EQUITAS SMALL FINANCE BANK IPO


BASIC DETAILS ABOUT IPO  (20-22 October 2020)

Price Band

32-33

Bid Lot

450

Fresh Issue AT  Upper Band shares cr

8.49cr

Fresh Issue amount- cr

280.0

OFS (Amount)- AT  Upper Band

237.6

OFS (Shares)-  Cr

7.2

Total issue amount- AT Upper Band

517.6

Post issue Implied Market Cap Cr

3756

Post issue (Shares) Cr

113.825

Book Running Lead Manager:

JM Financial, Edelweiss, IIFL Securities and KFintech(Registrar)

BASIC FINANCIALS (P&L)

(Amount in cr)

FY20

FY19

FY18

Net Interest Income

1495.2

1151.7

860.6

                Growth

29.8%

33.8%

-

Net Interest Margin

9.1%

8.6%

9.0%

 PAT (Inc- Other Op. Income)

243.6

210.6

31.8

                Margin

8.3%

8.8%

1.8%

PAT (Ex- Other Op. Income)

47.6

26.6

-126.4

Margin

1.6%

1.1%

-7.1%

Operating expense as % of Revenue

40.3%

42.1%

49.7%

Provision for NPA/Standard Assets % revenue

5.0%

4.1%

9.9%

Other Income as % of Revenue

9.6%

11.8%

13.6%

 

Revenue Bifucation

(in cr)- Revenue from

FY20

FY19

FY18

Interest on Advances

2420

1824

1331

% of Total Revenue

91.5%

86.3%

86.9%

Interest from Investment

158

258

181

% of Total Revenue

6.0%

12.2%

11.8%

Interest on balance with RBI

68

30

19

% of Total Revenue

2.6%

1.4%

1.3%

Other Income Bifurcation

Miscellaneous income

258

261

244

% of Total Other Income

91.5%

92.3%

100.0%

BASIC FINANCIALS (Balance sheet & Cash Flows)

   (Amount in cr)

FY20

FY19

FY18

Advances

13747

11594

7706

% of Total assets

71.2%

73.6%

57.9%

Investments

2343

2344

3857

% of Total Assets

12.0%

15.0%

29.0%

Balance with Bank, Money at call and short Notice

2156

858

825

% of Total Assets

11.2%

5.4%

6.2%

Deposits

10788

9007

5604

% of Total Assets

55.9%

57.1%

42.1%

Borrowing

5135

3973

5177

% of Total Assets

26.6%

25.2%

38.9%

Advances/Deposits

1.27

1.29

1.38

 

 

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PEER COMPARISION

Name

PEER COMPARISION

Company

PE

TTM

RONW

PB

NNPA

Advance

Growth

31.03.18

To

31.03.20

Deposits

Growth

31.03.18

To

31.03.20

Current

Moratorium

Book

CASA

Ratio

Capital

Adequacy

Equitas Small Finance Bank

14.1

8.9%

1.3

1.48%

78%

93%

36%

19.9%

22.0%

AU Small Finance Bank Ltd

32.9

15.5%

5.3

0.6%

103%

230%

11%

16.0%

21.7%

Ujjivan Small Finance Bank

15.0

11.7%

1.8

0.18%

91%

185%

47%

14.0%

28.7%

Credit Access Gramin

32.5

12.4%

3.5

BASED ON PEERS, STOCK VALUATION IS NOT CHEAP.

SpandanaSphoorty

10.5

13.4%

1.4

 

 

MANAGEMENT/Shareholding

NOTE:

·         RBI granted license to promoter EHI (Equitas Holding Limited) in June 2016 to establish Small Finance bank, According to the SFB Licensing guidelines companies equity shares were required to be mandatorily listed till 4 Sep 2019 which company could not do and RBI later granted extension of timeline for listing and hence now IPO.

·         Pre Issue Promoter holding was 95.49% and Post issue Promoter holding will be 82.05%

·         Company has previously approached RBI to exempt them from dilution requirement if EHI merger with the company but RBI stated that the proposal will be examined after the expiry of lock-in period on 4th September 2021.

·         Also promoter is required to reduce its shareholding to 40% on or prior to 4th September 2021.

 

Equitas Small Finance Bank (“ESFB”) was originally incorporated as ‘V.A.P. Finance Private Limited’ on June 21, 1993. The Bank Promoter, Equitas Holdings Limited (“EHL”) was granted the RBI Final Approval on June 30, 2016, to establish an SFB. Subsequently, the Bank was converted in to an SFB and they commenced operations on September 5, 2016 as an SFB.

 

VasudevanPathangiNarasimhan( MD and CEO)

·         He holds Bachelor’s degree in science and is a qualified Company secretary

·         He has worked for about two decades in Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Limited where he joined as MT and resigned as Vice president and head of vehicle finance

 

ArunRamanathan( Part-time Chairman and Non-Executive Independent Director )

·         Prior to his becoming a Director of the Bank, he has more than 34 years of service in the Indian Administrative Service.

·         He has served as a director on the boards of several companies including State Bank of India, IDBI Bank Ltd, ICICI Bank, IDFC, ONGC  etc to name some.

·          He was a member of the Life Insurance Corporation of India.

·          He has served as chairman of the audit committees of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd and Shipping Corporation of India Ltd.

 

BUSINESS

As SFB i.e. Small Finance bank name suggests , company is into micro financing , Small business loan, vehicle finance all of small ticket size the segment which big banks could not cater for various reasons as the customers which the company caters could not meet the check list for Big banks.

