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Poonawalla Fincorp shares down 15% in a year, will strong Q2 results boost the stock? Buy, sell or hold ? Experts' views

Poonawalla Fincorp moved higher in a quarterly results development for Q2 FY27.

· LiveMint Markets

Poonawalla Fincorp’s Q2 FY27 profit rose nearly five-fold year on year to ₹375 crore, with AUM growth and improved asset quality supporting results. Brokerages remain divided: Motilal Oswal maintained a Buy rating and a ₹570 target, while Emkay retained a Reduce rating and a ₹410 target.

Period
Q2 FY27

Poonawalla Fincorp reported ₹375 crore, ₹570 and ₹410 for Q2 FY27, with movement of 15% attached to those lines. Those are the figures as filed — what moves the price is how they sit against what the market already expected, not their absolute size.

Against that, the stock is +2.1% on the day at ₹447.30, and has returned -3.6% over three months. It sits 18% below its 52-week high. The financial services sector has moved -8.5% over the same period, so Poonawalla Fincorp is running 4.9 points ahead of its peers.

For Poonawalla Fincorp, the question is how much of this is already reflected in the price and how much re-rates the financial services peer set alongside it.

  • Earnings versus expectations is what actually re-rates a stock; the surprise matters more than the absolute number.
  • The company directly in focus is POONAWALLA.
  • Sector exposure: Financial Services, Capital Markets.
  • The immediate tone of coverage reads positive.
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