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PNB Housing Finance (PNBHF) delivered a resilient and well-rounded performance in FY25, effectively navigating regional headwinds (in states like Karnataka and Telangana/AP) and yield pressures stemming from repo rate cuts.

LICHF’s 4QFY25 PAT grew ~25% YoY to ~INR13.7b (~7% beat). FY25 PAT grew ~14% YoY to INR54.3b. 4Q NII declined ~3% YoY to ~INR21.7b (~6% beat).

LICHF saw a good quarter as PAT was a 7.2% beat since (1) NII was 8.5% ahead due to 16bps QoQ increase in NIM driven by reduction in funding cost and (2) provisions were lower due to 28bps QoQ reduction in stage-3 to 2.5%. Reported NIM for FY25 was 2.7% (3.1% in FY24) and despite likely repo cut of 75-100bps company sees NIM for FY26 to range between 2.6-2.8% as PLR would be trimmed only after repo cut translates to lower funding cost. However, we are factoring a NIM of 2.55% in FY26 given increased competition from banks in a falling rate...

We maintain our BUY recommendation on the stock.

HomeFirst’s 4QFY25 PAT grew 25% YoY to INR1.05b (in line). FY25 PAT grew ~25% YoY to INR3.8b. 4Q NII grew 26% YoY to INR1.7b (in line). Other income jumped 52% YoY to INR533m, aided by higher assignment income of INR300m (PY: ~INR150m).

PNB Housing Finance’s (PNBHF) Q4FY25 and FY25 financial performance reflects management’s successful execution of revamped business strategy with retail loan growth at 18% YoY in FY25 exceeding guidance of 17%, GNPL touching 1% as on Mar’25, benign credit cost (as indicated it continued to benefit from strong recovery of INR 3.3bn in FY25) and affordable housing crossing INR 50bn AUM in Mar’25.

PNB Housing (PNBHF) delivered an all-round healthy performance, marked by a healthy retail loan growth of ~18% YoY, an expansion of 5bp QoQ in NIMs, a sustained improvement in asset quality, and recoveries from its retail written-off pool, which resulted in provision write-backs for the entire year.

to opex drag since 24 branches and 939 employees were added in Q4FY25. AuM is guided to grow by 20% in FY26 (vs +18% in FY25). We are factoring an 18% CAGR in AuM over FY25-27E owing to likely increase in competition due to falling interest rates and a higher base. Company expects NIM to improve in FY26 (FY25 5.94%) led by lower competition from banks/HFCs and (2) focus on...