Performance Review: Quarter ended December 31, 2017
January 31, 2018
- Acceleration in loan growth: total domestic loan growth at 16% year-on-year at December 31, 2017 compared to 13% year-onyear at September 30, 2017
- Retail loans grew by 22% year-on-year at December 31, 2017 compared to 19% year-on-year at September 30, 2017
- Continued improvement in asset quality trends
- Decline in gross non-performing asset (NPA) additions to ₹ 4,380 crore (US$ 686 million) in the quarter ended December 31, 2017 (Q3-2018) compared to ₹ 4,674 crore (US$ 732 million) in the quarter ended September 30, 2017 (Q2-2018) and ₹ 7,037 crore (US$ 1.10 billion) in the quarter ended December 31, 2016 (Q3-2017)
- Recoveries and upgrades of ₹ 1,108 crore (US$ 173 million) from non-performing loans in Q3-2018 compared to ₹ 1,029 crore (US$ 161 million) in Q2-2018 and ₹ 625 crore (US$ 98 million) in Q3-2017
- Net NPA ratio decreased to 4.20% at December 31, 2017 from 4.43% at September 30, 2017
- 160 basis points increase in provisioning coverage ratio to 60.9% (including cumulative prudential/ technical write-offs), further strengthening the balance sheet
- Current and savings account (CASA) ratio at 50.4% at December 31, 2017
- Domestic net interest margin was maintained above 3.5% in Q3-2018
- Core operating profit, excluding treasury income and exchange rate gains relating to overseas operations, grew by 10% to ₹ 4,992 crore (US$ 782 million) in Q3-2018 from ₹ 4,549 crore (US$ 712 million) in Q3-2017
- Provisions declined sequentially from ₹ 4,503 crore (US$ 705 million) in Q2-2018 to ₹ 3,570 crore (US$ 559 million) in Q3- 2018
- Total capital adequacy of 18.10% and Tier-1 capital adequacy of 15.04% on standalone basis at December 31, 2017, including profits for nine months ended December 31, 2017 (9M-2018)
The Board of Directors of ICICI Bank Limited (NYSE: IBN) at its meeting held at Mumbai today, approved the audited accounts of the Bank for the quarter ended December 31, 2017.
Profit & loss account
- Net interest income grew by 6% year-on-year to ₹ 5,705 crore (US$ 893 million) in the quarter ended December 31, 2017 (Q3-2018) compared to ₹ 5,363 crore (US$ 840 million) in the quarter ended December 31, 2016 (Q3-2017).
- Domestic net interest margin was 3.53% and the overall net interest margin was 3.14% in Q3-2018.
- Non-interest income was ₹ 3,167 crore (US$ 496 million) in Q3-2018 compared to ₹ 3,939 crore (US$ 617 million) in Q3-2017. In Q3-2017, noninterest income included ₹ 893 crore (US$ 140 million) of treasury gains due to increase in liquidity & decline in yields following demonetisation, and ₹ 82 crore (US$ 13 million) of exchange rate gains relating to overseas operations (subsequently reversed in Q4-2017 as RBI disallowed recognition of such gains in the P&L account).
- Core operating profit, excluding treasury income and exchange rate gains relating to overseas operations, increased by 10% year-on-year to ₹ 4,992 crore (US$ 782 million) in Q3-2018 compared to ₹ 4,549 crore (US$ 712 million) in Q3-2017.
- Provisions declined sequentially from ₹ 4,503 crore (US$ 705 million) in Q2-2018 to ₹ 3,570 crore (US$ 559 million) in Q3-2018.
- Standalone profit after tax was ₹ 1,650 crore (US$ 258 million) for Q3- 2018 compared to ₹ 2,058 crore (US$ 322 million) for Q2-2018 and ₹ 2,442 crore (US$ 382 million) for Q3-2017.
- Consolidated profit after tax was ₹ 1,894 crore (US$ 297 million) in Q3- 2018 compared to ₹ 2,071 crore (US$ 324 million) in Q2-2018 and ₹ 2,611 crore (US$ 409 million) for Q3-2017.
Operating review
Credit growth
The year-on-year growth in domestic advances was 16% at December 31, 2017 compared to growth of 13% at September 30, 2017. The Bank has continued to leverage its strong retail franchise, resulting in a year-on-year growth of 22% in the retail portfolio at December 31, 2017 compared to growth of 19% at September 30, 2017. The retail portfolio constituted about 54% of the loan portfolio of the Bank at December 31, 2017. Total advances increased by 10% year-on-year to ₹ 505,387 crore (US$ 79.1 billion) at December 31, 2017 from ₹ 457,469 crore (US$ 71.6 billion) at December 31, 2016 compared to growth of 6% year-on-year at September 30, 2017.
