Private sector lender Yes Bank today reported 33.3 per cent year-on-year growth in net profit to Rs 235 crore for the second quarter ended September 30,2011. The bank had posted a net profit of Rs 176 crore for the July-September quarter last fiscal,Yes Bank said in a filing to the BSE.
Total income of the bank rose to Rs 1,653 crore in the period under review,an increase of 52.49 per cent from Rs 1,084 crore in the year-ago period,it said.
“Yes Bank achieved steady growth in profits on the back of sustained growth in customers assets of 27.4 per cent,stable margins contributing to net interest income (NII) growth of 23.1 per cent and a continued focus on revenue diversity,leading to a strong non-interest income growth of 63.4 per cent,” the bank’s Managing Director and CEO Rana Kapoor said.
During the half-year ended September,the bank clocked a net profit of Rs 451 crore,up from Rs 333 crore in the corresponding year-ago period. Its total income in April-September,2011-12,stood at Rs 3,219 crore,as against Rs 1,968 crore in the same period last fiscal,Yes Bank said.
The bank’s scrip was quoted at Rs 285.90 in afternoon trade on the BSE today,down 1.41 per cent from its previous close.