26 July 2016
1QFY17 Results Update | Sector:
Financials
Bajaj Finance
Buy
BSE SENSEX
27,977
S&P CNX
8,591
CMP: INR9,853
TP: INR10,712 (+9%)
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Equity Shares (m)
M.Cap.(INR b)/(USD b)
52-Week Range (INR)
1, 6, 12 Rel. Per (%)
Avg Val, INR m
Free float (%)
BAF IN
53.3
525.2 /7.8
9,990/4,678
24 / 52 /91
568
42.7
Financials & Valuations (INR b)
Y/E March
2016 2017E 2018E
NII
40.3
54.6
69.8
PPP
25.1
35.9
46.9
PAT
12.8
18.5
23.7
EPS (INR)
238.8 345.9 442.0
EPS Gr. (%)
33.4
44.9
27.8
BV/Sh. (INR)
1,368 1,663 2,040
RoA onAUM (%)
3.2
3.5
3.4
RoE (%)
21.1
22.8
23.9
P/E (x)
41.3
28.5
22.3
P/BV (x)
7.2
5.9
4.8
AUM growth robust at 40% YoY; lower operating cost drives PAT beat
Bajaj Finance’s (BAF) 1QFY17 PAT stood at INR4.24b, up 54% YoY (12% beat).
Better-than-expected growth in AUM, stable margins and lower-than-expected
operating expenses led to the impressive PAT beat.
AUM continued its robust growth trajectory, up 40% YoY (12% QoQ) to
INR496b, driven by 47% YoY growth in the consumer finance business and a
sharp uptick in growth (74% YoY) in the commercial business. The rural
business too grew more than 3x on a YoY basis. The SME segment grew at a
lower rate of 20%, largely led by muted growth in LAP book. In our view, this is
a good strategy by management as the LAP segment is beginning to heat up.
Asset quality remained healthy, with GNPLs (120dpd) at 1.47%. On a 150dpd
basis, GNPA increased only 2bp sequentially to 1.25%. Provision coverage
remained more than adequate at 73%. The company made additional provision
of INR191m for the mortgage portfolio during the quarter.
Due to strong growth in NII, the cost-to-income ratio decreased sharply from
46.3% in 1QFY16 and 43.9% in 4QFY16 to 41.4% in 1QFY17.
Other highlights:
1) 2W/3W business is witnessing some traction; 2) the share
of customers acquired through cross-sell in the quarter was around 60%,
compared to an average of 40-45%.
Valuation and view:
BAF, a dominant player in the consumer durable financing
segment, continues to reap the benefits of healthy consumer demand. It
continues to increase its market share in the consumer business, though a
higher share of incremental growth could be driven by the low-yield mortgage
business, which could pressurize margins. We upgrade our FY17/18 PAT
estimates by 2%/7%. The stock is trading at 5.9x/4.8x FY17/18E BV. We value
the stock at INR10,712 based on the RI model, implying PBV of 5.3x FY18E.
Maintain
Buy.
Sunesh Khanna
(Sunesh.Khanna@MotilalOswal.com); +91 22 3982 5521
Alpesh Mehta
(Alpesh.Mehta@MotilalOswal.com)/Piran
Engineer
(Piran.Engineer@MotilalOswal.com); +91 22 3980 4393
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