NBFC Sector
NBFC Sector
NBFC Sector
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Investment Summary: BFSI one of two
India is a Fintech With the 3rd highest unicorn in the world. Capital is now shifting from payments to lending tech, insurtech and
wealth-tech. Fintech space is likely to become $1 trillion AUM by FY30.
powerhouse
The 3T model and We believe that the efficient utilization of the Indian digital superhighway built on combination of JAM, flexible
Regulator and NPCI is driving a realistic increase in Total addressable market(TAM) in the retail and MSME credit
realistic increase in TAM space . We explain the structural changes in what we call the 3T model.
Ticket-size We believe lower tickets are catalyzing financial diversification , with a whole set on SENP category becoming
eligible. Banks/NBFCs willing to experiment in the NTB and underserved category will be able to tap the middle
middle class and lower middle class more effectively.
Tenure On account of easy access to STPL,BNPL, we assume that a 25 year old today will land up taking 15 loans over the
his lifetime as against 3-4 earlier. Banks/NBFCs having customer ownership and have effective PPC strategy will
win here..
Time to launch new Open banking, APIs are driving faster turnaround time to implement financial products . Partnerships between
product Banks, NBFC and Fintechs are happening at a increasing pace . We would want to position ourselves in
Banks/NBFCs which have an edge in technology .
Large NBFCs withstood India NBFCs have weathered several Liquidity shocks like Demon, IFL&FS crisis , GST and the Pandemic and have
emerged stronger out of them. Many NBFCs are diversifying into digital lending to tap into the new customers and
multiple liquidity shocks diversify their product mi. 2
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Investment Summary: BFSI two of two
Deep-dive into NBFCs We analyze data on several aspects very closely. Pricing power and higher liquidity on balance are likely to sustain
NIM despite the increase in interest rates. BAF’s customer acquisition prowess is unassailable. In terms of tech
spending, BAF is matched well by L&T finance and Poonawalla. Sundaram and SHTF are the laggards here. BAF
write-offs much higher proportion of Stage 3 assets than others .
How we look at the BFSI Customer experience, customer ownership and customer retainership will likely drive valuations
Runway for profitable growth in Banks and NBFCs with digital readiness, openness to tieups, strong tech
space architecture is likely to be higher…
Globally Bigtech has overtaken fintech in terms of profitability and market share. In India also, the payments
space big-tech now has a lion’s share.
Top Picks We initiate coverage on BAF, Chola, MMFS, L&T Finance, Poonawalla Finance and SBI cards. Our top picks include
BAF(best fintech play) and MMFS(classic turnaround play). We have an underperform rating on SBIC on account
of no innovation in credit cards space, decreasing yields and increasing competition.
Key risks Any macro economy shocks to the economy which can derail consumption .
Any interest rate shock arising from higher than expected inflation..
Aggressive competition by banks can lead to lower than expected yields.
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Investment Summary: Company one of two
Bajaj Finance - Product penetration in Bharat - AUM Growth - 27% - Preparedness for Transformation
BUY - Best in class customer acquisition engine and product - PPOP CAGR - 28% to a Banking structure
TP : Rs 8959 innovation - ROA(FY25) - 4.5% - Underestimation of costs for
- Omni presence strategy to ward off challenges from Super App
Bigtech
Cholamandalam Finance - Digital lending products the net kicker - AUM Growth - 21% - Competition in Auto Finance
BUY - Strong distribution network and well diversified book. - PPOP CAGR - 18% increasing
TP : Rs 868 - Culture of strong processes and systems - ROA(FY25) - 2.8% - Digital lending book has not
seasoned yet…
Mahindra Finance - Strong Reinforcement at the Top Management level - AUM Growth - 19% - Churn at the CO level
BUY - Visible Improvement in Processes and System will drive - PPOP CAGR - 10% - Asset quality issue
TP : Rs 278 predictability - ROA(FY25) - 2.1%
- Shift in lending strategy to premium customer
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Investment Summary: Company two of two
NBFC
Key Investment Arguments Key numbers(FY22-25) Key Risk
Snapshot
Poonawalla Finance - Strong Promoter drives the best in class CoF and attract - AUM Growth - 32% - Low Seasoning of Book
BUY and retain talent - PPOP CAGR - 44% - Management Cohesiveness
TP : Rs 396 - High growth led by Product breadth and partnerships - ROA(FY25) - 3.2%
L&T Finance - Recalibrating balance sheet towards retail finance - AUM Growth - 7% - High Operating Cost Model
BUY - Tech spends match with peers - PPOP CAGR - 9% - Potential Wholesale book write-
TP : Rs 106 - Wholesale book vulnerability offset by sale of non core - ROA(FY25) - 1.8% downs are a overhang
assets
SBI Cards - Increasing threat from substitutes could limit market - NII growth - 25% - Innovation in credit cards leading to
SELL share gains - PPOP CAGR - 22% expansion in realistic TAM
TP: Rs 779 - Outsized returns on credit card interest to get - RoA(FY25) - 4.4% - No regulatory action on MDR
limited…
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India –Emerging as World’s
Premier Fintech HUB
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India -Emerging as World’s Premier Fintech Hub
India over the last seven years has emerged as World’s Premier Fintech Hub
Transaction through UPI have grown at an staggering pace
Aadhaar Authentication and EKYC numbers speak volumes about the use of Digital by business today.
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India -World’s Premier Fintech Hub
India has the third highest unicorns globally. Unicorns in India are expected to double in 3 years..
Capital raised by Fintech’s has remained resilient.
The mix however is now changing in favour of digital lending from Payments as the digital lending infra improves …
Global unicorn landscape Indian unicorns to double Investment mix in start up, %
France, 24, Others, 96, 100%
2% 9% 2022 100 90%
Germany, 2021 86 80%
26, 2% 70%
UK, 43, 4% 2020 42 60%
50%
Israel, 92, 2019 31 40%
8% Over 1000 30%
Global USA, 559, 2018 24
Unicorn 50% 20%
India, 100, 2017 14 10%
9% 0%
2016 13 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Payments Lending tech Insurance Tech
China, 173, 2015 11
16% Investment Tech Fintech SaaS Others
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Source: Media reports, Anand Rathi Research
Key enablers of Digital Adoption
INTERNET AND COMBINATION OF ETERNAL SHOCKS RBI DYNAMIC DIGITISATION OF SKILLED TECHNICAL
MOBILE NPCI AND AADHAR HELPED REGULATOR PUBLIC RECORDS MANPOWER
Massive user base for Combination of NPCI Shocks like The single regulator has GST, income ta, vehicle Plenty of availability of
internet is a key and Aadhar has demonetization, GST, helped payments infra, registration created young and flexible
enabler for wealth, enabled all types of pandemic have served sandbox, Aadhar video digital trails which can manpower open to new
insurance and banking fintech models to to hasten transition to KYC and account be used algorithm of ideas helped the
products operate simultaneously digital aggregator fintech transition
750 MN SMART PHONE 1.1 BN AADHAR, 65 BN RS. 6.3 TN/MONTH UPI 135 MN GST 291MN VEHICLE 1.5 MN ENGINEERS
USERS AUTHENTICATION TRANSACTIONS REGISTRATION REGISTERED
GRADUATE EVERY YEAR IN
INDIA
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India Stack – Backbone of Digital Innovation
6 companies exit test phase out 26 entities applied, out of which 22 entities applied, out of which
of 32 companies which had eight entities selected for test 8 have been selected in Sep’21
applied. phase in Dec’20
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India -A $1 trillion digital superhighway
Structural Drivers, Realistic increase in TAM, 3T model
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India Fintech: US$ 1 trillion opportunity
Out of the total number of unicorns, 44 unicorns with a total valuation of $ 93.0 Bn were born in 2021 and 19 unicorns with a total valuation of $ 24.70 Bn were
born in 2022
Universe of Fintechs is rapidly evolving
Digital Lending looks set to be the highest growth area as per a report.
India moving from PIPE structure to PLATFORM Structure.
Moving from End-to-End solutions to Open Architecture.
Insuretech (GWP) 6 80
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Digital Lending : 3T factors drives structural increase in TAM
2030
2020
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3T-Structural Drivers of TAM -Ticket sizes
Average ticket size of loan has dropped across the entire retail lending spectrum. Sharpest fall was seen in STPL and BL
NBFCs dominate the roost in STPL,CD,TW,CV in terms of volume of loans, while PSU’s have a larger pie in Business loans and Affordable Housing Finance.
Lower ticket sizes are likely to get accepted by lenders as they fit in to their traditional credit models. As a results a whole new universe of lending to lower
middle class and semi-rural has now become available
Inquiry Volumes by Consumer Age (3M ended period) Inquiry Volumes by City Tier (3M ended period)
100% 120%
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Jan-20 Jan-21 Jan-22 Rural Semi-urban Urban Metro
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Mar-21 Mar-22
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3T-Drivers of TAM – Tenure
Reduction in tenure has ensured higher velocity of loan.
Using a combination of Seamless technology and customer convenience , Fintechs are able to disburse loans in shorter tenure. This is driving a structural change in
the velocity of loans taken over the life cycle of a borrower
For NBFCs, only 23% of loans are above 1yr tenure For Banks,87% of loans have tenure above 1yr
Ed-Tech 8%
< Once in 6 months 5% Quite irregular 1%
Offline Purchases 5%
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0.0% Personal loans Vehicle Loans Gold loans SME loans Buy Now Pay Others
Personal Vehicle Gold loans SME loans Buy Now Pay Others Later
loans Loans Later Amount disbursed (%) Number of loans (%)
Amount disbursed (%) Number of loans (%)
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Strong credit demand in India is well
established
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Things we know about Indian credit market … and those we do not
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High young population with evolving consumption patterns
India’s consumption growing at 2nd fastest amongst the large nations and has potential to grow at this rate in the medium term.
