Aptus Value Housing Finance

IPO Size

`2,780 Cr

Price Band

`346-353 Per Share

Minimum Lot Size

42 Share

Face Value

`2 Per Share

Employee Discount

NA

Retail Allocation

35%

Issue Open Date

10 Aug, 2021

Issue Close Date

12 Aug, 2021

Listing Date

24 Aug, 2021

About the Company:

Aptus Value Housing Finance Limited is entirely retail focused housing finance company primarily serving low and middle income self-employed customers in the rural and semi-urban markets of India. According to the CRISIL Report, the Company had the highest Return on Assets of 5.7% among the peers during the FY21. Aptus Value Housing is one of the largest housing finance companies in south India in terms of AUM, as of March 31, 2021. The AUM of the company have increased from ₹22,472.33 million, as of March 31, 2019 to ₹40,677.62 million, as of March 31, 2021, at a CAGR of 34.54%.

The company has implemented a robust risk management architecture which is reflected in their asset quality. They conduct all aspects of lending operations in-house including sourcing, underwriting, valuation and legal assessment of collateral and collections, which enables them to maintain direct contact with their customers, reduces turn-around-times and the risk of fraud. Over years, the NBFC has studied and developed credit assessment models specific to over 60 types of customer profiles.

 

Outstanding Litigation:

S.No. 1 - Company 2 - Promoters 3 - Directors 4 - Subsidiaries
Criminal cases 7 - 2 -
Material civil cases -   - -
Taxation matters - - - -
Regulatory Procedings - - 4 -
Amt. (In Million Rs.) 8.75 - 20 -

 

Financial Statements:

Income Statement (In Millions.) FY21 FY20 FY19
Interest Earned 6,238.89 4,852.29 3,108.87
Other Operating Income 127.26 150.97 129.64
Other Income 186.27 233.94 132.64
Total Income 6,552.42 5,237.20 3,371.15
Interest Expended 2,065.34 1,845.49 1,162.18
Net Interest Income 4,300.81 3,157.77 2,076.33
Operating expenses 1,058.40 1,278.25 1,961.56
Total Expenses 3,101.51 2,764.30 1,844.09
Profit before Taxes 3,450.91 2,472.90 1,527.06
Taxes 781.47 362.78 412.23
Net Profit for the Year 2,669.44 2,110.12 1,114.83

Recommendation

Aptus Value Housing Finance- a housing finance company that serves low and middle income self-employed customers in the rural and semi-urban markets of India. The HFC operates under an industry that will rose sharply led by pent up demand, reduced interest rates and attractive schemes provided by developers. On financials front, company’s interest income is increased by 41.66% in last two years. Net Interest Margins have expanded from 9.90% to 10.10% in FY21. Company’s cost of borrowings has reduced from 10% to 9.13% but still at higher side among the listed peers. Loan disbursement growth of the company in last four years stood at 33%. Company’s Return on Assets at 5.73% is highest among the peers. Considering the upper price band at Rs. 120 and FY21 Earning Per Share (EPS) of Rs. 5.56, the company is demanding a P/E multiple of 63.48x, similar to its listed peers.

Promoter of the Company

The promoters of the company are M Anandan, Padma Anandan and WestBridge Crossover Fund, LLC.

Peer Comparison

The company will face tough competition from Aavas Financiers Limited, Repco Home Finance, and Home First Finance.

Objectives of the Issue

Offer for Sale

The object of the Offer for Sale is to allow Padma Anandan, Aravali Investment Holdings, Madison India Opportunities IV and others to sell an aggregate of up to 64.6 million equity Shares held by them amounting at Rs. 2,280 cr. The company will not receive any proceeds from the Offer for Sale.

Fresh Issue

The company has planned to raise fresh capital comprising an aggregate of 1,41,64,305 equity shares having Face Value ₹2 aggregating up to Rs. 500 Cr at the upper price band of Rs. 353. The net proceeds will be required for augmenting the tier I capital requirements of our Company.

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