Motilal Oswal: Bajaj Finance Q2 Review - Upfronting Provisions, Guidance Encouraging

At 3.7%, Bajaj Finance’s standard asset provisions are among the highest in Motilal Oswal’s NBFC universe.

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Bajaj Finance Ltd.’s Q2 FY21 profit after tax declined approximately 36% YoY to Rs 9.6 billion (2% miss).

Net interest income beat of 2%, coupled with opex beat of 3%, led to 4% pre-provision operating profit beat.

With Rs 17 billion credit costs, the company continued to build on its provision buffer – its standard asset provisions of 3.7% are now among the highest in our non-banking finance company coverage universe.

For H1 FY21, PPoP grew 20% YoY; however, profit before tax declined 32% YoY due to Covid-19-related provisioning.

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