Can Fin Homes Ltd.
NSE: CANFINHOMECan Fin Homes Ltd.: A 30-second snapshot
Can Fin Homes trades at ₹820.30, 9.74x trailing earnings (8.70x forward), down 14.79% from its 52-week high and below both the 50-DMA (₹853.66) and 200-DMA (₹866.07) despite a positive 12.07% one-year return. The housing-finance lender carries a debt-to-equity of roughly 6.37x — in line with a leveraged mortgage-lending balance sheet — against 5-year revenue/earnings growth of 22.5%/19.6% and a quality score of 62/100, ranking 1st of 6 peers on PE and 3rd of 6 on quality score. Recent news flow has centered on two independent-director resignations and the FY26 final dividend declaration alongside a Q1 FY27 investor update.
P/E
9.7
Forward P/E
8.7
ROE
—
Debt / Equity
636.59
Profit Margin
+66.7%
Div. Yield
+1.9%
5Y ROE > 15%
4/5
5Y FCF > 0
1/5
Quality
62/100
News
8 headlines · 1 positive · 2 negative
Can Fin Homes Limited Announces Resignation of Swarupananda Mallick from Independent Director, Effective July 30, 2026 - marketscreener.com
marketscreener.com
Can Fin Homes Limited Announces the Cessation of Shubhalakshmi Aamod Panse as an Independent Director, Effective July 29, 2026 - marketscreener.com
marketscreener.com
Can Fin Homes completes analyst meet, discusses Q1FY27 outlook - scanx.trade
scanx.trade
Can Fin Homes Limited Declares Final Dividend for the Financial Year Ended March 31, 2026 - marketscreener.com
marketscreener.com
Can Fin Homes releases revised investor presentation post Q1 FY27 results - Business Upturn
Business Upturn
Recent context
- ·Can Fin Homes completed a Q1 FY27 analyst meet (Aug 11, 2026) and released a revised investor presentation (Jul 20, 2026) following the quarter's results.
- ·The company declared its final dividend for FY26 on Jul 29, 2026.
- ·Two independent directors — Panse (effective Jul 29) and Mallick (effective Jul 30) — announced board resignations within the same week, the two negative-tagged items in an 8-headline news sample (1 positive, 5 neutral, 2 negative; overall label 'neutral').
Strengths
- +5-year revenue growth of 22.5% and earnings growth of 19.6%, with ROE above 15% in 4 of the tracked years per the persistence series.
- +Trades at 9.74x trailing / 8.70x forward earnings, the lowest PE among the 6-stock peer set used for sector ranking (rank 1 of 6).
- +Net profit margin of 66.73% and a persistence consistencyScore of 68/100.
- +Declared a final dividend for FY26 (announced Jul 29, 2026) and completed a Q1 FY27 analyst meet with a revised investor presentation released Jul 20, 2026, alongside a 1.95% trailing dividend yield.
Weaknesses
- −Price is below both the 50-DMA (₹853.66) and 200-DMA (₹866.07) and sits 14.79% below its 52-week high, with a -1.83% 3-month return despite a positive +12.07% 1-year return.
- −Free cash flow was positive in only 1 of the tracked years while the debt trend is flagged 'rising' — a pattern typically tied to loan-book growth funded through market borrowings for a housing-finance lender, though the trajectory is worth tracking.
- −Two independent directors — Shubhalakshmi Aamod Panse and Swarupananda Mallick — resigned from the board within a two-day window in late July 2026.
- −Current-period ROE and mean analyst rating are both unreported (null) in the latest data pull, despite the persistence series showing ROE above 15% in 4 tracked years and 15 analysts in coverage.
Open questions
- ?Does the rising debt trend alongside single-year-positive free cash flow reflect ongoing loan-book expansion, or a shift in the funding mix worth monitoring over further quarters?
- ?What reasons, if any, were cited for the back-to-back resignations of two independent directors, and how does the board plan to fill those seats?
- ?How does the current 6.37x debt-to-equity compare with Can Fin Homes' own multi-year average and with other housing-finance-focused lenders, given the peer set used here consists mainly of universal banks and diversified NBFCs?
- ?With the stock below both its 50- and 200-DMA while 5-year revenue/earnings growth remain in the 20% range, what does the gap between price action and reported growth numbers suggest about how the market is pricing near-term versus historical performance?
Peer comparison: Banking
Ranks 3 of 6 on quality| Symbol | Name | P/E | ROE | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CANFINHOME | Can Fin Homes Ltd.You're viewing | 9.7 | — | 62 |
| Industry avg | across 5 peers | 30.8 | +12.7% | 51 |
| AXISBANK | Axis Bank Ltd. | 13.8 | +13.3% | 70 |
| HDFCBANK | HDFC Bank Ltd. | 15.9 | +13.8% | 66 |
| BAJFINANCE | Bajaj Finance Ltd. | 33.6 | — | 47 |
| BAJAJFINSV | Bajaj Finserv Ltd. | 32.1 | — | 37 |
| HDFCLIFE | HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd. | 58.7 | +10.8% | 33 |
Technical state
Current price
₹820.30
SMA 50
₹853.66
SMA 200
₹866.07
RSI (14)
41.9 (neutral)
From 52w high
-14.8%
1Y return
+12.1%
3M return
-1.8%
50-DMA
Below
200-DMA
Below
Algorithmic support levels
Algorithmic resistance levels
Risk flags
- mediumTwo independent directors — Shubhalakshmi Aamod Panse (effective Jul 29, 2026) and Swarupananda Mallick (effective Jul 30, 2026) — resigned from the board within a two-day window, accounting for 2 of the 8 tracked news items tagged negative.
- mediumPrice of ₹820.30 sits below both the 50-DMA (₹853.66) and 200-DMA (₹866.07), is 14.79% below its 52-week high, and is down 1.83% over the trailing 3 months even though the 1-year return remains positive at +12.07% — a recent momentum reversal against the longer-term trend.
- mediumFree cash flow was positive in only 1 of the tracked years while the debt trend is flagged 'rising' (persistence consistencyScore 68/100); for a housing-finance lender this pattern is typically consistent with loan-book growth funded through increased market borrowings rather than an operational cash shortfall, but the debt trajectory is the specific line to track.
- lowCurrent-period ROE is unreported (null) even though the persistence series shows ROE above 15% in 4 of the tracked years, and the mean analyst rating is unreported (null) despite 15 analysts in coverage; separately, the peer set used for sector ranking (Axis Bank, Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Finance, HDFC Bank, HDFC Life) consists of universal banks, a diversified NBFC and a life insurer rather than direct housing-finance comparables, and priceChange1Y is null for every listed peer, limiting the reliability of the sector ranking.
Cross-section contradictions
- 5-year revenue and earnings growth of 22.5%/19.6%, a forward PE of 8.70x (the lowest among the 6-stock peer set on the PE ranking), and a Q1 FY27 investor update plus FY26 dividend declaration sit alongside a stock price 14.79% below its 52-week high and below both the 50- and 200-DMA, with the only identified negative news catalyst being two independent-director resignations rather than an operating or credit-quality issue.
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