Bajaj Finance Q4 net profit climbs 22 pc to Rs 5,553 cr

Leading NBFC Bajaj Finance on Wednesday reported a 22 per cent increase in its consolidated profit after tax to Rs 5,553 crore for the three months ended March 2026. The company had reported a PAT of Rs 4,546 crore in the year-ago period. Its total income increased by 21 per cent to Rs 14,209 crore in the quarter under review from Rs 11,755 crore in the January-March quarter of 2025, Bajaj Finance said in a regulatory filing to the stock exchanges. The net interest income or core income grew by 20 per cent to Rs 11,781 crore in the fourth quarter of FY26 from Rs 9,808c crore in the same quarter of the preceding fiscal. The board recommended a final dividend on equity shares at Rs 6 per share of face value of Re 1 each for the financial year ended March 31, 2026. The company's assets under management rose to Rs 5.09 lakh crore as of March 31, 2026, from Rs 4.16 lakh crore as of March 31, 2025, registering a growth of 22 per cent. On the asset quality front, the gross non-performing assets (NPAs) of the company increased to 1.01 per cent from 0.96 per cent a year ago. However, Net NPAs declined marginally to 0.41 per cent compared to 0.44 per cent a year earlier. For the entire financial year (FY26), the company's PAT stood at Rs 19,332 crore and total income at Rs 53,324 crore.

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