BANKBARODA / Q3-FY25 / claim-ledger

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PositiveQ3-FY25 · 2025-01-20Back to quarter ↗

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Rikin Shah · Research desk

partial

Why did domestic advance yield decline sharply? Upside risk to margin guidance?

Actually, on the margin side, there is no upside risk. What I said, the upside bias. So when I say 3.10, what I'm telling is that we'll try to have an upside bias. That means we'll try to achieve 3.10, not a risk to that, right?

Rikin Shah · Research desk

direct

Why is personal loan GNPA rising despite 7% QoQ growth?

If you look at the GNPA that we announced for the personal loan, the book is small, let's say INR 32,000 crore. And the GNPA for December and September, there is almost a 0.5% increase on the GNPA. In terms of amount, it translates to a INR 100 crore per quarter.

Rikin Shah · Research desk

direct

Will elevated SMA accounts roll back next quarter?

Yes, there is already actually we rolled back. ... a couple of accounts, four or five accounts, which was there, which was more of a technical ... out of that three already pulled back again today. So if I look at the clean SMA that we have declared, actually it is not 0.49%, now it is 0.19%.

Rakesh Kumar · Research desk

direct

What is the recovery on written-off book for Q4 and going ahead?

Our normalized run rate for recovery out of written-off is almost INR 750-INR 800 crore. ... The fall in the recovery in written-off this is the last quarter entering the Q2, Q3 over Q2. It is also supported this time by the higher treasury income and also one tax element.

Rakesh Kumar · Research desk

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What drove the strong fee income this quarter?

If you look at the core fee income this quarter, the growth is 12.6%. And that is where we want to optimize that. ... Clearly, as a management, as a bank, we are clearly focused on how to optimize on the core fee income.

Piran Engineer · Research desk

direct

If adjusted for lower interest income, would margins be 10 bps higher?

It is actually. Last time, as I said, there was one account which was a one-off in terms of a recovery of an NCLT resolution. And significantly, the recovery was full in that case, putting a positive interest income impact of roughly around INR 300-INR 350 crore.

Piran Engineer · Research desk

partial

What are the borrowings that increased to 1.3 lakh crore and their cost?

last quarter, we raised infra bond to the extent of 5,000 crore. Put together, this financial year, we have raised infra bond to the extent of 15,000 crore. And we also tap from time to time the competitive refinance from some of the domestic specialized institutions.

Piran Engineer · Research desk

evasive

Can you clarify RBI's stance on gold loan collateral and LTV?

As long as it's not a guideline, it's normally difficult to comment on that. Actually, there are matters which are again not crystallized, so we have not framed a stance on the matter.

Mahrukh Adajania · Research desk

direct

What is the new normal for credit cost? 40 bps or 35 bps?

There is no new normal. The only normal is that the credit cost should be below 0.75%, right? ... maybe a band between 0.5% to 0.75% would likely end in the full year.

Mahrukh Adajania · Research desk

direct

Is home loan growth driven by refinancing from private banks?

there is no, actually, the numbers that we have given is an organic book. So there is no refinancing or anything from private banks on the matter. The numbers that we see is 20% or 19.5% on the home loan, 16.6% is the organic book.

Kunal Shah · Research desk

partial

Why did international margins decline? Can they be maintained at 1.9-2%?

The margin is stable, actually. If you look at the nine months margin on international, it is 2.02. And this quarter, it's at 1.83. ... broadly, our NIM on the international would be 1.9-2. That is what we are hopeful going forward we can maintain.

Jai Mundhra · Research desk

evasive

Why is interest on advances growth lower than loan growth?

that's very positive that the book increase is 11.8% and the interest income increase is almost 9.7%. See, one instance that would have seen that we are also in the meantime building the quality of the book, right?