FY26 results announcement
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Note: Plenti loan portfolio and origination numbers in this release include “NAB Powered by Plenti” automotive loans
20 MAY 2026 ASX RELEASE
Plenti more than doubles Cash PBT
Plenti Group Limited (Plenti) is pleased to provide its full year results for the year ended 31 March
2026 (FY26).
Highlights
• FY26 Cash PBT of $30.8 million and FY26 Cash NPAT of $27.3 million, representing
growth on FY25 of 117% and 97% respectively
• All FY26 objectives for growth, profitability and efficiency delivered
• FY26 originations of $1,868 million, up 32% on PCP
• Loan portfolio increased to $3.1 billion, up 22% on PCP
• Strong credit performance with annualised net losses of 94 basis points
• Generated $20.6 million of corporate cash, allowing $12.5 million repayment of
corporate debt
Operational highlights
• Reduced operating cost-to-net margin to 56.7%, from 60.7% in PCP, evidencing the
operating leverage inherent in Plenti’s digital platform-led business model
• Continued to advance Plenti’s proprietary platform with significant AI-driven
enhancements and material improvements in straight through processing rates
(enabling ‘no human touch’ within the PL application to approval process)
• Completed three ABS transactions for total annual issuance of $1.4 billion, taking total
ABS issuance since program inception to over $4.7 billion across twelve transactions
Strategic highlights
• Achieved “Horizon 1” objective of $3 billion loan portfolio in January 2026, ahead of the
original 31 March 2026 target
• Transitioned into Horizon 2 of Plenti’s corporate strategy, with continued focus on
disciplined, profitable growth across Plenti’s three core lending verticals and an
expanded ambition for accelerated growth in commercial automotive lending through:
o The launch of a refreshed product offering and the targeting of a broader end
market
o Strengthened engagement with specialist commercial asset finance aggregators
and broker networks
Adam Bennett, Plenti’s CEO, said:
“FY26 was a year of strong delivery for Plenti, with the team executing on every element
of our FY26 objectives and reaching the $3 billion loan portfolio milestone well ahead of
schedule.
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Our proprietary digital platform, our diverse and complementary distribution channels,
and our disciplined credit decisioning combined well to deliver growth in Cash PBT to
$30.8 million, an increase of 117% on the prior year. This profit growth demonstrates the
operating leverage inherent in our digital business model, the talent and discipline of our
team across originations, credit, technology and funding, and the growing cash
generation capability of the business.
With Horizon 1 of our corporate strategy successfully delivered, we now move into
Horizon 2 with strong momentum across our Automotive, Renewables and Personal
Lending verticals and an expanding set of AI-enabled capabilities. Whilst we’ll increase
investment and focus on these existing verticals, we’ve also relaunched our Commercial
Auto proposition to take advantage of the huge market opportunities that exist in this
segment. I’m extremely excited about the year ahead as we continue to make progress
towards our medium-term ambition of reaching a $5 billion loan book.”
Loan portfolio and revenue growth
Plenti’s diversified loan portfolio increased to $3.1 billion at 31 March 2026, up 22% from the prior
comparable period (PCP). The growth in Plenti’s loan portfolio drove revenue to $312 million, up
20% on PCP.
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Loan originations by lending vertical
Total loan originations for FY26 were $1,868 million, up 32% on PCP, representing a record annual
result for the business. Plenti continued to drive loan origination growth by:
• Leveraging the flexibility and speed of its digital platform to adapt to changing market
conditions and capture emerging opportunities
• Continuing to develop fast, easy and simple digital experiences for customers
• Building on deep, diverse and complementary relationships with valued brokers and
strategic partners including NAB, Tesla and AGL, whilst adding exclusive administration
of the Western Australia Residential Battery Scheme
• Maintaining disciplined underwriting, credit decisioning and operations management
Loan origination momentum remained strong throughout the year, with each quarter of FY26
delivering growth on PCP and 4Q26 setting an all-time record for the value of daily loan
originations.