India has a large young population whose consumption patterns are changing and will continually evolve. The share of Services in consumption basket has been
constantly increasing.
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Mobile Trends Usage – India drives global growth
Global Fintech app installs have increased a robust pace (up35% YoY) to more than 5.5billion.
Finance app downloads in India top 1billion driving the global growth
India has highest digital penetration across global. Daily time spent on mobile is 4.8 hours
Payments leads the Fintech app installs overall. Asset management and crypto are growing above par
Global Cost per Installs has increased rapidly for fintech to $3.4. Increasing premiumisation of customer will follow….
Global app downloads Share of download in Fintech apps Global Cost per Install
(bn)
7.0 (US$)
Stock 4.0
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Funnel for online transactors is high
In FY22, according to Unicommerce, overall E-commerce volume grew by 70% YoY. Electronics and Home appliances, grew by 34% YoY.
Relative Rank for Top BFSI apps amongst all apps, compared on the basis of Active Users and Revenue through App.
While overall position was lost in terms of revenue, BAF has managed to gain users.
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Moving From Centralization to Customization
…..This is driving the Customization of
Customer is becoming more
Product suite and enhanced customer
sophisticated
Bank experiences.
Customer is also becoming
Account In addition to the customization new business
younger… P2P Platforms
Aggregators models are evolving with the blessings of the
Data availability is much more
regulator.
democratized and available
instantly…….
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Assessing Interest rate impact on NBFCs
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Interest Rate Susceptibility
Retail inflation above the RBI’s comfort zone, rate hikes would continue. As per our house view, another 50-60bp rate hike is still on the cards although a
pause or a small hike is likely in the net policy.
Systemic liquidity is quite calibrated to neutral, from a large surplus a year ago.
Banks Exposure to NBFCs is increasing after peaking in Mar’20
In terms of borrowing mix for NBFCs, Banks form a large constituent..
Share of Non Food credit(%) Borrowing Mix of NBFCs(%)
100% 2% 4% 4% 2%
10%
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4.9
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4.9 30% 7%
0.77 1.22 1.2 20%
0.50 0.43 34% 34% 36%
10% 27%
2.3 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.4 0%
FY18 FY20 FY22 Sep-22
2019 2020 2021 2022 SEP'22 Banks & FI Seccuritisation NCD/Sub Debt
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Interest Rates Susceptibility – Duration Gap Analysis
For NBFCs, a large part of the advances matures in the below 1 year category. The proportion of such loans has also increased across the board, indicating the
duration of book has been reducing.
Poonawalla has seen the sharpest improvement in duration in both 1 yr and under 6 months bucket.
L&T Finance has the net lowest duration. Could be attributed to its increasing share of rural loans.
Chola and SHTF trail their peers in terms of duration. Chola’s higher duration book can be eplained by a higher proportion of LAP and HL over the years.
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BAF Chola MMFS L&T Finance Poonawalla SHTF SUF BAF Chola MMFS Poonawalla SHTF SUF
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Deep Dive into NBFCs
Credit Sourcing Prowess
Tech spends
Asset quality
Concentration Analysis
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Investment in Tech -BAF is in a different league
BAF’s tech spends are far ahead of peers in absolute terms and would compare with large private banks.
L&T Finance is the second largest spender on technology in absolute terms.
Shriram and Sundaram Finance are at the bottom of that league.
Advances Concentration -Exposure to top 20 Advances Borrowings concentration -Exposure to top 10 borrowers
5% 90%
80%
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60%
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1% 20%
10%
0% 0%
BAF Chola MMFS Poonawalla SHTF SUF BAF Chola MMFS L&T Finance Poonawalla SHTF SUF
FY22 FY21 FY20 FY22 FY21
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Credit Sourcing Prowess – BAF is miles ahead
We compared the new assets originated or purchased in Stage 1, reported by the company, to the closing gross assets for the same year.
This ratio after having dipped in FY21 on the credit slowdown, has bounced back sharply.
BAF leads the pack for FY20/21/22.
Poonawalla is the most improved in terms of new additions.
Sundaram lags in new asset generation.
Chola has broadly been consistent in all three years.
New assets to total opening assets
90%
80%
70%
60%
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40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
BAF Chola MMFS L&T Finance Poonawalla SHTF SUF
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FY22 FY21 FY20
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Asset quality-Gross addition to Stage 2
The number has declined for Sundaram and Bajaj Finance and Poonawalla, whilst for Reduction in the Roll forward from Stage 2 to stage 3 has helped the
others its has moved up. valuations of NBFCs. L&T Finance and Poonawalla were the most improved.
Gross addition to Stage 2 is highest for SHTF and MMFS and seems to be a good At 50%, BAF is the most aggressive in roll forward and then write-offs these
predictor for asset quality issues. assets.
Gross addition to Stage 2- MMFS the only one to show a rise in Roll forward from Stage 2 to Stage 3
35% FY22 60%
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BAF Chola MMFS L&T Finance Poonawalla SHTF SUF
BAF Chola MMFS L&T Finance Poonawalla SHTF
FY22 FY21 FY20 FY22 FY21 FY20
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Asset quality continued..
The high percentage of more than 100% of assets derecognized (or repaid) in Stage 3, validates the aggressive write-off stance of BAF. . L&T Finance and
Poonawalla also have turned aggressive in FY22 in writing off.
PCR on Stage 3 is most relevant and we have seen general increase in trend from FY20 to FY22.L&T Finance has the highest PCR whilst Chola has the lowest
provision coverage .
Note , that the aggressive write-off and PCR coverage on Stage 3 could be reflective on the security of the underlying lending.
% Assets derecognized or repaid (Stage 3) PCR on Stage 1
6%
Poonawalla
5%
SHTF
4%
L&T Finance
3%
MMFS
2%
Chola
1%
BAF
0%
-120% -100% -80% -60% -40% -20% 0% BAF Chola MMFS L&T Finance Poonawalla SHTF SUF
FY22 FY21 FY20 FY22 FY21 FY20
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Provision coverage improves for Stage 2 and 3 assets
BAF has highest Coverage on Stage 2 assets, while L&T Finance has seen the largest jump.
On the other hand, Sundaram Finance has the lowest coverage on Stage 2 assets
PCR on Stage 3 is most relevant . We have seen general increase in trend from FY20 to FY22.L&T Finance has the highest coverage followed by BAF.
Chola has the lowest provision coverage .
25% 70%
20% 60%
15% 50%
10% 40%
5% 30%
0% 20%
BAF Chola MMFS L&T Finance Poonawalla SHTF SUF BAF Chola MMFS L&T Finance Poonawalla SHTF SUF
FY22 FY21 FY20 FY22 FY21 FY20
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Companies Section
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BFSI
Initiating coverage
Rating: Buy
Target Price: 8,959
Current market price: 6,674
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BAF - Investment Summary
Summary Bajaj Finance is at the forefront of technology and product innovation in the country and the only player who seems to be
well placed against the threat of big tech. A wide Product suite, increasing penetration and agile management will drive
earnings growth of 28% over FY22-25e. . We initiate coverage on the stock with a target price of Rs 8959 . At our target
price, the stock will trade at 6.7xPBV on FY25e, which we believe is justified given long runway in consumer finance and
best understanding of interplay of technology and finance.
BAF is financializing consumption in India. BAF has many firsts to its credit in lending including short duration EMI,
Multiple loan drivers, rural CD etc . Its strategy of doing localized proof of concept and then unleashing products at scale has a lot of steam
best in class NIM left. Currently Housing and gold loan are growing at a clip, faster than other products. Deeper product penetration into
Bharat provides visibility to a longer runway of growth. Multiple growth fronts, large distribution franchisee, and new
products will drive 28% loan CAGR over the FY22-25e . BAF has been able to maintain its NIM at industry high
standards and we expect the trend to continue .
Bajaj Finance has operated more as a fintech than a typical NBFC, focussing on new product innovation, customer
Fintech role model, high service and PPC (product per customer) . It also reflects in it’s Technology spend, which is the highest amongst NBFCs.
tech spends… At Rs 4bn, BAF doubled it’s tech spend . BAF’s software expenses as a % of AUM and PPOP are 40bps and 4%
respectively, higher than most NBFCs. BAF has also launched the beta version of its superapp which is likely to start
firing in the next 6 months making all of its product digitally available. We believe a customer base of 60m , would
provide a strong feeder to the app and improve PPC.
BAF’s asset quality further improved in 1HFY23 with GS3 at 1.5% and PCR at 63% , with no hangover of Covid visible.
Best in class asset Tailwinds in consumer finance and conservative underwriting standards of BAF are likely to keep credit costs
quality unchallenging at 1.4% over FY23-25e. A strong capital adequacy of +23% will support the high growth.
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BAF - Investment Summary
Valuation We pencil in a strong 27% loan CAGR over FY22-25e driving 28% PPOP growth over the same period. We initiate
coverage on the stock with a Buy rating at a target price of Rs8,959 derived from our multistage DDM model. The long
runway of growth will sustain premium valuations.
Key Risks 1) Outsized marketing spends on the super-app could impact the earnings negatively.
