31 July 2011

Bank of India - Still vulnerable, not cheap enough - maintain UW ::JPMorgan

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Bank of India Underweight
BOI.BO, BOI IN
Still vulnerable, not cheap enough - maintain UW

 BOI’s 1Q12 numbers were weak, with a 19% miss on PAT (down 29%
y/y). The weakness was all-around: a) ~37bp q/q NIM compression, b)
3.6% gross delinquency driving a 47% y/y provision growth and c) anemic
non-interest income growth (13% y/y). We expect continued NIM NPL
pressures, and cut our PT by 11% to Rs 360. Retain UW.
 NIM drops to 2.4%: Management attributed the 37bp q/q NIM drop to
savings deposit rate hikes, sticky loan yields and adjusting for one-off
NII hit from high delinquencies. We believe the high term deposit costs
were also a factor, and this will persist as the marginal and average
converge. We see downside to our margin assumptions.
 Delinquencies spike: Gross delinquencies, at 3.6% (up 120 bps q/q)
were only partially driven by the one-off transition to system-driven
NPL recognition (~Rs8bn). The bank continues to see broad-based
delinquencies across its portfolio, including Rs 5bn from its restructured
portfolio. We think its high exposures to real estate, infrastructure and
Agri makes it vulnerable to further NPL slippage.
 Other points of stress: Non-interest income growth was anemic at 13%
y/y, and cost-income rose to 44%, with opex growth fairly elevated at
21%. The key miss was NII – the other points of stress were anticipated.
 Estimates still vulnerable, cutting PT: Our EPS forecast (9% below
consensus) is still vulnerable on NIMs and NPLs. We cut our PT by
11% to capture this risk and capital stress (our Rs 25bn issuance
assumption at Rs 410 is at risk) – the main tweak in our assumption is a
downgrade in sustainable ROE from 16.0% to 14.8%.
 BOI may look cheap (1.2x PBV, FY12E) but a vulnerable balance sheet
– and the spectre of capital stress negatively skews risk-reward. We
maintain

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