Saikat Das
Moneycontrol.com
Bank of Baroda has been the best performing stock among top tier public sector banks and even a couple of high quality private names, over the last one year. The stock has declined around 12%, but that is much lower than the 17-34% slide suffered by most of its rivals. During the same period, Bank Nifty—the benchmark for banks—fell around 15%.
The BoB stock’s outperformance could largely be attributed to the bank’s ability to maintain its asset quality and margins even in a rising interest rate scenario.
“We fix challenging credit growth targets and not placid ones for ourselves,” R K Bakshi, executive director, Bank of Baroda told Moneycontrol.com in an exclusive interview.
During April-June quarter, the bank’s total loan book grew more than 25% to Rs 232,340 crore. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has projected a credit growth of 18% in FY12 as against 20% a year back.
“We have been growing higher than the industry. In FY11, we achieved 28% credit growth. This year, we have set a target of 24% credit growth. So far, we have not revised it despite recent macro events both globally and locally. However, we might take a call after September,” Bakshi said.
When interest rates rise, the number of loan defaulters too tends to rise. However, BoB has managed to keep its net non-performing asset read more
| Bank of Baroda | 29673.72 | 5006.96 | 367036.77 |
| Bank of India | 28480.67 | 2677.52 | 331073.87 |
| Canara Bank | 30850.62 | 3282.71 | 333174.66 |
| IDBI Bank | 23369.93 | 1894.34 | 263422.94 |
| PNB | 36428.03 | 4884.20 | 409962.68 |
| SBI | 106521.45 | 11686.01 | 1123582.64 |
| Union Bank | 21144.28 | 1787.14 | 236987.49 |

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(Rs Cr.):
| Mar '12 | Mar '11 |
| Face Value | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| Dividend Per Share | 17.00 | 16.50 |
| Operating Profit Per Share (Rs) | 150.18 | 137.25 |
| Net Operating Profit Per Share (Rs) | 777.91 | 610.00 |
| Free Reserves Per Share (Rs) | 154.03 | 120.23 |
| Bonus in Equity Capital | -- | -- |
| Interest Spread | 4.73 | 4.60 |
| Adjusted Cash Margin(%) | 16.07 | 18.16 |
| Net Profit Margin | 15.23 | 17.18 |
| Return on Long Term Fund(%) | 92.37 | 89.23 |
| Return on Net Worth(%) | 18.22 | 20.20 |
| Adjusted Return on Net Worth(%) | 18.21 | 20.20 |
| Return on Assets Excluding Revaluations | 668.34 | 536.16 |
| Return on Assets Including Revaluations | 668.34 | 536.16 |
| Interest Income / Total Funds | 7.94 | 7.50 |
| Net Interest Income / Total Funds | 3.13 | 3.39 |
| Non Interest Income / Total Funds | 0.22 | 0.25 |
| Interest Expended / Total Funds | 4.80 | 4.11 |
| Operating Expense / Total Funds | 1.60 | 1.70 |
| Profit Before Provisions / Total Funds | 1.68 | 1.86 |
| Net Profit / Total Funds | 1.24 | 1.33 |
| Loans Turnover | 0.12 | 0.12 |
| Total Income / Capital Employed(%) | 8.16 | 7.75 |
| Interest Expended / Capital Employed(%) | 4.80 | 4.11 |
| Total Assets Turnover Ratios | 0.08 | 0.08 |
| Asset Turnover Ratio | 0.08 | 0.08 |
| Interest Expended / Interest Earned | 65.23 | 59.78 |
| Other Income / Total Income | 2.67 | 3.25 |
| Operating Expense / Total Income | 19.63 | 21.98 |
| Selling Distribution Cost Composition | 0.18 | 0.24 |
| Capital Adequacy Ratio | 14.67 | 14.52 |
| Advances / Loans Funds(%) | 78.07 | 78.56 |
| Credit Deposit Ratio | 74.76 | 73.87 |
| Investment Deposit Ratio | 22.38 | 24.24 |
| Cash Deposit Ratio | 6.01 | 6.11 |
| Total Debt to Owners Fund | 14.01 | 14.55 |
| Financial Charges Coverage Ratio | 0.36 | 0.47 |
| Financial Charges Coverage Ratio Post Tax | 1.27 | 1.34 |
| Current Ratio | 0.03 | 0.02 |
| Quick Ratio | 28.00 | 26.38 |
| Dividend Payout Ratio Net Profit | 16.22 | 17.76 |
| Dividend Payout Ratio Cash Profit | 15.37 | 16.79 |
| Earning Retention Ratio | 83.78 | 82.25 |
| Cash Earning Retention Ratio | 84.63 | 83.21 |
| AdjustedCash Flow Times | 72.85 | 68.10 |
| Mar '12 | Mar '11 |
| 12 mths | 12 mths |
| Total Share Capital | 412.38 | 392.81 |
| Equity Share Capital | 412.38 | 392.81 |
| Share Application Money | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Preference Share Capital | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Reserves | 27,064.47 | 20,600.30 |
| Revaluation Reserves | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Net Worth | 27,476.85 | 20,993.11 |
| Deposits | 384,871.11 | 305,439.48 |
| Borrowings | 23,573.05 | 22,307.85 |
| Total Debt | 408,444.16 | 327,747.33 |
| Other Liabilities & Provisions | 11,400.46 | 9,656.73 |
| Total Liabilities | 447,321.47 | 358,397.17 |
| Mar '12 | Mar '11 |
| 12 mths | 12 mths |
| Cash & Balances with RBI | 21,651.46 | 19,868.18 |
| Balance with Banks, Money at Call | 42,517.08 | 30,065.89 |
| Advances | 287,377.29 | 228,676.36 |
| Investments | 83,209.40 | 71,260.63 |
| Gross Block | 4,921.59 | 4,548.16 |
| Accumulated Depreciation | 2,580.09 | 2,248.44 |
| Net Block | 2,341.50 | 2,299.72 |
| Capital Work In Progress | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Other Assets | 10,224.73 | 6,226.40 |
| Total Assets | 447,321.46 | 358,397.18 |
| Contingent Liabilities | 134,552.25 | 112,272.64 |
| Bills for collection | 40,717.28 | 33,735.67 |
| Book Value (Rs) | 668.34 | 536.16 |
| Mar '12 | Mar '11 |
| 12 mths | 12 mths |
| Net Profit Before Tax | 6025.80 | 5650.32 |
| Net Cash From Operating Activities | 14406.50 | 11778.81 |
| Net Cash (used in)/from Investing Activities |
-337.38 | -489.76 |
| Net Cash (used in)/from Financing Activities | 165.35 | 3177.96 |
| Net (decrease)/increase In Cash and Cash Equivalents | 14234.47 | 14467.01 |
| Opening Cash & Cash Equivalents | 49934.07 | 35467.06 |
| Closing Cash & Cash Equivalents | 64168.54 | 49934.07 |



