2) Conversion to a bank earlier could impact earnings
Financial Summary Y/E Mar’ (Rs mn) FY21 FY22 FY23e FY24e FY25e FY25e Bear Case Base Case Bull case
Net interest income 164,000 213,820 271,593 335,099 418,903
Loan CAGR 22% 28% 33%
NIM (%) 10.0 11.4 11.5 11.1 10.9 (FY22-25e)
Operating profit 119,892 143,586 184,244 230,844 297,274
BVPS (FY25e) 1156 1338 1406
PAT 44,198 70,282 111,247 137,956 176,493
PBV (Multiple) 2.9x 6.7x 10.0x
EPS (Rs.) 73.5 116.5 183.8 227.2 289.7
BV (Rs.) 613.7 724.6 877.4 1,077.7 1,337.8 a.Strong a. Credit card
competition approval
P/E (x) 90.8 57.3 36.3 29.4 23.0
P/BV (x) 10.9 9.2 7.6 6.2 5.0 a.Banking business a. Super app
Catalyst
Dividend yield (%) 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 Firing
RoA (%) 2.6 3.7 4.6 4.5 4.5
CRAR(%) 28.3 27.2 25.8 23.5 22.5
Housing Loan which has so far lower penetration than other products is likely
7 loan products- to see faster growth..
Rural Finance
Early mover advantage
BAF has also introduced Gold loan financing this year and expects to grow 200
standalone GL branches..
SME 5 loan products
Personal loan
1million+ products on
NO Cost EMIs
Home loan
Used Car,2Wheelers
Business loan Finances the entire gamut of wallet of a consumer including fashion, eyewear, cycles, insurance, tyre, car
accessories etc in both urban and rural
Payments
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Urban CD stores Rural CD stores …. which in turn drives the Loan growth
Digital product stores Lifestyle retail stores
EMI card retail spends stores Bajaj Auto dealers, sub-dealerships and ASSC 35% 50.0%
Direct Sales Agents 28% 40.0%
21% 30.0%
14% 20.0%
Post Covid, customer momentum has 7% 10.0%
Of the 25 m EMI cards, only 8.7m
again increased driving loan growth. 0% 0.0%
purchases were seen. Significant
upside from here. -7% -10.0%
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Source: Company, Anand Rathi Research AUM Growth yoy NII growth yoy (RHS) 567
BAF - Demography of Loans changing….
Bajaj Finance is gradually increasing depth and penetration of its product’s into Bharat. This will drive the next leg of growth for BAF over a
longer period of time.
NIM remains best in class and we expect this to sustain on account of it’s pricing power.
Loan book mix - Rural and commercial gain scale High Yield product mix drives the Best in class NIM and PPOP
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Securities Lending IPO Financing Commercial Lending
Mortgages PPOP as a percentage of RoA Credit Cost (RHS)
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C/I Ratio NIM (RHS)
Capital adequacy provides comfort to growth High RoE and ROA
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25%
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20%
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15%
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PCR Tier 1 (RHS)
Source: Company, Anand Rathi Research 58
BAF - New Tech journey takes off in 2019, accelerates in Covid
FY23 Future ready Improved UI/UX, upgraded web experience, super app
penetration to rise.
FY22 Launch Sales One app, debt collection app, five different market
Omnipresent places launched, Bajaj Pay and mobile app undergo deep
upgradations,600 API stacks upgraded.
strategy and its
various parts
FY21 Deepen data Bajaj Pay launched Deepen implementation and start
analysis and uses tools implemented in previous years. Migration of
execution of use APIs launched
cases
FY19 Launch Data as Oil ‘focus on large volume of data capture and its effective utilizations for
business and risk management. BAF used AI, ML, Phyton to create niche
products for customers and straight through processing.
Source: Company, Anand Rathi Research 59
BAF - Annexure 1
Technology factor Intended outcomes FY20 FY21 FY22
Customer Data platform Multi channel orchestration Implemented
Sales one APP Improve Sales productivity Implemented
Debt Management One App Improve collections and compliance Implemented
Enterprise Tech To manage scale and agility Being modernized Deepening of modernization
Development Operations Deliver app and services at high velocity Implemented
For heavy lifting on payment solutions,
Big data readiness Microsoft Azure Microsoft Azure Microsoft Azure
marketplaces, productivity apps
Design of Experiments and at
New product innovation Implemented Deepened learning
initial stage
Proof of concepts New product innovation Implemented Deepened learning
AI and Machine Learning Straight through processing Implemented Deepened learning
R/Phyton Analytics Implemented Deepened learning
Facial recognition Analytics Implemented Deepened learning
Data scientists Analytics 100
OCR,Natural Language processing frictionless customer experience Experimented Gone lIne
API stack To ensure minimal Latency and accept higher User loads - Process of Migrating Migrated 600 APIs
FY20
FY21
FY22
Mobile App Improve User experience 50 features to be added
Completely rebuilt
% of Assets(bps) % of PPOP
Web app revamped web experience
Net Interest Income 164,000 213,820 271,593 335,099 418,903 Share Capital 1,203 1,207 1,211 1,215 1,219
Other Equity 367,981 435,920 529,875 653,255 813,907
Growth (%) 30.4 27.0 23.4 25.0
Net Worth 369,184 437,127 531,086 654,470 815,125
Other Income 7,852 4,373 4,810 5,291 5,820
Borrowings 1,316,335 1,652,319 2,126,789 2,728,562 3,508,618
Total income 171,852 218,193 276,403 340,390 424,723 Growth (%) 25.5 28.7 28.3 28.6
Growth (%) 27.0 26.7 23.1 24.8 Other liabilities 29,185 35,608 42,326 55,024 71,531
Operating expenses 51,960 74,607 92,159 109,546 127,449 Total Liabilities 1,714,704 2,125,054 2,700,201 3,438,056 4,395,274
PAT 44,198 70,282 111,247 137,956 176,493 AUM 1,529,470 1,974,520 2,532,072 3,210,477 4,061,172
Growth (%) 59.0 58.3 24.0 27.9 RWA 1,289,570 1,588,032 2,327,707 3,199,004 4,175,014
Source: Company, Anand Rathi Research 62
BAF - Key Ratios
Key Ratios FY21 FY22 FY23e FY24e FY25e Du Pont Analysis (%) FY21 FY22 FY23e FY24e FY25e
NIM(%) 10.0 11.4 11.5 11.1 10.9 Operating Income 15.4 16.3 16.6 16.5 16.3
Cost to Income (%) 30.2 34.2 33.3 32.2 30.0
Interest Expense 5.7 5.1 5.4 5.6 5.6
Credit Cost (%) 4.1 2.9 1.5 1.6 1.6
Net interest income 9.8 11.1 11.3 10.9 10.7
ROA (%) 2.6 3.7 4.6 4.5 4.5
ROE(%) 12.8 17.4 23.0 23.3 24.0 Other Income 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
GNPA(%) 1.7 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 Total income 10.2 11.4 11.5 11.1 10.8
NNPA(%) 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 Operating expenses 3.1 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.3
RWA/Assets(x) 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8
of which salary 1.5 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.6
CRAR (%) 28.3 27.2 25.8 23.5 22.5
PPOP 7.1 7.5 7.6 7.5 7.6
Tier 1(%) 25.1 24.7 22.8 20.5 19.5
EPS (Rs) 73.5 116.5 183.8 227.2 289.7 Provisions 3.6 2.5 1.4 1.4 1.5
BVPS (Rs) 613.7 724.6 877.4 1,077.7 1,337.8 PBT 3.6 5.0 6.2 6.1 6.1
ABVPS (Rs) 604.8 714.2 864.1 1,060.4 1,315.5 Tax 0.9 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.6
Dividend Yield(%) 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4
ROA 2.6 3.7 4.6 4.5 4.5
P/E (x) 90.8 57.3 36.3 29.4 23.0
Equity Multiplier 4.9 4.8 5.0 5.2 5.3
P/B (x) 10.9 9.2 7.6 6.2 5.0
P/ABV (x) 11.0 9.3 7.7 6.3 5.1 ROE 12.8 17.4 23.0 23.3 24.0
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Initiating coverage
Rating: Buy
Target Price: 868
Current market price: 732
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CIFC - Investment Summary
Summary Chola is a well diversified NBFC which is upping it’s ante in digital and unsecured consumer finance. Chola emerged
unscathed from Covid despite a large proportion of SENP category borrowers on account of strong underwriting skills
and collection processes. Its vehicle finance book is well diversified with increasing focus on higher yielding assets. We
initiate coverage on the stock with a target price of Rs 870 . At our target price the stock will trade at 3.6xPBV, premium
to other NBFCs on account of its strong promoter group and sanguine understanding of vehicle finance.
Chola’s diversification from Asset Finance to MSME Finance to now Digital have been in a non- disruptive fashion with
Diversifying loan mix focus on total returns. Their ability to set up sound processes drives their scalability in each model. Despite Covid, Chola
and deepening has gained significant market share in Asset financing and LAP business over the past two years by deepening its branch
penetration penetration(1151 branches). Whilst Chola is geographically well diversified, western region has witnessed increased
disbursements (up 200 bps share to 22% from FY20). Within Asset finance, Chola expects HCVs and tractors to pick
up. We built in a loan CAGR of 21% over FY22-25,driven by improving prospects in HCV , LAP and new businesses.
