Bajaj Finance Ltd Stronger-than-expected growth delivery in 1Q; raising forecasts, PT

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Bajaj Finance Ltd Stronger-than-expected growth delivery in 1Q; raising forecasts, PT

J P M O R G A N Asia Pacific Equity Research

03 July 2026

Bajaj Finance Ltd Overweight

BJFN.NS, BAF IN

Stronger-than-expected growth delivery in 1Q; raising Price (02 Jul 26):Rs 1,018

forecasts, PT ▲Price Target (Sep-27):Rs 1,215 Prior (Sep-27):Rs 1,175

Bajaj Finance’s (BAF) 1Q’FY27 pre-quarter update underscored (i) strong growth

momentum with AUM rising by an impressive 7.2% q/q (vs JPMe at 6.6%) to Rs India Financials

5.47tn. AUM growth accelerated to 23.9% y/y vs. 22.4% in 4Q’FY26 and came in Anuj Singla AC

ahead of JPMe of 23.1%. We believe that the stronger-than-expected growth (91-22) 6157-3590

pickup in the seasonally strong 1Q has been supported by robust growth in the B2B anuj.singla@jpmchase.com

J.P. Morgan India Private Limited, J.P. Morgan

sales finance business, where BAF is the market leader in financing; (ii) new Tower, Santacruz(E), Mumbai - 400098, SEBI

customer acquisition rose to a record 5.1mn, with +8.7% YoY growth after two Registration: INH000001873, (91-22) 6157-3000.

consecutive quarters of y/y decline. We believe this should assuage concerns that Harsh Wardhan Modi

BAF’s customer acquisition engine is slowing down; (iii) the deposit book was flat (65) 6882-2450

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q/q at Rs685bn. The 1Q growth print improves our confidence in BAF’s FY27 J.P. Morgan Securities Singapore Private Limited/

AUM growth delivery at the higher end of its guided range, which we believe poses J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited/ J.P.

Morgan Broking (Hong Kong) Limited

upside risk to consensus forecasts. With Asset Quality trends benign (as

Shivansh Puri, CFAhighlighted in 1Q preview), we believe that the growth momentum can be

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