Shares of public sector banks (PSBs) will continue to hog the limelight on Tuesday, February 10, as these lenders logged a record cumulative profit of ₹52,603 crore in the third quarter of the current fiscal year (Q3 FY26), reflecting an 18% year-on-year (YoY) growth.
The profit growth was led by the country's biggest lender, State Bank of India (SBI).
All 12 public sector banks (PSBs) together made a profit of ₹44,473 crore in the December quarter of FY25. Thus, the increase in profit in absolute terms was ₹8,130 crore as compared to the same quarter of the previous financial year.
Market leader SBI alone contributed 40% to the total earnings of ₹52,603 crore, as per the numbers published on the stock exchanges.
SBI posted the highest quarterly net profit of ₹21,028 crore in Q3 FY26, 24% higher than the same period of the previous fiscal year.
In percentage terms, Chennai-based Indian Overseas Bank reported the highest net profit growth of 56% to ₹1,365 crore, followed by Central Bank of India with a 32% rise to ₹1,263 crore.
During the quarter, all 12 public sector banks (PSBs), except Bank of Baroda, Union Bank of India, Indian Bank, and Bank of India, reported profit growth in single digits.
Banks that reported more than 20% improvement in profit aside from SBI are Bank of Maharashtra, with a 27% increase, and Canara Bank, with a 26% rise in their profits.
Those that recorded double-digit growth in profit are Punjab & Sind Bank at 19%, UCO Bank at 16%, and Punjab National Bank (PNB) at 13%.
On an annual basis, PSBs recorded a slightly lower profit of 9% to ₹49,456 crore in the second quarter as compared to ₹45,547 crore in the September quarter of FY25.
Public sector lenders recorded a slightly higher profit of 11% on an annual basis, to ₹44,218 crore in the first quarter as compared to ₹39,974 crore in the June quarter of FY25.
For the nine months ended December 2025, the aggregate profit of PSBs crossed ₹1,45,000 crore for the first time. Together, the PSBs have earned ₹1,46,277 crore as compared to ₹1,29,994 crore in the April-December period of FY25, registering nearly a 13% growth.
PSU banks' profit to cross ₹2 lakh crore milestone in FY26
Financial Services Secretary M Nagaraju has exuded confidence that the combined profit of public sector banks (PSBs) should cross ₹2 lakh crore in the current financial year (FY26), owing to the good health of these banks.
Stressing that the Indian banking sector is in good shape, Nagaraju said credit growth of PSBs is at 12% this year, which is tremendously "good", while deposit growth at 10% is also reasonably very good.
"As I said, banks are the bellwether for the strength of the economy. Therefore, they are resilient. We have very prudent management systems in place under the regulator, the RBI. So we are not much worried about the external factors negatively impacting our banking sector," he told PTI in an interview.
source: Upstox, Dailyhunt

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