AXIS BANK LTD AXIS BANK ANNOUNCES FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 30th JUNE 2014
Results at a GlanceNet Profit for Q1FY15 grows 18% YOY to `1,667 crores
The Bank's Retail franchise continues to show robust growth
o Savings Bank Deposits grew 18% YOY and Retail Term Deposits grew 44%
o Domestic CASA and Retail Term Deposits constitute 78% of Total Domestic Deposits
o Daily Average CASA for Q1FY15 constitute 40% of Total Deposits
o Core Retail Advances grew 28% YOY and account for 38% of Net Advances
Asset Quality is healthy with Net NPAs at 0.44%
Bank is well capitalised with a healthy Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR). Under Basel III, Total CAR &
Tier I CAR (including the net profit for Q1FY15) stood at 16.09% & 12.64% respectively.
The Board of Directors of Axis Bank Limited approved the financial results for the quarter ended 30th June
2014 at its meeting held in Mumbai on Tuesday, 22nd July 2014. The accounts have been subjected to a
limited review by the Bank's statutory auditors.
Net Profit and Core Operating Revenue
The Net Profit for Q1FY15 has registered a healthy growth of 18% YOY to `1,667 crores from `1,409 crores in
Q1FY14. The Bank's Core Operating Revenue grew 13% YOY to `4,741 crores during Q1FY15 from `4,207 crores during Q1FY14.
Net Interest Income and Net Interest Margin
The Bank's Net Interest Income (NII) rose 16% YOY to `3,310 crores during Q1FY15 from `2,865 crores
during Q1FY14. The Bank recorded a Net Interest Margin of 3.88% in Q1FY15 against 3.86% in Q1FY14.
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Other Income
Other Income (comprising fee, trading profit and miscellaneous income) for Q1FY15 stood at `1,691 crores against `1,781 crores during the same period last year. During the quarter, Fee income grew 5% YOY to reach `1,378 crores. The key contributor to the fee income of the Bank was Retail Banking which grew by 22%. During the quarter, trading profit of the Bank was `260 crores, while miscellaneous income stood at `53 crores.
Balance Sheet: As on 30th June 2014
The Bank's Balance Sheet grew 14% YOY and stood at `3,79,361 crores as on 30th June 2014. The Bank's
Advances grew 16% YOY to `2,30,535 crores as on 30th June 2014.
During the quarter, the Bank has re-organised the agriculture lending business. As a result, the retail portion of agriculture advances has been merged with the existing retail advances, while non-retail agriculture advances have been merged into the SME business. After this change, the outstanding Retail Advances, including retail agriculture, stood at `91,223 crores as on 30th June 2014 against `67,624 crores as on 30th June 2013. The Core Retail Advances (excluding Loans against FCNR deposits) grew by 28% YOY and stood at `86,477 crores and accounted for 38% of the net advances of the Bank. SME advances (including non-retail agriculture) grew by 22% and stood at `37,471 crores and accounted for 16% of the net advances.
The book value of the Bank's investments portfolio as on 30th June 2014, was `1,07,893 crores, of which
`65,437 crores were government securities, while `22,998 crores were invested in corporate bonds and
`19,458 crores in other securities such as equities, preference shares, mutual funds etc. 86% of the government securities have been classified in the HTM category, while 98% of the bonds and debentures portfolio have been classified in the AFS category. The distribution of the investment portfolio comprising SLR Securities and Domestic Bonds in the three categories as well as the modified duration as on 30th
June 2014 in each category was as follows:
Category | Percentage | Duration |
HFT | 3.41% | 6.04 years |
AFS | 32.48% | 3.41 years |
HTM | 64.11% | 4.68 years |
Savings Bank Deposits recorded a healthy growth of 18% YOY to reach `74,583 crores as on 30th June
2014, while Current Account deposits grew 8% YOY and stood at `40,659 crores. On a daily average basis, Savings Bank deposits in Q1FY15 grew 20% YOY, while Current Account deposits grew by 10%.
