₹127.55 apiece. The stock has stayed pretty much range-bound after plunging 8% when the Q4FY23 results were issued in early May.
Investors were disappointed with the bank’s NIM performance at the time. Meanwhile, investors should closely watch the trend in operational costs given Federal Bank plans to open 100 branches in FY24.
“Despite possible NIM pressure, the bank’s cost-to-income ratio is expected to improve for FY24, mainly on account of improving operational efficiencies," Dnyanada Vaidya, analyst at Axis Securities, said. Investors seem to be factoring in the optimism adequately.
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