Bajaj Finance has indicated that its rural and urban consumer businesses were at 91 per cent and 72 per cent of year-ago volumes and so far the lender has restructured only Rs 252 crore of loans
The Pune-headquartered company said new loans booked during the second quarter dropped 44 per cent to 3.61 million
The non-banking finance company had posted a net profit of Rs 1,506 crore in the July-September quarter a year ago.
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The lender, in Q1FY21, took an additional contingency provision of Rs 1,450 crore for the pandemic, taking the total amount to Rs 2,350 crore as of June 30
Lender's caution on customer additions and fresh loan disbursals suggests the unpredictable nature of retail asset quality, say analysyts.
New loans declined sharply to 3.6 million from 6.5 million year-on-year and 5 million quarter-on-quarter.
Nifty has broken out from the rising wedge pattern on the daily chart
The results outcome have seen profit booking on the gap up opening
Rahul Bajaj has decided to demit the office as chairman of the board with effect from close of business hours on July 31
Higher provisioning in line with priority to mitigate balance-sheet risk
The board has appointed Sanjiv Bajaj, currently the Vice Chairman of the Company, as Non-Executive Chairman of the Company with effect from August 1, 2020
Net profit down 19 per cent to Rs 962 crore from Rs 1,195 crore in Q1FY20
We might witness weakness only if Nifty breaks level of 10,700
Some analysts are still cautious on asset quality
The NBFC's assets under management (AUM) under moratorium declined from 27 per cent, at the end of April 2020, to about 15.5 per cent at the end of June 2020.
MAS Financial, Ujjivan Financial, HUDCO, Cholamandalam Investment, Aditya Birla Money, Geojit Financial, AU SFB, and CreditAccess Grameen were up in the range of 5 per cent to 9 per cent on the BSE.
Experts attribute the higher payout to the change in dividend law and cut in corporate income tax.
Firm may need to make additional provisioning due to covid-19 to further strengthen its balance sheet. In Q4FY20, it made provisions of Rs 1,954 crore, of which Rs 900 crore was set aside for covid-re
S&P Global Ratings said that worsening operating conditions following Covid-19 have increased risks for financial institutions and banks operating in India