1 July 2020
Update | Sector: Financials - NBFC
HDFC
BSE SENSEX
35,414
S&P CNX
10,430
CMP: INR1,835
TP: INR2,150 (+17%)
Buy
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Well-placed to capture market share
Tier I strong at 16%+ | Provisions > GNPA | Deposits 1/3
rd
of liabilities
HDFC is well-placed in the current environment to capture profitable market share.
The company has access to low cost of funds, a strong ALM position, comfortable
leverage, and adequate provisioning on the balance sheet.
While the Tier-I ratio is healthy at 16.6%, it is likely to improve further with the
proposed INR140b capital raise and stake sale in the Insurance business. This would
help HDFC face any contingency, fund its own growth requirement, and further
capture any inorganic opportunities at the parent (portfolio buyouts) and subsidiary
levels (M&A opportunities).
The share of retail customers (by value) that availed moratorium declined ~700bp in
the second phase v/s the first phase. On the other hand, the share of corporate loans
under moratorium remains high at 40%. However, we derive comfort from the fact
that in the past four years, HDFC has quadrupled its provision buffer to INR110b; thus,
its provisions now exceed its outstanding GNPLs.
HDFC's most of subsidiaries are among the top three players in their respective
segments. The company continues to support them when needed; for example, it
infused INR85b equity capital in HDFCB in FY19 and is likely to do so again in the
future, in our view. Importantly, the value contribution of subsidiaries/associates has
been increasing; they now contribute ~54% to our SOTP v/s 37% five years ago and
34% 10 years ago (refer to Exhibit 29).
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, near-term growth is likely to be challenging. However, the
medium- to long-term outlook remains strong, especially given the much lower
competitive intensity within housing finance companies (HFCs). Sharp decline in
incremental cost of funds over the past three months would help maintain stable
spreads at 2.1-2.3%. Maintain Buy, with SOTP (FY22E-based) of INR2,150.
Stock Info
Bloomberg
Equity Shares (m)
M.Cap.(INRb)/(USDb)
52-Week Range (INR)
1, 6, 12 Rel. Per (%)
12M Avg Val (INR M)
Free float (%)
HDFC IN
1,721
3183.4 / 40.3
2500 / 1473
-1/-10/-8
10084
100.0
Financials Snapshot (INR b)
Y/E March
2020 2021E 2022E
Core PPoP
128
138
152
Adj. PAT
96
103
111
Adj. EPS (INR)
49.2
48.0
51.0
EPS Gr. (%)
10.8
-2.4
6.2
BV/Sh. (INR)
538
577
619
ABV/Sh. (INR)
412
451
494
Core RoA (%)
1.8
1.6
1.5
Core RoE (%)
13.4
11.1
10.8
Payout (%)
23.8
43.5
43.5
Valuation
AP/E (x)
19.6
17.4
13.2
P/BV (x)
3.4
3.2
3.0
AP/ABV (x)
2.3
1.8
1.4
Div. Yield (%)
1.1
1.3
1.4
Shareholding pattern (%)
As On
Mar-20 Dec-19 Mar-19
Promoter
0.0
0.0
0.0
DII
18.0
16.7
16.7
FII
70.9
72.8
72.4
Others
11.1
10.6
10.9
FII Includes depository receipts
Stock Performance (1-year)
HDFC
2,600
2,300
2,000
1,700
1,400
Sensex - Rebased
Stable growth across time periods; long-term opportunities intact
Over the last 5/10 years, HDFC has reported a stable retail AUM CAGR of
17%/19%. Despite its size, it has grown faster than its next largest peer (LICHF –
five-year retail AUM CAGR of 9%).
Importantly, growth over the last three to four
years has been driven by volumes rather than value, which is a positive.
We
expect this trend to continue, especially given the strong momentum in the
Affordable Housing Finance segment – 36% of loan approvals by volume are
toward the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) and Low Income Group (LIG)
segments. While growth would take a backseat in the near term, we are confident
of 12–15% retail AUM growth from FY22.
Low net credit loss; proactive NPL recognition
Given the high share of salaried customers (75%+) and Tier-I developers, HDFC has
always maintained an excellent asset quality.
Its total write-offs since inception
are barely 14bp of its cumulative disbursements.
The book quality is evident in
the low moratorium numbers. In the Non-Retail segment, HDFC proactively
recognized NPAs to expedite the resolution via recovery proceedings or account
restructuring. Over one-third of the corporate NPLs are stuck in National Company
Law Tribunal (NCLT) proceedings; as and when these get resolved, the company
would be able to recover money and reverse provisions.
Research Analyst: Alpesh Mehta
(Alpesh.Mehta@MotilalOswal.com);+91 22 6129 1526 |
Piran Engineer
(Piran.Engineer@MotilalOswal.com); +91 22 6129 1539
Nitin Aggarwal
(Nitin.Aggarwal@MotilalOswal.com); +91 22 6129 1542 |
Divya Maheshwari
(Divya.Maheshwari@motilaloswal.com); +91 22 6129 1540
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