Shares of Manappuram Finance, an NBFC firm, rallied sharply in Wednesday’s trading session as investors responded positively to the company’s Q2FY24 performance. The company on Monday reported a 37% YoY jump in its consolidated net profit at ₹560.65 crore. In the corresponding quarter of last year, the company recorded a net profit of ₹409.5 crore.
Sequentially, net profit increased by 12.6%, compared to ₹498.02 crore in the quarter ended June 2023. It reported a 25% improvement in net interest income at ₹1,468 crore against ₹1,168 crore was reported in Q2 FY23.
Total revenue during the quarter came in at ₹2,174 crore, an increase of 27% compared to ₹1,714 crore in the same period last year. In terms of segment, the ‘gold, loan and other’ business category contributed ₹1,537.22 crore in Q2 FY24 of total revenue, with ‘micro-finance’ added ₹636.80 crore.
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In terms of asset quality, GNPA improved to 1.6% from 2% in Q2FY23, while net NPA fell to 1.4% in Q2FY24 from 1.8% in the year-ago period.
A QoQ increase of around 1% and an 8% increase in Assets Under Management (AUM) were seen, reaching approx. ₹20,800 crore. The quantity of gold measured in tonnage remained relatively stable at 59.4 tonnes compared to the previous quarter.
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Following the company’s Q2FY24 numbers, the shares opened strongly in today’s trading session at ₹153.50 apiece compared to its previous closing price ₹140.35 apiece and further strengthen that ₹154.35 apiece, marking a significant gain of 10%.
Home broking firm Motilal Oswal has revised its FY24E/FY25E EPS up by 5%/6%. This adjustment represents strong growth prospects in non-gold segments and an increase in other income. The brokerage projects a 10%/20% CAGR in AUM for gold/consolidated book over FY23 and FY26.
In addition, it projects a profit after tax (PAT) CAGR of around 27% over the same period. These adjustments resulted in estimated consolidated RoA and RoE of approximately 5.0% and 20% in FY26.
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“Management has demonstrated that they will not pursue loan growth at the expense of sheet compression, which we believe will continue to be a driver of higher profitability. MGFL trades at 0.8x Sep’25E P/BV, and we believe there will be scope for a re-rating in valuation multiples for a franchise that can deliver a sustainable RoE of 20%,” the brokerage said.
The brokerage indicated that the risk reward for Manappuram Finance is favourable, hence maintaining its ‘buy’ rating with a target price of ₹180 each.
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On the other hand, Dolat Capital maintained its ‘Reduce’ call on the stock with a target price of ₹155 apiece, valuing the standalone at 1x Sep-25E ABV and the MFI book at 1.4x PBV.
“We remain concerned about weakness in the core business of gold and non-gold franchises on average,” the brokerage said.
At 10:15 AM, the stock was trading with a gain of 8.87% at ₹152.75 each.
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Updated: 15 November 2023, 10:26 AM IST
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