DCB Bank has delivered a sub-par performance in 1QFY20 led by decline in loan growth to 13% YoY, sequential rise in fresh slippages and NPAs, and continued pressure on margin. Sequential loan growth (at 2% QoQ) moderated across key segments, including mortgage, SME and AIB, though CV and AIB loan growth was healthy at over 25% YoY. Segmental NPAs were higher across segments, barring corporate, where decline in NPA was mainly driven by higher write-offs. Consequently, provision coverage (excluding technical-write-offs) also declined by 600bps QoQ to 59%. Given the management's focus towards increasing share of retail deposits, cost of deposits continued to rise and consequently, NIM was lower by 11bps QoQ and 23 bps YoY. We expect interim...