All lending verticals contributed
meaningfully to the full year result:
• Automotive loan originations were
$994 million, up 40% on PCP,
reflecting ongoing growth in Plenti’s
consumer and commercial
automotive verticals and the scale-up
of the NAB powered by Plenti
product
• Renewable energy loan originations
were $239 million, up 26% on PCP,
supported by continued adoption of
solar and battery solutions and
Federal and State government
incentive programs (including the
WA Residential Battery Scheme)
• Personal loan originations were $636
million, up 23% on PCP, with growth
supported by continued investment
in digital acquisition channels and
increasing levels of API-integrations
with key referral partners, together
with further advancements in
automated “straight-through-
processing” to increase speed of
credit application review and
approvals
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Originations ($m)
Automotive Renewable energy Personal
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Technology enhancements
Plenti continued to invest in its proprietary digital platform during the year, with significant
focus on customer experience, credit decisioning, pricing, partner integrations and operational
efficiency.
A particular highlight was the deployment of multiple AI-driven initiatives across the business,
supported by Plenti’s end-to-end control of its technology environment. These included a new
front-end digital loan journey designed and deployed 70% faster than Plenti’s historical
benchmarks using AI-assisted development tools; an AI enabled verification engine, which
assessed over 35,000 customer and partner-supplied documents during 4Q26 alone; and a new
agentic AI platform supporting customer service, sales engagement and broader process
automation.
Consistent with prior years, all product and technology spend, which amounted to $15.9 million
in the year, was expensed through the profit and loss statement, rather than being capitalised
on the balance sheet.
Credit performance
Plenti delivered another year of strong credit performance, reflecting the prime nature of its
loan portfolio. Full-year net realised credit losses were low at 0.94%, down from 1.10% in PCP. 90+
day arrears were 0.42% at the end of the period, broadly stable on 0.43% at the end of PCP, again
reflecting the credit quality of Plenti’s portfolio and ongoing refinement of credit rules. Lower-
risk secured automotive and renewable energy loans together represented approximately 71%
of the loan portfolio at the end of the period, broadly consistent with PCP.
Plenti remains alert to the potential credit implications of recent geopolitical and
macroeconomic developments, but believes that its disciplined approach to credit, combined
with its strong prime loan portfolio and market segment diversification, position the business
well in less certain economic conditions.
Margins, costs and profitability
Plenti’s net interest margin for FY26 was 5.45%, up 14bps on PCP. The margin result was pleasing
given ongoing increases in market funding costs through the second half of the year. The
average loan portfolio margin was substantially supported by attractive pricing outcomes
across ABS transactions executed and warehouse extensions.
Plenti continued to demonstrate the operating leverage inherent in its technology-led business
model. Operating cost-to-net margin for FY26 reduced to 56.7%, from 60.7% in PCP and below
the 57% target threshold. Operating costs for FY26 were $73.8 million, up 19% on PCP against
27% growth in net margin, evidencing operating leverage as the loan portfolio scales.
Cash PBT for FY26 of $30.8 million represented an increase of 117% on PCP, and Cash NPAT of
$27.3 million an increase of 97% on PCP, reflecting strong portfolio growth, disciplined cost
management and the continued strength in Plenti’s credit performance.
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Financial position and funding
Plenti continued to scale and diversify its well-established funding platform during the FY26
year with the Treasury team delivering very strong results to support business growth and
profitability.
Conducive debt market conditions, combined with Plenti’s strong 10+ year credit history,
enabled Plenti to complete three ABS transactions during the year for a total of $1.4 billion at
the lowest weighted cost of funds since 2021.
In October 2025, Plenti established an additional multi-product warehouse with efficient pricing
and capital parameters, adding incremental funding capacity and enhancing margins on new
lending.
FY26 was also a watershed year for corporate cash generation driven by the significant growth
in business profitability as well as efficient loan portfolio funding outcomes. Plenti generated
$20.6 million incremental corporate cash, post funding growth in the loan portfolio. This
meaningful cash generation allowed $12.5 million of corporate debt to be repaid in March 2026,
reducing the drawn facility balance to $20 million. Available corporate cash at 31 March 2026
was $34.6 million (excluding $24.0 million in customer collections accounts). This was up $8.1
million from the available corporate cash balance at 31 March 2025 of $26.5 million.
Plenti has recently established an Employee Share Plan Trust to help facilitate its employee
equity plans. Given the availability of corporate cash and the current financial position, Plenti
intends to use that Trust to acquire up to a maximum of $3m of shares on market that will then
be used to satisfy some of its obligations to participants in those plans.
