MUTHIN: India‘s largest gold-loan NBFC

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MUTHIN: India‘s largest gold-loan NBFC

FICC Research

Credit Research

3 August 2026

Muthoot Finance Ltd

MUTHIN: India's largest gold-loan

NBFC

MUTHIN is a candidate for positive rating revisions in the Imtiaz Shefuddin

coming quarters. A systematically important NBFC, its robust +65 6308 4906

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profitability reflects a business model that focusses on the Barclays Bank, Singapore

shorter-tenor, high-velocity gold loan segments which

preserves spreads during volatile credit conditions.

India’s largest gold-loan NBFC

Muthoot Finance Limited (MUTHIN) is India’s largest gold-loan NBFC. It is a dominant franchise

in the secured retail lending space. The company’s business model is anchored in short-tenor,

high-velocity lending against Household Used Gold Ornaments (HUGO), a collateral class that

offers high liquidity, counter-cyclical demand behavior and superior loss-given-default (LGD)

dynamics.

As of FY26, MUTHIN reported consolidated AUM of INR1,819bn, up 49% y/y, with standalone

loan AUM totaling INR1,628bn, up 50% y/y. Gold loans form the majority of the portfolio,

exceeding 90%, while gold AUM totaled INR1,650bn, a 54% increase y/y, and reflects MUTHIN’s

scale leadership, albeit also underscoring the company’s product concentration.

MUTHIN serves in a predominantly mass-market customer base consisting of

low-to-middle-income households, micro-entrepreneurs, traders and small business owners

whose credit needs are frequent, urgent, and small-ticket in nature. Its lending is predominantly

through very short-tenor loans, typically within three to nine months (generally below 12

months); this enables high portfolio churn, strong motivation for renewals and high customer

stickiness.