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    Bank of Baroda

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    Financial Services·31 Oct 2025
    Management Summary

    Bank of Baroda reported strong Q2 FY26 results with improved margins, robust asset quality, and strong retail, agriculture and MSME growth. Management remains optimistic about corporate loan pickup in H2 while maintaining disciplined approach to pricing.

    Highlights

    5

    • Net profit of ₹4,809 crores for Q2 FY26

    • NIM improved sequentially to 2.96% from 2.91%

    • Strong asset quality with GNPA at 2.16% and Net NPA at 0.57%

    • RAM advances growing at 16.5% average (Retail 17.6%, Agri 17.4%, MSME 13.9%)

    • Floating provision of ₹400 crores made for ECL preparedness

    What Changed3

    vs Q4 FY26

    Guidance items12 → 6 (-6)Risks discussed5 → 3 (-2)Q&A highlights7 → 4 (-3)

    Key financials

    Single quarter

    07 metrics
    1. 01Net Profit₹4,809 Cr+22%YoY
    2. 02Operating Profit₹7,576 Cr0%YoY
    3. 03Net Interest Margin3.0%+5%YoY
    4. 04Return on Assets1.1%0%YoY
    5. 05Return on Equity15.4%0%YoY

    Guidance & targets

    6
    CategoryTargetPriority
    Loan Growth
    Total advances growth
    11-13%
    		High
    Asset Quality
    Slippage Ratio
    1-1.25%
    		Medium
    Asset Quality
    Credit Cost
    below 0.75%
    		Medium
    Margins
    Net Interest Margin
    2.85-3%
    		Medium
    Segment Growth
    Corporate loan growth
    10-11%
    		Medium
    Segment Growth
    Retail advances growth
    18-20%
    		High

    Risks & concerns

    3
    RiskSeverity

    Geopolitical headwinds affecting asset quality

    Management cited probable headwinds due to geopolitical issues as reason for maintaining conservative credit cost guidance — Other acknowledged

    medium

    Corporate loan growth lag affecting overall growth

    Corporate loan growth at 3% YoY, management expects pickup in H2 with ₹40,000 crores pipeline — Other acknowledged

    medium

    Interest rate transmission lag affecting margins

    Asset repricing lag vs deposit repricing, but management demonstrated ability to manage through improved NIM — Other acknowledged

    low

    Q&A highlights

    4

    “Q3 and Q4 will be much better than the quarters that you are talking about, Q1 and Q2. This is one. Secondly, with the measures taken, I think the demand would come back into the market”

    Management confident about H2 corporate loan recovery

    asked by Joel Rebello (Economic Times)

    1 min read4 chapters

    Detailed Narrative

    01

    Strong Asset Quality Performance

    Bank of Baroda delivered one of its best quarters on asset quality metrics with GNPA improving to 2.16% from 2.50% YoY, Net NPA at 0.57%, and slippage ratio at 0.91%. Fresh slippages of ₹2,669 crores were lower than both Q1 FY26 and Q2 FY25. Cash recovery and upgradations also showed improvement, reflecting strengthened underwriting processes.

    02

    RAM Growth Strategy Driving Performance

    The bank's focus on Retail, Agriculture and MSME (RAM) segments showed strong results with average growth of 16.5%. RAM now constitutes 62% of the loan book, up 300 bps YoY. Retail advances grew 17.6% with strong performance across housing (16.5%), auto (17.7%), and personal loans (18.6%). Agriculture segment was a bright spot at 17.4% growth.

    03

    Margin Recovery Through Smart Liability Management

    Despite rate transmission challenges, NIM improved sequentially to 2.96% from 2.91% through effective liability management. Cost of deposits reduced to 4.91% from 5.05% in the previous quarter. The bank managed to achieve positive NII growth, reversing previous quarter's decline.

    04

    Corporate Loan Strategy and H2 Outlook

    Corporate loan growth of 3% YoY reflects management's disciplined approach to pricing in a competitive market. With ₹40,000 crores in undrawn sanctions and ₹25,000 crores in pipeline, management is confident of 10-11% full year growth. Sequential quarterly growth of 8% shows improving momentum.

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