RBL's board of directors is scheduled to meet on Saturday, November 30, 2019 to consider the raising of funds by way of issue of equity shares of the Bank on a preferential basis.
As per reports, the private lender is looking to raise up to Rs 2,000 crore through a qualified institutional placement (QIP) offering.
Its stressed book involving large borrowers stands at Rs 1,800 crore, up from Rs 1,000 crore estimated earlier due to the troubles in Cafe Coffee Day during Q2
Currently, the payments business forms 70 per cent of Razorpay's revenue and the neo-banking platform, Razorpay X along with Razorpay Capital forms the rest 30 per cent.
Not only has the gross NPA ratio at 2.6 per cent breached the guided level, but the watch-list has almost doubled in Q2 to Rs 1,800 crore
he bank's standalone PAT plummeted 74 per cent year on year (YoY) at Rs 54 crore due to higher provisioning for bad loans
The weakest quarterly performance by the bank since listing saw gross NPA ratio at 2.6 per cent breach the management guidance provided earlier
Stock has fallen 50% since July 12, further downside not ruled out
Since July 19, post April-June quarter results, RBL Bank has underperformed the market by falling 42 per cent as compared to 3 per cent decline in the Nifty 50 index.
With additional challenges such as fresh stress, loan growth, and escalating costs, the sector faces a tough year ahead
The funds mopped up could be utilised primarily to aid the bank's growth
RBL Bank on Friday said that it expects some challenges on some of their exposures in the near term.
In addition to asset-quality trend, Street will keep an eye on capital
The interest earned during the quarter rose to Rs 2,022.67 crore from Rs 1,364.22 crore a year earlier
For the June quarter, RBL Bank posted a 41 per cent year-on-year (YoY) rise in net profit or PAT (profit after tax) at Rs 267.1 crore. Sequentially, the numbers grew 8 per cent.
RBL's rich valuations, at 3.5 times its FY20 estimated book, is similar to HDFC Bank's, which continues to remain among the most expensive banking stock for its ability to maintain a clean loan book
The net interest margins rose to 4.23% in Q4FY19 from 3.98 per cent in Q4FY18
The expected increase in costs of deposits likely to offset margin gains from high-yield loan segments, say analysts
Net Interest Income up 40% to 655 crore; improvement in asset quality seen in better NPA ratios
With the bank growing its assets by over 30-35% quarter after quarter, it is constantly in need of capital