LAKSHMI FINANCE 2022-23 Annual Report Analysis

Tue, 15 Aug

LAKSHMI FINANCE has announced its results for the year ended March 2023. Let us have a look at the detailed performance review of the company during the year 2022-23.

LAKSHMI FINANCE Income Statement Analysis

• Interest income during the year fell 54.9% on a year-on-year (YoY) basis.
• Interest expenses were down by 27.8% YoY during the same period.
• Operating expenses increased by 112.7% YoY during the year.
• The company's net interest income (NII) decreased by 55.0% YoY during the fiscal. Consequently, net interest margins (NIM) witnessed a decline and stood at 7.8% in FY23 as against 19.8% in FY22.
• Other income increased by 0.0% YoY during the year.
• Net profit for the year declined by 90.3% YoY.
• Net profit margins during the year declined to 15.3% in FY23 from 71.7% in FY22.

LAKSHMI FINANCE Income Statement – 2022-23

No. of Mths Year Ending		12 Mar-22*	12 Mar-23*	% Change
Interest Income	Rs m	80	36	-54.9%
Other Income	Rs m	0	0	0.0%
Interest Expense	Rs m	0	0	-27.8%
Net Interest Income	Rs m	79	36	-55.0%
Operating Expense	Rs m	15	33	112.7%
Pre-provision Operating Profit	Rs m	64	3	-95.0%
Provisions & Contingencies	Rs m	0	0	0.0%
Profit before tax	Rs m	63	2	-97.2%
Tax	Rs m	5	-4	-168.1%
Profit after tax	Rs m	57	6	-90.3%
Minority Interest	Rs m	0	0	0.0%
Net Interest Margin	%	19.8	7.8
Net profit margin	%	71.7	15.3

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LAKSHMI FINANCE Balance Sheet Analysis

• The company's deposits during FY23 stood at Rs 0 m as compared to Rs 0 m in FY22, thereby witnessing an increase of 0.0%.
• Advances for the year stood at Rs 0 m as compared to Rs 0 m during FY22, a rise of 0.0%.
• Cost of deposits for LAKSHMI FINANCE rose 10.6% and stood at 7.3%, while yield on advances rose to 0.0%.
• The lender's investments rose to Rs 458 m during the year from Rs 400 m in FY22.
• Borrowing stood at Rs 0 m, a growth of 0.0% as compared to previous year.
• Overall, the total assets and liabilities for FY23 stood at Rs 486 m as against Rs 498 m during FY22, thereby witnessing a fall of 2.3%.

LAKSHMI FINANCE Balance Sheet – as on March 2023

No. of Mths Year Ending		12 Mar-22*	12 Mar-23*	% Change
Networth	Rs m	470	467	-0.8%
Advances	Rs m	0	0	0.0%
Deposits	Rs m	0	0	0.0%
Yield on advances	%	0.0	0.0
Cost of Deposits	%	6.6	7.3
Investments	Rs m	400	458	14.4%
Borrowings	Rs m	0	0	0.0%
Total Assets	Rs m	498	486	-2.3%

Current Valuations for LAKSHMI FINANCE

• The trailing twelve-month earnings per share (EPS) of the company stands at Rs 1.8, a decline from the EPS of Rs 19.0 recorded last year.
• The price to earnings (P/E) ratio, at the current price of Rs 135.5, stands at 64.9 times its trailing twelve months earnings.
• The price to adjusted book value (P/ABV) ratio at current price levels stands at 0.9 times, while the price to income ratio stands at 10.0 times.

Per Share Data/Valuations

No. of Mths Year Ending		12 Mar-22*	12 Mar-23*
Income per share (Unadj.)	Rs	26.5	12.0
Earnings per share (Unadj.)	Rs	19.0	1.8
Diluted earnings per share	Rs	19.0	1.8
Avg P/E ratio	Rs	7.6	64.9
Avg P/ABV ratio	Rs	0.0	0.9
Avg Market Cap	Rs	431	357
Dividends per share (Unadj.)	Rs	3.00	2.00

Ratio Analysis for LAKSHMI FINANCE

• Efficiency Ratios

  Credit/Deposit Ratio: The company's credit/deposit ratio improved and stood at 0.0x during FY23, from 0.0x during FY22. The credit/deposit ratio tells us how much money a company has raised in the form of deposits and has deployed as loans.