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CASA deposits, on a daily average basis, during Q1FY15 grew 16% YOY constituting 40% of total deposits, compared to 39% during the same period last year. Domestic Retail Term Deposits grew 43% YOY to comprise 61% of the Domestic Term Deposits of the Bank. Domestic CASA and Retail Term Deposits constituted 78% of Total Domestic Deposits as on 30th June 2014 compared to 74% last year. Domestic Retail Deposits, constituting Savings Bank Deposits and Retail Term Deposits, grew 31% YOY and stood at
`1,66,783 crores as on 30th June 2014.
Capital Adequacy and Shareholders' Funds
The shareholders' funds of the Bank grew 15% YOY and stood at `40,049 crores as on 30th June 2014. The
Bank is well capitalised and the Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) as on 30th June 2014 under Basel III was
15.53% (excluding the net profit for Q1FY15) and Tier-I CAR was 12.08% (excluding the net profit for Q1FY15). If the net profit of `1,667 crores for Q1FY15 is included, the total CAR and Tier-I CAR as on 30th June 2014 under Basel III would be 16.09% and 12.64% respectively.
Asset Quality
As on 30th June 2014, Gross NPAs and Net NPAs stood at 1.34% and 0.44% respectively. The Bank held a provision coverage of 77% as on 30th June 2014, as a proportion of Gross NPAs, including prudential write- offs. The provision coverage before accumulated write-offs was 87%.
As on 30th June 2014, the Bank's Gross NPA was `3,463 crores as against `3,146 crores as on 31st March
2014. During the quarter, the Bank added `626 crores to Gross NPAs. Recoveries and upgrades were `97 crores and write-offs were `212 crores.
The cumulative value of net restructured advances as on 30th June 2014 stood at `6,289 crores, constituting 2.47% of net customer assets.
Network
During Q1FY15, the Bank added 19 branches to its network across the country and at the end of 30th June 2014, it had a network of 2,421 domestic branches and extension counters and 12,930 ATMs situated in 1,647 centres, compared to 2,021 domestic branches and extension counters and 11,488 ATMs
situated in 1,300 centres last year.
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International Business
The Bank has eight international offices with branches at Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai (at the DIFC), Colombo and Shanghai; representative offices at Dubai and Abu Dhabi and an overseas subsidiary at London, UK. The international offices focus on corporate lending, trade finance, syndication, investment banking and liability businesses.
The total assets under overseas operations were USD 7 billion as on 30th June 2014.
A presentation for investors is being separately placed on the Bank's website: www.axisbank.com.
For further information, please contact Mr. Suresh Warrier at 91-22-24255601 or email:
suresh.warrier@axisbank.com
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Financial Performance | Q1FY15 | Q1FY14 | %Growth |
Net Profit | 1,666.76 | 1,408.93 | 18.30 |
EPS Diluted (`) | 35.30 | 29.94 | 17.90 |
Net Interest Income | 3,310.49 | 2,865.21 | 15.54 |
Other Income | 1,691.05 | 1,781.31 | (5.07) |
- Fee Income | 1,377.90 | 1,317.42 | 4.59 |
- Trading Income | 260.30 | 439.85 | (40.82) |
- Miscellaneous Income | 52.85 | 24.04 | 119.84 |
Operating Revenue | 5,001.54 | 4,646.52 | 7.64 |
Core Operating Revenue* | 4,741.24 | 4,206.67 | 12.71 |
Operating Expenses (incl. depreciation) | 2,105.88 | 1,802.97 | 16.80 |
Operating Profit | 2,895.66 | 2,843.55 | 1.83 |
Core Operating Profit** | 2,635.36 | 2,403.70 | 9.64 |
* Core Operating Revenue = Operating Revenue - Trading Income
