PNB’s fourth quarter profit increases by 14.4 percent to Rs 5,225 crore

New Delhi. Punjab National Bank (PNB) has announced the results for the fourth quarter (January-March) of the financial year 2025-26.

In the fourth quarter ended March 31, PNB’s profit increased by 14.4 percent year-on-year to Rs 5,225 crore. Earlier, in the fourth quarter of the previous financial year 2024-25, the profit of the bank was Rs 4,567 crore.

PNB informed the stock market on Tuesday that the total income of the bank declined to Rs 36,319 crore in the January-March quarter, which was Rs 36,705 crore in the same period of the last financial year. During this period, the interest income of the bank increased from Rs 31,989 crore to Rs 32,157 crore.

The bank said that on the asset quality front, PNB’s gross non-performing assets (NPAs) stood at 2.95 per cent of gross advances, which was 3.95 per cent at the end of March 2025. The net NPA of the bank also reduced from 0.4 percent to 0.29 percent.

Apart from this, the Board of Directors of the bank has also recommended a dividend of Rs 3 per share for the financial year 2025-26, subject to the approval of the shareholders in the upcoming Annual General Meeting of the bank.

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