HDFC Bank posts 16 pc rise in Q4 net profit at Rs 8,434 crore

HDFC Bank on Saturday reported a 15.8 per cent rise in its consolidated net profit at Rs 8,434 crore for the quarter ended March 2021.

The private sector lender had registered a net profit of Rs 7,280 crore in the corresponding quarter a year ago.

"Consolidated advances grew by 13.6 per cent from Rs 10,43,671 crore as on March 31, 2020 to Rs 11,85,284 crore as on March 31, 2021," HDFC Bank said in a regulatory filing.

The consolidated net profit for the year ended March 2021 was Rs 31,833 crore, up 16.8 per cent over the previous fiscal year.

Total income (consolidated) increased to Rs 40,909.49 crore for the January-March quarter of FY 2020-21 from Rs 38,287.17 crore in the year-ago period.

The full-year income (consolidated) in 2020-21 rose to Rs 1,55,885.28 crore from Rs 1,47,068.28 crore in the preceding year.

On the asset front, the bank's gross non-performing assets as of March 31, 2021 stood at 1.32 per cent of the gross advances, slightly up from 1.26 per cent in the year-ago period. In absolute value, the gross advances were worth Rs 15,086 crore at the end of FY21, down from Rs 12,649.97 crore.

Net NPAs were 0.40 per cent (Rs 4,554.82 crore) as against 0.36 per cent (Rs 3,542.36).

Provisions for bad loans and contingencies were raised to Rs 4,693.70 crore for the reported quarter from Rs 3,784.49 crore parked aside in the year-ago period.

"The bank also continues to hold provisions as of March 31, 2021, against the potential impact of Covid-19 based on the information available at this point in time and the same are in excess of the RBI prescribed norms," HDFC Bank said.

The bank held floating provisions of Rs 1,451 crore and contingent provisions of Rs 5,861 as of March 31, 2021. Total provisions (comprising specific, floating, contingent and general provisions) were 153 per cent of the gross non-performing loans as of end-March 2021, it said.