National Australia Bank slumps 3.2% on profit drop, asset quality woes
** Shares of National Australia Bank NAB.AX slip as much as 3.2% to A$38.01, their biggest intra-day pct loss since Sept. 25
** Co says FY2024 cash profit came in at A$7.10 billion ($4.66 billion), down 8.1% from a year ago and in line with market expectations
** Says annual profit hurt due to intense home-lending competition and escalating deposit costs
** Analysts at UBS say asset quality metrics meaningfully deteriorated during FY with non-performing exposures up 17.7% Half-on-Half and a 10 basis points credit impairment charge in 2H
** "NAB has seen continued deterioration in non-performing loans ... this could become a drag on NAB's overall performance as it has a greater book mix skew to business vs peers" — brokerage Citi
** Shares hit their lowest level since Nov. 1
** Stock is the second-biggest pct loser on the financials sub-index .AXFJ
** Stock up 25.1% YTD, including session's moves
($1 = 1.5225 Australian dollars)
Reporting by Roushni Nair in Bengaluru
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