Motilal Oswal Financial Services Reports Highest-Ever Q1 PAT of ₹1,430 Crore, Driven by Strong Growth Across Businesses
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The company reported its highest-ever quarterly PAT, significant growth in operating profit, AUM across multiple segments, and robust deal execution in capital markets. All key business segments showed strong growth, and management provided an optimistic outlook for future growth and profitability.
* Q1FY26 Performance Highlights: Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited (MOFSL) reported its highest-ever quarterly profit after tax (PAT) of ₹1,430 crore for Q1FY26, marking a 40% year-on-year (YoY) increase. Operating PAT grew by 21% YoY to ₹522 crore, primarily driven by strong performance in asset, private wealth, and capital market businesses. * Key Milestones Achieved: The company crossed significant milestones, including ₹1.5 lakh crore in equity AUM for its Asset Management Company (AMC) and ₹5,000 crore in AUM for its Housing Finance business. * Operational Metrics: MOFSL now services over 13.6 million customers, with assets under advice (AUA) reaching ₹6.5 lakh crore, up 28% YoY. Annual recurring revenues constitute 52% of net revenue, and fee-based revenue contributes 44% to total revenues. Net worth increased 28% YoY to ₹12,537 crore, with an annualised ROE of 48% for Q1FY26. * Segmental Performance: * Wealth Management: Retail cash broking volumes (ADTO) were ₹3,179 crore, with a cash volume market share of 7.1%. The distribution book grew significantly to ₹38,129 crore, with its revenue share increasing to 24% in Q1FY26 from 12% in FY21. Net Interest Income (NII) grew 12% YoY. * Asset and Private Wealth Management: AMC saw gross flows grow 59% YoY to ₹14,568 crore, and net flows increased to ₹8,469 crore. The company added 14 lakh SIPs in Q1, with a monthly SIP run rate exceeding ₹1,200 crore in June. Alternate AUM grew 29% to ₹33,810 crore. The fifth private equity fund (target ₹8,000 crore) achieved its first close at 80% of the target. Private Wealth Management recorded a 53% top-line growth and 49% bottom-line growth. * Capital Market: The business achieved its highest-ever revenues, completing 16 deals with a cumulative issue size of over ₹29,500 crore, leading to an 89% YoY growth in fee income. It was ranked #3 in IPOs executed and #5 by value. The company continues to lead QIP league tables. * Housing Finance: AUM crossed ₹5,000 crore (up 22% YoY), driven by a 50% increase in sales RMs. Disbursements grew 57% to nearly ₹400 crore. Gross NPA stood at 1.2% and Net NPA at 0.6%. Management expects AUM to double in the next 2-3 years. * Treasury Investments: Total investments grew 26% YoY to ₹8,853 crore, with an XIRR of over 20% since inception. * Management Outlook: Navin Agarwal, Group Managing Director, stated that the company expects similar multi-fold growth in net worth over the next decade due to its unique twin business model. He highlighted immense growth runway with strong double-digit growth expected across all businesses, driven by the financialization of savings and the trend of unlisted companies going public. The company continues to invest in technology, talent, training, trust, and thinking big. * Q&A Insights: Management noted continued investment in senior talent across businesses, leading to increased employee costs, but affirmed strong and stable PBT margins around 50%. They expect the strong deal pipeline in capital markets to continue into Q2FY26 and beyond, provided market conditions remain reasonable. The private wealth business is seeing strong organic growth complemented by monetization events (IPOs, private equity sell-outs).
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