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Capital India Finance Ltd Q1 FY27 Results

CIFLQ1 FY27 Results
Filing
Result:Weak· Market: FlatOne-off hitTurnaround
MetricValueQ4 FY26Q1 FY26
Revenue127.74 Cr2.1%8.6%
Total Income128.53 Cr0.5%8.3%
Expenditure136.97 Cr4.2%5.5%
PBT-8.44 Cr139.3%74.8%
Net Profit-9.63 Cr223.2%70.8%
OPM18.70%0.37pp3.43pp
NPM-7.49%5.16pp3.47pp
EPS0.0814.3%
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Consolidated NBFC-group net profit swung to a wider loss (-71% YoY, -223% QoQ) entirely due to the Rapipay payments subsidiary, even though the core lending segment stayed profitable and finance costs held flat.

Q1 FY-2027 RESULTS · CIFL

Consolidated Q1 loss widens to ₹9.6 Cr on Rapipay drag; standalone lending profitable

PAT -70.77% YoY · revenue -8.62% · margins compressing

14 Aug 2026 · 3 min read
Revenue

₹127.74 Cr

-8.62% YoY

PAT (consolidated)

₹-9.63 Cr

-70.77% YoY

Net margin

-7.49%

-3.5pp YoY

EPS

₹-0.08

Capital India Finance's consolidated Q1 FY27 (quarter ended June 30, 2026) print is a loss: total income of ₹128.53 Cr, a pre-tax loss of ₹8.44 Cr and a net loss of ₹9.63 Cr, against a ₹2.98 Cr loss in Q4 FY26 and a ₹5.64 Cr loss a year ago — the loss widened both sequentially (-223% QoQ) and YoY (-71%), with consolidated net margin falling to -7.49% from -2.33% (QoQ) and -4.02% (YoY). This is the primary, group-level read. On a standalone basis — the parent NBFC lending entity alone — the story flips: revenue from operations rose to ₹68.99 Cr and PAT came in at ₹3.76 Cr, up from ₹2.97 Cr in Q4 FY26 and just ₹0.11 Cr a year ago, with a standalone net margin of 5.40%. The gap between the two bases is not a data error — it traces to one specific subsidiary.

The scoreboard

Q1 FY-2027 vs prior quarters

Consolidated P&L, ₹ Crore
Q1 FY-2027QoQYoY
Revenue₹127.74 Cr+2.1%-8.6%
Expenses₹136.97 Cr+4.2%-5.5%
PAT₹-9.63 Cr-223.16%-70.77%
Net margin-7.49%-5.2pp-3.5pp
EPS₹-0.08-214.3%

The entire consolidated loss is attributable to the prepaid payment instrument business — Rapipay Fintech and its subsidiaries — which posted a segment result of -₹12.79 Cr for the quarter (per the Ind AS 108 segment note), against a +₹4.91 Cr segment result from the core lending business. The auditors' review report separately flags one subsidiary not reviewed by them with ₹67.03 Cr of revenue and a ₹12.79 Cr net loss for the quarter — the same figure as the prepaid-instrument segment loss, confirming Rapipay as the sole drag. Consolidated finance costs (₹25.34 Cr) were broadly flat YoY, so the swing to loss sits in the payments-business cost base, not in credit or funding costs at the lending unit.

18.932225.0628.1231.192105-1106-0406-3007-2308-14Q1 FY-2027 results
The tape into the print — daily closes, last 3 months

The stock went into the print at ₹21, down 5.4% over the past month of trading.

₹ Cr
-11.689.1329.9350.734.27Q4 FY19rev ₹21 Cr-2.56Q4 FY25rev ₹139 Cr-5.64Q1 FY26rev ₹140 Cr44.69Q2 FY26rev ₹131 Cr-5.19Q3 FY26rev ₹147 Cr-2.98Q4 FY26rev ₹125 Cr
Quarterly consolidated PAT, ₹ Crore
Beyond the headline

What the summary numbers don't show

Consolidated EPS basic -₹0.08 vs standalone basic +₹0.10 — same divergence at the per-share level.

No exceptional items in the current or comparison quarters — FY26's ₹106.4 Cr consolidated exceptional gain (Capital India Home Loans stake sale) was booked as a full-year-only line, not in any quarterly column.

No analyst previews or consensus estimates for this quarter turned up in search (small-cap NBFC, no meaningful street coverage found), so vsStreet is unknown; the filing and our records carry no formal management guidance either, so vsGuidance is also unknown — flagged rather than assumed, and no press release or call commentary accompanied this filing to weigh against the numbers. Standalone asset quality softened a touch, with gross NPA at 3.28% (up from 2.50% at FY26 year-end) though net NPA stayed contained at 1.87%; capital adequacy remains ample at a standalone CRAR of 43.58%. The board also approved raising up to ₹300 Cr via NCDs/bonds in one or more tranches — funding room for the lending book — and separately declined a final FY26 dividend (June 16, 2026), both routine capital-management steps rather than results-linked news.

  • W1

    Rapipay Fintech / prepaid payment instrument segment loss trajectory — it was -₹12.79 Cr this quarter; watch whether it narrows as the business scales.

  • W2

    Standalone gross NPA rose to 3.28% from 2.50% at FY26 year-end — watch for further delinquency drift on the lending book.

  • W3

    No management commentary or guidance accompanied this filing — watch the concall (if any) for a stated path to profitability at the group/Rapipay level.

Standalone (parent lending NBFC) is profitable — PAT ₹3.76 Cr — while consolidated shows a ₹9.63 Cr loss; the entire gap is the prepaid-payment-instrument (Rapipay Fintech) subsidiary segment, which lost ₹12.79 Cr this quarter vs a ₹4.91 Cr profit from the lending segment. Tax expense is identical in both statements (loss-making subsidiaries carry no tax benefit). No exceptional items in the current or comparison quarters — FY26's ₹106.4 Cr consolidated exceptional gain (Capital India Home Loans stake sale) is a full-year-only line, absent from every quarterly column shown.

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