Five-Star Business Finance Ltd

Heritage Foods Ltd, Sterlite Technologies Ltd, Azad Engineering Ltd and Craftsman Automation Ltd are among the other losers in the BSE's 'A' group today, 29 January 2026.Five-Star Business Finance Ltd crashed 11.70% to Rs 442.5 at 14:46 IST.The stock was the biggest loser in the BSE's 'A' group.On the BSE, 6.23 lakh shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 29623 shares in the past one month.Heritage Foods Ltd tumbled 8.09% to Rs 364.9. The stock was the second biggest loser in 'A' group.On the BSE, 1.56 lakh shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 21866 shares in the past one month.Sterlite Technologies Ltd lost 6.81% to Rs 96.55. The stock was the third biggest loser in 'A' group.On the BSE, 8.69 lakh shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 1.41 lakh shares in the past one month.Azad Engineering Ltd fell 6.51% to Rs 1402.75. The stock was the fourth biggest loser in 'A' group.On the BSE, 17969 shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 8706 shares in the past one month.Craftsman Automation Ltd slipped 6.25% to Rs 7283.8. The stock was the fifth biggest loser in 'A' group.On the BSE, 2528 shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 10874 shares in the past one month.Powered by Capital Market - Live

Net profit of Five-Star Business Finance rose 1.16% to Rs 277.03 crore in the quarter ended December 2025 as against Rs 273.86 crore during the previous quarter ended December 2024. Sales rose 12.06% to Rs 815.07 crore in the quarter ended December 2025 as against Rs 727.38 crore during the previous quarter ended December 2024. ParticularsQuarter EndedDec. 2025Dec. 2024% Var. Sales815.07727.38 12 OPM %68.6874.40 - PBDT378.43373.47 1 PBT368.82365.13 1 NP277.03273.86 1 Powered by Capital Market - Live

Five-Star Business Finance will hold a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company on 28 January 2026.Powered by Capital Market - Live

Five-Star Business Finance has allotted 10,750 equity shares under Five-Star Associate Stock Option Scheme, 2018 on 05 January 2026. The paid-up share capital of the Company has accordingly increased from Rs 29,45,33,548 consisting of 29,45,33,548 equity shares having a face value of Re 1.00 each to Rs 29,45,44,298 consisting of 29,45,44,298 equity shares having a face value of Re 1.00 each.Powered by Capital Market - Live

Five-Star Business Finance has allotted 59,118 equity shares under ESOP on 10 December 2025. The paid-up share capital of the Company has accordingly increased from Rs 29,44,74,430 consisting of 29,44,74,430 equity shares having a face value of Re 1.00 each to Rs 29,45,33,548 consisting of 29,45,33,548 equity shares having a face value of Re 1.00 each. Powered by Capital Market - Live

Profit before tax (PBT) rose 6.62% YoY to Rs 381.92 crore in Q2 FY26. The company's asset under management (AUM) jumped 18% to Rs 12,847 crore in Q2 FY26, compared with Rs 10,927 crore in Q2 FY25. Disbursements stood at Rs 1,196 crore, registering de-growth of 4% compared with Rs 1,251 crore posted in corresponding quarter last year. Overall collection efficiency and unique customer collection efficiency for the quarter stood at 96.7% and 95.1% respectively. Expected credit loss (ECL) provision carried on books was amounted to Rs 243 crore (excluding ECL maintained on inter-corporate deposits), representing 1.89% of the overall AUM. Stage 3 provision was at Rs 153 crore, with a provision coverage ratio of 45.19%. Total borrowings including debt securities stood at Rs 8,376 crore as on 30th September'25. The cost of funds on overall borrowing book for the quarter eased to 9.27% in Q2 FY26 as against 9.54% in Q1 FY26. Lakshmipathy Deenadayalan, chairman & managing director, said, 'As we had updated in the last quarter, we have seen 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. We have taken several strategies and actions towards this across sourcing, credit underwriting, collections and risk oversight. These are marked out as focus areas for us in the quarters to come, and we believe these will pave the way for building a bigger and stronger portfolio in the coming quarters. Our investment in physical infrastructure and people continues as can be seen from the addition of 33 branches and 769 Business & Collections Officers during Q2FY2026. During this quarter, we disbursed Rs 1,196 crore of loans as against Rs 1,290 crore in Q1FY2026, and the drop in disbursements can be attributed to the additional controls that have been implemented for the first time during this quarter towards onboarding the right customers. With our system getting attuned to these changes, we should start seeing increase in disbursements and increased AUM growth in the quarters to come.' Five-Star Business Finance is a non-banking finance company (NBFC-ND-SI) registered with Reserve Bank of India. The company primarily offers small loans for business purposes, asset creation and other economic purposes to small business customers and self-employed individuals after due underwriting of their cashflows and backed by the collateral of their house property.Powered by Capital Market - Live

Net profit of Five-Star Business Finance rose 6.79% to Rs 286.14 crore in the quarter ended September 2025 as against Rs 267.94 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2024. Sales rose 13.87% to Rs 799.44 crore in the quarter ended September 2025 as against Rs 702.05 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2024. ParticularsQuarter EndedSep. 2025Sep. 2024% Var. Sales799.44702.05 14 OPM %70.5474.67 - PBDT391.03364.88 7 PBT381.92358.21 7 NP286.14267.94 7 Powered by Capital Market - Live

Five-Star Business Finance will hold a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company on 29 October 2025.Powered by Capital Market - Live

Five-Star Business Finance has allotted 6,385 Equity shares of Re 1.00 each on August 06, 2025, pursuant to exercise of stock options under Five-Star Associate Stock Option Scheme, 2018. The paid-up share capital of the Company has accordingly increased from Rs 29,44,42,445 consisting of 29,44,42,445 equity shares having a face value of Re 1.00 each to Rs 29,44,48,830 consisting of 29,44,48,830 equity shares having a face value of Rs 1.00 each. Powered by Capital Market - Live

Net profit of Five-Star Business Finance rose 5.86% to Rs 266.31 crore in the quarter ended June 2025 as against Rs 251.57 crore during the previous quarter ended June 2024. Sales rose 18.10% to Rs 786.68 crore in the quarter ended June 2025 as against Rs 666.14 crore during the previous quarter ended June 2024. ParticularsQuarter EndedJun. 2025Jun. 2024% Var. Sales786.68666.14 18 OPM %69.4074.69 - PBDT363.17342.56 6 PBT354.95336.19 6 NP266.31251.57 6 Powered by Capital Market - Live