{"id":161613,"date":"2024-05-24T11:43:35","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T15:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/44.250.171.167\/?p=161613"},"modified":"2024-05-24T11:44:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T15:44:46","slug":"indian-railway-finance-corp-q4-fy24-earnings-conference-call-insights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alphastreet.com\/india\/indian-railway-finance-corp-q4-fy24-earnings-conference-call-insights\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Railway Finance Corp Q4 FY24 Earnings Conference Call Insights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Key highlights from Indian Railway Finance Corp (IRFC) Q4 FY24 Earnings Concall<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Railways CapEx<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Increasing focus on infrastructure, capacity enhancement, decongestion, passenger experience, safety.<\/li>\n<li>Major part of planned CapEx directed towards implementation of economic corridors (energy, mineral, cement, port connectivity, high-density traffic).<\/li>\n<li>About 40,000 km of new track likely to be laid over next 6-8 years.<\/li>\n<li>Plans to convert rail bogies to Vande Bharat standards and deploy automated train safety technology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>IRFC Mandate<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Sole market-borrowing arm of Indian Railways.<\/li>\n<li>Consistently supporting Railways CAPEX funding for rolling stock and infrastructure projects.<\/li>\n<li>Financing through lease model &#8211; low-risk, cost-plus with margins of 40 bps for rolling stock, 35 bps for projects.<\/li>\n<li>Mandate also covers financing projects with backward\/forward linkages to Railways.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Financial Performance<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Total AUM of INR4.64 lakh crore as of 31st March 2024.<\/li>\n<li>Revenue of INR26,644.58 crore, profit of INR6,412.10 crore for FY24.<\/li>\n<li>Borrowings of INR4.12 lakh crore from various sources with strong ALM.<\/li>\n<li>Low operating expenses at 0.09% of total income.<\/li>\n<li>Strong return ratios &#8211; RoE 13.66%, RoA 1.31%, NIM 1.38%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Future Growth Plans<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Actively exploring funding opportunities in railway ecosystem.<\/li>\n<li>Formulated board-approved credit policy to manage credit risk.<\/li>\n<li>Setting up internal credit committees, onboarding agencies for appraisals.<\/li>\n<li>Exploring funding for projects like rolling stock leasing, railway infrastructure, DFCs, logistics parks, renewable energy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Growth Opportunities and Diversification Plans<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Actively exploring opportunities in forward\/backward linkages with Railways.<\/li>\n<li>Opportunities in areas like rolling stock leasing, railway infrastructure, DFCs, logistics parks, renewable energy.<\/li>\n<li>Using interim 2-year period to strengthen internal mechanisms for diversification.<\/li>\n<li>In discussions with other companies for potential collaborations.<\/li>\n<li>Building team and onboarding agencies for appraisals, due diligence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lending Spreads<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Spreads over cost of funds have been stable at 40 bps for rolling stock, 35 bps for projects.<\/li>\n<li>No requirement seen for changing spreads as risks like currency, interest rate passed through.<\/li>\n<li>Spreads expected to continue at same levels going forward.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Earnings Outlook<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>No sharp jump, but no sharp decline expected in near-term earnings.<\/li>\n<li>Exploring diversification opportunities to sustain growth trajectory.<\/li>\n<li>Earnings in FY25-26 contingent on executing existing pipeline of lending.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Moratorium Period Impact<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>5-year moratorium before Railways start paying back after disbursement.<\/li>\n<li>Earnings impact of recent healthy lending yet to be realized due to moratorium.<\/li>\n<li>Moratorium periods ending now, allowing these investments to start yielding returns.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>AUM and NII Growth<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>AUM growth needed for meaningful NII uplift over current about INR6,400 cr levels.<\/li>\n<li>Executing pending INR2 tn of project assets to increase AUM over next few years.<\/li>\n<li>Capital recovery from executed leases to offset, NII accretion only from redeployed funds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>New Ventures<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>New ventures would be aligned to railway sector as per current mandate.<\/li>\n<li>Can fund renewable projects but only those with backward\/forward linkages to railways.<\/li>\n<li>Not allowed to fund renewable projects without railway linkages as of now.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Expanding Charter\/MoU<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Possibility of pursuing expansion of charter\/MoU with ministry.<\/li>\n<li>To enable funding opportunities beyond just railway-linked projects.<\/li>\n<li>However, even current mandate provides significant infrastructure opportunities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spread Expectations<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Spreads for new non-railway ventures not governed by regulated framework.<\/li>\n<li>Spreads to be based on project profile and industry standards.<\/li>\n<li>Potential for higher spreads compared to capped railway funding spreads.<\/li>\n<li>Too premature to provide any ballpark spread numbers currently.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>FY25 Borrowing Plan<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>IRFC has taken board approval for borrowing INR50,000 crore in FY25.<\/li>\n<li>Plan based on interim budget assessments.<\/li>\n<li>Final budget yet to be approved, which could impact borrowing requirements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Refinancing Opportunities<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Part of the INR50,000 crore borrowing planned for refinancing.<\/li>\n<li>Aimed at taking advantage of potential refinancing opportunities.<\/li>\n<li>To optimize borrowing costs and liabilities management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key highlights from Indian Railway Finance Corp (IRFC) Q4 FY24 Earnings Concall Railways CapEx Increasing focus on infrastructure, capacity enhancement, decongestion, passenger experience, safety. Major part of planned CapEx directed towards implementation of economic corridors (energy, mineral, cement, port connectivity, high-density traffic). About 40,000 km of new track likely to be laid over next 6-8 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1767,"featured_media":154818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9825,392,1],"tags":[10169,8265,10172],"class_list":["post-161613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-earnings-call-highlights","category-earnings","category-finance-stocks","tag-earnings","tag-finance","tag-railways"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/alphastreet.com\/india\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/CC_Image_1.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":147252,"url":"https:\/\/alphastreet.com\/india\/earnings-summary-of-indian-railway-finance-corporation-limited-for-q4-fy23\/","url_meta":{"origin":161613,"position":0},"title":"Earnings Summary Of Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited For Q4 FY23","author":"Hardik Bhandare","date":"May 24, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited (IRFC) is a public sector enterprise established in 1986 under the Ministry of Railways, Government of India. 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