Spandana Sphoorty Financial Ltd share Price Today

Spandana Sphoorty Financial Limited was incorporated as a Public Limited Company with the name "Spandana Sphoorty Innovative Financial Services Limited` on March 10, 2003 at Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. A Certificate of Commencement of Business was issued to Spandana Sphoorty Innovative Financial Services Limited on November 11, 2003 by the Registrar of Companies, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana at Hyderabad. On October 16, 2004, the Reserve Bank of India granted a Certificate of Registration to the Company as a Non-Deposit accepting Non Banking Financial Company. Subsequently, the name of the Company was changed to Spandana Sphoorty Financial Limited. Pursuant to a letter dated December 26, 2007, the RBI granted its no objection to the Change of Name of the Company to Spandana Sphoorty on January 3, 2008. The Company was granted NBFC - Microfinance Institution (NBFC-MFI) status by the RBI with effect from April 13, 2015. The Company is primarily engaged in the business of micro finance providing small value unsecured loans to low-income customers in semi-urban and rural areas. The tenure of these loans is generally spread over one to two years.. The Company has developed an in-depth understanding of the borrowing requirements of the low-income client segment. This business model involves regular client meeting processes through their employees, who maintain contact with clients across the districts that it covers. Through their loan products and client-centric approach, the company endeavours to strengthen the socio-economic well-being of low-income households by providing financing on a sustainable basis in order to improve livelihoods, establish identity and enhance self-esteem. Post exit from CDR in March 2017, the company increased its lender base, diversified its borrowings to new banks and NBFCs and also issued NCDs in the capital markets. As a result, during Fiscal 2018, with increasing flow of capital, the company expanded its operations and were able to effectively utilize its existing branch network and employees (that were earlier underutilized due to lack of capital). Prior to their exit from CDR in 2017, the company had limited access to capital, due to which the company was able to offer loans in lower ticket sizes than the demand from their clients. According to ICRA Research, the company had the lowest portfolio per branch amongst peer comparison of major NBFC-MFIs and SFBs, as of March 31, 2017. Post exit from CDR, the company was able to optimize the ticket sizes and also acquire new clients at existing and new branches. This helped the company to grow the Gross AUM in Fiscal 2018 at one of the highest rates (143.8%) among large NBFC-MFIs in India. The Company acquired 95.97% equity shares of Criss Financial Holdings Limited (Criss) in December 2018 and further subscribed to issue of fresh equity shares of Criss, resulting into Spandana holding 97.54% stake in the entity. In August 2019, the Company raised money from public through IPO by issuing 14,029,622 Equity Shares aggregating to Rs 1200.93 Crores, consisting a Fresh Issue of 4,672,897 Equity Shares aggregating Rs 400 Crores and an Offer for Sale of 9,356,725 Equity Shares aggregating Rs 800.93 Crores. The Company operationalised 406 additional branches in 2024, extending its reach to 1,559 branches.

Spandana Sphoorty Financial share price as on 27 Jul 2024 is Rs. 701.5. Over the past 6 months, the Spandana Sphoorty Financial share price has decreased by 32.91% and in the last one year, it has decreased by 8.78%. The 52-week low for Spandana Sphoorty Financial share price was Rs. 678.05 and 52-week high was Rs. 1243.2.