Indiabulls Housing Finance
BSE SENSEX
32,507
Bloomberg
Equity Shares (m)
M.Cap.(INRb)/(USDb)
52-Week Range (INR)
1, 6, 12 Rel. Per (%)
Avg Val, INRm
Free float (%)
S&P CNX
10,185
IHFL IN
421.3
486.6/7.6
1375 / 616
6/24/37
1872
76.4
23 October 2017
2QFY18 Results Update | Sector: Financials
CMP: INR1,343
TP: INR1,550 (+15%)
Buy
Strong growth, stable performance overall
Indiabulls Housing Finance's (IHFL) PAT grew 26% YoY to INR8.6b (4% above
our estimate). Core operating performance was robust, with strong AUM
growth (+33% YoY) and stable spreads. However, other income (income from
the liquid investment book) remains subdued due to lower incremental yields.
Note that IHFL had generated a good spread on its investment book above cost
of funds in FY16 and FY17 - that is beginning to vanish now.
AUM growth was in line with trend at 33% YoY to reach INR1t. This was driven
by 36% YoY growth in disbursements to INR95b. Management is bullish on
pick-up in supply in the affordable housing space.
Despite competitive pressures, IHFL managed to hold spreads steady at 3.25%.
Management continues to guide for incremental spreads in the range of 2.75-
3% and book spreads of 3-3.25%. Incremental cost of funds is around 7.3-7.5%.
The share of home loans in the overall book inched up 100bp to 58%. With the
share continuously inching up (to the target of 66% by FY20), we believe spread
pressure will continue.
Valuation and view:
IHFL's transformation from a diversified lender to a
focused mortgage player has yielded returns, with RoE/RoA improving from
3%/0.8% in FY09 to 26%/3.4% in FY17. Focus on core mortgage loans and
market share gains should drive AUM growth of 25%+ over the next three
years. IHFL is among the lowest-levered HFCs. Asset quality trend is likely to
remain stable. We keep our EPS estimates largely unchanged. Maintain
Buy
with a TP of INR1,550 (4x Sep19E P/B).
Financials & Valuations (INR b)
Y/E March
2017 2018E 2019E
Net Fin inc
35.3 52.9 65.9
PPP
45.5 55.9 71.0
EPS (INR)
68.6 83.6 105.1
EPS Gr. (%)
23.2 21.9 25.8
BV/Sh. (INR)
286
321
364
RoA on AUM (%)
3.1
2.9
2.8
RoE (%)
25.5 27.6 30.7
Payout (%)
39.3 50.0 50.0
Valuations
P/E (x)
19.6 16.1 12.8
P/BV (x)
4.7
4.2
3.7
P/ABV (x)
4.7
4.2
3.7
Div. Yield (%)
2.0
3.1
3.9
Research Analyst: Alpesh Mehta
(Alpesh.Mehta@MotilalOswal.com); +91 22 3982 5415
| Piran Engineer
(Piran.Engineer@MotilalOswal.com); +91 22 3980 4393
Nitin Aggarwal
(Nitin.Aggarwal@MotilalOswal.com); +91 22 3982 5540
| Anirvan Sarkar
(Anirvan.Sarkar@MotilalOswal.com); +91 22 3982 5505
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