The NII stood at Rs 10,469 crore at the end of the second quarter of FY26, which is down from Rs 10,517 crore in the same period last year. The global Net Interest Margin (NIM) stood at 2.65% for HY1FY26 and 2.60% in Q2 FY26.
PNB’s operating profit for Q2 FY26 stood at Rs 7,227 crore, while for the first half of the fiscal year (HY1FY26), it reached Rs 14,308 crore, registering year-on-year growth of 5.5% and 6.5% respectively.
Asset quality showed signs of improvement with the Gross Non-Performing Assets (GNPA) ratio declining by 103 basis points year-on-year to 3.45% as of September 2025 from 4.48% a year earlier. The Net NPA (NNPA) ratio dropped by 10 basis points to 0.36% from 0.46%. Provision Coverage Ratio (including Technical Write-Offs) improved by 24 basis points to 96.91% as of September 2025.
The bank’s Return on Assets (RoA) improved to 1.05% in Q2 FY26 compared to 1.02% in the same quarter last year.
The bank’s gross global business grew by 10.6% year-on-year to Rs 27,86,673 crore as of September 2025 from Rs 25,20,246 crore. Global deposits increased 10.9% to Rs 16,17,080 crore compared to Rs 14,58,342 crore.Global advances were up 10.1% to Rs 11,69,592 crore, from Rs 10,61,904 crore a year earlier. Retail, Agriculture and MSME (RAM) advances grew by 12.7% to Rs 6,35,417 crore from Rs 5,64,049 crore. The Credit-Deposit ratio (CD ratio) improved by 124 basis points to 72.33% in Q2 FY26 versus 71.09% in Q1 FY26. The Capital to Risk Weighted Assets Ratio (CRAR) rose to 17.19% from 16.36% in the year-ago period, reflecting an 83 basis points increase.
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