Rating Rationale
July 07, 2023 | Mumbai
GIC Housing Finance Limited
'CRISIL AA+ / Stable' assigned to Non Convertible Debentures
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities RatedRs.9100 Crore
Long Term RatingCRISIL AA+/Stable (Reaffirmed)
 
Rs.795 Crore Non Convertible DebenturesCRISIL AA+/Stable (Assigned)
Rs.785 Crore (Reduced from Rs.1000 Crore) Non Convertible DebenturesCRISIL AA+/Stable (Reaffirmed)
Rs.1500 Crore Commercial PaperCRISIL A1+ (Reaffirmed)
Non Convertible Debentures Aggregating Rs.505 CroreCRISIL AA+/Stable (Withdrawn)
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Detailed Rationale

CRISIL Ratings has assigned its ‘CRISIL AA+/Stable’ rating to the Rs 795 crore non-convertible debenture of GIC Housing Finance Limited (GIC HF) and has reaffirmed its ‘CRISIL AA+/Stable/CRISIL A1+’ ratings on the existing debt instruments and bank facilities

 

CRISIL Ratings has withdrawn its rating on non-convertible debentures aggregating Rs 720 crore on the company's request as the outstanding against the same is nil and on receipt of confirmation from debenture trustee (See Annexure 'Details of Rating Withdrawn' for details). The withdrawal is in line with CRISIL Ratings withdrawal policy.

 

The ratings continue to reflect the strong support expected from GIC HF’s promoter and largest shareholder, General Insurance Corporation of India Re (GIC Re); and the company’s adequate capitalisation. These strengths are partially offset by modest asset quality and a moderate, albeit improving, scale of operations.

 

Collection efficiency for fiscal 2023 improved to 92.30 from 91.05% last fiscal. Collections will continue to remain a monitorable, as income streams of the borrowers have been impacted in the current challenging macro environment.

Analytical Approach

CRISIL Ratings assesses the standalone credit risk profile of GIC HF and continues to factor in the strong support from the parent, considering the strategic importance of the entity, largest shareholding, shared management, and high moral obligation of the parent on account of shared name and brand.

Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description

Strengths:

Expectation of strong support from the promoter and largest shareholder, GIC Re

GIC Re and its erstwhile subsidiaries — National Insurance Co Ltd, The New India Assurance Co Ltd, The Oriental Insurance Co Ltd, and United India Insurance Co Ltd — together hold 42.41% equity stake in GIC HF as on March 31, 2023 while GIC Re is the largest shareholder with 15.26% stake in the Company. GICHFL has strong Board including CMDs of all 5 Promoter Insurance Companies where all decisions are taken collectively by the Board. Promoter Companies also depute its senior officers to GICHFL on time to time basis. GIC HF also derives management, operational, and financial support from GIC Re. Furthermore, the name sharing strengthens GIC Re's moral obligation to support the housing finance entity. GIC Housing will continue to benefit over the medium term from the strong support it receives from GIC-Re in terms of ownership, common branding, and managerial inputs

 

Adequate capitalisation

The company had a sizeable networth of Rs 1,699 crore and tier-I capital adequacy ratio of 30.2% as on March 31, 2023 (Rs 1,511 crore and 24.5% as on March 31, 2022). While capital cushion to manage the asset-side risk reduced, it remains adequate with networth to net non-performing asset (NPA) ratio of 4.9 times as on March 31, 2023 (2.4 times as on March 31, 2022). Capitalisation is expected to remain stable over the medium term.

 

Weaknesses:

Modest asset quality

Asset quality metrics have witnessed a significant reduction in Gross NPA and was at 4.7% as on March 31, 2023, as compared to 8.6% as on March 31, 2022. Of the entire portfolio, loans against property (LAP) book also continued to witness relatively higher delinquencies

 

Around four years ago, the company revamped its systems and process to improve its asset quality. CRISIL Ratings understands that the current NPAs have been primarily from the portfolio originated prior to fiscal 2019 and recent originations have negligible delinquencies. Further, over the last couple of years, the company has shifted its focus towards home loans, particularly towards salaried customers. Hence, the proportion of non-salaried customers is likely to decline over the medium term.

 

However, the company’s ability to arrest slippages and manage further credit costs, particularly given the challenging environment, remains a key monitorable, as does its ability to recover from NPAs.

 

Moderate, albeit improving, scale of operations

The company remains a relatively small player in the Indian housing finance industry with around 1% market share. The loan book stood at Rs 10,652 crore as on March 31, 2023 (Rs 11711 crore as on March 31, 2022 net of provision). Although the loan book is concentrated in Maharashtra, the company is consciously growing its book outside the state (particularly Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Gurgaon) to achieve better geographical diversification. Consequently, proportion of book in Maharashtra reduced to 34% as on March 31, 2023, from 50% in fiscal 2018.

Liquidity: Strong

Given the longer tenure on asset side, the asset and liability management (ALM) profile as on March 31, 2023, had positive cumulative mismatches in upto one year bucket, excluding sanctioned but unutilised bank lines. Liquidity position remains adequate supported by adequate unutilised bank lines. The company had unutilised bank lines of Rs 1,190 crore as on March 31, 2023, compared to debt repayment of Rs 2051 crore (including Rs 350 crore in CP) till September 2023.

Outlook: Stable

CRISIL Ratings believes GIC Re will continue to support GIC HF, and the latter will maintain adequate capitalisation over the medium term.

