Private sector lender HDFC Bank today reported 30.4% jump in net profit at Rs 1,453.1 crore for the fourth quarter ended March, driven by increase in advances.
Its net profit in Q4, 2010-11 was Rs 1,114.70 crore.
Total income of HDFC rose 32.1% to Rs 8,880 crore in the January-March quarter of 2011-12, from Rs 6,724.3 crore in the year-ago period, HDFC Bank said in a filing to the BSE.
Net interest income (interest earned less interest expended) during Q4 was Rs 3,388.3 crore, as against Rs 2,839.5 crore in the same period a year ago, registering a growth of 19.3%.
This was driven by loan growth of 22.2% and a core net interest margin (NIM) for the quarter of 4.2%, the bank said.
The board of HDFC Bank has proposed a dividend of 215% or Rs 4.30 per share on the face value of Rs 2 for the financial year ended March, 2012.
For 2011-12, the bank posted net profit of Rs 5,167.1 crore, an increase of 31.6% from Rs 3,926.39 crore in the previous year.
HDFC earned an income of Rs 32,530 crore during the year, compared to Rs 24,263.4 crore in the previous fiscal.
The bank's consolidated net profit increased by 31.4% to Rs 5,247 crore in 2011-2012.
Its total balance sheet size increased by 21.8% to Rs 3,37,909 crore, from Rs 2,77,353 crore as of March 31, 2011. Recording a growth of 22.2%, total gross advances were at Rs 1,95,420 crore while total deposits grew by 18.3% at Rs 2,46,706 crore.
The Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) of the bank stood at 16.5% at the end of 2011-2012 as against 16.2% as of March 31, 2011.
The gross non-performance asset (NPA) as a proportion of advances declined to 1% against 1.1% in the previous fiscal. Net NPA, however, remained stable at 0.2% during the year, it said.