 

As on 30 June 2020 Gross Advance Bifurcations was

·         33% small business loan (Ticket size 50k to 20 Lac)

·         4% housing finance loan (Ticket size 3Lac to 12.5 lac)

·         4.5% Agricultural loan

·         23.2% Micro Finance loan (Ticket size 5k to 35K)

·         24.3% Vehicle finance loan (Ticket size 2Lac to 5Lac)

·         11% others

 

 

Financials:

·         Company is into the segment which has grown at a tremendous pace and outlook of the Industry till FY2022P is a CAGR growth of 25% which could be visible on the company’s growth of Advances from FY18 to FY20 by 78% which is high but still less than the other 2 major players AU small Finance banks  (103%) &Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (91%) . Top 3 accounts for 64% of Total AUM in FY19 which was 53% in FY16, which shows big are becoming bigger.

·         Growth clocked by the company was not with compromising the margins as during the Period from FY18 to FY20 NIM have remained stable  (Table above) reaching to 9.1% for FY20, However reduced to 8.6% in Q1FY21 and expected to be under pressure for FY21 due to Covid19.

·         Also NII also grew from 860cr in FY18 to 1495cr in FY20 so in short growth has not come compromising with margins which shows the opportunities available in Industry.

·         Also GNPA ratio have remain more or less stable which increased somewhat in FY20 but again came in companies historical range as on 30 June 2020 similar is the case with Net NPA to Net Advance.

 

30 June 2020

31 March 2020

31 March 2019

31 March 2020

GNPA Ratio

2.68%

2.72%

2.53%

2.68%

Net NPA to Net Advance

1.48%

1.66%

1.44%

1.46%

 

·         What shows strength of company efficency is just not the Rising Advance or deposit per employee but the rising difference between Advance and Deposit per employee which reduced for Q1FY21 due to Covid.

Rs in Mn

30 June 2020

31 March 2020

31 March 2019

31 March 2020

Advance per Employee

9.83

9.54

8.01

5.88

Deposit per Employee

7.44

6.70

6.17

4.15

Difference per Employee

2.39

2.84

1.84

1.78

 

·         Spread which is What return you earn on Advance minus cost of interest of Funds seems reduced somewhat from FY18 to FY20 but still Pat margin improved mainly due to reduced operating expense as % of revenue and reduced provisioning as % of Total revenue. Operating expenses reduced due to subdued growth in payment to and provision of employees which accounts for more than 50% of Operating expenses.

Rs in Mn

31 March 2020

31 March 2019

31 March 2018

Spread

10.9%

11.0%

12.1%

Pat Margin

8.3%

8.8%

1.8%

Operating Expense as % of Revenue

40.3%

42.1%

49.7%

Payment to and provision for employee as % of Total Revenue

24.2%

23.0%

29.1%

Provision for NPA/Standard Assets % revenue

5.0%

4.1%

9.9%

 

 

·         If other Operating income is removed PAT margin get reduced considerably which could be seen in above table but other Operating income is common in the industry company operates while otherOperating  income as % of revenue is lowest for Equitas small finance bank. Other Operating Income for Equitas Small Finance bankinclude income from PSLC fee income on account of sale of PSL certificates which is around 90% of Other income.

·         PSL Certificates = Priority Sector Lending Certificates are negotiable certificates issued against priority sector loans of banks and thus helping buyers to meet minimum priority sector lending.

Company

Other Operating Income as % of Revenue for FY 20

Equitas Small Finance Bank

9.6%

Ujjivan Small Finance Bank

11.6%

AU Small Finance Bank

16.4%

 

 

 

 

 

·         Company Advances portfolio has been diversified with more focus on small business loans and reducing Micro Finance.

Particulars

31 March 2020

31 March 2019

31 March 2018

Small Business loan

32.5%

31.38%

26.62%

Housing Finance

3.93%

3.22%

3.41%

Agriculture loans

4.43%

4.51%

3.61%

Micro Finance

23.53%

26.23%

28.44%

Vehicle Loan

24.47%

25.22%

28.20%

Other

11.14%

9.44%

9.72%

 

PRO’s

·         Company operated in the segment of Small Finance Banking Industry which is growing at significant pace and also is expected to grow at a CAGR of 25% till FY22.

·         Company Advances grew by 78% while Deposits grew by 93% from FY18 to FY20, while NIM also improved and NII grew by 74% thus significant growth have not come by compromising with margins.

·         Company has been increasing its efficiency which could be seen by improving difference in (Advance- deposit) per employee from 1.78mn in FY2018 to 2.84mn in FY2020, although reduced for Q1FY21 due to covid.

·         Companies Advances portfolio is well diversified and spread although reduced marginally but still stands at 10.9% for FY20.

·         Company had 16% market share in terms of AUM in FY19.

·         Companies (19.9%) CASA ratio is highest when compared to AU small Finance bank(16.0%) and Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (14%).

·         Company has good promoters and experienced management.

 

 

 

 

 

CON’s

·         When compared to Peers , Company is not cheap with Industry PE at 16.2 while company’s PE TTM is at 14.0 also valued at PB of 1.3 but growth in Advances and Deposits was also lower than its immediate peers like AU small Finance banks &Ujjivan Small Finance and also has lowest RONW , So not much steam seems to left.

·         Company’s 36% of Book is still under moratorium which could lead to rise in NPA in coming quarters  although for Ujjivan it is 47%

·         Promoter is required to reduce its shareholding to 40% on or prior to 4th September 2021, although Company has previously approached RBI to exempt them from dilution requirement if Equitas Holding Company merger with the company but RBI stated that the proposal will be examined after the expiry of lock-in period on 4th September 2021. So if proposal not accepted by RBI or likely to have a overhung to reduce promoter holding from 82% to 40%.

·         As high as 54.31% of Total Advances are towards the state Tamil Nadu , thus heavy dependence on single state can be a possible risk.

 


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