Bajaj Finserv Financial Performance Q1 FY21
Executive summary - Q1 FY21
BAJAJ
B FINSERV
15. During the quarter, S&P Global has downgraded the Company's long-term issuer credit rating from BBB-/ Negative to BB+/stable
and short-term rating from A-3 to B. S&P global ascribes this downgrade, to weakening economic conditions due to COVID-19
which has also led to them revising the NBFC sector anchor rating from BB to BB-.
Operating expense management
16. Opex to NII im proved to 27.9% in Q1 FY21 as against 35.0% in Q1 FY20.
17. Opex for Q1 FY21 was lower by 11% YoY and 20% QoQ to ₹1,157 crore. Sequentially, opex dropped by ₹296 crore.
18. The Company has taken several actions including fixed pay cut (5% at junior level to 17.5% at senior most level), no incentives for
Q1, call center optimization, freeze on travel, advertising & promotion and deferred physical trainings etc. to reduce its cost base.
19. The Company has paused replacement and new hiring, branch expansion and deferred other discretionary costs till Sep'20.
Credit Costs
20. Reserve Bank of India, in view of the extension of lockdown and continuing disruption on account of COVID-19, extended the
moratorium by another 3 months till 31 August 2020.
21. Consolidated moratorium book reduced to 21,705 crore (15.7% of AUM) as of 30 June 2020 from 38,599 crore (27.1% of AUM) as
of 30 April 2020 owing to reduction in bounce rate coupled with improved collection efficiencies. (Referpage 11)
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