Sector Update
Update | Financials
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| 13 March 2019
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Market Cap to CASA (%)
Current 10yr/15yr Avg.
Private Banks
Assessing the trends; looking at liability based valuation multiples
AXSB
74.7
62/59
HDFCB
154.7
115/102
Systemic credit growth has recovered to a five-year-high of ~14%, while deposit
ICICBC#
55.7
66/79
growth remains modest at 10%. We expect credit growth to remain strong, given the
IIB
120.6
147/120
improving economic parameters and rising share of banks in the total credit needs of
KMB#
149.0
193/236
the economy. Key beneficiaries of this trend will be lenders with strong liability
YES*
73.3
110/148
FB
41.9
48/45
franchisee, as it will allow smooth flow of funds at reasonable costs.
DCBB*
91.4
78/68
On analyzing the key trends, we note that: (a) Private banks' share in total deposits
J&K
6.5
17/20
has increased to 27% from 18.6% in FY14. (b) CASA market share of private banks has
KVB
32.5
55/52
increased from 21.7% in FY14 to 28.8%, while the share of banks offering differential
SIB
14.4
30/27
PSU Banks
SA rates has increased to 5% from 1.4% in FY14. (c) Jan Dhan deposits formed 9% of
BOB
13.9
24/23
incremental SA deposits for PSU banks.
PNB
11.1
17/19
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued 12 banking licenses (including SFBs) over the
SBIN#
14.9
18/19
The rising significance of liability franchise
*Represents 7yr-10yrs avg.
# Adjusted for subs
Market Cap to Deposit (%)
Current 10yr/15yr Avg.
Private Banks
AXSB
34.2
29/26
HDFCB
62.9
53/49
ICICBC#
27.5
30/28
IIB
52.5
50/36
KMB
75.6
70/70
YES*
24.4
30/30
FB
14.0
15/13
DCBB*
22.1
19/18
J&K
3.2
7/8
KVB
9.7
13/12
SIB
3.5
7/6
PSU Banks
BOB
4.9
7/7
PNB
4.7
7/8
SBIN#
6.5
8/8
*Represents 7yr-10yrs avg
.
#Adjusted for subs
past five years, as against 12 licenses in the preceding 20 years. This has allowed
conversion of many non-bank lenders into banks and enabled them access to stable
and low cost liabilities. Recent funding issues in the financial sector have again
stressed the need of the liability franchisee. This consideration will drive M&As, going
forward. The RBI, too, will step in support of such moves, in our view.
Building a strong liability franchise is imperative:
The recent liquidity crisis has
again highlighted the importance of a strong liability franchise, as liquidity and
interest rate movements make it challenging for the NBFCs to manage their funding
cost due to the higher dependence on wholesale borrowings. The share of bank
borrowings for major NBFCs has increased sharply (range of 400bp-959bp) over
9MFY19 as usual funding channels were affected. Besides this, the cost of funds has
also risen for non-bank lenders. As the regulator and rating agencies tighten the
norms further, the cost of funding will remain elevated for them versus the banks.
Chase for deposits via M&As, focus to be on strengthening liability franchise:
The
importance of a liability franchise is only likely to increase as new universal banks
and SFBs aggressively chase deposits to drive business growth. M&A activities in the
banking sector have been mainly driven by either the government (SBIN’s merger
with associates; BOB/Vijaya/Dena merger) or the synergy benefits arising from the
asset-liability mix (HDFCB/CBoP, KMB/ING Vysya, IDFCB/CAFL). A liability franchise
will assume an increasingly important role behind potential M&As in the BFSI space,
more so as there remains a wide discount to the liability based valuation multiples.
Valuing the liability franchise:
Our long-term analysis of valuing the liability franchise
suggests that (a) retail private banks have traded at a higher market cap to CASA
multiple and (b) private corporate banks have seen de-rating of multiples, with asset
quality pressures leading to slowdown in business growth. On the basis of 10-15-year
average, HDFCB has traded at market cap/CASA of 115%-102%, KMB at 193%-236%,
IIB at 147%-120%, while the average for AXSB and ICICBC has been lower at 60%-80%.
With earnings momentum now back on track and the NPL cycle largely behind, we
expect multiples to improve and reflect the strength of the liability franchise.
CASA
Private Banks Ratio (%)
AXSB
45.8
HDFCB
40.7
ICICBC
49.3
IIB
43.6
KMB
50.7
YES
33.3
FB
33.3
DCBB
24.2
J&K
48.9
KVB
29.8
SIB
24.3
PSU Banks
BOB
35.0
PNB
42.1
SBIN
43.7
5 Year
CAGR (%)
13
16
16
31
42
35
17
21
9
14
14
8
10
11
Source: MOFSL, Company
Research Analyst: Nitin Aggarwal
(Nitin.Aggarwal@MotilalOswal.com); +91 22 6129 1542
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Parth Gutka
(Parth.Gutka@motilaloswal.com); +91 22 6129 1567
Himanshu Taluja
(Himanshu.Taluja@motilaloswal.com);
Yash Agarwal
(Yash.Agarwal@motilaloswal.com)
13 March 2019
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