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State Bank of India (SBI) is set to release its Q2 earnings on Saturday, November 4. According to a CNBC-TV18 poll, the year-on-year net interest income (NII) growth may be the slowest in the past seven quarters, with an expected NII growth of approximately 11% year-on-year (YoY) and around 0.3% sequentially.
Profit growth is projected at 5.8% year-on-year with a quarter-on-quarter decline of nearly 70%. Loan growth is anticipated to slow down to approximately 12% year-on-year and 3% quarter-on-quarter, down from the previous quarter's level of about 15-15.50%.
ICICI Securities, on the other hand, is estimating slippages at ₹5,500 crore, which can be compared to the ₹7,900 crore figure in the previous quarter.
Kotak Securities is expecting operating profit growth to be a mere 0.9% year-on-year, with a substantial 15.8% quarter-on-quarter decrease. It's important to note that in the previous quarter, a significant treasury income of about ₹3,800-3,850 crore bolstered the operating profit, so its absence may lead to a decline.
Asset quality is expected to remain stable or even improve, with Motilal Oswal anticipating a 15 to 20 basis point sequential reduction in the gross NPA ratio.
The management's comments regarding growth outlook will be of particular interest.
Shares of SBI, on Friday, November 3, settled at ₹579.15 apiece on the BSE. The stock has remained flat over the past month.