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Five-Star Business Finance Earnings Call: Key Takeaways

Five-Star is navigating a self-induced growth slowdown to fix a 'behavioral' asset quality crisis in the small-ticket segment. Management is prioritizing collection stability and 'credit culture' over immediate disbursement acceleration.

Why this was an Alfa AlertNot a filter event. Disbursements and growth moderated intentionally to manage credit risk.
Highlights
Revenue growthPAT up 5% for 9M; disbursements down 18% QoQ.
MarginsNIMs compressed 50bps YoY due to credit costs and opex.
Management confidenceCautiously optimistic; focusing on fixing collection issues before accelerating growth.

Growth

PAT grew 5% YoY to ₹830cr for 9MFY26; disbursements fell 18% QoQ as management tightened underwriting controls.

Outlook

Management expects recovery in Q4 FY26; net worth crossed ₹7,000cr; ADB loan of $100M secured for future expansion.

Risks

Persistent stress in the <₹3 lakh segment; Stage 3 assets remain elevated despite aggressive technical write-offs.

Last quarter's promises, checked

Delivered

  • Guided Q4 recovery → achieved 98.1% unique collection efficiency (= BEAT)
  • Guided cost of funds drop → fell from 9.64% to 9.21% FY26 (= BEAT)
  • Guided Stage 2 stabilization → 61-90 bucket fell from 5.1% to 4.8% (= BEAT)

Partly delivered

  • Guided branch expansion → opened 90 branches vs 96 previous year (= PARTIAL)

Missed

  • Guided 9M PAT growth 5% → Q4 PAT fell 3% QoQ (= MISS)
Source

Earnings Call filed with NSE, NSE: FIVESTAR. Summary written with AI assistance from the document.

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Five-Star Business Finance Ltd: key numbers

Share price
₹520.95
Market cap
₹15,378 Cr
Revenue (annual)
₹3,218 Cr
Net profit (annual)
₹1,099 Cr
P/E (TTM)
13.9×Sector 22.0×
Promoter holding
18.61%+0.00% QoQ
FII holding
43.97%Current quarter

Reference market data from a third-party provider, updated daily. Not a valuation or a recommendation.

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