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Edelweiss Financial Services / Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/edelweiss-financial-services-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15015:1" rel="noopener">Edelweiss</a> reported a strong Q4FY24 led by robust performance across businesses. The asset management business continues to be the lead performer. Insurance businesses are also growing at an industry-leading pace.</li>
<li>Most notably, the credit business seems to be gaining momentum now, led by co-lending. MSME co-lending disbursements tripled while housing finance (HFC) co-lending disbursements doubled in FY24. </li>
<li>To unlock value and reduce debt at the corporate level, Edelweiss is planning a minority stake sale in the Alternative Asset Management business.</li>
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Edelweiss reported a strong Q4FY24 led by robust performance across businesses. The asset management business continues to be the lead performer. Insurance businesses are also growing at an industry-leading pace.
Most notably, the credit business seems to be gaining momentum now, led by co-lending. MSME co-lending disbursements tripled while housing finance (HFC) co-lending disbursements doubled in FY24. 
To unlock value and reduce debt at the corporate level, Edelweiss is planning a minority stake sale in the Alternative Asset Management business.


Edelweiss: Co-Lending Led Credit Business Is Now Gaining Momentum

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/edelweiss-financial-services-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15015:1" rel="noopener">Edelweiss Financial Services ("Edelweiss")</a> reported a steady Q3FY24 led by robust profitability from across businesses except insurance, which is in gestation phase. All its businesses are scaling up well.</li>
<li>Edelweiss' credit business reported good traction in co-lending. 80% and 32% of the disbursals in the NBFC and the HFC businesses, respectively, came from co-lending. </li>
<li>Within the asset management vertical, the mutual fund business is growing well with 23% YoY growth in overall AUM and 47% YoY growth in equity AUM.</li>
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Edelweiss Financial Services ("Edelweiss") reported a steady Q3FY24 led by robust profitability from across businesses except insurance, which is in gestation phase. All its businesses are scaling up well.
Edelweiss' credit business reported good traction in co-lending. 80% and 32% of the disbursals in the NBFC and the HFC businesses, respectively, came from co-lending. 
Within the asset management vertical, the mutual fund business is growing well with 23% YoY growth in overall AUM and 47% YoY growth in equity AUM.


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<li>Edelweiss' credit business is now normalizing with GNPA at 2.5% and NNPA at 1.8%. Credit costs came in negative as asset quality is improving and excess provisioning is being normalized. </li>
<li>Rest of the businesses continue to scale up well. Edelweiss is among the fastest grower in the mutual fund and insurance businesses. Wealth Management business continues to do well.</li>
<li>At current valuation, Edelweiss is available cheap and as per our estimates, an investment in it has potential to more than quadruple by the end of FY25.</li>
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Edelweiss' credit business is now normalizing with GNPA at 2.5% and NNPA at 1.8%. Credit costs came in negative as asset quality is improving and excess provisioning is being normalized. 
Rest of the businesses continue to scale up well. Edelweiss is among the fastest grower in the mutual fund and insurance businesses. Wealth Management business continues to do well.
At current valuation, Edelweiss is available cheap and as per our estimates, an investment in it has potential to more than quadruple by the end of FY25.


Edelweiss: Credit Business Is Normalizing; Rest of the Businesses Are Scaling Up Well

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<li>Edelweiss reported a decent Q2FY24 with ex-Insurance PAT of INR 153cr vs INR 133cr YoY. All the businesses - ARC, Asset Management and Credit - performed well.</li>
<li>Edelweiss is making decent progress in the Credit business aided by the co-lending business model. 80% of disbursals in NBFC and 30% in Housing Finance in Q2FY24 were through co-lending.</li>
<li>Edelweiss is in process of selling a minority stake in its Alternative Asset Management business for value unlocking. It plans to sell 10-20% equity stake for INR 1500-2000cr.</li>
</ul>


Edelweiss reported a decent Q2FY24 with ex-Insurance PAT of INR 153cr vs INR 133cr YoY. All the businesses - ARC, Asset Management and Credit - performed well.
Edelweiss is making decent progress in the Credit business aided by the co-lending business model. 80% of disbursals in NBFC and 30% in Housing Finance in Q2FY24 were through co-lending.
Edelweiss is in process of selling a minority stake in its Alternative Asset Management business for value unlocking. It plans to sell 10-20% equity stake for INR 1500-2000cr.


Edelweiss: Hitting All the Right Notes to Scale Up Businesses and Unlock Value

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<li>Edelweiss reported a strong Q1FY24 earnings led by its asset management and ARC businesses. In particular, the asset management business is scaling up well for Edelweiss.</li>
<li>In the ARC business, Edelweiss saw strong recoveries during Q1FY24. Also, gradually, Edelweiss is scaling up the retail ARC business.</li>
<li>The credit business continues to see reduction in the wholesale loan book AUM. Asset quality remains stabilized and the co-lending model is helping Edelweiss to grow well.</li>
</ul>


Edelweiss reported a strong Q1FY24 earnings led by its asset management and ARC businesses. In particular, the asset management business is scaling up well for Edelweiss.
In the ARC business, Edelweiss saw strong recoveries during Q1FY24. Also, gradually, Edelweiss is scaling up the retail ARC business.
The credit business continues to see reduction in the wholesale loan book AUM. Asset quality remains stabilized and the co-lending model is helping Edelweiss to grow well.


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CARE Ratings Limited operates as a credit rating agency. The Company offers credit assessment of companies that helps corporates to raise capital and assists the investors to form an informed investment decision based on the credit risk. CARE Ratings serves corporates, financial sectors, state government entities, and local bodies.

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Edelweiss Financial Services (EDEL IN)

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An investment in Edelweiss' stock at the current levels has potential to more than triple over a holding period of 3 to 5 years. The worst is over...

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