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Growth Ka Dhamaka!
Arey, asli mazaa toh Poonawalla Fincorp ke numbers mein hai! Q4 FY26 mein yeh company toh full-on form mein thi. Inka Assets Under Management (AUM) 69% tadak se badh kar ₹60,348 crore ho gaya! Aur sirf YoY growth nahi, quarter-on-quarter bhi 10% ka rise dikhaya. Mazedaar baat yeh hai ki inke naye products ne disbursemnts mein 24% ka contribution diya. Aur Profit After Tax (PAT) bhi badhiya, kareeb ₹255 crore ke aas-paas. Ab itni growth ke liye paisa toh chahiye na? Company ne April 2026 mein ₹2,500 crore ka Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) kiya aur uske pehle promoter se ₹1,500 crore ka preferential issue bhi tha. Ye sab karne ke baad, inki Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) 20.74% tak pahunchne ka umeed hai, jo NBFC sector mein lending ke liye kaafi hai.
Valuation Ka Bhoot!
Lekin ab aata hai asal sawal. Itni fast growth toh dikh rahi hai, par market mein is company ka valuation bahut high hai yaar. Peeps se compare karein toh Poonawalla Fincorp ka P/E ratio 71 se 110 tak chal raha hai. Jabki sector average toh 20-23x hai, aur Bajaj Finance jaisi badi company bhi 30-34x par trade karti hai. Matlab, market yahan se bhi extraordinary growth expect kar raha hai, koi mistake nahi chahiye! Unka Return on Assets (RoA) toh 1.8% ho gaya, jo accha hai. Par agar pichle 12 mahine ka Return on Equity (ROE) dekhein, toh woh -1.21% hai, jo competitors se kaafi alag hai. Yehi wajah hai ki ICICI Securities jaise analysts ne 'Buy' rating toh rakhi hai, par price target ko ₹600 se kam kar ke ₹520 kar diya hai. Unhone valuation multiple ko bhi 4.1x se ghata kar 3.2x kar diya hai FY27 Book Value (BV) par. Matlab, growth toh hai par valuation ko adjust karna padega.
Operations & Numbers Check
Operations ki baat karein toh, technology aur network mein investment ke karan opex to AUM 4.1% par aa gaya, jo pichle quarter se 28 basis points kam hai. Loan quality bhi stable hai, credit costs 2.5%–2.7% ke aas-paas hain pichle chaar quarters se. Aur Gross Non-Performing Assets (GNPA) 1.44% aur Net Non-Performing Assets (NNPA) 0.74% par aa gaye hain, jo teen mahine se lagatar gir rahe hain. Ye dikhata hai ki growth ke saath-saath loan sanctioning control mein hai. Inka loan book bhi ₹32,694.96 crore se badh kar ₹55,951.49 crore ho gaya hai March 31, 2026 tak. Aur Net Interest Margins (NIM) bhi quarter-on-quarter badh kar 9.05% ho gaye hain Q4 FY26 mein.
Growth Pressure & Future
Jab AUM ₹35,631 crore se ₹60,348 crore tak pahunch jaye, toh us high valuation ko justify karne ka pressure toh badhega hi. Bajaj Finance jaise competitors ab mature stages par hain. Poonawalla Fincorp ka P/E multiple unke sabse kareebi bade competitor se double se bhi zyada hai, matlab growth itni tez honi chahiye ki us high price ko justify kar sake, jo ki NBFC sector ke 12-18% ke forecast ke muqable mushkil ho sakta hai. Pichle 12 mahine ka negative ROE bhi sawaal uthata hai ki itne high valuation par capital kitni efficiently use ho raha hai. Analysts ke price targets mein bhi kaafi fark hai, ₹330 se lekar ₹663 tak. Mostly 'Buy' rating hai, par valuation aur target divergence ke karan investors ko consistency chahiye hogi. Company dividend nahi de rahi, saara profit growth mein reinvest kar rahi hai, toh long-term value ke liye growth targets ko poora karna zaroori hai.