Shares of Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) jumped nearly 6% on January 20 after the bank reported an impressive 21% year-over-year rise in net profit in the October-December quarter (Q3) of financial year 2025.
The bank's consolidated net profit stood at Rs 875.27 crore in Q3FY25 as against Rs 724.14 crore net profit reported in the year-ago period.
IOB reported Rs 7,115.88 crore as interest earned during the quarter, an increase of 15% from the interest earned in Q3FY 24. The bank's total income also saw a rise of 13% YoY at Rs 8,415.34 crore.
The net Non Performing Assets (NPA) of the company on a standalone basis showed strong improvement, declining over 25% YoY to Rs 976 crore in Q3 of FY 25. The percentage of NPA currently stands at 0.42%.
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IOB is one of the PSU Banks. While announcing the results for Q3, it announced that at the end of December, the Government of India held 96.38% stake in the bank.
The shares of the company jumped around 6% to trade at Rs 53.66 apiece after the results announcement. The shares, however, later pared some gains and were trading at Rs 52.81 apiece (4.31% higher) at 12.55 pm. The shares have so far surged around 21% in the past one year.
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