About The Company
The biggest bank of the country , India with widest network of branches & ATM's across the country . The bank is a Public sector bank and other bank could not even imagine to be half of the total network of the SBI.
About The Results
The bank has posted the better results for the second quarter ended 30th Sept 2008. On a standalone basis, net income was up, on a YoY by 40.37%. Interest earned stood at Rs 15566.50 crore against Rs 11616.28 crore previous year while interest expended was Rs 10111.15 crore against Rs 7853.36 crore same quarter last year. Net profit was up 40.23% at Rs 2259.72 crore.
On a consolidated basis, total income of the bank increased by 26.41% to Rs 27,083.47 crore. Its net profit grew 11.50% at Rs.2458 crore. Interest earned was Rs 22568.05 crore against Rs 17058.28 crore in 2007. Interest expended was Rs 15049.33 crore for the quarter ended Sep 30, 2008 against Rs 11783.16 crore in 2007. Increase in the lending rates helped SBI shore up its bottomlines.
About The Stock
PSU banks are better off today in the global meltdown scenario as their exposures are minimal. There has been a sell off on all bank counters but the brunt of the sell off faced by private sector banks has been harsher. SBI touched a new low at Rs.991. From valuation point of view the stocks seems to be most attractive in banking sector but we need to see how much pain is yet left in the Index as a whole before investment.
Disclaimer: I do not have any personal holding in this stock.