Shriram City Union Finance
BSE SENSEX
29,895
Bloomberg
Equity Shares (m)
M.Cap.(INR b)/(USD b)
52-Week Range (INR)
1, 6, 12 Rel. Per (%)
Avg Val, (INR m)
Free float (%)
S&P CNX
9,312
SCUF IN
Strong operating performance; estimates largely unchanged
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Shriram City Union Finance’s (SCUF) 4QFY17 PAT declined 78% YoY to
141.0/2.1
INR120m. However, this belies the strong operating performance in the
2650 / 1507
quarter. Operating profit was up 26% YoY (est. of +11%), driven by strong
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loan growth, lower cost of funds and controlled opex.
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After a muted 3Q, disbursements picked up 20% YoY to INR62.5b. As a
3 May 2017
4QFY17 Results Update | Sector: Financials
CMP: INR2,138
TP: INR2,689 (+26%)
Buy
Financials & Valuations (INR b)
Y/E March
2017 2018E
NII
28.9
33.7
PPP
17.6
21.0
PAT
5.6
8.6
EPS (INR)
84
130
EPS Gr. (%)
5
55
BV/Sh. (INR)
750
859
RoA (%)
2.7
3.6
RoE (%)
11.8
16.2
Payout (%)
23
17
Valuations
P/E (x)
25.3
16.4
P/BV (x)
2.9
2.5
Div. Yield (%)
0.7
0.8
2019E
39.5
n
24.8
10.9
165
26
n
997
3.9
17.8
16
13.0
2.1
n
1.0
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result, AUM grew 18% YoY (+2.6% QoQ) to INR231b, driven by MSME
loans. Management continues to target 20%+ AUM growth in the non-
gold financing portfolio.
Total operating expenses declined 5% YoY/QoQ to INR2.8b, driven by a
9% decline in employee costs. Management is confident of improvement
in opex ratios in FY18/19 as the impact of the new MSME loan sourcing
strategy (under consultation with McKinsey) plays out.
Asset quality performed better than expectations. GNPL ratio of 6.73%
beat our estimate of 7.47%; however, write-offs were high at INR1.4b
(2.5% annualized). Collections, which dipped 9.9% in 3QFY17, improved
to 8.2% in the quarter. The company continues to make prudent
provisions on its NPLs, with PCR of 73% at the end of the quarter. Note
that SCUF’s PCR is best-in-class among our NBFC coverage companies.
Shriram Housing Finance, however, had a tough quarter with a decline in
disbursements (30% QoQ, 53% YoY) due to a difficult environment. The
company also sold loans (NPLs) worth INR500m to ARCIL, due to which
GNPL ratio improved 95bp QoQ to 2.6% (5.3% incl. sold-down loans).
Valuation and view:
SCUF is a niche play in the retail NBFC space with a
focus on MSME lending. Its business model offers high growth potential
with strong profitability. While we expect GNPL% to rise due to NPA
migration by FY18, we believe loan loss provisioning will decline as SCUF
has strong PCR of 73%. We believe this is a 3.5-4.0%+ RoA and 17-18%
RoE business on a run-rate basis. We keep our estimates largely
unchanged as lower opex in FY18/19 is offset by higher credit costs.
Buy
with a TP of INR2,689 (2.7x FY19E BVPS).
Alpesh Mehta
(Alpesh.Mehta@MotilalOswal.com); +91 22 3982 5415
Piran Engineer
(Piran.Engineer@MotilalOswal.com); +91 22 3980 4393
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