Event Type: Quarterly Earnings Conference Call for Q2 and H1 FY27 results
Date and Time: October 16, 2026 (time not specified in transcript)
Purpose: Discussion of quarterly and half-year ended September 30, 2026 financial results and business performance
Management Participants:
- Ms. Carol Furtado – Whole-Time Director and Interim Chief Executive Officer
- Mr. Balakrishna Kamath – Chief Financial Officer
- Mr. Ashish Goel – Chief Credit Officer
- Mr. Vibhas Chandra – Head, Micro Banking and Gold Loan
- Mr. Hitendra Jha – Head, Retail Liabilities, Trust, Association, Society and Club (TASC) and Third-Party Product (TPP)
- Mr. Pradeep B. – Head, Housing and Micro-Mortgage
- Mr. Martin P S – Chief Operating Officer
- Mr. Brajesh Cherian – Chief Risk Officer
- Mr. Siddharth Bharadwaj – Head, Investor Relations
- Mr. Gaurav Sah – Lead Investor Relations
Moderator: Mr. Renish Bhuva from ICICI Securities Limited
Financial Period Discussed: Quarter and half-year ended September 30, 2026 (Q2 FY27 and H1 FY27)
Forward-Looking Statements and Strategic Themes:
- Growth guidance of 12-14% for micro banking for full year FY27
- Target to increase secured assets to 56% of loan book by end of FY27
- Expectation to maintain credit cost in line with H1 run rate
- Potential ROA overshoot above guided range
- NIM expected to decline to 8.35% in H2 due to 25 bps repo rate hike
Availability of Materials: Transcript was made available on the Bank's website at www.ujjivansfb.bank.in
Compliance Language: The document is a regulatory filing pursuant to Regulation 30 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015
Financial Highlights from Presentation
Deposits:
- Total deposits reached INR50,643 crores, up 29.2% YoY
- CASA ratio at 26%
Loan Book:
- Gross loan book reached INR45,699 crores, up 32.1% YoY
- 12.4% YTD growth
- Secured business lines now form 52.1% of loan book
Micro Banking:
- Portfolio reached INR22,037 crores
- 6% growth in H1 FY27
- Bucket X collection efficiency at 99.7%
- Added 2 lakh customers in Q2
Housing Business:
- Affordable housing and micro mortgages combined crossed INR12,000 crores, up 38.1% YoY
- Affordable housing crossed INR10,000 crores mark (INR10,056 crores)
- Portfolio quality: PAR 3.7%, GNPA 1.2%
- Balance transfer out flat at 4.3% sequentially
Micro Mortgages:
- Loan book crossed INR2,000 crores (INR2,031 crores), up 85.7% YoY
- GNPA at 0.7%
MSME Business:
- Grew to INR3,871 crores, up 51.3% YoY
- GNPA of 0.5%
Gold Loan:
- Grew to INR1,275 crores, up 209.8% YoY
- Added 117 branches in H1
- Disbursement LTVs maintained below 78%
Agri Banking:
- Grew to INR914 crores, up 79.2% YoY
- Karnataka portfolio: INR165 crores (INR1.2 crores eligible under relief scheme)
- Maharashtra direct agri exposure: nil
2-Wheeler Loans:
- Grew to INR1,081 crores, up 64.8% YoY
Asset Quality:
- Slippage ratio at 1.6% of average gross loan book
- Credit cost at 0.7% of ATA
- PCR stable at 85%
- GNPA at 2.1%, NNPA at 0.3%
- Total write-off: INR59 crores
Financial Performance:
- Total income: INR2,450 crores
- NII: INR1,244 crores (up 35% YoY)
- Net interest margin: 8.4%
- Other income: healthy 17% sequential growth
- Operating expenses: up 6% QoQ (employee expenses +3%, other opex +10%)
- PAT: INR365 crores (all-time high quarterly profit)
- ROA: 2.4%, ROE: 19.7%
- CRAR: 20.69% (improved by 33 bps)
Capital Raise:
- Preferential equity capital raise of INR409 crores from QIBs
- Investors: International Finance Corporation, Bajaj Life Insurance, HDFC Life Insurance, Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance
- Expected to increase CRAR by approximately 1.2% on pro forma basis
- Accretion of INR0.8 per share to BVPS
MD Search Update:
- NRC actively engaged to find successor for Mr. Sanjeev Nautiyal
- Process expected to complete in 3-4 months from September 1
Drought Impact Assessment:
- Karnataka: INR2,400 crores total exposure, only INR15.1 crores eligible under SLBC relief
- Maharashtra: INR1,682 crores total exposure, only INR18 crores eligible (less than 1%)
- No significant collection impact observed so far
IRDAI Notification:
- Consultation paper on insurance commissions awaited
- Final guidelines pending, submissions due October 25
- Approximately 50% of insurance income comes from credit life
Additional Notes Section
Attachments: The regulatory filing included the full transcript of the earnings conference call
Financial Data Disclosure: The announcement contained extensive financial data for Q2 and H1 FY27 results