1. At a Glance
Piramal Finance today looks like that kid who failed an exam badly, disappeared for a few years, hit the gym, hired the best tutors, and came back topping the class — but still with PTSD.
Market cap is sitting at ₹40,693 Cr, CMP around ₹1,794, trading at ~35x P/E while the industry median chills at ~15.8x. Book value stands tall at ₹1,210, so Price-to-Book is ~1.48x — not obscene, not cheap, just… ambitious.
The real flex? Q3 FY26 PAT at ₹401 Cr, up ~938% YoY (yes, three digits — don’t faint), with quarterly revenue at ₹2,918 Cr. Operating margin? A chunky 66%. AUM has crossed ₹96,690 Cr, and the retail book now dominates at ~82%.
Debt is heavy at ₹71,678 Cr, but ratings have improved to AA+/Stable by CRISIL, with A1+ on short-term paper — basically lenders saying, “Okay fine, we trust you… for now.”
This is not a sleepy housing finance company. This is a rebuilt balance sheet with a redemption arc. Curious already? You should be.
2. Introduction – The DHFL Hangover Story
Let’s get one thing straight: Piramal Finance’s DNA is not clean, simple, and boring like some legacy housing financiers. This company inherited the DHFL mess, and that baggage still shows up in footnotes, cash flows, and the occasional cold sweat investors get at night.
Founded under the Piramal umbrella and now operating as an Upper Layer NBFC, the company formally received its NBFC-ICC license on 4th April 2025, shutting the chapter of being just a housing finance entity. This was not a cosmetic change — it allowed diversification across retail lending, wholesale lending, and non-housing credit products.
The strategy since the merger has been brutally clear:
- Shrink risky wholesale exposure
- Build a granular retail loan book
- Fix asset quality
- Regain lender trust
- Then talk growth
Q3 FY26 numbers suggest
the turnaround phase is ending and the execution phase has begun. But here’s the fun part — execution stories are where valuations get spicy and mistakes get expensive.
So is Piramal Finance finally out of rehab, or just walking confidently with crutches? Let’s dig.
3. Business Model – WTF Do They Even Do?
If you explain Piramal Finance to a lazy investor, say this:
“It’s a retail-heavy lender pretending to be boring, while secretly running a very complex credit factory.”
Retail Lending (The Main Course)
As of H1 FY26, ~82% of AUM is retail mortgage-led. Inside that:
- Housing Loans + LAP: ~68%
- Used Car Loans: ~6.4%
- Business Loans: ~8.6%
- Salaried Personal Loans: ~8.6%
- Digital loans: small but growing
This is classic Indian NBFC risk management — asset-backed, secured, and spread across lakhs of borrowers so one idiot can’t blow up the balance sheet.
Wholesale Lending (The Controlled Addiction)
They still lend to real estate and non-real estate wholesale borrowers, but this book is shrinking by design. Think of it like sugar — dangerous in excess, okay in moderation.
What’s Next?
Gold loans are planned next. Because when in doubt, Indians will always mortgage gold. Smart move.
4. Financials Overview – Numbers Don’t Lie (Mostly)
| Metric | Latest Qtr (Q3 FY26) | YoY Qtr (Q3 FY25) | Prev Qtr (Q2 FY26) | YoY % | QoQ % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2,918 | 2,825 | 2,872 | 3.3% | 1.6% |
| Operating Profit | 1,935 | 1,451 | 1,949 | 33.3% | -0.7% |
| PAT | 401 | 39 | 327 | 937.8% | 22.6% |
| EPS (₹) | 17.65 | 0.02 | 14.42 | Massive | 22.4% |
