Bajaj Housing Finance Ltd
Q1 FY25 Earnings Call Analysis
Finance
capex: Norevenue: Category 2margin: Category 3orderbook: No informationfundraise: No
📋orderbook
Current/ Expected Orderbook/ Pending Orders?
- The transcript does not explicitly mention the current or expected orderbook or pending orders for Bajaj Housing Finance Limited.
- Discussions primarily focus on project numbers related to financed projects: Atul Jain corrected Shreepal Doshi that the number of projects financed is 798, not 758.
- No specific figures on orderbooks or pending orders were provided.
- The conversation centers around enquiry to conversion rates, sales slowdowns, inventory ratios, and financing costs, but not orderbook data.
- Hence, detailed or quantified current or expected orderbook or pending orders information is not disclosed in the provided transcript.
💰fundraise
Any current/future new fundraising through debt or equity?
- No plan to raise new capital (equity) in FY26 as leverage is at 5.1-5.2, and it is not advisable to raise money below 7.5 leverage.
- No primary equity issuance expected for the next 1.5-2 years.
- Possibility of a secondary offering from Bajaj Finance shareholders could be considered later, but no direct primary fundraise planned.
- On debt side, the company actively manages ALM and liabilities but specific new debt fund raising plans are not mentioned explicitly in the text.
- The company raised variable and fixed rate NCDs last year; the borrowing mix is well diversified with instruments like money market, bank borrowings, and NHB refinance.
- Any future debt raising will be decided based on interest rate views and calibrated cost-benefit analysis.
🏗️capex
Any current/future capex/capital investment/strategic investment?
- No plans to raise new capital in FY26 as leverage is 5.1-5.2, and raising money below 7.5 leverage is not advisable for a mortgage company.
- No primary capital raising expected for the next 1.5 to 2 years.
- Potential consideration for secondary offerings by Bajaj Finance shareholders at the appropriate time.
- Continued investment in management team and expansion efforts, particularly in the Near Prime and Affordable Housing SBU and non-top six markets.
- Incremental investments are focused on organic growth rather than acquisitions in the affordable/near prime segment.
- Strategy includes building purchase transaction mix over riskier balance transfers.
- Investment activities also include opportunistic portfolio purchases for margin expansion.
📊revenue
Future growth expectations in sales/revenue/volumes?
- The company expects sustained growth with a 26% AUM growth as of March 31, 2025.
- Home Loans grew by 22%, Loan Against Property (LAP) by 28%, Lease Rental Discounting (LRD) by 24%, and Developer Finance by 49% in the recent quarter.
- Disbursements increased by 25% YoY for the quarter.
- Near Prime and Affordable Housing segment (SBU) is growing steadily and aligned with future business goals, focusing on organic growth.
- The developer finance portfolio shows no structural decline in conversion rates despite fewer launches.
- Management plans to invest in expanding the SBU and non-top six markets for future growth.
- Cost efficiencies are improving with OPEX to NTI reducing from 27.1% to 21.7% in Q4 FY25.
- They anticipate a 10-15 bps compression in net interest margin due to cost and yield dynamics but expect profitability to be maintained through portfolio mix benefits.
📈margin
Future growth expectations in earnings/operating earnings/profits/EPS?
- Net Total Income grew by 23% in FY25; Pre-provisioning Operating Profit up 28% YoY; PAT grew 25% for the year.
- Management expects some moderation in quarterly growth rates as the company scales, reflecting natural normalization post high growth phase.
- Focus on organic growth in affordable and near prime segments with limited reliance (10-12%) on balance transfers to build a strong purchase transaction mix.
- Continued investment in management and new business units (Near Prime, Affordable Housing, and non-top six markets) to support future growth.
- Anticipates 10-15 bps NIM compression next year due to market dynamics but plans to mitigate through asset mix changes and higher developer finance share.
- OPEX to NTI improved to 21.7% in Q4 FY25; cautious spending on strategic areas to sustain growth and quality.
- The company maintains medium-term guidance without changes, indicating steady growth trajectory.
