COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SELECTED INDIAN HOUSING FINANCE COMPANIES BASED ON CAMEL APPROACH

Good Corporate Governance is important for sound management of any organization. Non-Banking Financial Institutions like Housing Finance Companies are no exception and there has been everincreasing demand for transparency. HFCs are facing more number of challenges in comparison with commercial banks and concentrate more on efficiency in order to survive, so there is much importance of sound management. The main aim of this research paper is to analyze the financial performance of the listed Five Housing Finance Companies (HFCs) in India, namely Can Fin Homes, DEWAN Housing finance, PNB Housing finance, LIC Housing, HDFC, by using the CAMEL model (Capital Adequacy, Asset Quality, Management Efficiency, Earning Capability and Liquidity). On the basis of corporate governance practices & disclosures in the annual report for the year 2007-2008 to 2016-2017. For this purpose, corporate governance score (CG score) is calculated for each HFCs across the different parameters as per the Companies Act. These components are used to reflect financial performance, operating soundness and regulatory compliance of financial institutions.