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    AAVAS Financiers

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    Financial Services·24 Apr 2025
    Management Summary

    AAVAS Financiers delivered a strong finish to FY25, crossing the ₹20,000 crore AuM milestone while maintaining industry-leading asset quality and profitability. Management successfully executed its cost-optimization strategy, reducing the opex-to-asset ratio as guided. Despite a cautious underwriting stance in certain segments that lowered the login-to-sanction ratio, the company remains bullish on achieving a 20% AuM CAGR and reaching ₹50,000 crores in AuM over the next five years.

    Highlights

    8

    • Assets under Management (AuM) crossed the ₹20,000 crore milestone, reaching ₹20,400 crores, up 18% YoY

    • Full-year FY25 Net Profit grew 17% YoY to ₹574 crores; Q4 Net Profit stood at ₹154 crores, up 8% YoY

    • Q4 disbursements reached a record ₹2,000 crores, representing a 27% sequential growth

    • Reported NIM expanded by 37 bps during the quarter to 8.11%, while calculated spreads improved to 5.87%

    • Asset quality remained stable with GNPA at 1.08% (down 6 bps QoQ) and 1+ DPD at 3.39%

    • Opex-to-asset ratio reduced by 26 bps YoY to 3.32% for FY25, meeting management's prior guidance

    • Credit costs improved to 15 bps for FY25 compared to 16 bps in FY24

    • Return on Assets (RoA) remained stable at 3.27% for the full year

    What Changed1

    vs Q1 FY26

    Guidance items4 → 6 (+2)
    Key financials

    Metrics

    6

    Periods

    2

    Headline

    5
    • Assets under Management
      ₹20,400 Cr
      YoY+18%
    • NIM (Reported)
      8.1%
      QoQ+4.8%
    • GNPA
      1.1%
      QoQ-5.2%
    • RoA
      3.3%
    • Credit Cost
      15 bps
      YoY-6%

    FY25

    1
    • Net Profit
      ₹574 Cr
      YoY+17%

    Segment breakdown

    Home Loan
    65% Mix of AuM5% Disbursement Growth (FY25)
    MSME & LAP
    35% Mix of AuM
    List

    Guidance & targets

    6
    CategoryTargetPriority
    Volume
    AuM CAGR
    20%
    		High
    Volume
    Total AuM
    ₹50,000 crores
    		High
    Margin
    Spread
    5% plus
    		Medium
    Margin
    Opex to Assets Saving
    10 to 20 bps
    		Medium
    Profitability
    Credit Cost
    below 25 bps
    		High
    Other
    Stage 3 Provision Coverage
    30% to 34%
    		High

    Risks & concerns

    4
    RiskSeverity

    MFI Sector Stress & Over-leveraging

    Management is seeing rising delinquency in MFI unsecured loans and over-leverage in certain geographies, leading to tighter underwriting. — Management acknowledged

    medium

    Time Lag in Liability Repricing

    While 56% of borrowings are linked to floating rates, there is a time lag before bank MCLR cuts translate to lower cost of funds for Aavas. — Analyst acknowledged

    low

    Competitive Pressure on Yields

    Management claims they operate in a niche (92% new to mortgage) where PSUs and large HFCs do not compete aggressively on price. — Analyst downplayed

    medium

    Areas of Evasion(1)

    • Slightly vague on the exact impact of the 70% floating rate book on yields if rates fall sharply.

    Q&A highlights

    3

    “Despite the logins being at 55,000, our conventional login-to-sanction ratio... stood at around 38% [vs 42%]. We were cautiously optimistic about what to underwrite in the segments which we saw.”

    Explains why disbursement growth was slightly muted despite record high customer interest; indicates management is prioritizing quality over volume.

    asked by Raghav Garg, Ambit Capital

    2 min read5 chapters

    Detailed Narrative

    01

    Milestone Achievement and Growth Trajectory

    AAVAS Financiers crossed the significant milestone of ₹20,000 crore in AuM during Q4 FY25, ending the year at ₹20,400 crore (18% YoY growth). Q4 saw record disbursements of ₹2,000 crore, a 27% sequential increase, driven by a record 55,000 customer logins. Management has reiterated its long-term guidance of 20% AuM CAGR and set an ambitious target to reach ₹50,000 crore in AuM within the next five years, supported by a planned acceleration in branch expansion during H1 FY26.

    02

    Asset Quality and New Provisioning Framework

    Asset quality remains a core strength, with GNPA improving to 1.08% from 1.14% in the previous quarter. The company transitioned to a new ECL methodology system called 'Bolton,' which uses monthly slippage and rollback data rather than point-in-time assessments. This transition led to an increase in Stage 3 provision coverage to approximately 32.4%, which management expects to stabilize in the 30-34% range. Credit costs for the full year were exceptionally low at 15 bps, well below the long-term guidance of 25 bps.

    03

    Margin Sustainability and Spread Management

    Reported NIMs expanded to 8.11% in Q4, aided by a 22 bps increase in incremental business yields during FY25. Management is targeting a return to a 5% plus spread, banking on the fact that 70% of their liabilities are floating rate, which should reprice faster than assets in a falling rate environment. They emphasized that their target segment (average ticket size ₹11.5 lakhs) is less interest-rate sensitive than the prime segment, providing a buffer against competitive pricing pressure.

    04

    Operational Efficiency and Technology Upgrades

    The company successfully reduced its opex-to-asset ratio by 26 bps to 3.32% in FY25, meeting its annual target. This was achieved despite front-loading branch expansion (24 of 30 new branches opened in Q4) and completing a major tech platform upgrade. Management expects further efficiency gains of 10-20 bps in FY26 as the new technology stabilizes and the recently opened branches begin to contribute to volumes.

    05

    Strategic Underwriting and Market Positioning

    Management adopted a 'cautiously optimistic' stance in Q4, intentionally tightening credit controls in response to industry-wide stress in the MFI and unsecured lending sectors. This resulted in the login-to-sanction ratio dropping to 38% from the historical 42%. However, they believe this discipline is necessary to maintain asset quality. With 92% of customers being new to mortgages and 20% new to credit, AAVAS continues to operate in a high-barrier, under-penetrated niche of the housing finance market.

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