AU Small Finance Bank

AU SFB's current valuations offer limited margin of safety amid the raging macro-uncertainties, said Emkay Global as it maintained a REDUCE call on the stock.

AU Small Finance Bank on Saturday reported a 53 per cent surge in net profit at Rs 858 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, 2026 on the back of improvement in interest income. The lender had earned a net profit of Rs 561 crore in the year-ago period. Total income rose to Rs 6,382 crore in the quarter under review from Rs 5,224 crore in the same period a year ago, AU Small Finance Bank said in a regulatory filing. Interest income increased to Rs 5,612 crore as against Rs 4,511 crore in the corresponding second quarter of the previous year. Net interest income of the bank improved to Rs 2,820 crore in the July-September quarter, from Rs 2,144 crore in the September quarter of 2025, registering a growth of 32 per cent. Net interest margin increased to 5.8 per cent from 5.5 per cent at the end of September 2025. Asset quality of the bank also improved with gross non-performing assets (NPAs) rising to 1.99 per cent of gross advances at the end of the September quarter 2026

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The lender's June-quarter profit was aided by strong growth in net interest income and lower provisions, although asset quality weakened sequentially

Q1FY27 company results: Firms including AU Small Finance Bank, Mphasis, Vedant Fashions, and Prudent Corporate Advisory Service are also to release their April-June earnings today

RBI clears Kotak Mahindra Bank to acquire up to 9.99% stake each in AU Small Finance Bank and Federal Bank through aggregate holdings

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The bank said it filed for the final licence to convert into a universal bank in March 2026 and is awaiting regulatory approval

Nandish Shah of HDFC Securities suggests a bear spread strategy on Nifty and a bull spread strategy o AU Small Finance Bank.

RBI clears Vivek Tripathi as whole-time director of AU SFB, as the lender gears up for growth and a potential transition to a universal bank

Motilal Oswal expects AU Small Finance Bank shares to rally to ₹1,250, implying an upside of around 34 per cent from current levels

Instead, the regulator now said the NOFHC structure will be required only if the bank or its promoter proposes to establish any group entity in the future

Drumil Vithlani, Technical Analyst at Bonanza, decodes trading strategy in IDFC First Bank, AU SFB following the recent adverse stock reaction on the NSE.

In a notification issued on February 18, the state government stated that no government funds will henceforth be parked, deposited, invested, or transacted through these banks

The stock faced selling pressure after Haryana's finance department issued a circular de-empanelling all AU Small Finance Bank accounts across the state with immediate effect

AU Small Finance Bank secures RBI approval to reappoint Sanjay Agarwal as MD & CEO for three years from April 19, 2026

AU Small Finance Bank, the first SFB in over a decade to receive in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to transition into a universal bank, on Friday announced RBI's nod for the reappointment of Sanjay Agarwal as its Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer. The reappointment for a further period of 3 years is effective April 19, 2026, the bank said in a statement. This follows earlier approvals from the Board on October 17, 2025, and shareholders on December 26, 2025, subject to RBI's confirmation, it said. Agarwal first became MD of AU Financiers on February 14, 2008, and subsequently MD & CEO of AU Small Finance Bank on April 19, 2017, when the institution transitioned into a bank, it said. Since then, each of his terms -including the ongoing one from April 19, 2023 to April 18, 2026, has been approved by RBI, it said. This latest approval marks his third consecutive RBI-sanctioned term post conversion, underscoring long-term stability, strong ...

According to analysts, the AU Small Finance Bank reported healthy numbers with margin expansion and lower credit costs. However, they remain cautious on valuation

Dy CEO Tibrewal steps down from board, will continue in current role

AU Small Finance Bank Ltd on Tuesday reported a 26 per cent jump in profit after tax to Rs 668 crore for the third quarter ended December 2025. The Jaipur-based bank had posted a profit after tax of Rs 528 crore in the corresponding period last year. The total income of the bank rose 16 per cent to Rs 3,065 crore during the quarter under review from Rs 2,641 crore in the same period of last year, AU Small Finance Bank said in a regulatory filing. The bank's net interest income also grew 16 per cent to Rs 2,341 crore in the quarter from Rs 2,023 crore in the third quarter of the previous fiscal (FY25). On the asset quality front, the gross Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) remained unchanged at 2.3 per cent at the end of December 2025 from the year earlier. Shares of the bank settled 1.95 per cent lower at Rs 1,000.8 on the BSE.