CARE Ratings Upgrades South Indian Bank's Basel III Tier 2 Debt Rating
A credit rating upgrade typically has a moderately positive impact, improving the bank's borrowing terms and investor confidence.
The credit rating for the bank's debt instruments has been upgraded, indicating a positive assessment of the bank's financial health and performance.
* CARE Ratings has upgraded the credit rating of South Indian Bank's Basel III Tier 2 debt instruments, aggregating ₹1,040 Crore. * The rating has been revised from 'CARE A+/Stable' to 'CARE AA-/Stable'. * The upgrade factors in the bank's improved financial risk profile and business performance, supported by better asset quality and improved profitability over the past three years. * The bank's return on total assets (ROTA) for FY25 increased to 1.08% compared to 0.95% for FY24. * The bank's net NPA to net worth ratio improved to 8.10% (PY: 13.38%), and its net stressed assets to net worth ratio reduced to 12.11% (PY: 22.59%) as on March 31, 2025. * The bank maintains comfortable capitalization supported by internal accruals post equity capital infusion in FY24. * The ratings are constrained by regional concentration of its business and expected pressure on the net interest margin (NIM). * The bank is expected to grow at par with the industry while maintaining adequate capitalisation and witnessing diversification in the advances mix with increase in proportion of retail and MSME advances. * Asset quality parameters of the bank are expected to remain stable in the near term.
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