SBI Cards and Payments Services registered disappointing results, even as growth remained strong. Most analysts still hold positive views about the stock and have maintained buy/accumulate recommendations.
There are rising receivables and net interest margin (NIM) compression as the cost of funds has risen substantially. Analysts believe the company will be able to shift a larger component of the receivable mix towards equated monthly instalment (EMI) payments, which should help stabilise the NIM.
SBI Cards reported a net profit of Rs 500 crore, down 3.1 per cent sequentially but up 32 per cent YoY. The net interest income (NII) increased