ICICI Bank Q1 Results: Profit jumps 15% YoY to Rs 11,059 crore, NII up 7%

Top private sector lender ICICI Bank on Saturday reported that its June quarter standalone profit after tax grew by 14.6% year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 11,059 crore while the net interest income (NII) rose 7.3% YoY to Rs 19,553 crore.

The net interest margin was 4.36% in Q1 compared to 4.40% in Q4 of FY24 and 4.78% in Q1 of FY24. NII was in line with ET Now poll estimates while PAT was above expectations.

Credit growth
ICICI Bank’s total advances increased by 15.7% YoY and 3.3% sequentially to Rs 12,23,154 crore. The retail loan portfolio grew by 17.1% YoY and 2.4% sequentially, and comprised 54.4% of the total loan portfolio.

The business banking portfolio grew by 35.6% YoY and 8.9% sequentially.

Deposit growth
During the quarter, ICICI Bank reported that its average deposits grew by 17.8% YoY to Rs 13,78,658 crore at the end of the June quarter while the average current account and savings account (CASA) ratio was 39.6%.With the addition of 64 branches during Q1, the bank had a network of 6,587 branches and 17,102 ATMs & cash recycling machines in June-end.The value of the bank’s merchant acquiring transactions through UPI grew by 51.6% YoY in Q1. It had a market share of about 32.1% by value in electronic toll collections through FASTag, with a 16.9% YoY growth in collections in Q1.Asset quality
The gross NPA ratio was 2.15% at June 30, 2024 compared to 2.16% at March 31, 2024. The net NPA ratio was 0.43% at June 30, 2024 compared to 0.42% at March 31, 2024. The gross NPA additions were Rs 5,916 crore in Q1 compared to Rs 5,139 crore on a sequential basis.

The lender has written off gross NPAs amounting to Rs 1,753 crore in Q1. The provisioning coverage ratio on NPAs was 79.7% at June-end.

Including profits for Q1, ICICI Bank’s total capital adequacy ratio at June-end was 16.63% and CET-1 ratio was 15.92% compared to the minimum regulatory requirements of 11.70% and 8.20%, respectively.

During the quarter, ICICI Bank’s fee income grew by 13.4% YoY to Rs 5,490 crore in Q1. Fees from retail, rural, business banking and SME customers constituted about 78% of total
fees.

Treasury gains increased to Rs 613 crore in Q1 from Rs 252 crore in Q1 of FY24 reflecting realised and mark-to-market gains in equity shares and security receipts.

Ahead of the announcement of the quarterly earnings report, ICICI Bank shares ended Friday’s session 0.8% higher at Rs 1207.70.



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