State Bank of India (SBI) will announce its third quarter earnings on Friday. Profit for the quarter is expected to jump 45.7 percent year-on-year to Rs 3,254 crore supported by treasury income, fee income and operating profit.

Fresh slippages, restructured book of BoB a worry: IDBI Cap

Worsening asset quality is a worry indeed, but Jignesh Shial, research analyst, IDBI Capital Markets says what is more worrying is that these banks are not growing, putting pressure on margins as well.

Fresh slippages Rs 200 cr; to sell assets to cut NPAs: SBBJ

Ghosh said the bank‘s restructured loan pipeline is around Rs 400 crore, and there were fresh slippages of around Rs 200 crore during the December quarter

Autos, banks, telecom: Experts decode Q2FY15 performance

Nischal Maheshwari, Head of Research, Edelweiss Securities is positive on Allahabad Bank and OBC from the banking pack and sees them performing well in the future.

Strategy on recovery from written off a/cs taking shape:SBI

SBI is working on quality delivery with McKinsey. The country's largest bank has rolled out two pilot branches. It has rolled out retail assets processing centre in Mumbai and Delhi, says Arundhati Bhattacharya of SBI.

SBI nos good; lower slippages a positive: Experts

Suruchi Jain, equity research analyst, Morningstar India says SBI's profit after tax is up 30%, NPA is flat and most slippages on infrastructure book has already happened and hence things should improve from hereon.

SBI net profit may rise 30%, stress may continue: Poll

Net interest income (NIIs) is likely to grow 11 percent to Rs 13588 crore versus Rs 12251 crore year-on-year. Analysts on an average expect domestic NIMs to be maintained but international NIMs may be under pressure. Credit gowth, during the period, is likely to grow 10 percent.

SBI Q2 net seen up 45.5% at Rs 3455.6 cr: Motilal Oswal

Net interest income is expected to increase by 3.7 percent Q-o-Q (up 12.2 percent Y-o-Y) to Rs 13743.3 crore, according to Motilal Oswal.

Asset quality remains a niggling worry for Indian banks

Maintaining its cautious view, global rating agency Moody's recently said that it remains negative on Indian banks on the back of high leverage in the corporate sector.

PNB Q2 disappoints, retain accumulate on stock: Nirmal Bang

Punjab National Bank missed street expectations on all parameters with the second quarter net profit rising 13.8 percent as against expected growth of 142 percent as provisions remained at elevated levels

How did first quarter earnings look? 'Good but not great'

As the earnings season winds up and most of India‘s notable corporates have posted their quarterly results updates, net profits were slightly ahead of estimates, according to projections by brokerage firm Kotak, but there was “limited evidence of a meaningful upgrades to earnings”.

Expect improvement on cost side in next 2-3 quarters: SBI

Asset quality of SBI continued to worsen in Q3FY14 even as margins and lesser restructured assets provide some solace.

SBI posts mixed set of numbers; NII flat

State Bank of India has come out with mixed set of numbers. The NII has grown 13 percent versus street estimates growth of 14 percent.

SBI Q3 shocks street; analysts likely to revise outlook

Vaibhav Agarwal of Angel Broking feels the bank is facing a triple whammy.

SBI's asset quality to decline, see gross NPA at 5.9%: IIFL

Rajiv Mehta, however, expects the net interest margins to improve marginally in the current quarter.

SBI Oct-Dec qtr net may dip 32.8% at Rs 2281.9cr: MOST

Net interest income is expected to increase by 4 percent Q-o-Q (up 14.2 percent Y-o-Y) to Rs 12739.9 crore, according to Motilal Oswal.

SBI Q3 profits may decline 26%

State Bank of India is coming out with its numbers. The profits could decline for the fourth quarter in a row.

SBI Q3 PAT seen down 26% to Rs 2,500 cr, asset quality key

According to CNBC-TV18 poll, analysts expect profit after tax to fall 26 percent to Rs 2,500 crore and net interest income to decline 14 percent to Rs 12,669 crore compared to a year-ago period.

No kitchen sinking; SME sector still under duress: SBI boss

SBI Wednesday reported a 35 percent year-on-year decline in its quarterly net profit, but the rate of increase in bad assets slowed down, drawing applause from the stock market.

SBI worked hard to lower slippages; NPAs, high rates a drag

On the positive side, Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairperson of State Bank of India says agriculture was good this year, so the bank was able to convince farmers to come forward and renew their loans, take fresh loans and also repay some of their older outstanding ones.

Analysis: How experts read SBI's Q2 earnings

Experts have given mixed reaction of the State Bank of India earnings. While Vaibhav Agrawal, Angel Broking believes the result was in line with expectations, Suruchi Jain of Morningstar continues to keep high uncertainty rating on the stock.

SBI Q2 PAT may dip 13% at Rs 3182.3cr: ICICIdirect

Net interest income of State Bank of India are expected to increase by 4.4 percent Q-o-Q (up 9.5 percent Y-o-Y) to Rs 12019.5 crore.

SBI Q2 PAT seen down 27%, asset quality pressure may remain

Net slippages are expected to decline Q-o-Q due to higher recoveries or upgrades (led by agri) during second quarter, but higher restructuring will continue into Q2, feel analysts.

Will SBI turn around after lower-than-expected Q1 earnings?

India‘s largest lender the State Bank of India shares on Monday hit 52-week low after its first quarter (April-June) standalone net profit dropped 14 percent year-on-year to Rs 3,241 crore. Net interest income (NII) or the difference between interests earned and paid out, inched up 3.5 percent to Rs 11,512 crore.

Bad loans to shackle SBI FY14 net, hurt smaller rivals

A spurt of loan defaults and lower net interest income in the three months that ended June triggered the second consecutive drop in quarterly profit for SBI, sending its shares to their lowest since December 2011