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Bajaj Finserv Q3 results: Net profit increases by 22% to Rs 2,158 crore
By - 30 Jan 2024 09:43 PM
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Bajaj Finserv on Tuesday reported a 22 per cent increase in consolidated net profit to Rs 2,158 crore for the December quarter.The diversified financial services group had earned a net profit of Rs 1,782 crore in the year-ago period.The company's total income increased to Rs 29,038 crore in the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal from Rs 21.755 crore in the year-ago period, Bajaj Finserv said in a regulatory filing.Interest income during the quarter increased to Rs 13,922 crore as against Rs 10,430 crore in the same period a year ago.Total expenses also moved up to Rs 23,609 crore from Rs 17,336 crore in the same quarter a year ago. During the quarter, its subsidiary Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company posted shareholders' profit at Rs 108 crore from Rs 81 crore, registering an increase of 33 per cent.Non-life arm Bajaj Allianz General Insurance profit remained flat at Rs 281 crore as compared to Rs 278 crore in the year-ago period. The profit after tax for Bajaj Housing Finance Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bajaj Finance, experienced a growth of 31 per cent. Additionally, Bajaj Finance's consolidated assets under management crossed the milestone of Rs 3 lakh crore in Q3FY24.Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company (BAGIC) reported a 19 per cent growth in gross written premium. Excluding the impact of bulky tender-driven crops and government health business, the growth remained robust at 20 per cent for the company. Meanwhile, on Monday, Bajaj Finance, a subsidiary of Bajaj Finserv, announced a consolidated net profit of Rs 3,638.95 crore for the December quarter, marking a 22.4 per cent increase from the previous year. In Q3FY24, Bajaj Finance achieved its highest-ever quarterly growth in customer franchise, adding 3.85 million new customers and recording 9.86 million new loans booked.In addition, the interest income of the company during the quarter increased by 33.5 per cent on an on-year basis to Rs 13,922 crore compared to Rs 10,430 crore in the same period of the previous fiscal year. The premium and operating income from the insurance business of the company in the October-December quarter climbed to Rs 12,308.62 crore, as compared to Rs 9,102.50 crore in the same period of the previous year. |
