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CreditAccess Grameen Q2 profit jumps fourfold to Rs 502 crore

Creditaccess Grameen moved higher in a quarterly results development.

· Economic Times Markets, ET Stocks

CreditAccess Grameen reported a fourfold rise in Q2 net profit to Rs 502 crore, driven by higher income, lower expenses and credit costs. Improved asset quality prompted upward revisions to profitability guidance, while assets under management grew 19.5%.

Creditaccess Grameen reported Rs 502 crore, with movement of 19.5% 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 -4.7% on the day at ₹1,088.50, and has returned -26.9% over three months. It sits 33% below its 52-week high, which means a good deal of bad news was already in the price. The financial services sector has moved -11.5% over the same period, so Creditaccess Grameen is running 15.4 points behind its peers.

For Creditaccess Grameen, 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 CREDITACC.
  • Sector exposure: Financial Services.
  • The immediate tone of coverage reads positive.
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