Shares of Bajaj Finance tanked nearly 6 per cent on Friday, July 25, 2025, despite reporting a strong Q1 2205 results. The stock opened gap down with a loss of 5.23 per cent at Rs 908 against the previous close of Rs 959 on the BSE. The scrip dipped further to touch the intraday low of 897.65, representing a fall of 6.4 per cent from the closing price of the last trading session. last seen, the counter was trading at Rs 907.20 with a loss of 5.40 per cent. On the NSE, the stock opened at Rs 906.40 and fell to touch a low of Rs 898.
The scrip has been falling for the last two days and technically trades higher than the 100-day and 200-day moving averages but lower than the 5-day, 20-day and 50-day moving averages.
The stock hit its 52-week high of Rs 978.80 on June 9, 2025, and its 52-week low of Rs 642.50 on August 16, 2024. The market cap of the company is Rs 5,63,760.32 crore.
Bajaj Finance Quarterly Results
The non-banking finance company (NBFC) has announced its financial results for the first quarter of the financial year 2025-26. The company has posted a 22 per cent YoY (year-on-year) consolidated net profit at Rs 4,765 crore against the 3,911 crore in the same quarter a year ago. In the preceding quarter, the net profit of the company was Rs 4,545 crore. The jump in the company's profit was mainly driven by strong loan growth and a broad-based customer expansion.
Its consolidated revenue grew 21 per cent to Rs 19,524 crore, driven by a 22 per cent rise in Net Interest Income (NII) to Rs 10,227 crore from Rs 8,365 crore in Q1 FY25. The net total income increased to Rs 12,610 crore in the quarter under review from Rs 10,418 crore in the same quarter of FY25.
Why Shares Are Falling?
The company's shares are falling despite posting good results due to concerns about asset quality. Loan losses and provisions increased by 26 per cent in the quarter under review to Rs 2,120 crore from Rs 1,685 crore in Q1 FY25. Annualised loan losses and provisions to average assets under finance for Q1 FY26 were 2.02 per cent.
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