UNIONBANK

UNBK saw a strong quarter owing to beat on all fronts i.e. NII, fees and asset quality resulting in core PBT being 9.4% above PLe. NII was 1.8% higher as NIM was cushioned due to (1) shedding of high cost bulk deposits in the last quarter and (2) avoiding disbursal of lower yielding loans. Loan growth was muted at 9.5% YoY; over FY25-27E we are factoring a loan CAGR slightly lower than the system at 10%. Asset quality was superior as net slippages were lower led by controlled gross slippages and healthy recoveries while provisioning for Q4’25 at 68bps was mainly driven by increase in PCR, which was a positive.