20 February 2011

Bank of India, BOI IN, OW :: HSBC - India Investor Conference Highlights

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Better quarters on the horizon
 Credit growth expected to be 21-22% in FY11 and 22-24% in FY12.
 Liquidity is not a problem with the CD ratio at 70% and the bank has sufficient liquidity to grow its loan book. It has
INR50bn of excess funds deployed in very liquid assets, which can be sold if the need arises.
 CASA is at 32.5% and plans to improve the ratio to 33% by March 2011. CASA continues to remain a priority.
 The bank is likely to maintain 4Q NIM at the 3Q level. However, deposit repricing in Q1 and Q2 next year may put
margins under some pressure.
 Worst of asset quality issues is now firmly behind it. Credit cost is progressively decreasing and will continue to decline
for the next few quarters; now sees less sector specific issues in NPLs.
 The bank has an estimated INR44bn on ad hoc basis for the second pension liability and has provided INR6.6bn in the
current fiscal year; however, actuarial valuations will be known by March 2011.
 Management is comfortable with 7.5% Tier-I CAR and 12% total CAR. With the government holdings at 65%, the bank
has enough head room to raise equity capital.

Valuation and risks
 After five sluggish quarters, 3Q earnings warrant taking another look at the stock, given the 20-30% underperformance to
the Sensex and Bankex since the peak in Oct 10. We value BoI at 6.7x and 1.4x 12-month rolling PE and PB, respectively
– similar to its FY12 trading multiples. We expect FY11-13e EPS CAGR at 25% with the ROE likely to improve to 22%
from 20% and ROA at 1%. We value BoI using a weighted average combination of PE (75%), PB (15%), and economic
profit model (EPM, 10%). We set our 12-month target price at INR546.
 Downside risks: Worse asset quality, higher credit costs.

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