WORTH INVEST. 2023-24 Annual Report Analysis

Thu, 21 Nov

WORTH INVEST. has announced its results for the year ended March 2024. Let us have a look at the detailed performance review of the company during the year 2023-24.

WORTH INVEST. Income Statement Analysis

• Interest income during the year rose 20.7% on a year-on-year (YoY) basis.
• Interest expenses were down by 14.8% YoY during the same period.
• Operating expenses declined by 26.5% YoY during the year.
• The company's net interest income (NII) increased by 37.7% YoY during the fiscal. Consequently, net interest margins (NIM) witnessed a growth and stood at 5.9% in FY24 as against 5.5% in FY23.
• Other income increased by 0.0% YoY during the year.
• Net profit for the year increased by 105.9% YoY.
• Net profit margins during the year increased to 42.1% in FY24 from 24.7% in FY23.

WORTH INVEST. Income Statement – 2023-24

No. of Mths Year Ending		12 Mar-23*	12 Mar-24*	% Change
Interest Income	Rs m	36	44	20.7%
Other Income	Rs m	0	0	0.0%
Interest Expense	Rs m	12	10	-14.8%
Net Interest Income	Rs m	25	34	37.7%
Operating Expense	Rs m	13	9	-26.5%
Pre-provision Operating Profit	Rs m	12	25	103.7%
Provisions & Contingencies	Rs m	16	46	177.4%
Profit before tax	Rs m	12	25	103.7%
Tax	Rs m	3	6	97.5%
Profit after tax	Rs m	9	19	105.9%
Minority Interest	Rs m	0	0	0.0%
Net Interest Margin	%	5.5	5.9
Net profit margin	%	24.7	42.1

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WORTH INVEST. Balance Sheet Analysis

• The company's deposits during FY24 stood at Rs 0 m as compared to Rs 0 m in FY23, thereby witnessing an increase of 0.0%.
• Advances for the year stood at Rs 0 m as compared to Rs 0 m during FY23, a rise of 0.0%.
• Cost of deposits for WORTH INVEST. rose 0.0% and stood at 0.0%, while yield on advances rose to 0.0%.
• The lender's investments rose to Rs 574 m during the year from Rs 448 m in FY23.
• Borrowing stood at Rs 0 m, a growth of 0.0% as compared to previous year.
• Overall, the total assets and liabilities for FY24 stood at Rs 607 m as against Rs 450 m during FY23, thereby witnessing a rise of 34.9%.

WORTH INVEST. Balance Sheet – as on March 2024

No. of Mths Year Ending		12 Mar-23*	12 Mar-24*	% Change
Networth	Rs m	117	226	93.2%
Advances	Rs m	0	0	0.0%
Deposits	Rs m	0	0	0.0%
Yield on advances	%	0.0	0.0
Cost of Deposits	%	0.0	0.0
Investments	Rs m	448	574	28.3%
Borrowings	Rs m	0	0	0.0%
Total Assets	Rs m	450	607	34.9%

Current Valuations for WORTH INVEST.

• The trailing twelve-month earnings per share (EPS) of the company stands at Rs 1.8, an improvement from the EPS of Rs 1.4 recorded last year.
• The price to earnings (P/E) ratio, at the current price of Rs 15.6, stands at 8.7 times its trailing twelve months earnings.
• The price to adjusted book value (P/ABV) ratio at current price levels stands at 25.5 times, while the price to income ratio stands at 3.7 times.

Per Share Data/Valuations

No. of Mths Year Ending		12 Mar-23*	12 Mar-24*
Income per share (Unadj.)	Rs	5.8	4.4
Earnings per share (Unadj.)	Rs	1.4	1.8
Diluted earnings per share	Rs	0.0	0.0
Avg P/E ratio	Rs	38.1	8.7
Avg P/ABV ratio	Rs	9.6	25.5
Avg Market Cap	Rs	342	161
Dividends per share (Unadj.)	Rs	0.00	0.00

Ratio Analysis for WORTH INVEST.

• Efficiency Ratios

  Credit/Deposit Ratio: The company's credit/deposit ratio improved and stood at 0.0x during FY24, from 0.0x during FY23. 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 FY24, from 0.00x during FY23. 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): WORTH INVEST.'s capital adequacy ratio (CAR) was at 0.0% as on 31 March 2024 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 improved and stood at 8.2% during FY24, from 7.7% during FY23. 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 improved and stood at 3.05% during FY24, from 2.00% during FY23. The ROA measures how efficiently the company uses its assets to generate earnings.

  Return on Capital Employed (ROCE): The ROCE for the company improved and stood at 6.87% during FY24, from 5.95% during FY23. 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. WORTH INVEST.'s gross NPA ratio stood at 0.0% as of 31 March 2024 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 WORTH INVEST. was 0.0% in financial year 2024. This compared with 0.0% a year ago.

Key Ratio Analysis

No. of Mths Year Ending		12 Mar-23*	12 Mar-24*
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	%	7.7	8.2
Return on Assets	%	2.0	3.0
Return on Capital Employed	%	6.0	6.9
% 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

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WORTH INVEST. Share Price Performance

Over the last one year, WORTH INVEST. share price has moved up from Rs 3.0 to Rs 15.6, registering a gain of Rs 12.5 or around 412.2%.

Overall, the S&P BSE SENSEX is up 17.4% over the year.

(To know more, you can check out historical annual results for WORTH INVEST. here and quarterly results for WORTH INVEST. here)