Rating Sensitivity factors

Upward factors:

  • Substantial and sustained improvement in market position and asset quality
  • Better earnings profile with return on assets (RoA) above 2.5% on a steady state basis

 

Downward factors:

  • Dilution of GIC Re's ownership or material change in expectation of support from the shareholder
  • Deterioration in asset quality leading to weakening of earnings profile, with RoA under 1.0% on a sustained basis

About the Company

GIC HF was founded in 1989 by GIC Re and its erstwhile subsidiaries, National Insurance Co Ltd, The New India Assurance Co Ltd, The Oriental Insurance Co Ltd, and United India Insurance Co Ltd, together with Unit Trust of India (UTI), Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (ICICI), Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI), Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) and State Bank of India (SBI), all of which contributed to the initial share capital. Later on HDFC, SBI, ICICI, UTI, and IFCI sold their holding in GIC HF and ceased to be promoters

 

As on March 31, 2023, the promoter group (consisting of General Insurance Corporation of India, National Insurance Company Limited, The New India Assurance Company Limited, The Oriental Insurance Company Limited and United India Insurance Company Limited) held a 42.41% stake in the company, with GIC Re (15.26%) being the largest shareholder. 

 

GIC HF provides individual housing loans to the middle to low income group in Tier-II and Tier-III cities. The portfolio mix consisted of 86% housing loans and 14% LAP, while the borrower profile comprised of 77% salaried customers and 23% non-salaried customers, as on March 31, 2023. The company had a network of 72 branches as on March 31, 2023, most of which were concentrated in Maharashtra.

 

Profit after tax (PAT) was Rs 213 crore on total income of Rs 1,129 crore for fiscal 2023 against Rs 174 crore and Rs 1,156 crore, respectively, in last fiscal.

Key Financial Indicators

As on/for the period ended Unit Mar-23 Mar-22
Total assets Rs crore 10920 11929
Total income  Rs crore 1129 1156
Profit after tax Rs crore 213 174
Gross NPA 4.7 8.6
Gearing Times 5.4 6.8
Return on assets (annualised) % 1.9 1.4

Any other information: Not applicable

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Annexure - Details of Instrument(s)

ISIN Name of instrument Date of
allotment
Coupon
rate (%)
Maturity
date
Issue size
(Rs crore)
Complexity 
levels
Rating assigned
with outlook
INE289B07057 Non Convertible Debentures 21-Mar-22 3M T-bill + margin 20-Oct-23 225 Simple CRISIL AA+/Stable
INE289B07073 Non Convertible Debentures 27-Feb-23 8.70% 27-Nov-24 325 Simple CRISIL AA+/Stable
NA Non Convertible Debentures* NA NA NA 1030 Simple CRISIL AA+/Stable
NA Commercial Paper NA NA 7 to 365 Days 1500 Simple CRISIL A1+
NA Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility NA NA NA 8800 Simple CRISIL AA+/Stable
NA Term Loan 4-Nov-22 NA 4-Nov-29 200 NA CRISIL AA+/Stable
NA Term Loan 15-Nov-22 NA 15-Nov-31 100 NA CRISIL AA+/Stable

*Yet to be issued

 

Annexure - Details of Rating Withdrawn

ISIN Name of instrument Date of
allotment
Coupon
rate (%)
Maturity
date
Issue size
(Rs crore)
Complexity 
levels
Rating assigned
with outlook
INE289B07032 Non Convertible Debentures 22-Feb-21 6.94% 22-Feb-23 300 Simple Withdrawn
INE289B07065 Non Convertible Debentures 28-Mar-22 3M T-bill + margin 7-Jun-23 225 Simple Withdrawn
INE289B07040 Non Convertible Debentures 30-Mar-21 6.94% 30-Mar-23 195 Simple Withdrawn
Annexure - Rating History for last 3 Years
  Current 2023 (History) 2022  2021  2020  Start of 2020
Instrument Type Outstanding Amount Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Rating
Fund Based Facilities LT 9100.0 CRISIL AA+/Stable 07-02-23 CRISIL AA+/Stable 31-03-22 CRISIL AA+/Stable 06-04-21 CRISIL AA+/Stable 30-09-20 CRISIL AA+/Stable CRISIL AA+/Stable
Commercial Paper ST 1500.0 CRISIL A1+ 07-02-23 CRISIL A1+ 31-03-22 CRISIL A1+ 06-04-21 CRISIL A1+ 30-09-20 CRISIL A1+ CRISIL A1+
Non Convertible Debentures LT 1580.0 CRISIL AA+/Stable 07-02-23 CRISIL AA+/Stable 31-03-22 CRISIL AA+/Stable 06-04-21 CRISIL AA+/Stable 30-09-20 CRISIL AA+/Stable CRISIL AA+/Stable
All amounts are in Rs.Cr.
Annexure - Details of Bank Lenders & Facilities
Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Name of Lender Rating
Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility 8800 Not Applicable CRISIL AA+/Stable
Term Loan 100 Indian Overseas Bank CRISIL AA+/Stable
Term Loan 200 IDBI Bank Limited CRISIL AA+/Stable
Criteria Details
Links to related criteria
CRISILs Bank Loan Ratings - process, scale and default recognition
Rating Criteria for Finance Companies
CRISILs Criteria for rating short term debt
Criteria for Notching up Stand Alone Ratings of Companies based on Parent Support

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