{"id":252099,"date":"2026-09-17T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T06:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/?p=252099"},"modified":"2026-09-17T11:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T06:15:00","slug":"kerala-bank-stock-rises-56-percent-in-1-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/kerala-bank-stock-rises-56-percent-in-1-year\/","title":{"rendered":"This Kerala Bank Stock Rises 56% in 1 Year: Bad Loans Down, CEO on the Way Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Indian Bank closed at Rs 45.82 on 17 September 2026, up around 56% from Rs 29.28 a year earlier, with FY26 net profit at a record Rs 1,455 crore.<\/em><\/p>\n

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This Kerala bank stock, The South Indian Bank Ltd, rose about 56% in the year to 17 September 2026, from Rs 29.28 to Rs 45.82. The gain came from gross NPA falling from 4.40% to 1.38%, record FY26 profit of Rs 1,455 crore and net interest margin improving to 3.23%. Foreign institutional holding rose from 17.58% to 25.39% over the same four quarters. The open item is the chief executive’s exit on 30 September 2026 with no named successor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A Kerala bank stock has climbed about 56% in one year, from Rs 29.28 on 17 September 2025 to Rs 45.82 on 17 September 2026, on four straight quarters of falling bad loans rather than one headline. The ride was not smooth: this Kerala bank stock traded at Rs 28.50 in late September 2025 and Rs 49.90 in early July 2026. It ranks among the stronger names on a screen of NSE small-cap stocks ranked by 1-year return, dated 17 September 2026.<\/p>\n

The company is The South Indian Bank Ltd<\/a>, the Thrissur-based old private lender that trades as SOUTHBANK. Over these twelve months it cut gross non-performing assets from 4.40% to 1.38%, posted record annual profit of Rs 1,455 crore and raised provision coverage to 94.10%. The South Indian Bank share price moved on each print. What the market has not settled is who runs the bank from October.<\/p>\n

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