IDFC FIRST Bank Posted Q4 FY22 Profit After Tax up 168% YoY at Rs. 343 Cr

Mr. V Vaidyanathan, Managing Director and CEO, IDFC FIRST Bank, said, “We are happy to share that our core operating profit for Q4 22 has more than doubled (up 106%) to Rs. 836 crore as compared to Rs. 405 crore in Q4 FY 21. This shows the power of the business model we are building. Our PAT is up 168% YoY from Rs. 128 crore to Rs. 343 crore.

In the retail business, which is one of the key drivers of growth, NPA continues to reduce since the last 4 quarters. Our Retail Gross NPA sharply reduced from 4.01% in FY 21 to 2.63% in FY 22, and Net NPA reduced from 1.90% in FY 21 to 1.15% in FY 22.  Based on internal analysis, we are comfortably on our way to reduce retail GNPA and NNPA to 2% and less than 1% respectively as guided earlier.

Key Highlights of the IDFC First Bank Results

Earnings:

• NII grew by36% on a YoY basis to reach Rs. 2,669 crore in Q4-FY22.
• Net Interest Margin improved to 6.27% in Q4-FY22.
• Fee and Other Income grew by 40%YoY to reach Rs. 841 crore in Q4 FY22
• Core operating income (excl. trading gains)grew by 37% YoY to Rs. 3,510 crore in Q4-FY22
• Core operating profit (excl. trading gains) grew by 106%YoY to reach Rs. 836 crore
• Provisions other than tax were lower by 36% YoY basis at Rs. 369 crore in Q4-FY22
• Net Profit grew by 168% YoY basis to reach Rs. 343 crore in Q4-FY22

Deposits:

• Customer Deposits: Grew by 13% YoY to reach Rs. 93,214 crore
• CASA ratio: 48.44% as of March 31, 2022. The average CASA Ratio for FY22 was 49.88%.

Assets:

• Funded Assets: Grew by 13%YoY to reach Rs. 1,31,951 crore. Retail Loans and Commercial loans grew by 26% YoY to reach Rs. 95,377 crore, primarily driven by growth in Home Loans which grew by 52% YoY
• Infrastructure Financing was reduced by 36%YOY to reach Rs. 6,891 crore (reduced to 5.2% of funded assets). All spectrum-related Bank Guarantees issued by the Bank have been released.

Asset Quality

• Asset quality at Bank Level: GNPA and NNPAreduced by 45 bps and 33 bps YoY to reach 3.70% and 1.53% respectively.

o PCR (including technical write-offs) increased from 63.57% as at March 31, 2021 to 70.29% at Mar 31, 2022 to further strengthen the balance sheet.

• Gross and Net NPA of Retail and Commercial Financereduced to 2.63% (reduction of 138 bps YOY) and 1.15% (reduction of 75 bps YOY) respectively.

o   Collection Efficiency: Early bucket collection efficiency in Retail surpassed Pre-COVID levels for both urban and rural retail loans.

Capital Adequacy & Liquidity

• Capital Adequacy Ratio: Strong at 16.74%,CET-1 Ratio at 14.88%, YoY growth of 297 bps.
• Average Liquidity Coverage Ratio(LCR): Strong at 136% for Q4-FY22.

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For the first three years after the merger, we grew the retail deposits base (3 year CAGR of 72%), and slowed down the loan growth (3 year CAGR only 6%) to strengthen the foundation. Now that our CASA is ~50%, we can comfortably grow our loan book between 20- 25% compounded for the next three years. This will give us strong operating leverage and growth and profitability. Our capital adequacy is strong at 16.74%.”