Chola marked it’s entry into Consumer and Small Enterprise Loans (CSEL) business division to fuel its next phase of
Digital consumer credit growth in the unsecured consumer and SME ecosystem through and end-to-end digital lending platform. For this
is the next leg of growth purpose Chola also acquired Payswiff technologies. Chola intends to grow by tapping the fintech ecosystem and grow
its partnerships. Share in Disbursements from the new businesses has already touched 20%.Over the next three
years, digital lending would emerge as a meaningful growth area for Chola.
Best in class asset Chola emerged out of the pandemic unscathed a testament to its policies and systems. Chola did not witness any large
increase in credit costs, unlike other peers. With GS3 /NS3 of 3.8% and 2.3% we expect asset quality to remain benign
quality driven by strong going ahead . Capital adequacy of 18.4% is adequate for the 21% CAGR over FY22-24
processes 66
CIFC- Investment Summary
Valuation We pencil in a healthy 21% loan CAGR over FY22-25e driving 18% PPOP growth over the same period. We initiate
coverage on the stock with a Buy rating at a target price of Rs868 ,derived from our multistage DDM model.
Key Risks Increasing competition in Vehicle Finance space could impact the growth.
New business lines see higher than expected delinquencies
Y/E March (Rs mn) FY21 FY22 FY23e FY24e FY25e FY25e Bear Case Base Case Bull case
Net interest income 50,039 58,431 69,117 84,866 100,068 18% 20% 25%
Loan CAGR
NIM (%) 7.4 7.6 7.6 7.7 7.7 (FY22-25e)
PPOP 34,265 37,880 42,810 53,331 62,234 BVPS(FY25e) 229 244 259
PAT 15,214 21,589 23,660 29,505 35,305 PBV (Multiple) 1.0x 3.6x 5.8x
EPS (Rs.) 18.5 26.3 28.7 35.7 42.7
a. Lower loan a.Unsecured
BV (Rs.) 117.0 143.3 169.6 203.4 244.1 growth on lending growth
account of scales up faster.
P/E (x) 39.5 27.8 25.5 20.5 17.2
strong b.Yields will move
P/BV (x) 6.3 5.1 4.3 3.6 3.0 Catalyst competition up faster
Dividend yield (%) 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 b. Higher credit
cost led by
RoA (%) 2.2 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.7 unsecured
CRAR(%) 19.1 19.6 18.9 19.4 19.1 lending
2021-22
2016-20
2017 – NPA recognition moves to 90 days 2021 - Acquired Payswiff Tech
Setup of GaadiBazaar Dealer Platform Launched Consumer and Small Enterprise Loan
2019 - AUM crosses Rs 500bn Secured Business and Personal Loan.
2020- Maiden issue of Masala Bonds
2011-15
2006-10 2011- Launch Mobile App
2012 - Launched Tractor Business
2006-JV with DBS Bank 2013 - Launched HL business
2007- Launched Home Equity 2014- Launched CE Business.
2009- Exited Consumer Finance
2010 - Focus on Secured Business
ATS – 14 lakhs
Work through
Product Spectrum ATS – 45 lakhs Partnership model
in across vehicles
56% LTV
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LCV MUV HCV Used Vehicles Tractor CE 3 Wheeler & SCV Two Wheelers
CIFC - Disbursement mix evolving rapidly
Madhya Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Karnataka
Maharashtra
6% 5% Kerala 6%
10%
• Well diversified geographically - No state more than 10% 5%
Gujarat Telangana
• West and South see rise in disbursements at the cost of East zone 4% 4%
West Bengal
• Within Vehicle Finance, UVs, HCV and 2W gain share 5% Tamil Nadu
8% Haryana
Odisha Delhi 3%
6% 1%
Jharkhand Himachal Pradesh
3% Punjab 1%
Chattisgarh 2%
Rajasthan
6% Bihar Assam Uttarakhand 7%Uttar Pradesh
6% 4% 1% 7%
Disbursement breakup: West and South make headway VF disbursements –UVs,2W,HCV gain share
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40% 40%
20% 20%
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South North East West Tractor CE HCV LCV Car
3 Wheeler Older Vehicles Mini LCV MUV Two wheelers
Source: Company, Anand Rathi Research 73
CIFC - NIM and productivity trend
NIM for Chola expanded till Jun’22. However the latest quarter saw increasing rates catch-up with Chola .While NIM could remain soft near term, but could get
boosted by the new business engine over medium term. We built in stable NIM over FY23-25e.
While Cost-Income has increased, however it is being led by other expenses. This we believe is a combination of variable and tech investment that Chola is
undergoing. Proportion of salary has reduced in the Opex mix.
NIM declines in Q2, expected to remain steady Operating Expense Mix changing structurally
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7.5% 7.5% 4,000 34.0%
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7.2% 31.0%
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6.0% 1,000 28.0%
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PPOP as a percentage of RoA Credit Cost (RHS)
Adequately capitalized for growth
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Source: Company, Anand Rathi Research Tier 1 PCR (RHS) 75
CIFC - Financials
Income statement (Rs m) FY21 FY22 FY23e FY24e FY25e Balance Sheet (Rs m) FY21 FY22 FY23e FY24e FY25e
Net Interest Income 50,039 58,431 69,117 84,866 100,068 Share Capital 1,641 1,643 1,647 1,651 1,655
Other Equity 94,357 116,047 138,006 166,272 200,336
Growth (%) 16.8 18.3 22.8 17.9
Net Worth 95,998 117,690 139,652 167,923 201,990
Other Income 607 919 1,038 1,173 1,325
Borrowings 637,300 691,735 861,932 1,025,699 1,200,068
Total income 50,646 59,350 70,155 86,039 101,393 Growth (%) 8.5 24.6 19.0 17.0
Growth (%) 17.2 18.2 22.6 17.8 Other liabilities 13,144 15,355 19,879 25,842 33,595
Operating expenses 16,381 21,469 27,345 32,709 39,159 Total Liabilities 746,442 824,780 1,021,463 1,219,464 1,435,654
PAT 15,214 21,589 23,660 29,505 35,305 AUM 688,618 751,867 934,626 1,122,891 1,321,129
Growth (%) 41.9 9.6 24.7 19.7 RWA 619,325 715,366 880,468 1,058,786 1,251,684
GNPA(%) 3.5 6.2 5.3 4.8 4.4 Total income 7.3 7.6 7.6 7.7 7.6
NNPA(%) 2.3 4.9 4.1 3.6 3.2 Operating expenses 2.4 2.7 3.0 2.9 2.9
RWA/Assets(x) 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
of which salary 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3
CRAR (%) 19.1 19.6 18.9 19.4 19.1
PPOP 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.8 4.7
Tier 1(%) 15.2 16.5 15.9 15.9 161
EPS (Rs) 18.5 26.3 28.7 35.7 42.7 Provisions 2.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1
BVPS (Rs) 117.0 143.3 169.6 203.4 244.1 PBT 3.0 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.6
ABVPS (Rs) 107.8 121.2 146.7 179.5 218.9 Tax 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9
Dividend Yield(%) 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0
ROA 2.2 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.7
P/E (x) 39.5 27.8 25.5 20.5 17.2
Equity Multiplier 7.8 7.4 7.2 7.3 7.2
P/B (x) 6.3 5.1 4.3 3.6 3.0
P/ABV (x) 6.8 6.0 5.0 4.1 3.3 ROE 17.1 20.2 18.4 19.2 19.1
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Target Price: 278
Current market price: 229
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MMFS - Investment Summary
Summary Mahindra Finance is walking the path of transformation , from a cyclical model to a more predictable business
model . MMFS has cumulatively provided an astounding 13% of its AUM over the last three years, to cleanse its
book. For investor confidence and transparency, MMFS is now rolling out disclosures on its AUM and collection
efficiency, monthly. A Strong promoter group, processes reengineering and tightening of credit norms will drive a
31% PAT CAGR over FY22-25. We initiate coverage on the stock with a target price of Rs 278 . At our TP, the
stock will trade at 1.5x on FY25e BV.
Over the last 24 months , MMFS has reinforced its top management by bringing in credible professionals from top notch
Structural banks, in key executive positions like Chief Business Officer, Chief Risk Officer, CFO and Chief Digital officer. This we
Transformation believe has catalysed structural changes in process and policy and gear’s up MMFS for the next leg of growth. Our
underway channel checks suggest improved focus and rigour in execution at the ground level . An improved focus and Rural
tailwinds will drive a 19% loan CAGR over FY22-24,compared to a consolidating balance sheet between FY20-22.
Product mix widening, New product launches by parent entity in both SUV and tractors should drive growth and support yields. With an eye
on the more premium customer base, MMFS will compensate the lower yields with better credit cost. MMFS’s well
Risk adjusted NIM to diversified funding mix and a CoF at 6.6% ,is comparable to peers. As a result we expect risk adjusted NIM to
improve improve by 200 bps to 7% by FY25e.
MMFS was one of the most impacted NBFCs in terms of its asset quality with GS3/NS3 at 15.5% and 7.8% at the peak.
Asset quality issues have Since then , MMFS has improved its asset quality consistently over the last 18 months, with MMFS having provided
peaked out nearly 13% (FY22 loans), over FY20-22.The latest trend in collection efficiencies paints a stable picture. We expect
asset quality to improve going ahead and build in a more predictable credit cost of 2% over FY23-25, with focus on
higher quality customers. 80
MMFS - Investment Summary
Valuation We pencil in a healthy 19% loan CAGR over FY22-25e driving 31% PAT growth over the same period. We initiate
coverage on the stock with a Buy rating at a target price of Rs278, derived from our multistage DDM model.
