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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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