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News: IDFC First Bank reported continued business momentum and thus NII growth, however, elevated opex and credit cost led QoQ decline in RoA. Advances growth continued at 25% YoY to ₹ 189475 crore, led by focus on non-corporate loans. Infrastructure loans continue to run down by 46% YoY. Liabilities franchise remained healthy with 37.2% YoY growth in deposits and 27% YoY run down of relatively high-cost borrowing. Asset quality remained steady with GNPA declining by 7 bps QoQ to 2.04%. Margins improved further by 10 bps QoQ at 6.42%, led by increasing proportion of retail loans and replacement of borrowing by deposits. Elevated opex (CI ratio at 73.1%) and credit cost (~35 bps of advances) kept PAT growth at 18.4% YoY to ₹ 716 crore.
Views: The bank unveiled guidance 2.0 (FY24-29E) with deceleration in advance growth at 20% CAGR, while margins and asset quality is expected to remain steady. Improvement in operational efficiency is expected to aid RoA trajectory towards 1.9-2%. Gradual improvement in efficiency is seen to aid valuation further.
Impact: Neutral