Deposit growth
CASA deposits increased by 12% year-on-year to ₹ 260,635 crore (US$ 40.8 billion) at December 31, 2017. The Bank’s CASA ratio was 50.4% at December 31, 2017 compared to 49.5% at September 30, 2017 and 49.9% at December 31, 2016. The average CASA ratio increased to 45.7% in Q3- 2018 from 45.2% in Q2-2018. Total deposits increased by 11% year-on-year to ₹ 517,403 crore (US$ 81.0 billion) at December 31, 2017. The Bank had a network of 4,860 branches and 14,262 ATMs at December 31, 2017.
Capital adequacy
The Bank’s capital adequacy at December 31, 2017 as per Reserve Bank of India’s guidelines on Basel III norms was 17.65% and Tier-1 capital adequacy was 14.57% compared to the regulatory requirements of 10.35% and 8.35% respectively. In line with applicable guidelines, the Basel III capital ratios reported by the Bank for December 31, 2017 do not include the profits for nine months ended December 31, 2017 (9M-2018). Including profits for 9M- 2018, the capital adequacy ratio for the Bank as per Basel III norms would have been 18.10% and the Tier I capital adequacy ratio would have been 15.04%.
Asset quality
The gross additions to non-performing assets (NPA) were ₹ 4,380 crore (US$ 686 million) in Q3-2018. Net loans to companies whose facilities have been restructured were ₹ 1,815 crore (US$ 284 million) at December 31, 2017 compared to ₹ 2,029 crore (US$ 318 million) at September 30, 2017. Recoveries and upgrades from non-performing loans were ₹ 1,108 crore (US$ 173 million) in Q3-2018. There was a sequential increase of 160 bps in the provision coverage ratio on non-performing loans, including cumulative technical/prudential write-offs to 60.9%, further strengthening the balance sheet. The gross NPA ratio decreased to 7.82% at December 31, 2017 from 7.87% at September 30, 2017. The net NPA ratio decreased to 4.20% at December 31, 2017 from 4.43% at September 30, 2017. Net NPAs and net restructured loans as proportion of net customer assets decreased from 5.21% at December 31, 2016 and 4.80% at September 30, 2017 to 4.52% at December 31, 2017.
Technology initiatives
Debit and credit card transactions continued to grow at a healthy rate of about 40% year-on-year in 9M-2018.
Over 8.3 million Unified Payment Interface (UPI) Virtual Payment Addresses have been created using the Bank’s and partners’ platforms till December 31, 2017. Further, the Bank had acquired over 158,000 merchants till December 31, 2017 on ‘Eazypay’, its mobile payments application for merchants.
During Q3-2018, the Bank entered into a new partnership for digital lending to launch a product that seamlessly offers interest-free digital credit instantly.
Digital channels like internet, mobile banking, POS and others accounted for about 81% of the savings account transactions in 9M-2018 compared to 73% in 9M-2017 driven by growth in the share of mobile banking transactions.
Consolidated results
Consolidated profit after tax was ₹ 1,894 crore (US$ 297 million) in Q3-2018 compared to ₹ 2,071 crore (US$ 324 million) in Q2-2018 and ₹ 2,611 crore (US$ 409 million) in Q3-2017.
Consolidated assets grew by 9.4% from ₹ 962,897 crore (US$ 150.7 billion) at December 31, 2016 to ₹ 1,053,677 crore (US$ 165.0 billion) at December 31, 2017.
Subsidiaries
ICICI Life announced results for Q3-2018 on January 19, 2018. ICICI Life continued to maintain its market leadership among the private sector players in 9M-2018 on retail weighted received premium basis. ICICI Life’s retail weighted received premium increased by 26% from ₹ 4,277 crore (US$ 670 million) in the nine months ended December 31, 2016 (9M-2017) to ₹ 5,401 crore (US$ 846 million) in 9M-2018. The new business margin has been continuously improving from 8.0% in FY2016 to 10.1% in FY2017 and further to 13.7% in 9M-2018. ICICI Life’s profit after tax was ₹ 452 crore (US$ 71 million) for Q3-2018 compared to ₹ 450 crore (US$ 70 million) for Q3- 2017.
The gross written premium of ICICI General grew by 17% from ₹ 8,250 crore (US$ 1.3 billion) in 9M-2017 to ₹ 9,630 crore (US$ 1.5 billion) in 9M-2018. The company continues to retain its market leadership among the private sector players. ICICI General’s profit after tax was ₹ 232 crore (US$ 36 million) in Q3-2018 compared to ₹ 220 crore (US$ 34 million) in Q3-2017. The profit before tax grew by 43% to ₹ 322 crore (US$ 50 million) in Q3-2018 compared to ₹ 225 crore (US$ 35 million) in Q3-2017.
The profit after tax of ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company (ICICI AMC) increased by 22% year-on-year from ₹ 132 crore (US$ 21 million) in Q3-2017 to ₹ 161 crore (US$ 25 million) in Q3-2018. ICICI AMC continues to be the largest mutual fund in India based on average assets under management for Q3-2018.
