Shriram City Union Finance’ Consolidated Disbursements Doubled to

Shriram City Union Finance’ Consolidated Disbursements Doubled to INR 7,056 Cr, AUM Rose to INR 34,680 Cr up 14.4% YoY in Q2FY22

Shriram City Union Finance Ltd. (Shriram City), India’s largest two-wheeler financer (number of 2W financed) and part of the Shriram Group announced the financial results for Q2FY22 today. The consolidated results include Shriram City and Shriram Housing Finance Limited. On a Consolidated basis, disbursements nearly doubled to INR 7,056 Cr, up 97.2% YoY and grew by a strong 47.6% sequentially. Assets Under Management (AUM) of INR 34,680 Cr is higher by 14.4% YoY. Posted consolidated Net Profit of INR 301 Cr, higher by 36.8% QoQ and 9.4% YoY. 

Shriram City’ Standalone disbursements more than doubled to INR 6,423 Cr, up 110% YoY, up 40.8% sequentially. AUM rose by 10.5% YoY to INR 30,425 Cr. Profit After Tax rose by 9.9% YoY to INR 282 Cr in Q2FY22 compared to INR 257 Cr last year. Collection Efficiency stood at 100% in July-August, and improved further to 102% in September. Asset quality continued to show improvement sequentially, with Gross Stage 3 levels at 6.86% (6.91%: Q1FY21 and 6.67%: Q2FY21). Credit cost too improved to 2.70%. Restructured book stood at INR 162 Cr, representing 0.53% of AUM. The company has liquidity back up of INR 4,178 Cr as of end Q2FY22.              

SME loans, contributes 47% of the total AUM and witnessed the highest disbursement of INR 1,825 Cr. The company is the largest Two-Wheeler(2W) financer, with 2W loan disbursements for the quarter at INR 1,449 Cr, up 44.9% YoY. Gold loans disbursements stood at INR 1,482 Cr in Q2FY22. Personal Loans and Pre-owned 2W Loans showed a strong rise, with disbursements of INR 959 Cr & INR 405 Cr respectively.  

Shriram Housing Finance Ltd, a Subsidiary of Shriram City providing affordable home loans had a strong Q2FY22, with AUM growth of 53% YoY to INR 4,255 Cr compared to INR 2,779 Cr in Q2FY21. Disbursals were better than the pre-covid levels, at INR 633 Cr compared to INR 221 Cr in Q1FY22 and INR 517 Cr in Q2FY21. Profit After Tax grew by 73% YoY to INR 18.8 Cr compared to INR 10.9 Cr last year. Asset quality improved with Gross Stage 3 assets at 1.72%, declining 36bps sequentially.

Commenting on the performance Mr. Y.S. Chakravarti, MD & CEO, Shriram City said: “We are back to our pre-covid run rates and the festive season cheer along with good monsoon is aiding rural demand. Business sentiment and Consumer sentiment has turned conducive to support the healthy growth. On the digital side, we launched our AI platform which is powering demand for two-wheeler finance. We have partnered with EV manufacturers and have tweaked our credit mechanism to cater to EVs financing which is seeing strong demand. Shriram Housing Finance had a stellar quarter, with AUM growing 53% in Q2FY22 and we will gain further momentum in 2HFY22 with home affordability staying elevated. Also now with the recent capital provided to Shriram Housing of INR 300 Cr, we are well placed to capture the high growth and underpenetrated small ticket housing loan segment.”

Shriram City Union Finance Ltd declares

Shriram City Union Finance Ltd. declares June 2020 results

 Leading Small Business financier Shriram City Union Finance Limited (Shriram City) has declared its results for the first quarter of Financial Year 2021.

In a quarter affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, there was only a relatively slower decline in Assets under Management (lower by 6% annually and 2% sequentially). The Two Wheeler loan book grew 10% higher year-on-year. Standalone Net Profit, although lower by 24% year-on-year was up 26% sequentially. Operating Expenses were substantially reduced (lower by 18% annually and 20% sequentially), and accordingly, Operating Profit was higher 10% Q-o-Q. Asset quality continued to improve, with Gross Stage 3 levels at 7.28% (161 bps lower than a year ago and 62 bps over the last quarter). 

Loan impairments and write offs were steady at last quarter’s levels. Subsidiary Shriram Housing Finance Ltd., despite considerably lower disbursements in the quarter registered a growth of 23% in Assets under Management over last year. Shriram Housing also registered, at 2.3% GS3, it best asset quality in the last five years.

Mr. Y.S. Chakravarti, MD & CEO, Shriram City commented “We are glad to report that we are gradually returning to Business-as-Usual mode, with all our offices currently being operational. Disbursements began in some strength in June, and we hope to increase business traction in a calibrated manner in the rest of the year. We made excellent progress in cost control in the quarter, and hope to sustain the practices leading to this development.”