The Karnataka Bank Limited share price

NSE: KTKBANK · ISIN INE614B01018

Key numbers

Market cap
₹ 12,688 Cr
Current price
₹ 335.50
52-week high / low
₹ 346 / 170
Stock P/E
8.8
Book value
₹ 349.8
Dividend yield
1.49%
ROCE
53.0%
ROE
10.4%
Debt to equity
0.07
Sales growth (3 yrs)
2.7%
Profit growth (3 yrs)
3.6%
1-year return
93.1%

About The Karnataka Bank Limited

The Karnataka Bank Limited provides various banking and financial services in India. It operates through four segments: Treasury operations, Corporate/Wholesale Banking, Retail Banking, and Other Banking Operations. The company provides various fund and non-fund-based products, including term loans, working capital facilities, foreign exchange services, structured finance, as well as trade financing products, such as letters of credit, guarantees, and bill discounting. It offers home, automobile, personal, and education loans; loans against term deposits; loans against securities; and gold, small business, and agriculture loans to agriculture, MSME, housing, and education sectors; and range of ancillary products and services, including collection of taxes, digital marketing initiatives, trade finance automation, doorstep gold loan, OMNI channel, corporate salary account, and enhanced whatsapp banking, as well as FASTag services. In addition, the company's products include KBL Contractor Mitra, KBL Micro Mitra, KBL Export Mitra, KBL MSME, as well as KBL Mahila Udyog for financial support of women entrepreneurs. Additionally, it engages in statutory reserves management, such as SLR…

Quarterly results

Consolidated figures in ₹ crores

Jun 2025Sep 2025Dec 2025Mar 2026Jun 2026
Sales1,1141,0721,0941,2421,294
Operating profit1,8621,8711,7851,9391,996
Net profit293319291408419
EPS (₹)7.748.447.6910.8011.08

Concall summary (2026-08-06)

AI summary of the earnings call transcript · tone: Positive · source document

Guidance & outlook

  • Net interest margin stood at 3.20% for Q1 FY27 vis-a-vis against 3.07% in Q4 FY26 and 2.82% in Q1 FY26.
  • Q1 FY27 return on equity stood at 12.48% as against 12.69% in Q4 FY26 v/s 9.58% in Q1 FY26.

Growth & demand

  • Gross Advances stood at INR86,610 crores as on 30th June, 2026, reflecting a Q-o-Q growth of 4% from INR83,340 crores as on 31st March, 2026 and a Y-o-Y growth of 17% from INR74,267 crores as on 30th June , 2025.
  • Aggregate deposits as on 30th June , 2026 was INR1,10,396 crores, reflecting a Q -o-Q growth of 1% over 31st March, 2026 at INR1,08,779 crores and a Y-o-Y growth of 7% over 30th June, 2025 at INR1,03,242 crores.

Margins & costs

  • Bank has continued to focus on shifting high-cost bulk deposits to granular retail deposits of less than INR3 crores.
  • Cost of funds stood at 5.16% for Q1 FY27 as compared to 5.38% for Q4 FY26, registering a 22 basis points improvement.

Capex & expansion

  • However, proactive mitigation measures like crop diversification and climate resilient practices alongside strong capacity utilization, healthy credit flows and government capex will continue to support investments.
  • Going forward, our trajectory focuses on accelerating retail expansion and stabilizing the corporate portfolio by prioritizing high -quality, better-yielding assets.

Risks & challenges

  • While the prolonged West Asia conflict escalates risk to growth and inflation, high frequency indicators show that domestic economic activity remains resilient.
  • Looking ahead, supply disruptions and elevated commodity prices could impact economic activity and a potentially deficient Southwest monsoon poses risk to agricultural demand.

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