Key Risks 1) CXO level exits could derail our story of structural growth change.
2) Rising competition could impact margins…
Y/E March (Rs mn) FY21 FY22 FY23e FY24e FY25e FY25e Bear Case Base Case Bull case
Net interest income 66,926 68,489 75,104 88,918 104,533
Loan CAGR
NIM (%) 8.2 8.3 8.6 8.9 9.0 12% 17% 20%
(FY22-25e)
PPOP 46,648 41,742 39,305 46,347 54,897
BVPS(FY25e) 172 185 194
PAT 5,123 10,847 17,317 21,008 25,090
EPS (Rs.) 6.0 9.0 14.0 17.0 20.3 PBV (Multiple) 0.9x 1.8x 3.3x
BV (Rs.) 128.9 138.2 150.2 166.1 185.3 a) Rural headwinds
a)Increase in share
P/E (x) 38.1 25.5 16.3 13.5 11.3 can impact loan
of higher yielding
growth and asset
P/BV (x) 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.2 loans due to rural
Catalyst quality
Dividend yield (%) - - 1.7 2.0 2.2 tailwinds
b)Increasing
RoA (%) 0.3 1.3 1.9 2.0 2.1 b)Strong recovery in
competition would
w/off assets
CRAR(%) 26.0 27.8 28.8 27.8 26.9 impact NIM
Source: Company, Anand Rathi Research 81
MMFS – Transformation starts at the Top
Group Momentum to Rub off Goals for 2025
Post changes at the group level , where Dr Anish Shah was brought in as MD, Mahindra and
Mahindra, both the parent and several group subsidiaries have started delivering on
growth and outperformed indices.
We believe MMFS has built a credible top management team with a strong succession plan . This
will catalyze product innovation, digital adoption and improve customer segmentation and
eventually lead to the goals set for 2025.
MD-Mahindra
Insurance
CTO
COO
CRO
CFO
Rebello Karve Mittal Kapoor Seshadri
CRO
CTO
CFO
MD-Mahindra Insurance
experience with Axis Accountant (1994), a 23 years of extensive Mahindra Group in Mahindra Insurance
Bank , specializing in Cost Accountant experience in risk October 2020 from DBS Brokers Ltd in Feb’21 ,
Rural and Agri finance. (1993). Prior to joining management across Bank where he was He was the President
He led key businesses MMFS, he was Group key private sector the head of and COO for
including Rural CFO of Marico banks of the country. Technology Cholamandalam MS
Lending, Farmer She has held key Risk optimization and head General Insurance Co.
Funding, Gold Loans, and Regulatory of Asia Hub at Ltd .
MSME lending, positions with HDFC Hyderabad, bank’s first
Commodity Loans, Bank, ICICI Bank and technology
Tractor & Farm IndusInd Bank development center
Equipment Lending, outside Singapore.
Agri-Value chain.
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Auto/Utility Tractors Cars CV & CE Pre-owned Vehicles & Others SME
AUM Growth yoy NII growth yoy (RHS)
Product Mix; Emphasis on higher quality customers
1,20,000
After a period of consolidation in FY20 and FY21, MMFS is back to the
1,00,000
growth ways with a differentiated strategy.
80,000
Focus is to leverage on parent’s premium segment customers. The
60,000
bottom tail of customers will get filtered out.
40,000
20,000
45%+ of MMFS’s vehicles financed are Mahindra Cars.
0 Change in strategy, focussed management and rural tailwinds should
drive a 19% loan growth over FY22-25e.
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Auto/ Utility vehicles Tractors Cars CV and CE Used Vehicles SME & Others
84
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MMFS –Higher NIM and cost -income
North and South gain traction in disbursements NIM improves despite lower share of high yield assets
100% 7.0% 9.0%
80% 6.0%
8.0%
5.0%
60%
4.0% 7.0%
40%
3.0% 6.0%
20% 2.0%
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0% 1.0%
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East North South West Central
Int Exp/Assets(Reported) NIM (RHS)
Up fronting of tech and people costs
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
MMFS is lagging on its cost side on account of up-fronting of costs in tech ,
30.0% branch, and people . With a higher growth in FY24/25, operating leverage
20.0% should start kicking in and cost-income should remain stable..
10.0%
0.0%
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GNPA NNPA Contracts under NPA Repossesed Assets (RHS)
High capital adequacy and adequate coverage
70.0% 25.0%
Post peaking out in Jun’21, GNPA and NNPA have consistently
62.0% 23.0%
improved.
54.0% 21.0%
Number of live contracts in NPA have also declined.
46.0% 19.0%
38.0% 17.0% At more than 20% ,capital is no challenge for MMFS.
30.0% 15.0%
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Net Interest Income 66,926 68,489 75,104 88,918 104,533 Share Capital 2,464 2,466 2,468 2,470 2,472
Other Equity 155,300 166,497 182,827 202,724 226,578
Growth (%) 2.3 9.7 18.4 17.6
Net Worth 157,764 168,963 185,295 205,194 229,050
Other Income 1,703 1,343 1,517 1,715 1,938
Borrowings 683,837 650,005 748,079 861,360 1,007,791
Total income 68,629 69,831 76,621 90,633 106,470 Growth (%) -4.9% 15.1% 15.1% 17.0%
Growth (%) 1.8 9.7 18.3 17.5 Other liabilities 14,270 18,843 22,656 29,452 38,288
Operating expenses 21,981 28,089 37,317 44,286 51,573 Total Liabilities 855,871 837,811 956,030 1,096,006 1,275,129
P/ABV (x) 2.1 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.4 ROE 2.0 6.5 9.7 10.8 11.6
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Rating: Buy
Target Price: 396
Current market price: 308
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PFL - Investment Summary
Summary Poonawalla Fincorp (PFL, erstwhile Magma Fincorp) has witnessed, perhaps, one of the fastest successful turnarounds
in the BFSI sector. A strong promoter led takeover is driving processes, technology and cost of funds improvement at the
NBFC. With digital at its core for the new management, we expect a robust growth, competitive cost of funds and benign
asset quality to drive PFL in its next leg of growth. We initiate coverage with a target price of Rs 396, valuing it at 3.7x
FY25e PBV derived using multistage DDM method.
Post takeover of erstwhile Magma Fincorp by Poonawalla group in Q4FY21, a major structural overhaul in management,
Transformation strategy, processes and technology has been implemented. Pre-takeover, the focus for the NBFC was agri/commercial
from a fringe to loans to SENP customers in semi-urban/rural areas . However, PFL now focuses on granular retail and MSME finance
frontline products like pre-owned cars, PL, BL, LAP, predominately in urban markets, led by technology. Further, PFL intends to
introduce products like credit/EMI card, consumer finance etc.) PFL has already attained leadership on monthly
disbursement basis in three product categories – Business Loans, Pre-Owned Cars and Loans to Professionals. A best in
class cost of funds and a strong capital base (45% CRAR) will buoy consol AUM growth CAGR of 30% over FY23-FY25e.
Low CoF and tech A strong promoter has fueled a sharp decline in cost of funds (down ~250 bps post takeover) for PFL in 18 months. A
healthy balance sheet combined with a competitive CoF (7.1% in Sep’22) allows PFL to compete with larger NBFCs
fuels customer mix to and banks. Pre-acquisition, PFL was a DSA heavy model with high opex and prone to cyclical downturns. However
premium under the new avatar, PFL’s spending on tech has been comparable to best in FY20 and FY21. We believe a competitive
CoF and superior customer experience will allow PFL to build a premium customer franchisee.
Conservative PFL has developed conservative underwriting practices along with strong risk management which resulted in 60+ DPD
underwriting standards of sub 0.4% for the entire book (focused book) which originated over the last 15 months, including Covid period. Our
to keep credit cost channel checks also suggests underwriting is prioritized over growth. Ahead, we expect credit cost to remain benign at
1.5% of advance over FY24/25e
benign 91
PFL - Investment Summary
Valuation PFL has the ability to grow its AUM at 30%+ with a sustainable RoAs of 3%+ in the medium to long run. With
strong parentage, it has the resources to sharply gain market share. We initiate coverage on the stock with a Buy
rating at a TP of Rs396 on its FY25e book.
Key Risks Execution risk – the new management has come from different org. across the financial services. Different
backgrounds could be a impediment in the management team working as a cohesive unit.
Higher slippages from the unseasoned book
Financial Summary
Y/E March (Rs mn) FY21 FY22 FY23e FY24e FY25e FY25e Bear Case Base Case Bull case
Net interest income 10,652 11,943 18,201 24,755 32,506
Loan CAGR
NIM (%) 7.0 7.8 9.5 9.8 9.7 17% 30% 45%
(FY22-25e)
PPOP 6,937 5,677 8,259 12,364 17,780
BVPS(FY25e) 94 106 125
PAT (5,644) 3,739 5,896 7,856 10,384
EPS (Rs.) (20.7) 4.9 7.7 10.3 13.6 PBV (Multiple) 2.0x 3.7x 5.0x
BV (Rs.) 81.4 79.2 86.1 94.9 105.8 1) Delay in pickup Sharp pickup in
P/E (x) (14.7) 62.9 39.9 30.0 22.7 of Consumer Consumer Finance
P/BV (x) Finance business business and MSME
3.8 3.9 3.6 3.2 2.9
Catalyst 2) Higher credit cost business, driving
Dividend yield (%) - 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.9 on account of growth and yields
RoA (%) (4.0) 2.5 3.1 3.2 3.3 adverse impact on higher
CRAR(%) 20.3 49.1 38.5 31.6 25.8 MSME sector
Source: Company, Anand Rathi Research 92
PFL - Transformation from Fringe to Frontline
Pre-takeover Post-takeover
Dec’20 Sep’22
Affordable LAP Digital Loans to Profession Medical Equipment Loan EMI Card
Auto Lease Digital SME LAP Supply Chain Finance Supply Chain Finance
Amongst its existing products, PFL has already attained leadership on monthly disbursement basis in three product categories –
Business Loans, Pre-Owned Cars and Loans to Professionals.
