Canara Bank is scheduled to announce its 4QFY2013 results today. We expect the bank to report a flat yoy operating performance, with Net Interest Income (NII) at Rs. 2,027cr and Non-interest income at Rs. 781cr. Operating expenses are expected to increase by 3.6% yoy to Rs. 1,367cr, while Provisioning expenses are expected to remain flat on a yoy basis to Rs. 466cr. Consequently, we expect Net profit to decline 6.2% yoy to Rs. 778cr. At the CMP, the stock is trading at 0.7x FY2015E ABV.
We maintain our Accumulate recommendation on the stock with a target price of Rs. 461.