Motilal Oswal Broker Research reports

Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC’s (ABSLAMC) 4QFY25 operating revenue grew 17% YoY to ~INR4.3b (in line), leading to a ~0.9bp YoY improvement in yield on management fees to 44.9bp (vs. our est. of 45.4bp). For FY25, revenue grew 25% YoY to INR16.8b.

L&T Finance’s (LTF) reported 4QFY25 PAT grew 15% YoY to INR6.4b (in line). FY25 PAT grew ~14% YoY to INR26.4b. Consol. credit costs stood at INR6.2b (in line), translating into annualized credit costs of ~2.55% (PQ: 2.5% and PY: 3.2%).

Nippon Life India AMC (NAM)’s operating revenue grew 21% YoY to INR5.7b (in line) in 4QFY25. Yields declined to 40.7bp from 41.3bp in 4QFY24. NAM’s FY25 revenue came in at INR22.3b, recording a growth of 36% YoY.

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.

UltraTech Cement (UTCEM)’s 4QFY25 performance was in line with our estimates. EBITDA increased ~12% YoY to INR46.2b, while EBITDA/t declined 4% YoY to INR1,126 (est. INR1,104).

In 4QFY25, IGL’s adj. EBITDA margin of INR4.6/scm came in below our est. of INR5/scm. Volumes stood at 9.18mmscmd, slightly lower than our est. of 9.29mmscmd.

In Q4FY25, pre-sales rose 14% YoY/7% QoQ to INR48.1b, while volumes grew 4% YoY/15% QoQ to 3.6msf. In FY25, pre-sales grew 21% YoY to INR176.3b, surpassing the guidance. For FY26, the company has guided for pre-sales of INR210b and volumes of 11msf.

RBL Bank (RBK) reported 4QFY25 PAT of INR687m (81% YoY decline). NII declined 2.3% YoY to INR15.6b (in line) due to lower disbursals in the JLG business. NIMs remained broadly stable at 4.89% during the quarter.

IDFC First Bank (IDFCFB) reported 4QFY25 PAT of INR3.04b (58% YoY decline, 6% beat to MOFSLe) amid lower tax expense. NII grew 10% YoY/ flat QoQ to INR49.1b (in line). NIMs contracted 9bp QoQ to 5.95% (in line), dragged by a decline in the MFI business.

Poonawalla Fincorp (PFL)’s 4QFY25 PAT declined ~81% YoY to ~INR623m (MOFSLe: INR1.8b). FY25 loss was INR983m (vs. PAT of INR10.3b in FY24).