Bajaj Housing Finance: A Crucial Day for Shareholders on April 13, 2026
Bajaj Housing Finance shares were listed on the stock exchanges in September 2024, with a 114% premium to their issue price of ₹70 apiece. They then went on to hit a post-listing high of ₹188.5 per share. The stock is currently 56% below those levels.
Monday, April 13, will be an important day for Bajaj Housing Finance shareholders, as another shareholder lock-in period will come to an end. This will be the one-and-a-half year and beyond shareholder lock-in that will conclude on this day. As many as 25% of Bajaj Housing Finance Ltd.'s outstanding equity or up to 210 crore shares will free up for trade on April 13, 2026, as their shareholder lock-in period ends, according to Nuvama Alternative & Quantitative Research.
As per the previous closing price of the stock, the shares that will become eligible to be traded after the lock-in period ending are worth ₹17,742.9 crore. It is important to note that the expiry of the lock-in period does not translate to all these shares being sold in the open market. It just means they become eligible for trading.
At the end of the December quarter, promoter Bajaj Finance Ltd. held an 86.7% stake in Bajaj Housing Finance. Bajaj Housing Finance reported its provisional business update for the fourth quarter earlier this week. Its gross disbursement increased by 23% to ₹17,530 crore from ₹14,254 crore in the fourth quarter of the previous year.
The company's assets under management expanded by 23% to ₹1.4 lakh crore as of March 31, 2026, from ₹1.14 lakh crore in the year-ago period. In the March quarter, Bajaj Housing Finance's AUM grew by ₹7,290 crore. Its loan assets were around ₹1.23 lakh crore as of March 31, 2026, against ₹99,513 crore in the previous year.
Bajaj Housing Finance shares listed on the stock exchanges in September 2024, with a 114% premium to their issue price of ₹70 apiece. They then went on to hit a post-listing high of ₹188.5 per share. The stock is currently 56% below those levels. In March 2026, the stock reported its worst month since listing as it fell nearly 15%. Ever since its debut, the stock has risen for just two months, with five consecutive months of losses as of March.
Bajaj Housing Finance is India's second most-bid IPO after LG Electronics India Ltd. Shares of Bajaj Housing Finance are trading 0.8% lower on Thursday at ₹83.84. The stock is now close to retesting its IPO price of ₹70 per share.
