Bajaj Finance Q3 Results: Net profit grows over 22% to Rs 3,639 crore but falls short of analysts' expectations
Bajaj Finance on Monday reported a net profit of Rs 3,639 crore for the October-December period, missing analysts' estimates. Bajaj Finance shares ended 1.4 per cent higher ahead of the earnings announcement.
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Bajaj Finance on Monday reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 3,639 crore for the October-December period, marking a year-on-year rise of 22.4 per cent but falling short of analysts' estimates. The Pune-headquartered non-banking financial company (NBFC) said its consolidated assets under management (AUM) crossed a milestone of Rs 3,00,000 crore during the course of the quarter.
Its net interest income, or the difference between interest earned and interest paid, stood at Rs 7,655 crore for the quarter ended December 2023 as against Rs 5,922 crore for the corresponding period a year ago, according to a regulatory filing.
According to Zee Business research, the private sector NBFC's quarterly net profit was estimated at Rs 3,720 crore and NII at Rs 7,470 crore.
Bajaj Finance said its number of new loans booked increased 26 per cent to 9.86 million in the fiscal third quarter compared with the year-ago period. Its assets under management (AUM) expanded 35 per cent on a year-on-year basis to Rs 3,10,968 crore, as of December 31, 2023.
The company's pre-provisioning operating profit (PPOP) increased 27 per cent to Rs 6,142 crore for the December quarter.
Bajaj Finance's asset quality deteriorated, as its gross non-performing assets (GNPAs) increased to 0.95 per cent of its total loans as of December 31, 2023, as against 0.24 per cent three months ago. Its net non-performing assets (NNPAs) worsened to 0.37 per cent at the end of the December quarter from 0.09 per cent at the end of the July-September period.
The NBFC said its loan losses and provisions stood at Rs 1,248 crore in the quarter under review, as against Rs 841 crore a year ago.
Bajaj Finance shares ended 1.4 per cent higher at Rs 7,187.5 apiece on BSE ahead of the earnings announcement.
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