Private sector IDFC First Bank released its Q1 earnings report for the first quarter on Saturday and reported a 32 per cent slump in net profit to ₹463 crore for the time period in the current financial year.
The Mumbai-based lender had earned a net profit of ₹681 crore in the same quarter of the previous fiscal year, but was impacted by slippages in the micro-finance book, the report said.
The total income rose to ₹11,869 crore during the June quarter of 2025-26 from ₹10,408 crore in the same quarter of FY25, IDFC First Bank said in its regulatory filing.
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Interest earned by the bank improved to ₹9,642 crore compared to ₹8,789 crore in the June quarter FY25.
Net interest income also increased to ₹4,933 crore during the quarter against ₹4,695 crore in the year-ago period.
The bank's asset quality showed deterioration as gross non-performing assets (NPAs) declined to 1.97 per cent of gross advances at the end of the June quarter from 1.90 per cent a year ago.
However, net NPAs, or bad loans, improved to 0.55 per cent against 0.59 per cent in the year-ago period.
Provisions for the quarter rose significantly to ₹1,659 crore compared to ₹994 crore in the same period of the previous fiscal due to slippages in the micro-finance book.
Return on Assets (ROA) declined to 0.53 per cent for June 2025 from 0.91 per cent at the end of June 2024, registering a fall of 38 bps, it said.
At the same time, the capital adequacy ratio slipped to 14.86 per cent from 15.59 per cent in the same quarter of FY25.