** Core Operating Profit = Operating Profit - Trading Income
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Condensed Unconsolidated Balance Sheet | As on 30th June '14 | As on 30th June '13 |
CAPITAL AND LIABILITIES | ||
Capital | 471.37 | 468.85 |
Reserves & Surplus | 39,577.86 | 34,478.80 |
Deposits | 272,004.23 | 238,440.64 |
Borrowings | 54,287.67 | 49,813.62 |
Other Liabilities and Provisions | 13,019.91 | 10,859.44 |
Total | 379,361.04 | 334,061.35 |
ASSETS | ||
Cash and Balances with Reserve Bank of India and Balances with Banks and Money at Call and Short Notice | 28,798.74 | 21,140.96 |
Investments | 107,892.71 | 103,289.62 |
Advances | 230,535.16 | 198,151.29 |
Fixed Assets | 2,405.13 | 2,276.41 |
Other Assets | 9,729.30 | 9,203.07 |
Total | 379,361.04 | 334,061.35 |
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crore
Business Performance | As on 30th June '14 | As on 30th June '13 | % Growth |
Total Deposits | 272,004 | 238,441 | 14.08 |
Demand Deposits | 115,242 | 101,096 | 13.99 |
- Savings Bank Deposits | 74,583 | 63,298 | 17.83 |
- Current Account Deposits | 40,659 | 37,798 | 7.57 |
Demand Deposits as% of Total Deposits | 42% | 42% | |
Term Deposits | 156,762 | 137,345 | 14.14 |
Retail Term Deposits | 93,406 | 65,011 | 43.68 |
Demand Deposits on a Cumulative Daily Average Basis for the quarter | 103,736 | 89,176 | 16.33 |
Demand Deposits as% Total Deposits (CDAB basis) for the quarter | 40% | 39% | |
Net Advances | 230,535 | 198,151 | 16.34 |
- Corporate Credit | 101,841 | 99,818 | 2.03 |
- SME&& | 37,471 | 30,709 | 22.02 |
1 - Retail Advances | 91,223 | 67,624 | 34.90 |
lnvestments | 107,893 | 103,290 | 4.46 |
Balance Sheet Size | 379,361 | 334,061 | 13.56 |
Net NPA as% of Net Customer Assets | 0.44% | 0.35% | |
Gross NPA as % of Gross Customer Assets | 1.34% | 1.10% | |
Equity Capitai | 471 | 469 | 0.54 |
Shareholders' Funds | 40,049 | 34,948 | 14.60 |
Capitai Adequacy Ratio (Basellll) | 15.53% | 15.87% | |
- Tier l | 12.08% | 11.72% | |
- Tier Il | 3.45% | 4.15% | |
Capitai Adequacy Ratio (Basellll) (including Net Profit for Q l) | 16.09% | 16.40% | |
- Tier l | 12.64% | 12.25% | |
- Tier Il | 3.45% | 4.15% |
Note:
&& SME advances includes corporate agriculture advances amounting to 2,895 crores & 2,688 crores for the period ended 301h June 2014 & 301h June 2013 respectively.
" Retail advances includes retail agriculture advances amounting to 13,302 crores & l0,918 crores for the period ended 30th June 2014 & 30th June 2013 respectively.
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Safe Harbor
Except for the historical information contained herein, statements in this release which contain words or phrases such as "will", "aim", "will likely result", "would", "believe", "may", "expect", "will continue", "anticipate", "estimate", "intend", "plan", "contemplate", "seek to", "future", "objective", "goal", "strategy", "philosophy", "project", "should", "will pursue" and similar expressions or variations of such expressions may constitute "forward-looking statements". These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to our ability to successfully implement our strategy, future levels of non-performing loans, our growth and expansion, the adequacy of our allowance for credit losses, our provisioning policies, technological changes, investment income, cash flow projections, our exposure to market risks as well as other risks. Axis Bank Limited undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect
events or circumstances after the date thereof.
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