The banking sector has always been the forerunner in giving insights about the economic scenario and as the Bank quarterly results for the December quarter are on, it is time to read between the lines and understand how the sector has been performing, how it performed in the last quarter and what it holds for the investors this year.
Q3FY25 Banking Sector
Until now, the q3 results for the banks have been mixed, with a few banks flaring with excellent revenues and profit margins while some others had a difficult October-December quarter. The third quarter results indicate some challenges as well as opportunities in the sector.
Here are some insights –
- Growth has been witnessed in high-margin assets as the demand for these assets has grown during the December quarter.
- Microfinance segment on the other hand was down during the period owing to the economic scenario and also regulatory factors.
- The slowdown in credit growth has been a major concern for the banks which didn’t ease in the previous quarter as well. Especially the demand for personal and service loans has declined in the previous quarter on a YoY basis.
So, while the overall scenario of the banking sector looks a little cloudy, here are the top banks including both PSU and private sector banks, which announced q3 results in 2025 until now.
Q3 Results
- Bank of India: During the October-December quarter, BOI generated a net profit of ₹ 2516.69 Crore, up from Q3FY24’s ₹1866.51 crore. The EPS rose from 4.44 during last year’s Q3 to 5.53 for Q3 FY2025. The interest received by the bank during the quarter stood at ₹12918.25 crore, which also went up from ₹10986.25 crore in last year’s corresponding quarter. The gross NPA came down which is a favourable factor. It was ₹30237.15 crore a year back, while in this Q3, it stood at ₹24048.48 crore. Similarly, Net NPA also got reduced.
- Central Bank of India: It generated a net profit of ₹958.93 crore for the period up from ₹717.86 crore a year back. The EPS went up from ₹0.83 to ₹ 1.10 during Q3FY25 YoY. The interest income of the bank stood at ₹5688.68 crore. It marginally reduced its gross NPA as well that is from ₹10786.49 crore in Q3FY24 to ₹10459.89 crore in Q3FY25.
- ICICI Bank: The biggest private bank in the country generated an interest income of ₹32048.40 crore in the October-December quarter of FY25 up from ₹28557.51 crore in the corresponding quarter last year. During the quarter, it generated a net profit of ₹11792.42 crore, a 14.8% rise YoY. Similarly, the EPS went up from ₹14.65 to ₹16.72 per share. The gross NPA went down from ₹28774.63 crore in Q3FY24, to ₹27745.33 crore in Q3FY25.
- Axis Bank: In the quarter ended on 31 December 2024, Axis Bank generated a net profit of ₹6303.77 crore, up from ₹6071.10 crore YoY. The interest income of the bank stood at ₹24640.75 crore, up from ₹22364.46 crore a year back. The EPS went up from ₹19.69 to ₹20.37. The gross NPA marginally declined to ₹15850.27 crore from ₹15893.01 crore the previous year’s same quarter but rose on a QoQ basis.
- IDFC Bank: Finally, we have IDFC Bank which witnessed an 11.5% rise in its interest income during the third quarter of FY25 and the interest income went up from ₹4328.02 crore in Q3FY24 to ₹4824.49 crore in Q3FY25. The bank generated a net profit of ₹1908.27 during the quarter which is 30.8% above the previous year’s net profit for the corresponding quarter. The EPS rose from ₹1.36 to ₹1.77 during the same period. The bank managed to cope with its NPA to a great extent during the FY25 and in the third quarter, it brought it down to ₹7634.75 crore from ₹8589.40 crore a year back.
Banking Sector Outlook
To boost the banking sector, the government announced a liquidity injection of ₹1.5 trillion in the upcoming months via different open market operations. This is going to help the banks suffering from credit crunch and coming back to business. The banking sector q3 results may have been mixed until now, but there is a ray of hope as NPAs have come down for most of the banks while remaining profitable.
Source: MoneyControl
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