About the bankThe bank is very rarely traded counter and not a fancied stock in banking counter.Regarding the banking performance the bank is not being much popular.The Bank is now in the process of raising its Tier I Bond / perpetual Bonds to the extent of Rs 600 crore and upper Tier-II Bond to the extent of Rs 1000 crore. These are in addition to raising of Lower Tier-II Bond to the tune of Rs 1200 crore.The Tier I ratio was at 10.13%.This is being done to mainly fund business growth this fiscal.The total number of branches at end of Q1FY09 stood at 999. It recently opened its first representative office in Dubai.
Financial Of the Company
The Capital Adequacy Ratio was at 12.43%.For quarter ended 30th June 2008, the total business of the Bank stood at Rs.93,694 crore, a growth of 27.33 % on a YoY. Total deposits grew 26.62% at Rs.54,742 crore. The bank added 9.27 lakhs new accounts under deposits as at the end of June 2008. Advances grew 28.34% at Rs.38,952 crore.The Total Income of the Bank for the 3 months ended 30th June 2008 increased to Rs.1,446.28 crore registering a growth of 16.75% on a YoY.
Return on Average Assets of the Bank was at 1.19%. The net worth of the Bank stood at Rs.4,413 crore compared to Rs.3,519 crore as on 30th June 2007.
The Gross NPA has come down to 1.46% compared to 2.07% as on 30th June 2007 and Net NPA to 0.36% as at 30th June 2008 compared to 0.46% on 30th June 2007.
The Net Profit of the Bank for the 3 months ended 30th June 2008 registered a growth rate of 4.06% at Rs.184.30 crore. But for the heavy depreciation on investment portfolio, the Q1 Net Profit growth would have been about 40% higher. For the period under review, the bank had provided Rs 63 crore as depreciation in securities portfolio.
Corporation Bank is currently near about its 52 week low of Rs.230.I do not recommend to stay invested in this counter or to make any fresh holding.
Disclaimer : I do not have any personal holding in this stock.