Bajaj Finance Limited

Rajeev Jain – CEO of the company addressed the call:Highlights by Capital Mkt
Assets Under Management (AUM) surged 36% to Rs 37964 crore at end September 2015 from Rs 28004 crore at end September 2014. Deployments jumped 51% to Rs 9236 crore in Q2FY2016 from Rs 6115 crore in Q2FY2015.The company is targeting an AUM (loans) growth of 20-25% for FY2016, while expects the growth to be higher at 35%, if the festive loan demand turns out to be strong.New loans acquired galloped 42% to 13,93,309 in Q2FY2016 from 9,78,174 in Q2FY2015.Loan losses and provisions increased 71% to Rs 137 crore Q2FY2016 as against Rs 80 crore in Q2FY2015. The company made accelerated provisioning of Rs 31 crore in Q2FY16. Adjusted for this, loan losses and provisions growth is 33%.
Return on Assets and Return on Equity for Q2FY16 were 0.8% and 4.2% (not annualized) respectively. ROE is adjusted for capital raised by the company through QIP issue of Rs 1400 crore during Q1FY16.
Gross NPA and Net NPA as of 30 September 2015 stood at 1.67% and 0.46% respectively. The provisioning coverage ratio (PCR) stood at 73% as of 30 September 2015. Net NPA & provisioning coverage ratios have shown improvement from 0.48% and 67% respectively a year ago.Capital adequacy ratio (including Tier-II capital) stood at 20.49%. The tier I capital stood at 17.32%. The Company continues to be well capitalized to support its growth trajectory.
Two Wheeler financing business disbursed 139K accounts in the quarter (11% YoY). Three Wheeler financing business disbursed 8K accounts in the quarter (21% YoY). Consumer Durable business had a strong quarter disbursing 908 K accounts (36% YoY).Existing customer penetration continued to remain strong. The business launched its first co brand EMI Card proposition with Vijay Sales the second largest retailer in India.
Retailer finance business & extended warranty cross sell for consumer durable business remained strong, disbursing Rs 930 crore (83% YoY) and 45 crore. Extended warranty volume penetration crossed 16% in September 2015 from a low of 7.5% in the previous year.
Digital product finance business disbursed 126K accounts (102% YoY) during the quarter. Business crossed 50K accounts for the first time in the month of August 2015. Business is also exploring partnership opportunities with wireless carriers for financing packaged products.
Lifestyle finance business disbursed 38k accounts (92% YoY). The business continues to focus on identifying new categories like mattresses etc. New category additions should help the business accelerate growth in second half.
Salaried personal loans continued its strong run during the quarter and disbursed Rs 715 crore (88% YoY). The medium term strategy for the business is to grow direct business and deepen geographic penetration. Business added 15 new locations during the quarter to deepen its geographic footprint.Salaried home loans disbursed Rs 246 crore (119% YoY). The business launched Developer Finance product during the quarter. HFC license is expected further augment the delivery of its strategy.E-Commerce finance business launched in June 2015 with a ‘Seller Finance’ offering for sellers of Flipkart and Snapdeal disbursed Rs 49 crore across more than 140 sellers in Q2.
Rural lending business continued to be the fastest growing business in Q2 as well, disbursing Rs 361 crore (284% YoY). The business added 18 new branches across states of Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat during the quarter. The business is now present in 272 towns and villages in less than 3 years of its launch. The diversified business model pursued has delivered rich dividends.Retail construction equipment finance business now has receivables of less than Rs 90 crore. This business had 1,100 crore of receivables at its peak. Due to timely exit from the business, the company has managed to come out with no capital loss over the 5 years of this business. Incremental provisions are expected to be non-material and the business is expected to fully wind down in the next 9 months time.
Loan against Share business had a good quarter with a net assets addition of Rs 159 crore (80% YoY) catalyzed by growth in its retail segment.
Structured Finance, Financial Institutions (FIG) lending business & Light Engineering Vendor Financing business are beginning to grow well and disbursed Rs 310 crore in Q2 (Rs 195 crore in Structured Finance, Rs 105 crore in FIG & Rs 10 crore in Light Engineering).
Relationship management (RM) strategy launched this year has started to deliver on growth momentum. RM business disbursed Rs 376 crore in Q2 (61% YoY).
Fixed deposit business garnered Rs 413 crore of new fixed deposits during the quarter taking the total deposit book to Rs 1467 crore (233% YoY). The average deposit amount stood at 3.3 lakh with a weighted tenor of greater than 24 months.
Interest cost for the company continues to remain significantly lower amongst its NBFC peers. Borrowing mix at the quarter end stood at 47:48:05 between banks, money markets and retail deposits respectively.