Aditya Birla Capital’s Q2 PAT up 44%

The Company follows a 'Digital First Approach' for product innovation, direct acquisition, seamless onboarding and service delivery.

FinTech BizNews Service 

Mumbai, 3 November, 2023: Aditya Birla Capital Limited (ABCL) announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter and half year ended September 30, 2023.

The Consolidated Revenue of the Company grew by 22% year-on-year to Rs 8,831 Crore in Q2 FY24. The Consolidated Profit after tax grew 44% year-on-year to Rs 705 Crore in Q2 FY24. The strong momentum across businesses led to a 41% year-on-year and 8% sequential growth in the overall lending portfolio (NBFC and HFC) to Rs 1,08,961 Crore as on September 30, 2023. The total AUM (AMC, life insurance and health insurance) grew by 12% year-on-year to Rs 4,04,354 Crore.

The Company has a pan-India presence with 1,403 branches across all businesses as of September 30, 2023. The Company’s branch expansion is targeted at driving penetration into tier 3 and tier 4 towns and new customer segments.

The Company follows a ‘Digital First Approach’ for product innovation, direct acquisition, seamless onboarding and service delivery. In H1 FY24, 78% customers were onboarded digitally in the AMC business. In life insurance, 80% renewals were done digitally in H1 FY24. In Health Insurance business, 85% business is delivered by auto-underwriting.

The Company continues to see a robust response to its comprehensive B2B platform for MSME ecosystem, Udyog Plus, with more than 164,000 registrations as of September 30, 2023. It offers paperless digital journey for business loans and loan disbursement of up to Rs 10 lakh. The Company has integrated Udyog Plus with ABG ecosystem to provide channel financing to dealers. Udyog Plus has reached a monthly disbursement run rate of Rs 50 crore with ABG ecosystem contributing two-thirds of the business. 

Highlights of NBFC business for Q2 FY24

• Disbursements grew by 32% year-on-year to Rs 16,477 Crore
• Loan portfolio grew by 44% year-on-year and 9% sequentially to Rs 93,522 Crore
• Net interest margin (NIM) expanded by 16 basis points year-on-year to 6.87%
• Profit before tax grew by 51% year-on-year and 7% sequentially to Rs 736 Crore

• Return on assets increased by 10 basis points year-on-year to 2.51%
• Return on equity grew by 424 basis points year-on-year to 18%
• Gross stage 2 and 3 assets declined by 326 basis points year-on-year and 22 basis points sequentially to 5.24%

Highlights of Housing Finance business for Q2 FY24

• Disbursements grew by 52% year-on-year to Rs 1,882 Crore
• Loan book grew by 23% year-on-year and 6% sequentially to Rs 15,439 Crore
• Profit before tax grew by 28% year-on-year to Rs 97 Crore
• Return on assets grew by 9 basis points year-on-year to 2.03%
• Return on equity grew by 144 basis points 14.5%

• Gross stage 2 and 3 assets declined by 390 basis points year-on-year and 38 basis points sequentially to 4.39%

Highlights of Asset Management for Q2 FY24:

• Mutual fund quarterly average assets under management (QAAUM) increased by 10% year-on-year and 5% sequentially to Rs 3,10,899 Crore with equity mix at 41.9%
• Individual monthly average assets under management grew by 11% year-on-year, to  Rs 1,59,069 Crore in September 2023
• Monthly systematic investment plan (SIP) inflows grew by 4% year-on-year to Rs 968 Crore in September 2023
• Passive AUM grew by 68% year-on-year to Rs 28,438 Crore

Highlights of Life Insurance business for H1 FY24:

• Individual First Year Premium (FYP) grew by 13% year-on-year to Rs 1,189 Crore
• Renewal premium grew 19% year-on-year to Rs 3,521 Crore
• 13th month persistency continued to improve at 87% in Sep 2023 (Sep 2022: 86%)
• Net VNB margin expanded by ~ 195 bps year-on-year to 14.2%

• Embedded value grew by 13% over March 2023 to Rs 10,226 crore

Highlights of Health Insurance business for H1 FY24:

• Gross written premium grew by 23% year-on-year to Rs 1,561 Crore
• Market share among standalone health insurers was 10.7%
• Combined ratio was 119%

• The net loss reduced to Rs 140 Crore in H1 FY24 from Rs 149 Crore in H1 FY23

Highlights of Other businesses for Q2 FY24:

Profit before tax for other financial services businesses (general insurance broking, stock and securities broking, and stressed assets platform) of the Company grew by 36% year-on-year to Rs 81 Crore.