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PB Fintech Q1 profit doubles, lending disbursals hit ₹4,366 Cr
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- Date
- Company
- PB Fintech
- What it does
- Insurance and credit marketplace
- Kind
- Results
- Stage
- public
- Based in
- Gurugram
- Founded
- 2008
- Sector
- Financial Services
What they do
PB Fintech's consolidated net profit surged 92% to ₹163 crore in Q1 FY27
What happened
Revenue grew 40% to ₹1,888 crore, driven by strong insurance and credit businesses
Why it matters
Lending disbursals rose 33% to ₹4,366 crore, while insurance premium climbed 41%
The details
- PB Fintech reported Q1 FY27 consolidated net profit of ₹163 crore, up 92.4% year-on-year from ₹85 crore.
- Revenue from operations rose 40.1% to ₹1,888.2 crore from ₹1,348 crore a year ago.
- EBITDA came in at ₹139.1 crore, up from ₹34.2 crore; margin improved to 7.37% from 2.54%.
- Total insurance premium (excluding GST) reached ₹8,372 crore, up 41% year-on-year.
- Core online new protection premium grew 48% year-on-year, the 13th consecutive quarter above 34%.
- Core online lending disbursals stood at ₹2,776 crore, up 33% year-on-year.
- PB Partners network had 500,000+ advisors with active partners up 55% to 1.13 lakh, present in ~19,000 pin codes.
- PB Partners premium was ₹1,637 crore, up 46%; revenue ₹561 crore, up 47%.
The bigger picture
- PB Fintech's profit more than doubled as revenue grew 40%, showing strong operating leverage.
- Core insurance premium growth of 48% outpaced the industry, driven by health and term segments.
- Tier-II and Tier-III cities contributed 78% of gross written premium via PB Partners, highlighting rural penetration.
- The company maintained a 30% long-term growth outlook despite Q1 growth of 40%.
About the business
- PB Fintech is the parent of Policybazaar (insurance marketplace) and Paisabazaar (credit marketplace).
- Policybazaar, launched in 2008, was India's largest digital insurance marketplace with 93.4% market share by policies sold in Fiscal 2020.
- As of Q1 FY27, it had ~15.9 crore registered consumers and sold 7.16 crore policies to 2.81 crore unique customers.
- PB Health, a subsidiary, runs two hospitals in Delhi-NCR and targets ₹500 crore ARR by March 2027.
- PB Fintech acquired digital health platform Fitterfly; its revenue has grown fourfold since acquisition.
What happens next
- Paisabazaar is expanding beyond lending: building a payments platform and launching a daily SIP platform in August.
- Paisabazaar will prioritise customer stickiness over revenue for its savings product over the next 1-2 years.
- Paisabazaar is scaling fixed income offerings (corporate bonds, government securities, FDs) and received SEBI approval as an Online Bond Platform Provider.
- PB Health targets ₹500 crore ARR by March 2027 and expects breakeven by end of FY27.
- PB Fintech aims to build an ecosystem of 500-600 hospitals, some acquired under PB Health and others supporting PB Care Plus plans.
The deal
- Type
- results
Founders
- Yashish Dahiya, Chairman and Group CEO
- Alok Bansal, Co-founder
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