HDFC Bank Q4 preview: Asset quality to remain steady, NIM seen improving

Fee income and credit quality of the agri-portfolio will be the key monitorables in the bank's Q4 earnings numbers

Private lender HDFC Bank is set to release its March 2019 quarter (Q4FY19) earnings on Saturday and most brokerage firms expect the bank to continue its healthy growth and profitability. While Edelweiss expects a 20.5 per cent year-on-year (YoY) gain in the bank's net profit at Rs 5,886.6 crore, analysts at ICICI Securities see a 22.5 per cent YoY growth at Rs 5,877 crore.

Fee income and credit quality of the agri-portfolio, they say, will be the key monitorables in the bank's Q4 earnings numbers. 

Analysts at Edelweiss believe HDFC Bank's loan growth would track above industry growth, implying continued