ICICI Bank Q4 preview: Analysts see up to 90% rise in PAT, fewer slippages

Net interest income (NII) is also expected to see a jump of about 20 per cent y-o-y to come within a range of Rs 7,100 crore to Rs 7,300 crore

ICICI Bank is scheduled to announce its March 2019 quarter earnings for the financial year 2018-19 (Q4FY19) on Monday. Hopes are high that the bank will report strong net interest income (NII) on the back of healthy loan growth coupled with a decline in slippages. 

Sector analysts believe that the ICICI Bank could achieve this owing to strong credit growth in its retail and SME (small and medium enterprises) portfolio. 

“With a successive decline in the size of watch-list, controlled slippages from core portfolio and bottoming out of the non-performing loan (NPL) ratios over FY19, we expect the bank’s return profile to