Finance company Poonawalla Fincorp announced Q2FY23 results: Assets Under Management (AUM) at Rs 18,560 Crores, up by 22% YoY and 5% QoQ. Disbursement grew to Rs 3,721 Crores, up by 44% YoY and 8% QoQ. Highest ever PAT at Rs 163 Crores, up 70.8% YoY and 15.8% QoQ. Highest ever RoA at 3.6%, up by 102 bps YoY and 24 bps QoQ. NII at Rs 446 Crores, up by 33% YoY and 12% QoQ. NIM at 9.8%, an improvement of 77 bps YoY and 35 bps QoQ. Gross NPA at 1.52%, down by 259 bps YoY and 67 bps QoQ; while Net NPA at 0.83%, down by 118 bps YoY and 13 bps QoQ, despite alignment with revised NPA definition as per RBI circular. These are the best asset quality numbers in last 38 quarters. The Direct Digital Program (DDP) mix increased to 47% in Q2FY23 from 34% in Q1FY23 and 17.5% in Q4FY22. CARE upgraded the long-term rating to ‘AAA/Stable’. Liquidity buffer stood at Rs 4,812 Crores as of 30th Sep 2022. Standalone Capital Adequacy Ratio stood at 44.9% as of 30th Sep’22. Given the strong ALM management, and diversification of liabilities, the impact of recent interest rate hikes on cost of borrowing will be gradual Commenting on Poonawalla Fincorp’s performance, CA Abhay Bhutada, Managing Director, said “Q2 has been an excellent quarter with differentiated strategy and execution excellence leading to all round performance across business growth, improved credit quality and profitability. It was a quarter marked by highest ever organic disbursement, customer acquisition, lowest GNPA & NNPA in 38 quarters, and highest ever PAT & RoA. This sets the momentum for an even exciting second half and beyond.” Result PDF
Poonawalla Fincorp Announced Q1FY23 Result : Poonawalla Fincorp consolidated PAT jumps 118% to Rs 141 Cr in Q1FY23 AUM up 22.4% YoY at Rs 17,660 Cr | NS3 down to 0.95% Assets Under Management (AUM) for Q1FY23 increased to Rs 17,660 Cr, recording a growth of 22.4% YoY and 6.5% QoQ respectively while disbursements stood at Rs 3,436 Cr, growing by 98.3% YoY and 3% QoQ. Organic disbursements grew by 27% in Q1FY23 QoQ. NIM stood at 9.5% as of Q1FY23, an improvement of 155 Bps YoY. Consolidated PAT for Q1FY23 stood at Rs 141 Cr up 118% YoY and 18.5% QoQ Commenting on Poonawalla Fincorp’s performance, CA Abhay Bhutada, Managing Director, Poonawalla Fincorp said “We have had a great start to this financial year. Our execution excellence has ensured that this quarter(Q1FY23) has been better than last quarter(Q4FY22). Strong disbursements, on the back of excellent organic disbursement growth, is a validation of our business model. We have worked across the functions to get a multiplier effect on efforts, further leading to ‘strengthening of our strengths’ and ‘weakening of our weaknesses’. The distribution is diversified, the processes are digitized, the credit underwriting stands strengthened along with best-in-class collection and risk management practices. With ticks on all the right boxes, we are now truly into the growth phase as per our ‘Consolidate, Grow and Lead’ strategy. We will continue our rigor on execution, investment in people, building technology and a strong retail consumer franchise. We are well on course to deliver an exceptional performance.” Result PDF
Finance firm Poonawalla Fincorp declares Q3FY22 result: Poonawalla Fincorp Q3FY22 Consolidated Profit Before Tax up 651% YoY to Rs 130 Cr; significant reduction in Credit Costs and improvement in Asset Quality Assets Under Management remained at Rs 15,228 crore NIM increased by 25 bps YoY to 8.8% in Q3FY22, driven largely by reduction in interest expenses Consolidated PBT was up 651% YoY, increasing from Rs 17 crore in Q3FY21 to Rs 130 crore in Q3FY22, driven largely by reduction in interest cost and recovery led credit costs Collections continued to remain buoyant; above 99% in Dec’21 Result PDF
Highlights Poonawalla Fincorp Q2FY22 Consolidated Profit Before Tax up 151% YoY to Rs 126 Cr; Long-term credit rating upgraded by two notches to ‘AA+; Stable’ by Care Ratings. Assets Under Management grew by ~6% QoQ to Rs 15,275 crore NIM increased by 104 bps YoY to 9.1% in Q2FY22 (8.0% in Q2FY21), driven largely by reduction in interest expenses Consolidated PBT was up 151% YoY, increasing from Rs 50 crore in Q2FY21 to Rs 126 crore in Q2FY22, driven largely by reduction in interest expenses and credit costs Collections showed an improving trend from 93.1% in Jun’21 to 98.0% in Jul’21 and further to 99.9% in Sep’21 Result PDF
Conference Call with Adar Poonawalla of Poonawalla Fincorp on next steps for the company following SEBI action. Listen to the full transcript.