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South Indian Bank on Thursday reported a 19 per cent growth in net profit at Rs 342 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2025. The Kerala-based bank had a net profit of Rs 288 crore in the fourth quarter of 2023-24 fiscal year. The total income rose to Rs 2,946 crore during the March quarter of 2024-25, from Rs 2,621 crore in the March quarter of FY'24. For the full 2024-25 fiscal year, South Indian Bank reported a 22 per cent growth in net profit at Rs 1,303 crore. In FY'24, the net profit was Rs 1,070 crore. The Board of Directors of the Bank has recommended a dividend of Rs 0.40 per equity share of face value of Rs 1 each (40 per cent) for the financial year ended March 31, 2025. Shares of South Indian Bank were trading at Rs 27.68, up 3.48 per cent over previous close on BSE.
South Indian Bank on Thursday reported a 45.29 per cent jump in its June quarter net profit at Rs 294 crore, helped by lower provisions. The lender had posted a net profit of Rs 202 crore in the year-ago period, according to a statement. Its core net interest income grew 7 per cent to Rs 808 crore, on the back of a 11 per cent growth in overall advances and 0.08 per cent decline in the net interest margin at 3.26 per cent. The other income grew 16.8 per cent to Rs 422 crore. Overall deposits grew by 8.41 per cent to Rs 1.03 lakh crore. The provisions were lower by 43 per cent to Rs 113 crore, which helped the bank widen its profit growth. On the asset quality front, the proportion of gross non performing assets stood at 4.50 per cent as against the 5.13 per cent in the year-ago period. Its overall capital adequacy stood at 18.11 per cent as on June 30, 2024. The bank scrip closed 1.27 per cent down at Rs 26.50 apiece on the BSE, as against gains of 0.78 per cent on the benchmark
South Indian Bank on Thursday said the board of the bank has approved a rights issue raise of up to Rs 1,151 crore to fund business growth. The board has approved proposal for issuance of 5,231,85,254 rights issue on fully-paid up basis for an amount aggregating up to Rs 1,151.01 crores assuming full subscription with respect to rights equity shares, South Indian Bank said in a regulatory filing. The rights issue would be priced at Rs 22 per fully paid-up share, including a Rs 21 premium per unit on application, it said. The rights issue opens on March 6 and closes on March 20, 2024, the private sector lender added.