LIC Housing Finance Q2 profit jumps nearly four-fold to Rs 1,188 crore

Total revenue increased to Rs 6,753 crore in the second quarter of the current fiscal from Rs 5,086 crore in the year-ago period, LIC Housing Finance said in a regulatory filing. Net interest margin of the company increased to 3.04 per cent as against 1.78 per cent in the same quarter a year ago.

LIC Housing Finance on Wednesday reported a nearly four-fold rise in net profit to Rs 1,188 crore for the September quarter. The housing finance subsidiary of LIC had earned a profit of Rs 305 crore in the year-ago quarter. Total revenue increased to Rs 6,753 crore in the second quarter of the current fiscal from Rs 5,086 crore in the year-ago period, LIC Housing Finance said in a regulatory filing. The lender's interest income also increased to Rs 6,707 crore from Rs 5,049 crore a year ago. Net interest income of the mortgage firm increased to Rs 2,107 crore as compared to Rs 1,150 crore in the year-ago period. On the asset quality side, the lender's gross Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) stood at 4.3 per cent of gross advances in September over 4.9 per cent a year ago.

The net NPA declined marginally to 2.59 per cent against 2.83 per cent in the year-ago period. Net interest margin of the company increased to 3.04 per cent as against 1.78 per cent in the same quarter a year ago.