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  • CMP : 275.2 Chg : 4.65 (1.72%)
  • Target : 215.0 (20.79%)
  • Target Period : 12-18 Month

19 Aug 2022

Healthy quarter; growth guidance revised upwards…

About The Stock

City Union Bank is an old private sector bank with focus on MSME and agri loans that form 61% of overall advances.

  • Strong presence in south India with 644 out of total 727 branches
  • Total 99% of bank’s advances are secured in nature
Q1FY23

Healthy performance led by strong business growth.

  • Advances grew 12.5% YoY to ₹ 40934 crore. Deposits up 9.3% YoY with CASA growth at 25% YoY
  • NII up 17.3% YoY, 4.8% QoQ. NIMs declined marginally 6 bps QoQ at 3.95%
  • GNPA down 5 bps QoQ to 4.65%. Restructured book declined to ~5%
What should Investors do?

City Union Bank’s share price has increased by ~25% in the past five year. Healthy capitalisation, secured loans and improving asset quality trend are key positives.

  • We maintain our BUY rating on the stock
Target Price and Valuation

We value City Union Bank at ~2x FY24E ABV and revise our target price from ₹ 200 to ₹ 215 per share.

Key Triggers for future price performance
  • The management revised their credit growth guidance upwards to 15-18%, which is encouraging. Business momentum to see uptick from here on
  • Opex to remain elevated, though steady margin at ~4% and business growth to aid operational performance and return ratios
  • Asset quality hiccups fading away as incremental stress formation under control
Alternate Stock Ideas

Apart from City Union Bank, in our coverage we also like CSB Bank.

  • CSB Bank is a south based private sector bank with Kerala contributing ~48% of total business. Changed strategy in various aspects of lending has led to transformation and improved performance in the past few years
  • BUY with a target price of ₹ 250

Key Financial Summary

Particulars FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22 3 year CAGR _(FY19-22) FY23E FY24E 2 year CAGR _(FY22-24E)
NII 1,611.5 1,675.2 1,829.7 1,916.5 5.9 2,176.4 2,403.0 12.0
PPP 1,240.0 1,341.4 1,467.8 1,595.3 8.8 1,738.7 1,899.7 9.1
PAT 720.3 533.3 592.8 760.2 1.8 931.8 1,018.9 15.8
BV (|) 65.5 71.4 78.6 88.7 - 101.5 115.8 -
ABV (|) 57.4 60.8 64.1 74.0 - 87.6 101.4 -
P/ABV 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.4 - 2.0 1.8 -
P/BV 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.0 - 1.8 1.5 -
P/E 18.2 24.6 22.2 17.3 - 14.1 12.9 -
RoA 1.7 1.1 1.2 1.3 - 1.4 1.5 -
RoE 16.2 10.7 10.6 12.2 - 13.2 13.6 -
Source: Company, ICICI Direct Research

Variance Table

  Q1FY23 Q1FY22 YoY (%) Q4FY22 QoQ (%)   Comments
NII 525 448 17.3 501 4.8   Driven by healthy credit offtake and margin expansion (YoY)
NIM (%) 3.95 3.86 9 bps 4.01 -6 bps    
Other Income 218 196 11.2 203 7.2   Mainly led by higher recoveries
               
Net Total Income 742 643 15.4 704 5.5    
Staff cost 133 129 2.7 114 16.8    
Other Operating Expenses 163 131 24.1 150 8.3   CI ratio continue to remain higher at ~40%
               
PPP 447 383 16.7 440 1.7    
Provision 152 170 -10.6 171 -11.1   Credit cost declined to 0.12%
PBT 295 213 38.6 269 9.7    
Tax Outgo 70 40 75.0 60 16.7    
PAT 225 173 30.1 209 7.7   Lower credit cost aids in healthy PAT growth
               
Key Metrics              
GNPA 1,904 2,035 -6.5 1,933 -1.5   Restructured book at ~5% of total loans
NNPA 1,161 1,242 -6.5 1,191 -2.5    
Advances 40,934 36,396 12.5 41,156 -0.5   Led by MSME and agri segment

Q1FY23 Earnings Conference Call highlights

  • Loan growth guidance at 15-18% YoY for FY23E. NIMs to be at 3.85-4%. Slippage ratio to be in the range of 2-2.5%. RoA target of 1.3-1.5%
  • Exposure to airline: SpiceJet is servicing its interest dues regularly and interest is being paid up to July 2022. The account has now moved out of the SMA status
  • Slippage ratio declined to 2.64% vs. 3.1% in Q1FY22. The gap between the slippage and recovery has narrowed down to | 20 crore
  • Outstanding ECLGS loans was | 13,397 crore. ECLGS balance is | 2,500 crore and allied account balance is about | 11,186 crore. Total outstanding SRs was | 82 crore
  • SMA I and SMA II portion of ECLGS portfolio was at | 499.88 crore and
    | 222.73 crore. Restructured book declined from | 2200 crore to | 2000 crore (~5% of loan book). Overall SMA I is ~2.41% and SMA II is ~2%
  • The lack of treasury profit will be offset, to some extent, by the improved recovery. Total ~65% of the loan book is linked to EBLR, 25% is linked to MCLR while the balance is fixed. Loan book of | 100 crore and above is ~4% of total loans
  • CI ratio in FY23E to be slightly elevated and may touch 42-45%
  • It is planning to open 50 to 75 branches by Q3FY23 and Q4FY23. Also, there is expected to be an addition in headcount

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