Finance company Fusion Micro Finance announced Q1FY25 results:
Financial Highlights:
- Total income increases by 27.84% YoY from Rs 552.78 crore to Rs 706.68 crore
- Net interest income (NII) increases by 34.85% YoY from Rs 294.07 crore to Rs 396.55 crore
- Net Interest Margin (NIM) increases from 10.89% to 11.64% (YoY)
- Cost of Fund reduces from 10.57% to 10.09% (YoY)
- Pre-provision Operating Profit (PPOP) increases 26.49% YoY from 235.39 crore to Rs 297.75 crore; Overall profitability impacted leading to a loss of Rs 35.62 crore due to higher than usual provisioning
- Gross NPA stands at 5.46%; Net NPA at 1.25%
- Healthy capital adequacy position with CRAR of 25.86%
- Robust liquidity of Rs 1,590 crore of cash and cash equivalents, amounting to 12.98% of the total assets
Business Highlights:
- Asset Under Management (AUM) grows 25.54% from Rs 9,711.75 crore to Rs 12,192.58 crore
- Disbursements increase by 30.73% YoY from Rs 2,284.61 crore to Rs 2,986.65 crore
- Borrower base increases to 39.5 lakh~
- 101 branches added in Q1 FY25, increasing the total branch network to 1,398 across 22 States, including 3 Union Territories.
Speaking on the results Devesh Sachdev, MD&CEO, Fusion Finance said, “Our AUM has grown consistently and we continue to add new customers in a calibrated manner. As an agile and prudent organization we consistently review our portfolio and we noticed delinquency trends in certain pockets due to over-leverage and external factors. Due to which we have done early risk recognition and tightened our ECL model leading to higher than usual provisioning in this quarter that had an impact on our overall profitability. However, our preprovisioning profits (PPOP) have been in line with our consistent performance in the previous quarters and we expect to go back to our normal course in H2FY25. Our strong Balance Sheet with 25.86% CRAR underlines our robust business fundamentals and we are committed to follow a prudent path to ensure sustainable growth.”