  Debt to Equity Ratio: The company's debt to equity ratio increased and stood at 0.00x during FY23, from 0.00x during FY22. The debt to equity ratio of a company tells us how much debt a company uses relative to its equity.

• Liquidity Ratios

  Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR): LAKSHMI FINANCE's capital adequacy ratio (CAR) was at 0.0% as on 31 March 2023 as compared to 0.0% a year ago. This ratio helps measure the financial strength of the company or any finance company to meet their obligations using their assets and capital.

  A company that has a good CAR has enough capital to absorb potential losses. Thus, it has less risk of becoming insolvent and losing depositor's money.

  Provision Coverage Ratio (PCR): Apart from CAR, you also need to take a look at the company's PCR and LCR ratios. Provisioning coverage ratio (PCR) is the percentage of funds that a company sets aside for covering losses due to bad debts.

  So a high PCR ratio means asset quality issues are under control and the company is not vulnerable.

  Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR): The LCR is designed to ensure that companies hold a sufficient reserve of high-quality liquid assets to allow them to survive a period of significant liquidity stress lasting 30 calendar days.

• Profitability Ratios

  Return on Equity (ROE): The return on equity (ROE) ratio for the company deteriorated and stood at 1.2% during FY23, from 12.1% during FY22. The ROE measures the ability of a firm to generate profits from its shareholders capital in the company.

  Return on Assets (ROA): The return on asset (ROA) ratio of the company deteriorated and stood at 1.13% during FY23, from 11.47% during FY22. The ROA measures how efficiently the company uses its assets to generate earnings.

  Return on Capital Employed (ROCE): The ROCE for the company deteriorated and stood at 0.43% during FY23, from 14.09% during FY22. The ROCE measures the ability of a company to generate profits from its total capital (shareholder capital plus debt capital) employed in the company.

• NPA Ratios

  Gross NPA Ratio: The gross NPA ratio is the ratio of a company's gross NPAs to gross advances. LAKSHMI FINANCE's gross NPA ratio stood at 0.0% as of 31 March 2023 compared to 0.0% in the same period a year ago.

  A high gross NPA ratio is a bad thing as it indicates how much of a company's loans are in danger of not being repaid.

  Net NPA Ratio: In simple language, net NPAs are simply the total non-performing assets minus the provision left aside. It gives you the exact value of NPAs after the company has made provisions.

  The net NPA ratio of LAKSHMI FINANCE was 0.0% in financial year 2023. This compared with 0.0% a year ago.

Key Ratio Analysis

No. of Mths Year Ending		12 Mar-22*	12 Mar-23*
Credit/Deposit Ratio	x	0.0	0.0
Debt to Equity Ratio	x	0.0	0.0
Loans / Deposits	x	0.0	0.0
Capital Adequacy Ratio	%	0.0	0.0
Return on Equity	%	12.1	1.2
Return on Assets	%	11.5	1.1
Return on Capital Employed	%	14.1	0.4
% of Gross NPAs	%	0.0	0.0
% of Net NPAs	%	0.0	0.0
Yield on Advances	x	0.0	0.0
Yield on Investments	x	0.0	0.0

To see how LAKSHMI FINANCE has performed over the last 5 years, please visit here.

LAKSHMI FINANCE Share Price Performance

Over the last one year, LAKSHMI FINANCE share price has moved up from Rs 0.0 to Rs 135.5, registering a gain of Rs 135.5 or around 0.0%.

Overall, the S&P BSE SENSEX is up 0.0% over the year.

(To know more, you can check out historical annual results for LAKSHMI FINANCE here and quarterly results for LAKSHMI FINANCE here)