Home First Finance

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Home First Finance
Company type Public
ISIN INE481N01025
Industry Financial services
Founded2010
Founders
Headquarters
Mumbai, Maharashtra
,
India
Area served
India
Key people
Manoj Viswanathan (Managing Director & CEO) [1]
Products
RevenueIncrease2.svg₹796 crore (FY 2022–23) [2]
Increase2.svg₹316 crore (FY 2022–23) [2]
Increase2.svg₹228 crore (FY 2022–23) [2]
AUM Increase2.svg₹7,198 crore (FY 2022–23) [2]
Number of employees
993 (March 2023) [2]
Rating ICRA AA− (Stable) [3]
Website homefirstindia.com

Home First Finance Company India Limited is an Indian housing finance company in the affordable housing segment based in Mumbai and founded in 2010. It provides home loans, loan against property and home construction loans. [4] [5] Its equity shares are listed on Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange. [6]

Contents

History

Home First Finance was founded in 2010 by former chairman and co-founder of Mphasis, Jerry Rao; former CEO and MD of Bank of Baroda, PS Jayakumar; and Manoj Viswanathan, who previously worked with Citigroup India. [7] [8] It commenced operations in August 2010 after registering with the National Housing Bank, the regulatory and licensing body for housing finance companies in India. [9] In 2011, Bessemer Venture Partners bought a minority stake in the company for an undisclosed sum. [10]

In 2013, Tata Capital Growth Fund picked up a minority stake in the company. [11] Home First Finance turned profitable in 2014. [12]

In February 2017, private equity firm True North acquired a majority stake in Home First Finance for over ₹600 crore. A co-investor in this round, Aether (Mauritius) Limited, an affiliate of the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC, also became part of the company's promoter group with True North. [11] [13]

In October 2020, Warburg Pincus acquired a 25% stake in Home First Finance for ₹700 crore. [14] In January 2021, Warburg Pincus increased its stake to 30.62% ahead of Home First Finance's initial public offering. [15]

In January 2021, Home First Finance launched its initial public offering (IPO) of ₹1,154 crore; [16] the IPO was subscribed over 26 times. Equity shares of the company began trading on Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange on 3 February 2021. [6]

In December 2021, Union Bank of India (UBI) and Home First Finance Company India Ltd (HomeFirst) entered into a strategic co-lending partnership. [17]

In December 2022, Home First Finance raised ₹280 crore from International Finance Corporation to provide financing for green affordable housing customers. [18]

Operations

Home First Finance primarily functions in the affordable housing segment, providing home loans to low and middle-income individuals. [19] [20] As of March 2023, 88% of its gross loan assets are from home loans, and 11% from the loan against property vertical. [21] The company operates in 13 states and 1 union territory through 111 branches. [2] As of March 2023, 60.7% of its loan assets are from the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. [22] [4]

During fiscal year 2022–23, the company crossed the milestone of 100,000 customers served till date. [21] About 70% of its customers are from the salaried class in both formal and informal sectors, while self-employed individuals make up the remainder 30% customer base. [2] The company's assets under management stood at ₹7,198 crore. [2]

Finances

Year [21] Revenue
(in ₹ crore)		Net profit
(in ₹ crore)		AUM
(in ₹ crore)
FY 2017–18146251,356
FY 2018–19271452,444
FY 2019–20419803,618
FY 2020–214891004,141
FY 2021–225951865,380
FY 2022–237962287,198

ESG

Home First Finance has been rated in the category of "low risk" by Morningstar's Sustainalytics with a score of 16.2. [23]

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