₹5,316 crore; ₹5 dividend declared" width="600" height="338" fetchpriority="high" loading="eager"/>Union Bank of India Q4 Results: Net profit jumps 6.6% YoY to ₹5,316 crore; ₹5 dividend declaredAI Quick ReadUnion Bank of India Q4 Results: Public sector lender Union Bank of India posted a 6.6% year-on-year (YoY) rise in standalone net profit for the fourth quarter of the financial year 2025-26 (FY26) on Thursday, 23 April.
The net profit for the quarter under review came in at ₹5,315.76 crore as against ₹4,984.92 crore in the same period a year ago. On a sequential basis, the PSU bank posted a 5.95% rise from ₹5,016.77 crore posted in the quarter ended December 31, 2025.
The net interest income (NII), the difference between interest earned and expended, declined by 1.1% YoY to ₹9405.98 crore in the January-March period from ₹9514.05 crore in the corresponding quarter last year.
The overall NPAs witnessed a decline both annually and sequentially. The percentage of gross NPAs in Q4FY26 declined to 2.82% from 3.06% in Q3FY26 and 3.60% in Q4FY25. Similarly, net NPAs stood at 0.48% in the said quarter as against 0.51% in the preceding quarter and 0.63% in the same quarter last year.
The PSU bank's board also declared a dividend of ₹5 per equity share of face value of ₹10 each. Union Bank of India said that the payment of dividend is subject to shareholder approval at the ensuing 24th Annual General Meeting (AGM). The date of AGM will be intimated in due course, it added.
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