Rating Rationale
September 28, 2018 | Mumbai
GIC Housing Finance Limited
Ratings Reaffirmed
 
Rating Action
Total Bank Loan Facilities Rated Rs.100 Crore
Long Term Rating CRISIL AA+/Stable (Reaffirmed)
 
Rs.550 Crore Non Convertible Debentures  CRISIL AA+/Stable (Reaffirmed)
Rs.1500 Crore Commercial Paper CRISIL A1+ (Reaffirmed)
1 crore = 10 million
Refer to annexure for Details of Instruments & Bank Facilities
Detailed Rationale

CRISIL has reaffirmed its 'CRISIL AA+/Stable/CRISIL A1+' ratings on the bank facilities and debt instruments of GIC Housing Finance Limited (GIC HF).

The ratings continue to reflect the strong support that GIC HF is expected to receive from its promoter and largest shareholder, General Insurance Corporation of India Re (GIC Re), and its comfortable capitalisation. These strengths are partially offset by the GIC HF's average asset quality and improving-yet-modest scale of operations.

Analytical Approach

For arriving at the ratings, CRISIL has factored in support from General Insurance Corporation of India Re (GIC Re), both on an ongoing basis and in the event of distress. 

Key Rating Drivers & Detailed Description
Strengths
* Expectation of strong support from promoter and largest shareholder, General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC-Re)
The promoters (GIC Re, National Insurance Co Ltd, the New India Assurance Co Ltd, the Oriental Insurance Co Ltd and United India Insurance Co Ltd) together holds 42.15% equity stake in GIC HF. Of this, GIC Re is the largest shareholder, with a 15.26% stake. All the promoters act in concert with GIC Re for decision-making purposes. GIC HF also derives management, operational, and financial support from GIC Re. Furthermore, GIC Re's ownership in name sharing with GIC HF increases GIC Re's moral obligation to support GIC HF. GIC Re has also provided a written commitment to ensure GIC HF will always honour its financial obligations in a timely manner.

* Comfortable capitalisation
GIC HF's capitalisation is comfortable, with sizeable networth of Rs 1,034 crore and Tier I capital adequacy ratio (CAR) of 16.24% as on June 30, 2018 (Rs 990 crore and 16.17%, respectively, as on March 31, 2018). The company is expected to maintain its capitalisation over the medium term, given the management's stable growth plans. However, gearing remained high over the last few years and was 10.13 times as on June 30, 2018. Networth/net non-performing assets (NPA) ratio was adequate at 10.08 times as on June 30, 2018.

Weaknesses
* Average asset quality
GIC HF's asset quality is average with gross NPAs of 3.08% as on June 30, 2018 (2.43% as on March 31, 2018). However, the management expects that the ratio will improve in the second half of this fiscal. Loans-against-property (LAP) portfolio, which stood at Rs 1,592 crore as on March 31, 2018, has witnessed asset quality issues (gross NPAs of 3.41% as on March 31, 2018) in the past few quarters. However the size of the asset class remains small and stable, with a share of 14% of total loan book, over the last few years. Over the medium term, the management plans to focus on collections in LAP portfolio, with limited additional growth. A small portion of NPAs are also due to few legacy delinquencies, where recovery is ongoing and hence have not been written-off. Ability to settle legacy delinquent accounts and improve overall asset quality performance will remain key monitorables over the medium term.

* Modest-yet-improving scale of operations
GIC HF is a relatively small player in the Indian housing finance industry, with below 1% market share, and a loan book of Rs 11,730 crore as on June 30, 2018 (Rs 11,235 crore as on March 31, 2018). The loan grew at a compound annual rate of 20% during the past five fiscals through 2018. GIC HF primarily lends to salaried individuals (72% of the portfolio as on March 31, 2018). However, in line with the industry, it steadily increased its exposure to the non-salaried segment. Bulk of its advances are concentrated in 5-6 states with Maharashtra accounting for 50% of total loan portfolio as on March 31, 2018. However, the company is gradually diversifying its geographical presence in Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, and Telangana.
Outlook: Stable

CRISIL believes GIC Re will continue to support GIC HF and that GIC HF will maintain healthy capitalisation over the medium term. The outlook may be revised to 'Positive' if there is substantial and sustained improvement in GIC HF's market position along with better asset quality. Conversely, the outlook may be revised to 'Negative' if there is any weakening in GIC HF's credit risk profile, dilution of GIC Re's ownership in GIC HF, or a decrease in support from by GIC Re.

About the Company

GIC HF was founded in 1989 by GIC Re and its erstwhile subsidiaries namely, 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 the promoters of the company.

As on June 30, 2018, the promoter group holds 42.15% stake in the company, with GIC Re being the largest shareholder.

GIC HF provides individual housing loans to the middle to low income group in Tier II and Tier III cities. GIC HF had a network of 69 branches as on March 31, 2018, most of which are concentrated in Maharashtra.

The company reported profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 184 crore on total income of Rs 1,128 crore for fiscal 2018, as against Rs 148 crore and Rs 1,002 crore, respectively, for the previous fiscal. For the quarter ended June 30, 2018, the company reported PAT of Rs 49 crore on total income of Rs 293 crore against Rs 46 crore and Rs 275 crore, respectively, for the same period during last fiscal.

Key Financial Indicators
As on/for the period ended June 30 Unit 2018 2017
Total assets Rs crore 11,909 9,827
Total income Rs crore 293 275
Profit after tax Rs crore 49 46
Gross NPA % 3.08 3.03
Gearing Times 10.13 9.78
Return on assets (annualised) % 1.71 1.92

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.Cr)
Outstanding rating
with Outlook
INE289B07024 Debenture^ 23-Apr-2015 8.65 23-Apr-2018 45 CRISIL AA+/Stable
NA Debenture* NA NA NA 505 CRISIL AA+/Stable
NA Commercial Paper NA NA 7 to 365 Days 1500 CRISIL A1+
NA Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility NA NA NA 100 CRISIL AA+/Stable
*Yet to be issued
^Awaiting independent confirmation of redemption before withdrawing ratings on these facility
Annexure - Rating History for last 3 Years
  Current 2018 (History) 2017  2016  2015  Start of 2015
Instrument Type Outstanding Amount Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Date Rating Rating
Commercial Paper  ST  1500.00  CRISIL A1+      18-09-17  CRISIL A1+    --    --  -- 
            07-09-17  CRISIL A1+           
Non Convertible Debentures  LT  45.00
28-09-18 
CRISIL AA+/Stable      18-09-17  CRISIL AA+/Stable  20-07-16  CRISIL AA+/Stable  30-01-15  CRISIL AA+/Stable  CRISIL AA+/Stable 
            07-09-17  CRISIL AA+/Stable           
            16-08-17  CRISIL AA+/Stable           
Short Term Debt  ST          16-08-17  CRISIL A1+  20-07-16  CRISIL A1+  30-01-15  CRISIL A1+  CRISIL A1+ 
Fund-based Bank Facilities  LT/ST  100.00  CRISIL AA+/Stable      18-09-17  CRISIL AA+/Stable  20-07-16  CRISIL AA+/Stable  30-01-15  CRISIL AA+/Stable  CRISIL AA+/Stable 
            07-09-17  CRISIL AA+/Stable           
            16-08-17  CRISIL AA+/Stable           
All amounts are in Rs.Cr.
Annexure - Details of various bank facilities
Current facilities Previous facilities
Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Rating Facility Amount (Rs.Crore) Rating
Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility 100 CRISIL AA+/Stable Proposed Long Term Bank Loan Facility 100 CRISIL AA+/Stable
Total 100 -- Total 100 --
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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