9.25% Muthoot Finance NCD Jan 2017 – Who can invest?

Muthoot Finance NCD Jan 2017 – Who can investMuthoot Finance NCD Jan 2017 – Who can invest?


After 10 months, Muthoot finance is coming up with NCD’s. Muthoot Finance NCD Jan 2017 has opened for subscription today i.e. 17th January, 2017. It is issuing secured and un-secured NCD’s in this current issue. The yield rates are as high as 9.25% per annum. I have been providing provided my analysis earlier several times on Muthoot Finance NCD’s, however, I would cover some important key points here in this article. Should you invest in Muthoot Finance NCD of Jan 2017?

About Muthoot Finance Limited


Muthoot Finance is largest gold loan company in India in terms of loan portfolio and branch network. It has already issued several NCD’s in the past in the form of secured and unsecured NCD’s.

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Details of Muthooth Finance NCD Jan 2017


Muthoot Finance is issuing secured and un-secured redeemable Non Convertible Debentures (NCD’s) to the tune of Rs 200 Crores with an option to retain over ssubscription totaling to Rs 1,400 Crores. It comes with 11 different options, which contains 400 days to 96 month tenure. The earlier issue of NCD, it had highest tenure of 90 months.

The Muthoot Finance issue contains 11 options of NCD’s and 1 to 10 are secured and 11th option is unsecured.

a) About Muthoot Finance Secured NCD of Jan 2017


For secured NCD’s the assets are backed up for principal and interest. In case of anything happening to the company and company get closed, investors of NCD would still get their principal investment and interest.

b) About Muthoot Finance Unsecured NCD’s of Jan 2017


For un-secured NCD the assets are NOT backed up for principal and interest. In case something happens to company performance and company is closed, investors would be given normal preference in repayment of capital and interest.

Features of Muthoot Finance NCD of Jan-2017


Issue start date: 17-Jan-2017

Issue end date: 17-Feb-2017

NCD’s are available in 11 different options.

Interest payable monthly, annual and cumulative, depending on the option of NCD.

The face value of the NCD bond is Rs 1,000.

Minimum investment is for 10 bonds means, you need to invest for a minimum of Rs 10,000. Beyond this you can invest in multiples of 1 bond.

These NCD bonds would be listed on BSE. Hence, these are liquid investments.

Non-Resident Indians (NRI’s) cannot invest in these NCD’s.

ICRA has given a rating of ICRA AA-/Stable and AA Stable by Crisil, which indicates a high degree of safety for payment of principal and interest.

The prospectus can be downloaded from the SEBI website once the link is updated.

Here are the interest rates on the Jan 2017 NCD’s of Muthoot Finance.


Muthoot Finance NCD Jan 2017 - Interest Rates

How is the company doing in terms of Financials?


Revenues of the company have increased from Rs 4,324 Crores (FY 2014-15) to Rs Rs 4,919 Crores (FY 2015-16).

Profits have reduced from Rs 670 Crores (FY 2014-15) to Rs  814 Crores (FY 2014-15).

Why to invest?


Largest gold loan financing company

It offers secure NCD’s also where your money is safe. Means in case of anything happening to the company, investors of NCD would still get the principal and interest. Hence it is safe to invest in such secured NCD’s.

Attractive interest rates between 8.25% to 9.25% per annum

You can double your money in 96 months (8 years)

Why not to invest?


Flucutating revenues. Revenues for FY15 is down compared to FY14.

Even profits are flucutating. It has seen 14% negative growth in FY15 compared to FY14. Reduction in profits can lead to delay in interest payment.

Gold finance companies are riskier. Decline in gold prices (which happened last year), can pose high risk to such business.

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How to apply?


If you have demat account, you can apply through your demat broker online. These can be easily sold at later point of time if you can take them in demat form, however you can sell at market price only. You can also apply in physical form by visiting the company website and downloading the application form and preparing the cheque and submitting at collection centres.

Conclusion: As indicated in my previous articles about Muthoot Finance NCD’s, while I am interested to get higher interest, I am equally interested to protect my investment. I would not look for any unsecured NCD’s. High risk takers can invest in the secured NCD (Option I to X), however, should consider the negative points and risk factors indicated above.

Readers, have you investing in any NCD’s these days?  What are your experiences on this?

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Suresh

Muthoot Finance NCD Jan 2017 – Who can invest

Suresh KP

7 comments

  1. Rated AA by both ICRA & CRISIL indicating high safety. Does this mean that the ratings apply for the entire tenor of 1-3 yrs.Can the rating be down-graded if things go bad in the mean time? Why do you recommend this to high risk takers only even though the rating is AA?

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