Home First Finance bulk deal alert: Promoters sell stake worth Rs 660 crore; Societe Generale among buyers

Synopsis

Home First Finance shares fell nearly 6% after promoters Aether and True North sold Rs 660 crore stake via bulk deals to Societe Generale and PICTET. Despite the decline, the stock has outperformed benchmarks over one year and posted strong quarterly profit growth.

Home First Finance Company India's promoter entities Aether (Mauritius) Limited and True North Fund V LLP today sold stakes worth Rs 326 crore and Rs 334 crore in separate bulk deals on Thursday. The buyers were French multinational bank Societe Generale and PICTET - Indian Equities.

Between them they sold shares worth Rs 660 crore.

The stock fell sharply today, closing at Rs 1,176.25, down nearly 6% from Wednesday's closing price.

While Aether sold a total of 27.38 lakh shares in a couple of tranches at a price of Rs 1,190 apiece, True North Fund sold over 28 lakh shares in two tranches at the same price.

True North Fund held over 77.37 lakh shares in the company representing 7.45% stake as of December 31, 2025 while Aether's equity amounted to 4.90% accounting for nearly 51 lakh shares.

Societe Generale bought over 8.4 lakh shares in a deal valued at Rs 100 crore. PICTET purchased 17.97 lakh shares which were worth Rs 214 crore.

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Home First share price history

The stock is currently trading above its 50-day simple moving average (SMA) of Rs 1,134 while slipping below the 200-day SMA of Rs 1,220, according to the Trendlyne data.

The company reported a net profit of Rs 140 crore in the December-ended quarter, recording a 44% growth over a profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 97 crore in the year ago period. The total revenue in the quarter under review stood at Rs 484 crore, which is a growth of 19% over Rs 407 crore in the corresponding quarter of the last financial year.

The smallcap NBFC with a market capitalisation of Rs 12,259 crore offers home loans.

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