The profit after tax of ICICI Securities, on a consolidated basis, was ₹ 153 crore (US$ 24 million) in Q3-2018.
Summary Profit and Loss Statement (as per unconsolidated Indian GAAP accounts)
| ₹ crore | |||||||
| FY 2017 | Q3-2017 | 9M-2017 | Q2-2018 | Q3-2018 | 9M-2018 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net interest income | 21,737 | 5,363 | 15,775 | 5,709 | 5,705 | 17,004 | |
| Non-interest income | 19,505 | 3,939 | 16,488 | 5,186 | 3,167 | 11,741 | |
| - Fee income | 9,452 | 2,495 | 7,007 | 2,570 | 2,639 | 7,586 | |
| - Treasury income | 8,5771 | 893 | 8,073 | 2,1931 | 66 | 3,117 | |
| - Other income | 1,476 | 5512 | 1,4082 | 423 | 462 | 1,038 | |
| Less: | |||||||
| Operating expense | 14,755 | 3,778 | 10,888 | 3,909 | 3,814 | 11,518 | |
| Core Operating profit3 | 17,910 | 4,549 | 13,014 | 4,794 | 4,992 | 14,110 | |
| Operating profit | 26,487 | 5,524 | 21,375 | 6,986 | 5,058 | 17,227 | |
| Less: | |||||||
| Provisions | 15,208 | 2,713 | 12,311 | 4,503 | 3,570 | 10,681 | |
| Profit before Tax | 11,279 | 2,811 | 9,064 | 2,483 | 1,488 | 6,546 | |
| Less: Tax | 1,478 | 369 | 1,288 | 425 | (162) | 789 | |
| Profit after tax | 9,801 | 2,442 | 7,776 | 2,058 | 1,650 | 5,75 | |
- Includes profit on sale of shareholding in insurance subsidiaries of ₹ 5,682 crore in Q2-2017 and ₹ 2,012 crore in Q2-2018
- As per the RBI circular on ‘Guidelines on compliance with Accounting Standard (AS) 11 (The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates) by banks' dated April 18, 2017, on repatriation of accumulated profits or retained earnings from overseas operations, the banks shall not recognise the proportionate exchange gains or losses held in the foreign currency translation reserve in the P&L account. Other income includes net foreign exchange gain amounting to ₹ 82 crore in Q3-2017 related to overseas operations which was reversed in Q4-2017
- Excluding treasury income and exchange rate gains relating to overseas operations
- Prior period figures have been re-grouped/re-arranged where necessary
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- Borrowings include preference share capital of ₹ 350 crore
- Prior period figures have been re-grouped/re-arranged where necessary.
Summary Balance Sheet
| ₹ crore | ||||
| 31-Dec-16 | 31-Mar- 17 | 30-Sep-17 | 31-Dec-17 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Audited) | (Audited) | (Audited) | (Audited) | |
| Capital and Liabilities | ||||
| Capital | 1,164 | 1,165 | 1,284 | 1,285 |
| Employee stock options outstanding | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Reserves and surplus | 96,344 | 98,780 | 101,498 | 103,210 |
| Deposits | 465,284 | 490,039 | 498,643 | 517,403 |
| Borrowings (includes subordinated debt)1 | 159,098 | 147,556 | 150,702 | 158,176 |
| Other liabilities | 35,901 | 34,245 | 35,669 | 33,470 |
| Total Capital and Liabilities | 757,797 | 771,791 | 787,802 | 813,549 |
| Assets | ||||
| Cash and balances with Reserve Bank of India | 26,194 | 31,702 | 27,784 | 32,484 |
| Balances with banks and money at call and short notice | 34,973 | 44,011 | 25,578 | 23,380 |
| Investments | 168,987 | 161,507 | 179,935 | 179,807 |
| Advances | 457,469 | 464,232 | 482,780 | 505,387 |
| Fixed assets | 7,551 | 7,805 | 7,995 | 7,923 |
| Other assets | 62,623 | 62,534 | 63,730 | 64,568 |
| Total Assets | 757,797 | 771,791 | 787,802 | 813,549 |
All financial and other information in this press release, other than financial and other information for specific subsidiaries where specifically mentioned, is on an unconsolidated basis for ICICI Bank Limited only unless specifically stated to be on a consolidated basis for ICICI Bank Limited and its subsidiaries. Please also refer to the statement of audited unconsolidated, consolidated and segmental results required by Indian regulations that has, along with this release, been filed with the stock exchanges in India where ICICI Bank’s equity shares are listed and with the New York Stock Exchange and the US Securities Exchange Commission, and is available on our website www.icicibank.com.
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1 crore = 10.0 million
US$ amounts represent convenience translations at US$1= ₹ 63.88
