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Non-banking finance company Five-Star Business Finance reported net profit of ₹286 crore in the quarter ended September (Q2FY26) compared to ₹268 crore in the same quarter last year. Total income for the quarter was ₹807 Cr, a YoY growth of 14 per cent. Assets under Management (AUM) as of September 2025 ended at ₹12,847 Cr, growth of 18 per cent on YoY basis and 3 per cent on QoQ basis. However, disbursements were down 4 per cent YoY and stood at Rs 1,196 crore due to additional controls that have been implemented during this quarter towards onboarding customers. Lakshmipathy Deenadayalan, Chairman & Managing Director, Five-Star Business Finance said in a statement that it was a stable performance from Five Star during the current quarter, across various metrics. “The downtrend that we witnessed in Q1FY26 has been arrested in the current quarter, and from here onwards, we believe that we would see some green shoots emerging in Q3 and a much stronger performance in Q4,” he said. “While our asset quality and credit cost have seen marginal impact in the current quarter as compared to the previous quarter, these still stack up better than many of our peers operating in the small ticket secured / unsecured loans space,” he added. The Gross Stage 3 Assets were up by 1.17 per cent YoY at 2.64 per cent for Q2FY26. Net Stage 3 Assets was at 1.46 per cent, up 0.75 per cent. “Our collections from unique customers and overall collections have remained stable compared to the previous quarter,” Deenadayalan said. Published on October 29, 2025
