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SFL Ka Milestone Aur Zabardast Growth
SFL ka yeh ₹1,000 Crore AUM ka milestone bahut bada hai. Saath hi, 93% ka year-on-year growth matlab company full speed mein hai! Iske peeche ka secret hai unka naya sustainability-focused business vertical, jismein kaafi investment aur expansion hua hai. Disbursements bhi 120% badh gaye, ₹700 Crore cross kar gaye. Aur kya? Company ne 70 se zyada naye branches bhi khole hain, ab total 121 ho gaye hain. Employees bhi 1,200+ ho gaye hain. Wah!
Funding Ka Jugaad Aur Parent Company Ka Load
Itni jaldi growth ke liye paisa kahaan se aaya? Simple! SFL ne FY26 mein lagbhag ₹730 Crore ka debt raise kiya. Ismein ₹37.8 Crore ka pehla External Commercial Borrowing bhi tha aur ₹295 Crore NCDs se uthaye. Parent company SCNL ne bhi ₹90 Crore ki equity invest ki hai.
Par Parent Company Ka Kya?
Lekin bhai, har kahani mein ek twist hota hai. SFL toh chamak raha hai, par parent company SCNL ki halat thodi alag hai. December 2025 tak, SCNL par ₹8,786 Crore ka total borrowing tha. Iska matlab, debt-to-equity ratio 2.9x ho gaya hai. Ye number Bandhan Bank (jiska 0% D/E ratio hai) ke comparison mein kaafi high hai. Market bhi isse chintit hai, SCNL ka stock pichhle ek saal mein 1.80% aur do saalon mein 37.22% gir chuka hai. SCNL ab 8.07-8.45 TTM ke P/E ratio par trade kar raha hai, jo last decade ke average 32.26 se bahut kam hai. Aur Bandhan Bank (23.23) aur CreditAccess Grameen (38.14) jaise competitors se toh bahut hi neeche hai. Aisa lagta hai market SCNL ke overall issues se zyada pareshan hai.
Microfinance Sector Ki Challenges
Waise, pura Indian microfinance sector bhi thoda mushkil time se guzar raha hai. Loan disbursements toh theek hain, par total loan portfolio kam ho gaya hai. Asset quality aur profitability ki issues bhi hain. ICRA ka bhi kehna hai ki sector AUM toh 10-15% badhega FY2026 mein, par outlook negative hai. SCNL ke metrics jaise PAR 1 4.7% aur GNPA 3.34% hain, par overall sector stress dikh raha hai.
Profitability Aur Leverage Risk
SCNL ka 2.9x ka debt-to-equity ratio risk ko badhata hai. Agar asset quality kharab hui toh loan wapas lene mein problem ho sakti hai aur profitability par pressure aa sakta hai. Aur shareholder ke paise pe return bhi kam hai, ROE bas 7.32% ke aas paas hai. Matlab company shareholders ke paise ko efficiently use nahi kar pa rahi hai, jaisa ki Bandhan Bank ya CreditAccess Grameen kar rahe hain.
Aage Kya?
FY2026 mein sector AUM growth SFL ke liye achha ho sakta hai. SCNL management bhi disciplined growth par focus kar raha hai aur unka collection efficiency bhi strong hai, 18 consecutive profitable quarters dikhaye hain. Lekin itna sara debt aur low ROE ek challenging financial picture bana raha hai. Analysts SCNL ke liye 'Buy' rating de rahe hain, lekin investors ko SFL ki growth aur parent company ke risks ko compare karke hi decide karna chahiye.