In my last two years annual report speeches, I had promised to
accelerate your companys growth trajectory, partaking of the nations
burgeoning economy as well as contributing to its growth momentum.
These last three years, while we were trying to deal with the aftermath
of the 2008 meltdown, we had also simultaneously embarked on a major
transformation of our business and took some hard decisions on the way.
Today, I am here before you to redeem those promises as I announce a
record performance by the company on all the business parameters for
the year ended March 201 1 - an Assets Under Management of Rs. 19,825
crore, Revenues of Rs. 2,510 crore, Profit After Tax of Rs. 751 crore.
In keeping with our philosophy of rewarding our shareholders, your
Board of Directors has recommended a very handsome dividend payout of
Rs. 10/- per share for the full year, including Rs. 5/- per share
interim dividend already paid. In the coming year, well redouble our
efforts to take your company to the next level not only in terms of
size & scale, but also in terms of profitability and sustainability.
Sharpening Our Focus
Sustainability comes with a long term vision and focus. We had
envisioned a lucrative future for the company premised on three tenets
inherent to our growth strategy:
Secure,
Scalable &
Sustainable growth
The above three key elements continued to define our growth strategy.
The year gone by represents a continuum in our quest for the last three
years to morph into a successful mortgage lender. As promised in my
last speeches, we have transformed our loan book into almost 100%
secured lending, with 71% of it comprised of mortgage loans. Our
continued focus on low risk mortgage loans, diversified & long duration
liability base, reduction in cost-income ratio and lower delinquency
levels has helped company post higher revenues and profits in FY 2010-1
1. This is a welcome indication of our magnitude in terms of growth and
sustenance in this highly competitive market. Over the last couple of
years, we have steadily grown our Home Loan portfolio by offering loans
at competitive rates to borrowers with good credit profile. We have
been able to carve a distinct niche in this segment not only by lending
at rates comparable with the best in the industry, but also through our
expeditious disbursal process, thereby contributing our bit to the
socially desirable goal of home ownership.
Ahead of the curve
Thanks to our prudent approach and thrust on mortgage based lending,
IBFSL could not only come out of the preceding few years economic
turmoil unscathed, but reaped rich dividend when the economy started
showing signs of revival during the last year. Call it our
farsightedness or nimble footedness; we had adopted a cautious lending
approach when others were jumping the sub- prime wagon, and accordingly
shifted our focus to relatively safer, stable and sustainable business
model. A tribute to these visionary steps came in the form of our
enhanced long term debt rating of AA+, making us one of the very few
NBFCs in the country to enjoy this rating. The rating is a testament to
your companys strong business growth with its safer asset class of
mortgage loans, improvement in maturity profile of its liabilities and
improvement in its profitability. The robust financials of the company
as reflected in the rating upgrade, together with our single minded
focus to pursue opportunities helped fuel our growth.
Robust Outlook
Today, we are one of the best capitalized NBFCs (our CRAR stands
upwards of 20% as against the prescribed 15%) with healthy ratings for
both its long term (AA+) and short term (P1+) debt, comfortable
liquidity and fund raising capabilites as demonstrated by the
stupendous success of our bond offerings to the tune of over Rs. 3,000
crore in FY 2010-11. The Company has seen six quarters of continuous
reduction in Gross and Net NPA levels as low-risk mortgage portfolio
increases the asset base, while contributing very low incremental
delinquencies. The Gross NPA stood at 1.03% and Net NPA stood at 0.37%.
Total provisions were 4.19 times the regulatory requirement. On the
back of a strong and steady demand for Home Loans, the company has seen
sustained growth in its Assets Under Management during the year. Loan
Assets have grown to Rs. 19,825 crore as of March 31, 2011. Long-term,
Low-risk Mortgage Loans constitute 71 % of the Asset Book.
Building Relationships Key to Improved Resource Profile
Our ongoing efforts to broaden and deepen our banking relationships are
borne out by the fact that despite being primarily reliant on the
wholesale liabilities, your company has a well diversified resource
base. Amongst its lenders, the company now counts 54 strong
relationships: 21 PSU banks, 1 1 private and foreign banks, and 22
mutual funds, provident funds, pension funds and insurance companies.
These include almost all the marquee lenders in their respective
domains, resulting in stable and long term sources of funding. Funding
cost has been brought under control while the maturity profile of our
borrowings has been elongated so as to manage our ALM in a much better
way.
Yielding Dividends
Growth means delivering strong returns for our shareholders: IBFSLs
audited report for the year 2010-11 depicts an excellent performance:
The Consolidated Total Revenues stood at Rs. 2510 crore, while the
Profit After Tax was at Rs. 751 crore, as on March 31, 2011 as compared
to March 31, 2010.
The Directors have recommended final dividend of Rs. 5/- (250%) per
share of face value of Rs. 2/- Proposed total dividend for FY 2010-1 1
(including interim dividend of Rs. 5/- already paid) is Rs. 10/- (500%)
per share of face value of Rs. 2/-. EPS is Rs. 23.86 up by 140% from
Rs. 9.94 for FY 2009-10. Return on Equity (ROE) has grown to 17%.
Growth in Low Risk Mortgage Loans, Diversified and Long Duration
Liabilities, Decreasing Cost-Income Ratio (down to about 20%) and
falling delinquency levels have boosted the companys revenues and
profits in the year 2010-1 1. Improvement in our internal systems and
controls has also resulted in reduced operating costs for the last
three successive years, and we hope to continue this trend.
New Business Initiative
Indiabulls Mutual Fund, sponsored by your company has got final
approval from Securities & Exchange Board of India to launch its mutual
fund business. The company plans to hit the market with its maiden
offering in both equity and fixed income segment in a couple of months.
It is at an advanced stage of operational preparedness with almost the
entire research and operations team in place, and is currently working
on the initial product profile. IBFSL together with other group
companies has a strong country wide presence in its lending business.
It considers mutual funds business a natural extension of its existing
financial services business. Given the opportunity Indian markets
offer, Indiabulls Mutual Fund would be retail focused, targeting
Indias growing investor base.
Lastly, I take this opportunity to warmly thank all our shareholders,
customers, employees, bankers, and regulators for reposing their faith
in us and motivating us to excel in all facets of our business.
Thank you!
Sameer Gehlaut
Founder & Chairman
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