Bank of Baroda Q4 results: Net profit rises 2.3% YoY to ₹4,886.5 crore; declares dividend of ₹7.6 per share

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₹4,886.49 crore for the fourth quarter of FY24, registering a growth of 2.3% from ₹4,775.33 crore in the year-ago period. The bank’s net interest income (NII) in Q4FY24 also increased 2.3% to ₹11,793 crore from ₹11,525 crore, YoY. Global Net Interest Margin (NIM) improved by 17 basis points (bps) sequentially and stood at 3.27% in Q4FY24 from 3.10% in Q3FY24.

Bank of Baroda witnessed improvement in its asset quality as the Gross non-performing assets (GNPA) in Q4FY24 declined 1.5% to ₹31.833,63 crore from ₹32,317.56 crore in Q3FY24, while Net NPA inched marginally higher by 0.1% to ₹7,213.34 crore from ₹7,208.31 crore, QoQ. Gross NPA as a percentage of gross advances fell 16 basis points (bps) to 2.92% from 3.08%, while net NPA as a percentage of net advances declined 2 bps to 0.68% from 0.7%, sequentially. Slippages in the quarter ended March 2024 increased to ₹3,200 crore from ₹2,618 crore, QoQ.

Slippage ratio in Q4 rose to 1.12% from 0.95% in Q3. Bank of Baroda’s total domestic deposits grew 7.7% to ₹11.28 lakh crore from ₹10.47 lakh crore, YoY. Domestic advances grew by 12.9% to ₹8.98 lakh crore in Q4FY24 from ₹7.95 lakh crore, YoY.

The bank recommended a dividend at ₹7.60 per equity share of face value ₹2 each fully paid up for FY 2023-24. Bank of Baroda share price dropped over 3% after the announcement of Q4 results. At 3:10 pm, Bank of Baroda shares were trading 3.14% lower at ₹254.40 apiece on the BSE.