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HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd

NSE: HDFCLIFE BSE: 540777

731

(0.54)%

Sat, 31 Jan 2026, 05:14 pm

Analysis

dividend

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Pros

  • Dividends after 3 years are expected to be well covered by earnings (4x coverage).
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Cons

  • Unable to calculate sustainability of dividends as HDFC Life Insurance has not reported any payouts.
  • Unable to evaluate HDFC Life Insurance's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers as the company has not reported any payouts.
  • Unable to evaluate HDFC Life Insurance's dividend against the top 25% market benchmark as the company has not reported any payouts.

future

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Pros

  • HDFC Life Insurance's earnings growth is expected to exceed the low risk savings rate of 7.2%.
  • Performance (ROE) is expected to be above the current IN Insurance industry average.
  • HDFC Life Insurance's revenue is expected to increase by more than 50% in 2 years time.
  • HDFC Life Insurance's revenue is expected to grow significantly at over 20% yearly.
  • HDFC Life Insurance's revenue growth is expected to exceed the India market average.
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Cons

  • HDFC Life Insurance's earnings are expected to grow by 15.7% yearly, however this is not considered high growth (20% yearly).
  • HDFC Life Insurance's earnings growth is positive but not above the India market average.
  • HDFC Life Insurance's earnings are expected to increase but not above the low risk growth rate next year.
  • HDFC Life Insurance's earnings are expected to increase but not above the low risk growth rate in 3 years time
  • HDFC Life Insurance's net income is expected to increase but not above the 50% threshold in 2 years time.
  • HDFC Life Insurance is not expected to efficiently use shareholders’ funds in the future (Return on Equity less than 20%).
  • A decline in HDFC Life Insurance's performance (ROE) is expected over the next 3 years.

health

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Pros

  • HDFC Life Insurance is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
  • HDFC Life Insurance is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
  • HDFC Life Insurance has no debt, it does not need to be covered by operating cash flow.
  • HDFC Life Insurance has no debt, it does not need to be covered by short term assets.
  • HDFC Life Insurance has not taken on any debt in the past 5 years.
  • HDFC Life Insurance has no debt, therefore coverage of interest payments is not a concern.
  • HDFC Life Insurance has no debt.
  • Low level of unsold assets.
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Cons

  • HDFC Life Insurance's short term (1 year) commitments are greater than its holdings of cash and other short term assets.
  • HDFC Life Insurance's long term commitments exceed its cash and other short term assets.

management

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Pros

  • The tenure for the HDFC Life Insurance board of directors is about average.
  • Vibha's remuneration is lower than average for companies of similar size in India.
  • Vibha's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year, both up more than 20%.
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Cons

  • HDFC Life Insurance individual insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.
  • The average tenure for the HDFC Life Insurance management team is less than 2 years, this suggests a new team.

misc

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Pros

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    Cons

    • HDFC Life Insurance has significant price volatility in the past 3 months.

    past

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    Pros

    • HDFC Life Insurance's year on year earnings growth rate has been positive over the past 5 years.
    • HDFC Life Insurance used its assets more efficiently than the IN Insurance industry average last year based on Return on Assets.
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    Cons

    • HDFC Life Insurance's 1-year earnings growth is less than its 5-year average (1.5% vs 12.7%)
    • HDFC Life Insurance's use of capital deteriorated last year versus 3 years ago (Return on Capital Employed).
    • HDFC Life Insurance has not efficiently used shareholders’ funds last year (Return on Equity less than 20%).
    • HDFC Life Insurance's earnings growth has not exceeded the IN Insurance industry average in the past year (1.5% vs 1.5%).

    value

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    Pros

    • 540777 outperformed the Insurance industry which returned -7.3% over the past year.
    • 540777 outperformed the Market in India which returned -14.5% over the past year.
    • BSE:540777 is up 3.7% along with the Insurance industry (3.6%) over the past month.
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    Cons

    • HDFC Life Insurance's share price is above the future cash flow value, it's not available at a moderate discount (< 20%).
    • HDFC Life Insurance's share price is above the future cash flow value, it's not available at a substantial discount (< 40%).
    • HDFC Life Insurance is overvalued based on assets compared to the IN Insurance industry average.
    • HDFC Life Insurance is poor value based on expected growth next year.
    • HDFC Life Insurance is overvalued based on earnings compared to the IN Insurance industry average.
    • HDFC Life Insurance is overvalued based on earnings compared to the India market.
    • BSE:540777 is up 3.7% underperforming the market in India which returned 8% over the past month.

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