AU Small Finance Bank Q1 FY27 PAT Up 37% YoY
Earnings & Results
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25th Jul 2026
Key Financial Figures
Profitability Metrics (Q1 FY27)
- Profit After Tax (PAT): ₹796 crore, up 37% YoY (vs ₹581 crore in Q1 FY26)
- Net Interest Income (NII): ₹2,695 crore, up 32% YoY
- Core Other Income: ₹680 crore, up 33% YoY
- Net Total Income: ₹3,385 crore, up 19% YoY
- Pre-Provision Operating Profit (PPoP): ₹1,435 crore, up 9% YoY
- Core PPoP (ex-treasury gains): ₹1,426 crore, up 41% YoY
- Tax expenses: ₹268 crore, up 35% YoY
Margin Metrics
- Net Interest Margin (NIM): 5.9%, expanded 47 bps YoY (from 5.4% in Q1 FY26)
- Gross Advance Yield: 13.7%, declined 6 bps QoQ
- Cost of Funds: 6.48%, declined 1 bp QoQ and 60 bps YoY
- Cost-to-Assets (excl. CGFMU premium): 4.0% (vs 3.9% in Q1 FY26)
- Cost to Income ratio (excl. CGFMU): 56.6%
Asset Quality Indicators
- Gross NPA: 2.10% (vs 2.47% in Q1 FY26)
- Net NPA: 0.76% (vs 0.88% in Q1 FY26)
- Slippages: ₹798 crore, down 22% YoY
- Credit Cost (incl. CGFMU premium): 0.8% (vs 1.4% in Q1 FY26)
- Provision Coverage Ratio: 85% (incl. technical write-off), 64% (excl. technical write-off)
- Total Provisions: ₹371 crore, down 30% YoY (includes additional one-time provision of ₹23 crore)
Balance Sheet Metrics (as of June 30, 2026)
- Gross Loan Portfolio: ₹1,44,250 crore, up 23% YoY and 3% QoQ
- Total Deposits: ₹1,57,727 crore, up 24% YoY and 3% QoQ
- CASA Deposits: ₹45,400 crore (SA: ₹36,902 crore, CA: ₹8,498 crore)
- CD Ratio: 88% (80% excluding refinance)
- Liquidity Coverage Ratio: 119%
- Shareholders' Fund: ₹20,885 crore, up 17% YoY
- Tier I Capital Ratio: 17.1%
- Total CRAR: 18.9%
- RWA to Total Assets: ~61%
Loan Portfolio Breakdown
- Secured businesses (Retail + Commercial): 25% YoY growth, 4% QoQ growth
- Unsecured businesses (MFI, Credit card, PL): 11% YoY growth, 5% QoQ growth
- Retail Banking verticals: 74% of total loan assets
- Commercial Banking verticals: 23% of total loan assets
- Securitised Assets: ₹3,789 crore (off-book)
Geographic Distribution
- Core markets: 17% of deposits, 62% of GLP
- Urban markets: 83% of deposits, 38% of GLP
- Total touchpoints: 2,920 (net addition of 130 QoQ)
- 958 touchpoints in unbanked rural centres (~33% of total)
Strategic and Operational Updates
Management Changes
- Board approved elevation of Mr. Yogesh Jain, COO, as Deputy CEO
- Bank continued to strengthen leadership bench with additional industry hires in risk and technology
Technology Initiatives
- Tech strategy organized under Run, Build and Transform with dedicated teams
- Agentic AI platform: Gold loan origination journey built on proprietary bank-native AI-platform successfully rolled out in limited use environment
- Mobile-native journey developed and being rolled out across branches in pilot mode
- Building similar AI-powered LOS journey for wheels, mortgages, commercial banking, credit cards and PL
- Unified Lead platform launched for AI-led lead aggregation, qualification, and distribution
- New UPI interface with enhanced features live on AU 0101
Product Initiatives
- Cross-border banking: Introduced zero forex margin with zero bank charges on retail remittances
- Credit cards: Launched 4 new lifecycle-based credit cards catering to various customer segments
Awards and Recognition
- Recognized as "Top 10 – India's Best Companies to Work" by Great Place to Work, 2026
CSR Initiatives
- AU Ignite: 36,000+ youth trained, 26,000+ linked to employment
- AU Udyogini: 5,995 women nurtured, 3,926+ empowered under Individual Women Entrepreneurship initiative
- Bano Champion: 6,000+ kids & youths trained across 7 sports disciplines
- AU Kartavya: 1,521 health checkup camps, 360+ Jal Bank, 16 open air gyms
Additional Information
- Investor presentation available at: https://www.au.bank.in/investors/quarterly-reports
- Audio recordings and transcript of conference call to be made available on same link
- Contact for investor queries: Mr. Prince Tiwari, investorrelations@aubank.in