Home First Finance Company India Share Price

Home First Finance Company India Limited was incorporated as a Private limited company as Home First Finance Company India Private Limited at Bengaluru, Karnataka on February 3, 2010. Subsequently, the Company was converted into a Public Limited Company and consequently the name of the Company was changed to Home First Finance Company India Limited on March 14, 2018.The Company is a technology driven affordable housing finance company registered with Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the National Housing Bank (NHB) that targets first time home buyers in low and middleincome groups. It primarily offers customers housing loans for the purchase or construction of homes. The Companys main business is financing by way of loans towards affordable housing segment in India and is primarily engaged in the business of lending of housing loans, loans for the purpose of purchasing a commercial property and loan against property.The Company serves salaried and selfemployed customers. Salaried customers account for 73.1% of its Gross Loan Assets and self employed customers account for 25.0% of Gross Loan Assets, as of September 30, 2020. The Company serviced 44,796 active loan accounts, as of September 30, 2020. The Company also offers other types of loans comprising loans against property, developer finance loans and loans for purchase of commercial property, which comprised 5.1%, 1.9% and 0.9% of its Gross Loan Assets, as of September 30, 2020, respectively. As of the same date, 32.8% of its Gross Loan Assets were from customers who were new to credit. The average ticket size of its housing loans was Rs. 1.01 million, with an average loantovalue on Gross Loan Assets of 48.8%, as of September 30, 2020.As of September 30, 2020, the company had a network of 70 branches covering over 60 districts in 11 states and a union territory in India, with a significant presence in urbanized regions in the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. It has increased the scale of operations and grown its branches by adopting a strategy of contiguous expansion across regions and has strategically expanded to geographies where there is substantial demand for housing finance. According to the CRISIL Report, the 11 states and union territory in which the company is present accounted for approximately 79% of the affordable housing finance market in India during the financial year 2019. The Company utilizes a diverse range of lead sourcing channels such as connectors, architects, contractors, affordable housing developers, in addition to conducting loan camps and micro marketing activities, and utilizing employee and customer referrals and branch walkin customers.The Company has leveraged technology in various facets of its business such as processing loan applications, managing customer experience and risk management. It has developed a paperless process to onboard customers efficiently and its welltrained frontend teams appraise customers by conducting home and workplace visits and ensure minimal disruption to a customers daily routine. The Company offers mobility solutions through dedicated mobile applications for its customers to enable quick and transparent loan related transactions. It has an integrated customer relationship management and loan management system set up on a leading cloud based customer relationship platform providing it with a holistic view of all its customers. The Company utilizes proprietary machine learning customer scoring models to assist it with the centralized credit underwriting process, which has led to consistent and accurate credit evaluation with quick turn around times.The Company was founded by Jaithirth Rao, P. S. Jayakumar and Manoj Viswanathan and commenced its operations in August 2010. The company is managed by professionals and its Promoters are True North Fund V LLP and Aether (Mauritius) Limited. Further, Bessemer and Orange Clove Investments B.V. (an affiliate of Warburg Pincus, a global private equity investor), has acquired a stake in the Company.During year 202021, the Company expanded the distribution network to 72 branches as at March21. During the year 202021, the Company issued Secured, Rated, Listed, Redeemable, Taxable Non Convertible Debentures on a Private Placement basis aggregating to Rs 240 Crores which are listed on the Wholesale Debt Segment on BSE Limited. In the Equity Segment, the Company raised Rs 75 Crores as primary capital by issue and allotment of Equity Shares to Orange Clove Investments B.V. an affiliate of the Warburg Pincus Group.During the year 202021, the Company made an Initial Public Offer (IPO) of 2,22,72,556 Equity Shares of a face value of Rs 2 each for cash at a price of Rs 518 per Equity Share (including a share premium of Rs 516 per Equity Share). The offer comprised a fresh issue of 51,15,830 Equity Shares by the Company and Offer for Sale of 1,71,56,726 Equity Shares by True North Fund V LLP, Aether (Mauritius) Limited (Promoters) and Bessemer India Capital Holdings II Ltd, Mr. P. S. Jayakumar and Mr. Manoj Viswanathan (Investor and Individual Selling Shareholders). The Equity Shares of Company were listed on the BSE Limited (BSE) and National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) on February 3, 2021.During year 202122, the Company expanded the distribution network to 80 branches as at March22 from 72 branches as at March 21. During the year 202122, the Company raised (i) Rs 911 Crores borrowings from bank / financial institutions (outstanding as on March22: Rs 2,103.70 crores), (ii) Rs 605.09 crores raised by way of Direct Assignment (iii) Rs 400 crores through refinance from NHB (outstanding as of March22: Rs 1,194.28 crores) and (iv) Rs 99 crores by way of NCDs (outstanding as of March22: Rs 168.78 crores).During year 202223, the Company expanded the distribution network to 111 branches as at March23 from 80 branches as at March 22. During the year 202223, the Company has raised (i) Rs 1860 Crores borrowings from banks / finance companies (outstanding as of March23: Rs 3,553.53 Crores), (ii) Rs 877.54 Crores raised by way of Direct Assignment Colending (iii) Rs 600 Crores through refinance from NHB (outstanding as of March23: Rs 912.99 Crores) and (iv) Rs 280 Crores by way of NCDs (outstanding as of March22: Rs 346.95 Crores).The Assets Under Management of the Company crossed Rs 7500 Crores in FY24. During FY24, Company added 56 touchpoints to reach a total of 321 touchpoints. 22 physical branches were added to reach a total of 133 branches. During the year 202324, the Company has raised (i) Rs 3,315 Crores borrowings from banks / finance companies (outstanding as of March24: Rs 5,454.93 Crores), (ii) Rs 432.99 Crores raised by way of Direct Assignment Colending (iii) Rs 700 Crores through refinance from NHB (outstanding as of March24: Rs 1569.64 Crores).In FY 2025, Company achieved a key milestone by crossing Rs 10000 Crore in Assets Under Management (AUM). As of Mar25, the AUM of the Company was Rs 12713 Crore. The Company has added 40 touchpoints including 22 branches in FY25.The Company raised Rs 1,250 crore through a Qualified Institutional Placement, by issuing 1,28,86,597 equity shares of Rs 2 each which was oversubscribed in April, 2025. The AUM grew to Rs 15,878 crore at the end of FY26, yielding a growth rate of 24.9% increase yoy. Disbursements for the year 2026 have crossed Rs5,424 crore with monthly disbursements runrate exceeding Rs 555 crore in March 2026. PAT grew 41.4% yearonyear to Rs540.4 crore in FY26. The Company expanded the network by adding 16 branches and 12 touchpoints during the year, taking the total count to 171 branches and 373 touchpoints in FY26.