NAB Partnership – Commercial Terms Variation and Renewables Update
Continued momentum in 4Q26 with the ‘NAB powered by Plenti’ car loan saw average
originations per business day increase 35% on prior quarter and the loan portfolio increase to
$121 million at 31 March 2026, up 34% on the prior quarter.
Plenti and NAB brought forward their scheduled review of the car loan partnership. To support
greater investment in growth activities by NAB to drive higher origination volumes, Plenti has
agreed to some changes as follows:
• Bringing forward of the scheduled step down in the upfront fee per loan funded, and
removal of the associated guaranteed minimum monthly value of the per loan upfront
fees, thereby also removing the minimum annual revenue amount to be received by
Plenti under the strategic partnership
• A reduction in the level of the monthly servicer fee and subsequent schedule for scaling
down of the servicer fee as the loan portfolio grows
• The revised terms also provide greater flexibility for both parties to invest in mutually
beneficial marketing and promotional campaigns for growth
Related to these amendments, distribution of the ‘NAB powered by Plenti’ car loan will be
expanded into NAB’s banker assisted channels over coming months. In addition, the
Renewables Referral program, previously announced as part of the NAB strategic partnership,
is anticipated to launch to NAB's homeowner customer base during Plenti’s 1HFY27.
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Horizon 2
Plenti completed Horizon 1 of its refreshed corporate strategy (“GROW by doing what we do,
but better”) during FY26, delivering on the $3 billion loan portfolio milestone ahead of schedule.
The business has now transitioned into Horizon 2 (“GROW by also doing new things”, April 2026
to March 2028).
Horizon 1 Horizon 2 Horizon 3
Jan 2025 to March 2026 April 2026 to March 2028 April 2028 to March 2030
GROW by doing what we do,
but better
GROW by also doing new
things
GROW by scaling boldly into
new opportunities
The three key elements of Plenti’s corporate strategy which will be pursued across all three
horizons are to:
• Strengthen relationships with target customers and partners to ensure complementary
and diverse distribution channels.
• Enhance the use of data and artificial intelligence to improve credit decisioning, reduce
the cost of service, optimise pricing, and substantially uplift new customer originations
and cross-sell capabilities.
• Leverage Plenti’s proprietary digital platform to provide customers and brokers with one
of the fastest, easiest, simplest lending experiences available in market.
In Horizon 2, Plenti will continue to prioritise profitable growth across its core Automotive,
Renewables and Personal Lending verticals, whilst also pursuing strong growth in Commercial
Auto through the launch of a refreshed product offering and the targeting of a broader end
commercial automotive market, coupled with strengthened engagement with specialist
commercial asset finance aggregators and broker networks.
FY27 objectives
Plenti’s objectives for the year to 31 March 2027 are set out below:
Priority FY27 objective
Growth - To build on loan origination growth momentum and exit FY27 having
achieved a $600m/quarter
Profitability - Continue to drive meaningful Cash PBT growth
Efficiency - Cost to net margin below 55%
CFO transition
Following Miles Drury stepping down as CFO on 22 May 2026, Tom Wright, General Manager
Strategy Execution, will act as CFO on an interim basis, ahead of Selena Verth commencing in
July 2026, as outlined in Plenti’s February announcement.
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Change of registered office address
Plenti advises that, in accordance with ASX Listing Rule 3.14, effective 1 June 2026, the
Company’s registered office and principal place of business will change to:
Level 19, 123 Pitt Street, Sydney NSW 2000
The Company’s contact number and email addresses remain unchanged.
Investor webcast
An online investor presentation will be held at 9.00am AEST / Sydney time on 20 May 2026.
Investors can register for the online investor presentation through the following link:
https://plenti-au.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PxiqOfJERO-8Gv5cF5Fmcw
This release was approved by the Plenti Board of Directors. For more information please contact:
Adam Bennett
Chief Executive Officer
shareholders@plenti.com.au
Miles Drury
Chief Financial Officer
shareholders@plenti.com.au
About Plenti
Plenti is a high growth, profitable and cash generative digital lender. We provide faster, fairer loans by leveraging our
smart technology. We offer award-winning automotive, renewable energy and personal loans, delivered by our
proprietary technology, to help creditworthy borrowers bring their big ideas to life.
Since our establishment in 2014, our loan originations have grown consistently, supported by diversified loan
products, distribution channels and funding, and underpinned by our exceptional credit performance and continual
innovation. For more information visit plenti.com.au/shareholders.
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