Indiabulls Housing Finance Limited shares jumped 2.52 percent to Rs 193.45 at 11.25 am, continuing the rally after the company repaid Rs 1,112.5 crore worth of bonds and Rs 2,323 crore worth of dollar-denominated external commercial borrowings last week.
The housing finance stock has gained almost 23 percent in the last one week since the announcements were made. The stock, however, corrected 2 percent on August 29.
Indiabulls Housing Finance repaid the 10-year, Rs 1,112.5 crore worth of bonds, on August 28 following the repayment of Rs 2,323 crore of external commercial borrowing on August 24. These borrowings were availed from banks like Barclays, MUFG, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust, CTBC, ANZ, Bank of Taiwan, and others.
Indiabulls Housing Finance said that significant high debt repayments were paid off in Q2FY24. Starting now, its incoming loan repayments will be larger than its debt repayments by Rs 1,300 crore to Rs 1,800 crore every quarter. The extra money can be used to grow their assets, the company said in an exchange filing dated August 28.
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Indiabulls Housing Finance debt-to-equity ratio was 6.42 in FY19 which was reduced to 3.02 in FY23, which is still high despite the reduction. A debt-to-equity ratio above 1 means that a company has more debt than equity, suggesting it relies more on borrowing for financing.
Since September 2018, Indiabulls Housing Finance has repaid Rs 1,62,985 crore on a gross basis and Rs 85,512 crore on a net basis. Towards the end of Q2FY24, the company’s borrowings will be down to Rs 36,000 crore and net debt to equity will be 1.8x, said the company in the exchange filing.
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