Sammaan Capital Ltd
Q3 FY25 Earnings Call Analysis
Finance
fundraise: Yescapex: Yesrevenue: Category 2margin: Category 2orderbook: No information
💰fundraise
Any current/future new fundraising through debt or equity?
- Recent preferential equity issue approval received on October 29, 2025; pending RBI and other regulatory approvals, expected within 4 months, aiming to complete transaction by end of FY 2025-26 or early FY 2026-27.
- Immediately post-announcement, raised $450 million via dollar bonds at a yield 150 basis points lower than prior issuance.
- Debt flow significantly increased due to equity infusion raised in calendar years 2024 and early 2025, enabling 1.5x more balance sheet borrowings than last year.
- Moody’s has put the company on review for possible upgrade; post-transaction, expect significant rating upgrades and at least 200 basis points cost of funds reduction.
- Plan to increase disbursements to around INR35,000 crores in FY 2027, supported by enhanced borrowing capacity.
- No explicit mention of immediate new fundraising beyond these; future plans tied to regulatory approvals and strategic roadmap development over next 2 quarters.
🏗️capex
Any current/future capex/capital investment/strategic investment?
- Significant investments planned around people, branches, and technology as part of the company's growth strategy.
- Target to expand branch network to about 500 branches over the next 2-3 years, a three to fourfold increase from current levels.
- People strength expected to grow fourfold from current levels.
- Focus on building tech capabilities including end-to-end disbursals on the app, quicker turnaround times, and cost-to-income reduction.
- Emphasis on technology transformation aided by the investor's ecosystem, including artificial intelligence applications.
- Investments will be funded by cost of funds savings, with large residuals rerouted for capacity building.
- Overall capex is aimed at enabling scaling disbursals from INR15,000 crores annualized to INR35,000 crores in fiscal '27.
- The strategy and investment plans are evolving and expected to be finalized within the next two quarters.
📊revenue
Future growth expectations in sales/revenue/volumes?
- Sammaan Capital aims to increase disbursals from an annualized INR15,000 crores to around INR35,000 crores by fiscal year 2027.
- The company targets growth AUM to reach beyond INR1.10 lakh crores, transitioning back to a normal growth rate of 20-23% annually post catch-up years (fiscal 2027-28).
- Mortgages will remain the core product, comprising over 80% of disbursals in the next 24 months, with ticket sizes increasing up to INR2-3 crores.
- The management plans to widen the product suite beyond mortgages into new lending segments tailored for mid to lower-income groups.
- Cost of funds reduction will support increased return on assets (ROA) from 1.5% toward 2.5%.
- Investment in people, branches, and technology will drive growth, with plans to quadruple staff and significantly expand branch network.
📈margin
Future growth expectations in earnings/operating earnings/profits/EPS?
- Sammaan Capital targets significant growth with disbursals increasing from an annualized INR15,000 crores to around INR35,000 crores by fiscal year 2027.
- Growth AUM expected to rise from about INR42,000 crores towards INR1.10 lakh crores in the medium term.
- Management anticipates normalized growth rates of 20-23% once the company stabilizes post fiscal '27-'28 catch-up years.
- Return on Assets (ROA) to improve from current ~1.5% to approximately 2.5% over the next few years; specific fiscal year targets to be shared within two quarters.
- Incremental cost of funds expected to reduce from 9-9.5% down to around 7.5% post-transaction, enhancing profitability.
- Net gain on derecognition expected to stabilize around 4% of disbursals, contributing to steady income.
- With rating upgrades and cost optimization, profit after tax could see a significant uplift (50% impact from cost of funds reduction alone).
- Management committed to expanding product suites and technology investments to support robust and diversified growth.
📋orderbook
Current/ Expected Orderbook/ Pending Orders?
- The company is preparing to increase disbursals from an annualized run rate of around INR 15,000 crores to approximately INR 35,000 crores by fiscal year 2027.
- The growth AUM is currently nearing INR 42,000 crores.
- The legacy loan AUM has declined by roughly INR 9,000 crores since last year, targeting a further reduction to about INR 15,000 crores by year-end.
- The total AUM has increased by about INR 1,000 crores over the last year.
- The company plans a significant expansion of its branch network to around 500 branches over the next 2-3 years.
- Product suite expansion beyond mortgages is underway, aiming to address low- to mid-income segments.
- The management is still finalizing strategies post-transaction and will provide more detailed guidance in the next two quarters.