36,250
1,70,150
30,000 1,40,000
1,53,790
25,000 1,20,000
1,36,050
27,380
12,850
1,00,000
11,720
20,000
1,16,020
1,09,000
21,640
43,750
15,000 80,000
36,260
6,980
29,740
60,000
22,810
10,000 15,430
3,020
15,450
12,950
40,000
960
5,000
0 20,000
0
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Organic Acquired
Focused Discontinued
Sharpest turnaround in CoF in an NBFC Leading to highest ever ROA for Poonawalla
10% 9.50% 9.50% 9.80% 4.0% 3.40% 3.60%
10% 9.10% 3.5% 3.10%
9.56% 8.80% 2.60%
9% 3.0% 2.50%
9% 7.90% 9.05% 2.5% 1.80%
8% 2.0% 1.40% 1.38% 1.49%
1.10% 1.20% 1.30%
8% 8.03% 1.5%
7% 7.41% 1.0%
7% 6.92% 7.12% 0.5%
6% 0.0%
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Gross Stage -3 Ratio Stage -3 PCR (RHS) Gross Stage -2 Ratio Stage -2 PCR (RHS)
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Abhay Bhutada MD & CEO Previously worked for Bank of India & then started his loan consulting business (TAB Capital)
Sanjay Miranka CFO Last role was with Aditya Birla Finance as head of capital markets and later as CFO
Previously worked in various lending functions in ICICI Bank, Standard Chartered, GE, Cholamandalam, Reliance &
Manish Choudhari President & Chief of Staff
Magma.
Has been associated with companies like Standard Chartered, Barclays Bank, GECIS, LG & Blue Star. Was last
Ankur Kapoor COO
associated with Aditya Birla Finance as head of operations & customer service.
Vineet Tripathi CBO Prior to joining PFL, has worked players like Tata Capital, Citigroup & Bandhan Bank.
Anup Agarwal Chief Internal Auditor Known for his work with SBI, Kotak Mahindra Bank & Citibank across multiple divisions.
Manoj Gujaran Chief Compliance Officer Was previously the company secretary of IIFL Wealth Finance Ltd.
Has rich experience in tech implementation with marquee companies like Sundaram Finance, Polaris Software Labs,
Kandarp Kant CTO
Citi & Oracle.
Rajendra Tathare CRO In his last role, he was head of credit underwriting for loan products with Fullerton India Credit Company.
Over the past 16 years in Magma, he has been instrumental in developing the Company’s operations across India.
Mahender Bagrodia Head – Collections
Currently, his role involves collections management.
Net Interest Income Share Capital 539 1,530 1,530 1,530 1,530
10,652 11,943 18,201 24,755 32,506
Other Equity 21,404 59,030 64,358 71,062 79,402
Growth (%) 12.1 52.4 36.0 31.3
Net Worth 21,943 60,560 65,887 72,592 80,932
Other Income 1,868 1,305 1,567 1,880 2,256 Borrowings 104,330 99,088 138,724 194,213 269,956
Total income 12,520 13,249 19,767 26,634 34,761 Growth (%) -5.0 40.0 40.0 39.0
Growth (%) 5.8 49.2 34.7 30.5 Other liabilities 5,848 4,779 6,396 8,631 11,654
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BFSI
Initiating coverage
Rating: Buy
Target Price: 106
Current market price: 91
101
L&TFH - Investment Summary
Summary We appreciate L&T Finance’s successful attempt at reorienting its balance sheet more in favour of retail finance, now at
51% vs 26% in FY16 and intend to sell off non core assets. Over the next three years, L&T Finance targets to further
increase share of granular loans to three fourths of its book. In terms of simplification, L&T Finance has now rationalized
its businesses from 22 to 10 and reduced number of operating entities to two, down from seven. A marked improvement
in asset quality, tech driven retail franchisee and simpler operating structure will drive earnings CAGR of 38% over
FY22-25.We initiate coverage on the stock with a target price of Rs 106 . At our target price the stock will trade at
1.1xPBV FY25.
L&T Finance has reoriented its positioning from an all-in-one diversified NBFC(closer to a Bank structure) to a retail
Reorientation to focused lender. Share of granular loans has now increased to more than 51% compared to 26% in FY26. At present retail
retail products comprise of vehicle finance, MFI and affordable housing loans.. L&T Finance has launched several products in
using tech the farmer ecosystem ,consumption and SME ecosystem. In FY22, L&T Finance has spent on tech ahead of its peers at
3% of PPOP and 21 bps of Gross assets. We believe that the tech journey of L&T Finance is credible and should bring in
efficiencies over time. Share of retail will cross 75% by FY25 in overall loan mix.
Simplification of L&T Finance in its second cycle has simplified its corporate structure and business model both. It has exited
unfocussed business line items, has stopped growth in real estate vertical, follows an asset light approach in
structure to improve renewables and now has consolidated all the different lending arms in 2 entities. A leaner structure will help L&T
focus on retail Finance run faster in retail. We expect retail loan CAGR of 25% over the next two years vs overall AUM growth of 8%
Improvement in Asset Asset quality has improved with GNPA peaking at 6% in FY22. Collection efficiencies remain above 95% in all retail
quality, buffer from product lines except farmer finance. While the potential stress in real estate book remains, we expect profits from sale of
sale of non core assets non-core assets(Rs 23bn) to be utilized judiciously. We built in a lower credit cost of 2.5% over FY22-25.
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L&TFH - Investment Summary
Valuation We pencil in a high 25% retail loan CAGR over FY22-25e.Overall loan growth could be muted on account of
rundown in infra and real estate book. We initiate coverage on the stock with a Buy rating on undemanding
valuations at a target price of Rs106. At our TP, the stock will trade at 1.1x FY25e BV.
Y/E March (Rs mn) FY21 FY22 FY23e FY24e FY25e FY25e Bear Case Base Case Bull case
Net interest income 61,402 61,758 67,975 74,427 83,273
Loan CAGR
NIM (%) 5.8 6.0 6.4 6.6 6.9 5% 7% 10%
(FY22-25e)
PPOP 46,714 43,060 69,370 49,180 54,184 BVPS(FY25e) 94 102 110
PAT 7,382 8,491 19,312 17,565 22,289
EPS (Rs.) PBV (Multiple) 0.6x 1.6x 3.4x
3.0 3.4 7.8 7.1 9.0
BV (Rs.) 76.0 80.6 87.9 94.4 102.4
P/E (x) 30.5 26.6 11.7 12.9 10.1 Retail credit Faster than
P/BV (x) 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 growth is expected retail
Catalyst slower than credit growth and
Dividend yield (%) 1.9 0.5 0.5 0.7 1.1
expected wholesale book
RoA (%) 0.3 0.8 1.8 1.5 1.8 also picking up.
CRAR(%) 23.8 22.9 24.3 23.6 23.1
Source: Company, Anand Rathi Research 103
L&TFH - Reorienting the NBFC towards Lakshya 2026
L&T Finance has reduced the line of products from 22 in FY16 and
Focus on businesses brought it down to 10.
with inherent
strengths Share of defocused business has now reduced to under 10%.
Huge focus on being tech first. Tech costs as % of Sale of L&T MF consummated
PPOP match BAF.
