SBI Q4 Earnings Preview: Standalone PAT likely to decline 12.6%, NIM may remain stable

The country’s leading state-run lender State Bank of India (SBI) is set to release its financial results for the fourth quarter of FY24 on May 9 (Thursday), and analysts estimate that the bank’s profitability for the reporting period will suffer a blow on the back of wage revision. Zee Business research desk expects the bank’s standalone profit to decline 12.6 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 14,590 crore as against Rs 16694.5 crore reported in the corresponding period of the previous year.

The net interest income (NII) at the lender is expected to log a marginal growth of 1.25 per cent on year to Rs 40,900 crore in comparison to Rs 40392.5 crore in Q4FY23.

Also, net interest margin or NIM is seen to largely remain stable at 3.2 per cent versus 3.22 per cent in the previous December-ended quarter.

Further, analysts estimate the lender to see 14 per cent growth in advances, while deposit growth is predicted at 11 per cent.

On the asset quality front, gross non-performing asset (NPA) ratio is expected to come at 2.3 per cent, an improvement from the 2.42 per cent recorded in the preceding quarter. Similarl, net non-performing asset ratio is seen at 0.6 per cent in contrast to 0.64 per cent reported in the December quarter.

SBI Q3FY24 results

In the Decmeber ended quarter, the company reported a 35 per cent fall in standalone net profit to Rs 9,164 crore. The bank's total income rose to Rs 1,18,193 crore in the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal as against Rs 98,084 crore in the same period a year ago, it said in a regulatory filing.

SBI stock price performance

After hitting a fresh 52-week high last week, SBI shares in Tuesday’s trade ended at Rs 801.9, down by 0.73 per cent. Meanwhile, over the past year, the stock has climbed over 39 per cent.