SBI Shares In Focus After Net Profit Falls 10% In Q4, 1590% Dividend Declared

Shares of the State Bank of India (SBI) will remain in focus on Monday, April 05, following the announcement of its Q4 FY25 results.

PSU lender on Saturday reported a 10 per cent decline in its net profit at Rs 18,643 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2025. However, its total income during January-March 2025 increased to Rs 1,43,876 crore as against Rs 1,28,412 crore in the year-ago period.

Its net profit had stood at Rs 20,698 crore in the corresponding quarter last year.

The bank saw an improvement in asset quality, with gross non-performing assets (NPAs) declining to 1.82 per cent of the total advances in the fourth quarter from 2.24 per cent as at March-end 2024. Similarly, net NPAs eased to 0.47 per cent as against 0.57 per cent.

On a consolidated basis, SBI’s net profit in the quarter fell 8 per cent to Rs 19,600 crore as against Rs 21,384 crore in the same period a year ago. Total income, however, increased to Rs 1,79,562 crore from Rs 1,64,914 crore.

For the full financial year 2024-25, the bank reported 16 per cent increase in profit on a standalone basis at Rs 70,901 crore as against Rs 61,077 crore in the previous year.

SBI Dividend 2025
SBI’s board also declared a dividend of Rs 15.90 per equity share for FY25. Besides, the board has approved raising equity capital of up to Rs 25,000 crore (including share premium) in one or more tranches during 2025-26 through Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP)/ Follow on Public Offer (FPO) or any other mode.