Fedbank Financial Services Ltd — Q1 FY27 earnings call
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The short read
Fedbank Financial Services reported Q1 FY27 disbursements up 14% YoY to Rs 6,760 crore and AUM growth of 35% YoY to Rs 21,136 crore, led by the Gold Loan business. Profit after tax rose 52.5% YoY to Rs 114.4 crore, with GNPA improving to 1.6% from 1.9% and credit costs at 0.8%. Management described a regulatory transition in gold lending LTV calculation that has elevated reported overdue levels, which it characterized as a change in customer repayment behaviour rather than an asset quality issue.
Numbers mentioned
Disbursements: ₹6,760 Cr (Q1 FY27)
p. 3
“Our Disbursements increased 14% YoY to ₹6,760 Cr, and our AUM grew 35% YoY to ₹21,136 Cr.”
Parvez Mulla, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
AUM: ₹21,136 Cr (Q1 FY27)
p. 3
“Our Disbursements increased 14% YoY to ₹6,760 Cr, and our AUM grew 35% YoY to ₹21,136 Cr.”
Parvez Mulla, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Gold Loan AUM: ₹11,191 Cr (Q1 FY27)
p. 3
“with disbursements rising 15% YoY to ₹6,087 Cr and AUM increasing 77% YoY to ₹11,191 Cr”
Parvez Mulla, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Doorstep Gold Loan AUM: ₹1,787 Cr (Q1 FY27)
p. 3
“Our Doorstep Gold Loan offering maintained strong momentum, with AUM growing 96.5% YoY to ₹1,787 Cr.”
Parvez Mulla, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Mortgage AUM: ₹9,777 Cr (Q1 FY27)
p. 4
“Our Mortgage business continued to demonstrate steady growth, with disbursements increasing 4% YoY to ₹673 Cr and AUM rising 14% YoY to ₹9,777 Cr.”
Parvez Mulla, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Net income growth: 33% YoY (Q1 FY27)
p. 4
“the company continued to expand its core earnings, delivering a 33% ”
Parvez Mulla, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Credit cost: 0.8% (Q1 FY27)
p. 5
“Credit costs remained at 0.8%, well within our guided range of below 1%.”
Parvez Mulla, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
GNPA: 1.6% (Q1 FY27)
p. 5
“On asset quality, our GNPA moved to 1.6% from 1.9% in Q4, our provision coverage increased to 38%, and net NPA stood at 1.0%.”
Parvez Mulla, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Profit after tax: ₹114.4 Cr (Q1 FY27)
p. 5
“The quarter concluded with a profit after tax of ₹114.4 Cr, a YoY growth of 52.5%, an ROA of 2.6% and an ROE of 15.4%.”
Parvez Mulla, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
ROE: 15.4% (Q1 FY27)
p. 7
“This represents an expansion of 380 bps YOY in ROE (from 11.6% in Q1’26)”
C. V. Ganesh, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Pre-provisioning Operating Profit: Rs 187.5 Cr (Q1 FY27)
p. 7
“The strong core income growth, and controlled BAU Opex resulted in Pre-provisioning Operating Profit at Rs 187.5 Cr growing 15.2% sequentially and 50% YOY.”
C. V. Ganesh, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
CRAR: 20.71% (Q1 FY27)
p. 8
“Our CRAR came in at 20.71 % (compared to 22.4% in q4).”
C. V. Ganesh, page 8 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Cost-to-income: 52.8% (Q1 FY27)
p. 7
“Our Cost-to-income also showed an improvement of over 400 bps sequentially Q0Q – coming in at 52.8% (from the annualised number of 57.2% in FY26).”
C. V. Ganesh, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Stage II assets: 2.7% (Q1 FY27)
p. 6
“Our increase in Stage II from 2.2 % to 2.7% is entirely due to this re-adjustment.”
C. V. Ganesh, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
What management said it would do
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Gold AUM growth — 25% to 30% · FY27
stated conditionally by Parvez Mulla
p. 9
“if there is no price drop, and if the price remains flat also over the year, that means, let's say, let's look at March to next March, the price would have remained flat, even then we would have given a gold AUM growth of about 25% to 30%”
Parvez Mulla, page 9 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Entity-level AUM growth — 20% to 22% · FY27
stated firmly by Parvez Mulla
p. 15
“And at an entity level, we are expecting to grow about 20% to 22%.”
Parvez Mulla, page 15 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Mortgage AUM growth — 15% to 20% · FY27
stated firmly by Parvez Mulla
p. 15
“And the mortgage AUM will grow between 15% to 20%.”
Parvez Mulla, page 15 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Credit cost — below 1% · FY27
stated firmly by Parvez Mulla
p. 13
“At the start of the year itself, we said the credit cost guidance will be sub-1%.”
