Credit rating agency, ICRA has assigned the LAAA rating with stable outlook to the Rs 2000 crore Lower Tier II bonds programme of Axis Bank. The rating agency has LAAA ratings with a stable outlook on the outstanding subordinated bonds programme and LAA+ rating on the hybrid Tier I bonds and Upper Tier II bonds of the bank.
The one notch lower rating assigned to the Upper Tier II bonds and Hybrid Tier I bonds as compared with that assigned to the lower Tier II bonds reflect the specific features of these instruments wherein the debt servicing is additionally linked to meeting the regulatory norms on capitalization and reported profitability. The rating agency also has A1+ rating on the short term bond programme of the bank.
The ratings reflect the bank’s continued robust operating performance supported by diversified earnings profile, established brand name, strong franchise and comfortable capitalisation levels. Given Axis’s rapid growth over the last 2-3 years, protecting the asset quality and ability to maintain the Net Interest Margins with sharp rise in wholesale deposit rates remain the key rating sensitivities.
Axis Bank reported 33.5% increase in net profit at Rs 1,020.11 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2011 against Rs 764.8 crore in the same quarter in the previous fiscal. Total income of the bank rose by 48.3% to Rs 5,817 crore in the January-March quarter compared to Rs 3,922 crore in the same period previous fiscal.
Company Name | CMP |
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HDFC Bank | 1797.85 |
ICICI Bank | 1307.15 |
Axis Bank | 1077.50 |
Kotak Mahindra Bank | 1759.50 |
Indusind Bank | 953.55 |
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