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HDB FINANC SER
Our verdict on HDB FINANC SER isn’t the consensus take — see where we landed, and the one risk the bull case glosses over.
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Management successfully expanded NIMs to 7.9% in Q2FY26 from 7.7% in Q1FY26, attributing this to actions taken to reduce the cost of capital. (1 met, 2 exceeded across 3 tracked commitments)
“On the yield side, as I had mentioned in the last call, we expect the NIM to range generally in the 7.9 to 8. It is 8.09 currently... We expect again that to be range bound at least for the coming few quarters in the range of 5 to 10 bps, not a lot more variance from there.”
The company maintained a positive cumulative mismatch across all ALM time-buckets and held a Provision Coverage Ratio of 55.59% on Stage 3 assets. (1 met across 1 tracked commitment)
“targeting balanced growth while maintaining asset liability balance, prudent provisioning for bad assets”
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How durable is the business?
The distribution network expanded slightly to 1,749 branches across 1,157 cities, maintaining its focus on Tier 4+ towns (71% of branches). (2 expanding)
“1,749 Branches... 71% Branches Located in Tier 4+ towns”
Consumer Finance share increased slightly to 24% of the book, with management highlighting strong traction in the first 10 days of October and a 40% YoY growth in the gold loan sub-segment. (1 expanding)
“Our book has almost grown by 10% Q-o-Q and 40% Y-o-Y in the gold space... the remaining is Consumer Finance [after 38% Enterprise and 38% Asset Finance].”
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Where does growth come from?
HDB is leveraging AI-powered calling bots to improve debt collection efficiency, which helps protect the bottom line from bad loan losses.
“Collection efficiency up by 25bps for early buckets in 4QFY26... Scalable – strengthens long term operating leverage”
NIM is accelerating due to a strategic shift toward higher-yield product mixes (like used CVs) and the benefit of EBLR-linked borrowings re-pricing faster than fixed-rate loans. (3 accelerating, 1 steady across 4 signals)
“Gross Loan Book ₹ 1,18,493 Cr... growing 3.4% sequentially and 10.9% Y-o-Y.”
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What could break the thesis?
Credit costs remain elevated at 2.5% for the quarter (₹670 crores), which management describes as 'higher' and 'weaker' due to seasonality and stress in specific segments like Commercial Vehicles and Unsecured Business Loans. (3 intensifying, 1 high-severity)
“Credit Cost for the year ended March 31, 2026 was ₹2,815 crores as against ₹2,113 crores for the year ended March 31, 2025”
Gross Stage 3 (NPA) worsened sequentially to 2.56% from 2.26% in the previous quarter, driven by seasonal weakness and stress in the vehicle finance segment. (5 intensifying)
“Gross Stage 3 as at March 31, 2026 was 2.44% as against 2.81% as at December 31, 2025 and 2.26% as at March 31, 2025”
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