Channel penetration
1600 Branches 2000+ Dealerships 5000+ Dealerships 1000+ channel
partners App driven, cross sell
Farmer ecosystem,
New products and
Rural Business Consumer loan, SENP,BL,OD and Flexi Partnerships and cross
Ecosystem, Micro LAP, Warehouse Finance,
cross-sell Pre approved Loans OD sells
Pragati, Top up loans,
FY21
FY22
% of Assets (bps) % of PPOP
Collections + + + √ √
Employee/
App used by Employee Customer
Customer
0 0
FY16
FY17
FY18
Fy19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY20
FY21
FY22
Retail Wholesale Defocussed Farm 2W Micro loans Consumer loans Retail Housing and LAP Others
Retail Disbursement growth picks up
1,60,000
1,40,000
1,20,000
1,00,000
80,000
60,000
40,000
20,000
0
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2QFY23
Source: Company, Anand Rathi Research
Retail Disbursements Wholesale Disbursement 107
L&TFH - High tech investments, diversified liability mix
Better cost of funds supports NIM Liability mix chart - Well diversified mix
8.5% 7.5%
8.0% 100%
7.0%
7.5% 80%
6.5%
7.0%
6.5% 6.0% 60%
6.0% 5.5%
5.5% 40%
5.0%
5.0% 20%
4.5% 4.5%
4.0% 4.0% 0%
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CoF(Calc) NIM (RHS) Bank Loan NCD Pvt Retail NCD CP ECB Others
Cost-Income has risen steadily impacting PPOP
5.5% 40%
5.0% 35%
4.5% 30%
4.0% 25%
3.5% 20%
3.0% 15%
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2QFY23
PPOP as a percentage of AUM Cost-Income (RHS)
Source: Company, Anand Rathi Research 108
L&TFH - Improvement in Asset quality
Asset quality improvement Credit cost comes off, adequate capital adequacy
8.00% 6.0% 21%
7.00% 5.0% 20%
6.00% 4.0% 19%
5.00%
4.00% 3.0% 18%
3.00% 2.0% 17%
2.00% 1.0% 16%
1.00%
0.00% 0.0% 15%
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4QFY21
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GNPA NNPA Credit Cost Tier 1 (RHS)
100.0%
95.0%
90.0%
85.0%
1QFY22
2QFY22
3QFY22
4QFY22
1QFY23
2QFY23
Rural Business Finance & Micro Finance Farmer Finance
Two-Wheeler Retail Housing 109
Source: Company, Anand Rathi Research Consumer Loans
L&TFH - Financials
Income statement (Rs m) FY21 FY22 FY23e FY24e FY25e Balance Sheet (Rs m) FY21 FY22 FY23e FY24e FY25e
Net Interest Income 61,402 61,758 67,975 74,427 83,273 Share Capital 24,695 24,740 24,744 24,748 24,752
Other Equity 163,038 174,737 192,811 208,891 228,705
Growth (%) 0.6 10.1 9.5 11.9
Net Worth 187,732 199,477 217,556 233,640 253,458
Other Income 4,005 3,939 28,026* 5,199 5,719
Borrowings 885,558 852,012 892,061 945,147 1,020,759
Total income 65,407 65,696 96,001 79,625 88,992 Growth (%) -3.8 4.7 6.0 8.0
Growth (%) 0.4 46.1 -17.1 11.8 Other liabilities 16,178 17,315 20,171 26,222 34,089
Total Liabilities 1,089,468 1,068,804 1,129,788 1,205,009 1,308,306
Operating expenses 18,693 22,636 26,631 30,445 34,808
Salary 9,381 10,948 13,029 14,983 17,230
Cash & Cash Equivalents 84,270 79,704 88,417 88,189 99,321
PPOP 46,714 43,060 69,370 49,180 54,184 Investments 91,994 122,411 129,756 138,839 149,946
PPOP Growth (%) -7.8 61.1 -29.1 10.2 Advances 870,583 825,065 874,569 935,789 1,010,652
Growth (%) -5.2 6.0 7.0 8.0
Provisions 36,357 30,833 41,543 23,871 24,145
Other assets 42,621 41,623 37,046 42,192 48,387
PBT 10,357 12,227 27,827 25,309 30,039 Total Assets 1,089,468 1,068,804 1,129,788 1,205,009 1,308,306
Tax 5,231 3,736 8,515 7,745 7,750
PAT 7,382 8,491 19,312 17,565 22,289 AUM 940,140 883,400 916,491 975,058 1,040,298
Growth (%) 15.0 127.4 -9.0 26.9 RWA 788,790 871,840 934,022 1,031,643 1,148,992
*Non recurring gains on sale of Mutual fund business 110
Source: Company, Anand Rathi Research
L&TFH - Key Ratios
Key Ratios FY21 FY22 FY23e FY24e FY25e Du Pont Analysis (%) FY21 FY22 FY23e FY24e FY25e
NIM(%) 5.8 6.0 6.4 6.6 6.9 Operating Income 12.2 11.1 11.6 11.9 12.2
Cost to Income (%) 28.6 34.5 27.7 38.2 39.1
Interest Expense 6.6 5.3 5.4 5.6 5.5
Credit Cost (%) 4.1 3.6 4.9 2.6 2.5
Net interest income 5.6 5.7 6.2 6.4 6.6
ROA (%) 0.3 0.8 1.8 1.5 1.8
ROE(%) 1.7 4.4 9.3 7.8 9.2 Other Income 0.4 0.4 2.5 0.4 0.5
GNPA(%) 2.7 5.6 4.9 4.9 4.9 Total income 6.0 6.1 8.7 6.8 7.1
NNPA(%) 1.7 4.4 3.1 2.8 2.7 Operating expenses 1.7 2.1 2.4 2.6 2.8
RWA/Assets(x) 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9
of which salary 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.4 6.8
CRAR (%) 23.8 22.9 24.3 23.6 23.1
PPOP 4.3 4.0 6.3 4.2 4.3
Tier 1(%) 18.8 19.7 23.3 22.6 22.1
EPS (Rs) 3.0 3.4 7.8 7.1 9.0 Provisions 3.3 2.9 3.8 2.0 1.9
BVPS (Rs) 76.0 80.6 87.9 94.4 102.4 PBT 0.9 1.1 2.5 2.2 2.4
ABVPS (Rs) 69.9 66.0 77.1 83.9 91.4 Tax 0.7 0.3 0.8 0.7 0.6
Dividend Yield(%) 1.9 0.5 0.5 0.7 1.1
ROA 0.3 0.8 1.8 1.5 1.8
P/E (x) 30.5 26.6 11.7 12.9 10.1
P/B (x) Equity Multiplier 6.5 5.6 5.3 5.2 5.2
1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9
P/ABV (x) 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.0 ROE 1.7 4.4 9.3 7.8 9.2
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BFSI
Re-initiating coverage
Rating: Sell
Target Price: 779
Current market price: 837
113
SBIC - Investment Summary
Summary With advent of alternative products like BNPL, decreasing revolver’s share and heating up competition, we expect yields
to remain muted and marketing costs to increase. However non-balance sheet linked fee income will drive earnings CAGR
of 20% over FY22-FY25e. We re-initiate coverage on the stock with a ‘SELL’ rating and a TP of Rs 779 .At out TP, the
stock will trade at ~4.8 x FY25 P/B and 24 x FY25 P/E
We believe that the realistic credit card TAM has not increased significantly (beyond ‘stated income’ borrowers) due to
Realistic TAM not lack of innovation in the credit cards business. Credit card outstanding loans in its entirety has grown ~27%/~70% vs
very high, consumer durable loans which shot up faster at ~61%/~395% over the last 1/3 years . Non linear growth in the UPI
alternative products transactions, BNPL and consumer durable loans segment is driving a double whammy namely; a) restricting the revolver
component; and b)a reduction in asset yields. While SBIC is the second largest credit card issuer in the country, if we
restrict tear away consider BAF EMI cards( a partial substitute), the market share drops significantly. With other banks turning aggressive
growth and regulatory headwinds (NBFCs to be allowed to issue credit cards), market share could peak soon. The high
competitive intensity has already brought its yields on average advances to a historical quarter low of 17.3% as on Sep’22
and we expect it to drop to 17% levels by FY25e.
Low revolve rates a The share of revolvers has declined to 24% in Sep’22 vs 40% in Mar’20. They are not going to be anywhere near the
industry wide latter levels in the near future and is an industry wide phenomenon . With increasing competition, the yields on
phenomenon revolvers have potential to decline further. We build in a 24% Pre provisioning profit (PPOP) CAGR over FY22-25e.
Non-Interest Income Non-interest income consists majorly of fee based income, the driver for which is principally spends growth. We expect
to buoy earnings SBIC spends to grow at robust pace of ~38% CAGR over FY23e-FY25e and shall drive earnings. As on FY22 this
income comprises ~49% of revenue from operations and we forecast it to go upwards to ~52% by FY25e.
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Valuation We pencil in a lower revolver rate to continue and competition from alternative products to keep yields at 17.4%
for FY23e. We expect spend based fees to form a larger share of earnings pie, going ahead. We initiate coverage
on the stock with a SELL rating with a target price of Rs779. At our TP, the stock will trade at 4.8x FY25e BV &
24x FY25e EPS, based on residual income model.
Key Risks Regulator does not grant Credit card license to NBFCs and Fintechs.
Status quo on MDR fees .
Higher than expected share of revolvers.
