Aditya Birla Capital posts profit of ₹865 crore in Q4
The Hindu
Aditya Birla Capital reports 6% year-on-year growth, plans to raise funds through debt securities, and sees increase in lending portfolio.
Aditya Birla Capital, a non-deposit-taking non-banking financial company (NBFC), on Tuesday reported a consolidated profit of ₹865 crore for three months ended on March 31, 2025.
This marks a 6% year-on-year growth when adjusted for one-off gains from the sale of shares in its asset management business through an OFS in the fourth quarter of FY24. In the same quarter last year, the company posted a net profit of ₹1,245 crore, which included the one-time gain. Excluding that, the profit stood at ₹812 crore.
Its total income grew to ₹12,239 crore in the January-March quarter of 2024-25 (FY25), from ₹10,803 crore in the year-ago period, Aditya Birla Capital said in a regulatory filing to stock exchanges.
The company said its board approved raising of funds by issuance of debt securities including non-convertible debentures (NCDs) for an aggregate amount not exceeding ₹1,65,000 crore.
The board "approved the raising of funds by issuance of debt securities including NCDs from time to time, in one or more tranches, such that at any point of time the NCDs issued and outstanding does not exceed an aggregate amount as per the sub-limits approved by the Board, and within the overall borrowing limits — ₹1,65,000 crore (from existing limits of ₹1,35,000 crore) subject to the approval of shareholders of the company".
In a separate statement, the company said that overall lending portfolio — NBFC and HFC — grew by 27% year-on-year to ₹1,57,404 crore as of March 31, 2025.
Also, the total AUM — AMC, life insurance and health insurance — grew by 17% year-on-year to ₹5,11,260 crore, as on March 31, 2025. The total premium (life insurance and health insurance) climbed 22% year-on-year to ₹25,579 crore in FY25.
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