Bandhan Bank share price: Bandhan Bank shares faced heavy selling pressure on Monday, February 12, after the private sector lender reported a set of financial results that fell short of analysts’ expectations. The Bandhan Bank stock fell by as much as Rs 15.7, or 7.3 per cent, to Rs 200.6 apiece on BSE.

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At 12:50 pm, the stock of Kolkata-headquartered Bandhan Bank was down 7.1 per cent at Rs 201 apiece on BSE, while the headline Nifty50 index was down 0.6 per cent. Eventually, Bandhan Bank's stock traded at Rs 200.65 apiece, down 7.21 per cent on the BSE today.

Minutes after the closing bell on Friday, Bandhan Bank reported a 2.5 times year-on-year jump in net profit to Rs 733 crore with 21.4 per cent growth in net interest income (NII), or the difference between interest earned and interest paid, to Rs 2,525.3 crore for the October-December period.

Its net interest margin (NIM), a key measure of profitability, remained steady on a sequential basis at 7.2 per cent for the fiscal third quarter, according to a regulatory filing.

According to Zee Business research, Bandhan Bank’s third-quarter net profit was estimated at Rs 770 crore, NII at Rs 2,540 crore and NIM at 7.1 per cent.

Bandhan Bank’s asset quality improved on a quarter-on-quarter basis. Its gross non-performing assets (GNPAs), or gross bad loans, were at 7.02 per cent and net non-performing assets (NNPAs), or net bad loans, at 2.21 per cent of total loans for the December quarter (Q3 FY24), as against 7.32 per cent and 2.32 per cent three months ago respectively, according to the filing. Read more on Bandhan Bank Q3 results 

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