Y/E March (Rs mn) FY21 FY22 FY23e FY24e FY25e FY25e Bear Case Base Case Bull case
Net interest income 39,033 38,387 45,478 59,542 76,460 Net operating 21% 30% 37%
NIM (%) 16.1% 13.3% 11.5% 11.3% 11.2% income CAGR
PPOP (FY22-25e)
39,623 44,280 53,042 65,540 83,524
PAT EPS (FY25e) 21 33.7 40
9,845 16,161 21,254 27,040 32,041
EPS (Rs.) 10.5 17.2 22.4 28.5 33.7 ROE (FY25e) 18% 21% 27%
BV (Rs.) 67.0 82.2 103.7 130.9 162.9 PE (Multiple) 20x 24x 30.0x
P/E (x) 80.0 48.8 37.2 29.2 24.6 1) Lower MDR fees 1)Status quo on
P/BV (x) 12.5 10.2 8.1 6.4 5.1 2)Strong MDR fees
competition from 2) Higher mix of
Dividend yield (%) 13.1 10.5 8.3 6.5 5.2 Catalyst Fintech+ NBFC revolvers
RoA (%) 3.8% 5.2% 5.2% 5.0% 4.6%
CRAR(%) 24.8% 23.8% 21.9% 21.8% 21.1%
Source: RBI, Company, Anand Rathi Research 115
SBIC - Alternate Products restrict tearaway growth
Stated income individuals outgrowing CIF
(No mn)
Lack of innovation & alternatives gaining fame; The payments and credit 70
industry is seeing a lot of innovation recently with alternative payment instruments 60
becoming popular among millennials and the non-credit cards customer base. The 50
innovation coupled with the UPI success story poses risk to the credit card penetration 40
as multiple alternatives are available in today’s world even for a new to credit (NTC) 30
customer. The rate of adoption of BNPL & EMI cards in the last four years is 20
significantly higher in comparison to credit cards. 10
0
FY18
FY19
FY20
CIF Individual income tax returns
(No mn) Partial Substitutes to Cards - Grow faster (No mn)
80 940 PPOP growth will lag spends growth
100%
70 910 80%
60 880 60%
50 850 40%
40 820 20%
30 790 0%
20 760 -20%
10 730 -40%
0 700
4QFY21
1QFY22
2QFY22
3QFY22
4QFY22
1QFY23
2QFY23
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
Credit Cards BAF EMI Debit Cards (RHS) Spends YoY growth NII YoY growth
Source: RBI, Company, Anand Rathi Research Advances YoY growth PPoP YoY growth 116
SBIC - UPI volume growing much faster than credit cards
UPI volumes & value growing multifold UPI catering to lower ticket sizes while credit card target
(Rsm) (Nos.) more premium spends
1,50,00,000 8,000
ATS/transaction/month Credit Cards UPI
6,000
1,00,00,000
Mar-19 3,556 1,669
4,000
50,00,000 Mar-20 3,086 1,656
2,000 Mar-21 3,836 1,848
0 0 Mar-22 4,787 1,777
Mar-19 Mar-20 Mar-21 Mar-22 Oct-22
Oct-22 5,049 1,658
Credit Card Values UPI Values Credit Card volume (RHS) UPI Volumes (RHS)
CIF - Others gaining share, AMEX is back, HDFCB getting aggressive Credit card spends market share
Others American Express Others
American Express HDFC Bank Citi Bank 2% 8%
2% 13% 21% 4% HDFC Bank
Citi Bank
IndusInd Bank 29%
3%
IndusInd Bank 6%
3% RBL Bank
RBL Bank 4%
5% Kotak Mahindra
Kotak Mahindra Bank
Bank State Bank of India 3%
6% 19% Axis Bank
9%
Axis Bank ICICI Bank ICICI Bank State Bank of India
11% 17% 17% 18% 117
Source: RBI,Company, Anand Rathi Research
SBIC - Threat from substitutes - CC vs BNPL vs EMI card
Consumer point&ofsubstitutes
Credit card view Credit Cards BNPL EMI Cards
Repayment options Minimum amount due + interest No Cost EMI + interest on late payment No Cost EMIs
Use cases Almost everywhere (PoS, online, UPI) Select retailers (PoS, online) Partner stores across 3000+ cities
OTP based online, Tap-and-Pay, QR code scan- OTP based swipe & online
Process OTP based swipe & online, Tap-and-Pay
and-pay
Interest free period 50 days Subjective to product (can go up to 48 months) No interest, only fees
Interest cost Up to 48% Up to 24% No cost EMIs
Cashback, reward points, air miles, lounge
Benefits No such benefits No such benefits
access, etc.
Individuals older than 18 years with a Not mandatory to have credit history.
Eligibility Individual between the age of 21-65 years with a
regular income can apply. Credit rating is Individual between the age of 18-55 years can
regular income can apply. Credit rating is essential.
essential. apply.
• KYC documents • KYC documents
• Cancelled cheque • Bank account • Cancelled cheque
Documentation
• Passport size photograph • KYC documents • Passport size photograph
• Income proof, etc. • Signed ECS mandate
Regulator open to let NBFCs in credit card business; As per the “RBI Master Direction – Credit Card and Debit Card – Issuance and Conduct Directions, 2022” NBFCs shall not
undertake credit card business without prior approval of the RBI which as per our interpretation is that they can issue credit cards independently if they secure the regulator’s nod. This hints
at the possibility of allowing NBFCs to undertake credit card business with a pre-requisite of having a minimum NOF of Rs 1 bn. This will pose as risk to the market share of SBIC paving the
way for increased competition including NBFCs.
Source: RBI, Company, Anand Rathi Research
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SBIC – Yields decline on lower revolver share
Yields & NIMs on a downward trend Transactors and EMI eat into revolver’s share
22% 20.5% 100%
19.8% 19.4%
20% 19.1%
18.2% 17.8% 80%
17.4% 17.3%
18%
15.4% 15.4% 60%
16% 14.5% 14.3%
13.6% 13.0% 40%
14% 12.8%
12.1%
12% 20%
10% 0%
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Yield on Advances NIMs Revovlers EMIs Transactors RBI RE
Non-interest income to anchor earnings
Non
100% (Rsm) Cards spends will continue to grow robustly
60,00,000 80.0%
80%
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60% 40,00,000
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Net Interest Income Fee income Others
Spends Growth (RHS)
Source: RBI, Company, Anand Rathi Research Source: RBI, Company, Anand Rathi Research 120
SBIC - Financial Review
Cost to income ratio increasing Break up of fee income
62% 60.5% 60.0% 100%
59.1% 59.4%
60% 80%
58% 56.7% 57.4% 56.3%
60%
56%
54% 40%
52.6%
52% 20%
50% 0%
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2QFY23
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2QFY22
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4QFY22
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2QFY23
Cost to income ratio Subscription based Spends based Instance based
Asset quality improves, PCR sufficient CRAR drops sharply in 2Q on high asset growth
6.0% 90.0% 28%
26.1%
80.0% 26% 24.8% 25.0% 24.7%
5.0% 24.2% 23.8%
70.0% 23.7% 23.2%
4.0% 60.0% 24%
50.0% 22%
3.0% 22.6%
40.0%
20% 21.8% 21.3% 21.5%
2.0% 30.0% 20.9% 21.0%
20.0% 19.8% 20.2%
1.0% 18%
10.0%
0.0% 0.0% 16%
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4QFY21
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2QFY22
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2QFY23
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2QFY22
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2QFY23
Interest income Cash and cash equivalents 7,201 11,064 26,743 35,016 33,012
49,467 48,660 62,742 82,311 106,178
Receivables 815 1,685 1,882 2,058 2,124
Interest expenses 10,434 10,273 17,263 22,770 29,717 Loans 234,591 301,873 419,294 537,815 711,333
Net Interest Income (NII) 39,033 38,387 45,478 59,542 76,460 Other financial assets 1,949 2,133 2,560 3,072 3,686
Growth % 10% -2% 18% 31% 28% Property plant and equipment 565 392 431 474 498
Non -interest income Intangible assets 897 1,164 1,397 1,676 1,928
47,669 64,355 88,210 111,034 148,894
Right-of-use Assets 1,620 2,839 2,980 3,129 3,286
Fee income 39,077 52,266 72,678 94,481 127,549 Other non Financial assets 8,338 9,623 4,342 4,194 5,600
Net Operating income 86,702 102,742 133,688 170,576 225,354 Total Assets 270,129 346,484 478,174 610,041 788,132
Operating expenses 47,079 58,462 80,647 105,036 141,830 Payables 8,927 11,277 16,211 16,780 24,968
PPOP Debt Securities 59,329 71,063 101,126 129,711 171,560
39,623 44,280 53,042 65,540 83,524
Borrowings 106,635 146,801 208,904 267,954 354,405
Provisions and contingencies 26,386 22,558 23,438 28,713 39,348 Subordinated Liabilities 12,983 11,960 17,020 21,831 28,874
PBT 13,237 21,722 29,604 36,827 44,176 Other financial liabilities 8,761 15,727 25,163 37,745 41,519
Effective tax rate 26% 26% 28% 27% 27% Provisions 4,097 4,774 3,819 3,896 4,090
Other non financial liabilities 6,376 7,355 8,091 8,657 9,090
Tax 3,392 5,560 8,350 9,786 12,135
Total Liabilities 207,108 268,957 380,333 486,572 634,506
PAT 9,845 16,161 21,254 27,040 32,041 Net worth 63,020 77,527 97,840 123,468 153,626
Growth % -21% 64% 32% 27% 18% Total Liabilities and Equity 270,129 346,484 478,174 610,041 788,132
EPS(Rs) 10.5 17.2 22.4 28.5 33.7 -Sales promotion 5.3% 5.6% 5.8% 5.8% 6.3%
BV (Rs) 67.0 82.2 103.7 130.9 162.9 -Reward points redemption 1.5% 2.0% 2.1% 2.1% 2.2%
Adj. BV (RS) 64.1 79.6 100.7 127.9 159.5 -Card transaction charges 1.4% 1.5% 1.6% 1.6% 1.7%
CAR (%) 24.8% 23.8% 21.9% 21.8% 21.1% -Fees & commission expenses 2.3% 3.3% 3.4% 3.4% 3.6%
- Tier 1 20.9% 21.0% 19.9% 20.2% 19.9%
-Other Opex 5.6% 4.9% 5.1% 4.9% 5.0%
RoE 16.9% 23.0% 24.2% 24.4% 23.1%
Provision(Impairments)/Assets 10.1% 7.3% 5.7% 5.3% 5.6%
RoA 3.8% 5.2% 5.2% 5.0% 4.6%
ROAA 3.8% 5.2% 5.2% 5.0% 4.6%
P/E (x) 80.0 48.8 37.2 29.2 24.6
P/B (x) 12.5 10.2 8.1 6.4 5.1 Equity Multiplier 4.5 4.4 4.7 4.9 5.0
P/ABV (x) 13.1 10.5 8.3 6.5 5.2 ROAE 16.9% 23.0% 24.2% 24.4% 23.1%
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