Parvez Mulla, page 13 of the filed PDF · View the filing
ROA expansion — 20 to 30 bps over FY26 average of 2.4% · FY27
stated firmly by Parvez Mulla
p. 14
“I had guided that we will expand the ROA by about 20 to 30 bps over the average ROA, that we had given last year.”
Parvez Mulla, page 14 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Branch additions — 200 branches · FY27
stated firmly by Parvez Mulla
p. 16
“This year, we plan to add 200 branches. Our guidance remains, we have not changed our guidance.”
Parvez Mulla, page 16 of the filed PDF · View the filing
LAP segment growth (medium + small ticket) — 15% to 20% · FY27
stated firmly by Parvez Mulla
p. 16
“So it will play out. But overall level, I'm giving you a guidance that we'll grow both these segments together at an entity level. These two segments will grow at about 15% to 20%.”
Parvez Mulla, page 16 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Q&A highlights
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Management explained that the new rule requires interest to be subtracted upfront on bullet loans at higher LTVs, pushing the industry toward quarterly repayment products, and said NBFC-bank competition on income-generating loans remains unchanged.
Answered by Parvez Mulla
Asked by Digant Haria: How is Fedfina positioning itself against banks under the new gold loan LTV regulations?
p. 8
“So, what has happened is, because of that, across the industry, most of the players will be looking at offering the customers quarterly products, which means that the quarterly dues will get created.”
Parvez Mulla, page 8 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said the LAP segment will grow at 20-25%, prioritizing yield discipline over disbursal growth amid competitive pressure.
Answered by Parvez Mulla
Asked by Chetan Gindodia: What is the growth outlook for medium and small ticket LAP given weaker disbursements?
p. 10
“The guidance that we have given for this year is that we will grow the entity at about 20% to 25%.”
Parvez Mulla, page 10 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Jagadeesh Rao said there was no impact on high-ticket acquisition, and the skew was actually toward loans above Rs 2.5 lakh under the new regime.
Answered by Jagadeesh Rao
Asked by Rajiv Mehta: Was there a volume hit in gold loan disbursements due to new regulations, especially above the Rs 2.5 lakh ticket size?
p. 12
“There is no impact on high ticket acquisition.”
Jagadeesh Rao, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
CV Ganesh said the hypothesis is broadly correct but flagged uncertainty from the new interest-due structure and how gold delinquencies trend.
Answered by CV Ganesh
Asked by Renish: Should credit cost trend downward given PCR is now at historical highs?
p. 13
“So, your hypothesis is correct. The only thing which may sort of affect it a little is, how the gold delinquencies trend over the next few quarters.”
CV Ganesh, page 13 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management confirmed no branches were opened in Q1 despite identifying premises, but reiterated the 200-branch guidance with a spillover expected in Q2.
Answered by Parvez Mulla
Asked by Devansh Dhruv: Has the company opened any new branches this quarter, and is the 200-branch guidance still intact?
p. 17
“Yes. It should be -- you should see the spillover effect in Q2, yes.”
Parvez Mulla, page 17 of the filed PDF · View the filing
CV Ganesh said the collections team has been strengthened and resolution of delinquent accounts, including SARFAESI-related cases, will take time.
Answered by C.V. Ganesh
Asked by Ghansham Joshi: How will the company address the rising Stage 3 percentage in mortgages?
p. 19
“We have a lot of people legal, technical. We have a lot of collection people on the ground working on that number.”
C.V. Ganesh, page 19 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Risks flagged
Regulatory change in gold loan LTV calculation is expected to keep reported overdue levels elevated in the near term
p. 4
“As customer repayment behaviour is unlikely to change immediately, reported overdue levels are expected to remain elevated in the near term.”
Parvez Mulla, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Leverage increased due to co-lending transition issues, with own balance sheet absorbing business that would otherwise have gone to co-lending partners
p. 6
“Due to transition-related issues with the new regulatory guidelines across our co-lending partners, a large part of what would otherwise have been CLM business was booked in our own balance sheet in Q1 resulting in leverage going up from 4.6 to 4.89.”
C. V. Ganesh, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Competitive yield pressure in medium ticket LAP
p. 11
“The medium ticket LAP has been facing competitive intensity on the yield side.”
Parvez Mulla, page 11 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Uncertainty around monsoon and West Asia crisis effects on asset quality in coming quarters
p. 13
“We're not seeing anything on the West Asia crisis hitting us as of now. I don't know how it will in Q2, the monsoon effect in Q2, Q3.”
Parvez Mulla, page 13 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Possible emergence of macroeconomic stress in future quarters
p. 17
“Maybe it will come in Q2 or Q3, maybe after the monsoon plays out.”
Parvez Mulla, page 17 of the filed PDF · View the filing
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