Bajaj Finance Ltd. share price target

Bajaj Finance’s board has promoted Mr. Rajeev Jain (MD & CEO) to as vice chairman, in the capacity of an executive director for three years with effect from 1 April 2025. Besides, Mr Anup Saha (deputy MD) has been promoted as MD.

We maintain our BUY recommendation on the stock.

Bajaj Finance (BAF)’s reported PAT grew 18% YoY to ~INR43.1b (~5% beat) in 3QFY25. NII grew 23% YoY to INR93.8b (in line). Other operating income at INR22.9b rose 39% YoY (6% beat), driven by improvement in fee income and income from the sale of services.

Healthy, 28% y/y, AUM growth, and greater productivity led to Bajaj Finance’s healthy 18% y/y consol. PAT growth. Despite premium valuations, we retain a Buy, on the best-in-class execution skill, improving productivity and stable asset quality

Q3 numbers were steady. Management commentary and data suggest that asset quality stress has peaked out, making outlook stable

Bajaj Finance announced its long-range strategies (LRS-3, FY2025 to FY2029) after seeing exponential growth in LRS-1 (2008-2016) and LRS-2 (2017 to 2024). it is expected to remain a dominant NBFC expanding its share in the total credit to 3.2-3.5% by FY2029 from 2.1% in H1FY2025.

Bajaj Finance completed its long-range strategy (LRS) 2025-29 meet last week and released an investor presentation. Its targets are lofty; however, with impeccable execution skills, we believe the same are achievable.

Bajaj Finserv hosted its investor day on 10th Dec’24, wherein the senior management of Bajaj Finance (BAF) led by Mr. Rajeev Jain, MD, unveiled BAF 3.0 – a FINAI company - and gave a sneak peek into its Long-Range Strategy (LRS) 2025-29.