Rs 4,403 crore in a year-ago quarter, while NII increased by 21 per cent YoY to Rs 12,605 crore in March-end quarter of FY22 as against Rs 10,431 crore in Q4FY21. 

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In another filing, the Board of ICICI Bank recommended a dividend of Rs 5 per equity share of the face value of Rs 2 each, subject to requisite approvals. 

The net interest margin stood at 4 per cent in Q4FY22 as compared to 3.84 per cent in Q4FY21, 3.96 per cent in Q3FY22, the bank said in a filing. 

Fee income grew by 14 per cent YoY Rs 4,366 crore in Q4FY22 from Rs 3,815 crore in a year-ago period. Fees from retail, rural, business banking and SME customers constituted about 77 per cent of total fees in Q4FY22. 

On the asset quality front, “Average CASA (current and savings account) ratio was 45 per cent in Q4FY22; domestic loan portfolio grew by 17 per cent YoY and Net NPA (Non-Performing Assets) ratio declined to 0.76 per cent from 0.85 per cent sequentially,” ICICI Bank said. 

It added further that the provision coverage ratio (PCR) on non-performing assets was 79.2 per cent on March 31, 2022, and the total capital adequacy ratio was 19.16 per cent, while Tier-1 capital adequacy ratio was 18.35% on a standalone basis on March 31, 2022. 

Similarly, the bank’s total deposits grew by 14 per cent YoY to Rs 10,64,572 crore as on March 31, 2022. 

The value of mobile banking transactions increased by 30 per cent YoY to Rs 477,228 crore in Q4FY22, ICICI Bank said, adding further that the digital channels like internet, mobile banking, PoS, and others accounted for over 90 per cent of the savings account transactions in FY22.