Growth, asset quality expectations may limit downside for SBI Card

Growth in spends was healthy with retail spending up 28 per cent YoY while corporate spends rose 10 per cent YoY in Q1FY24

SBI Cards and Payment Services reported numbers that met Street expectations in the first quarter of the 2023-24 financial year (Q1FY24). The net profit came in at Rs 590 crore, while pre-provision operating profit grew 17 per cent year-on-year (YoY) (a little better than expectations). But provisions were hiked due to surprise stress from pre-Covid-19 period of 2018-19, and that dragged earnings. Margin was stable at 11.5 per cent and the revolving loan mix was stable at 24 per cent.

Growth in spends was healthy with retail spending up 28 per cent YoY while corporate spends rose 10 per cent