South Indian Bank Ltd. share price target

South Indian Bank (SIB), post the onboarding of new MD in Sep’20, focused on growing the balance sheet in a calibrated manner with prime focus on NIM and asset quality.

The bank is currently under transformation stage and key business parameters like advance mix, CASA ratio, asset quality, PCR etc has been showing significant improvement. NII grew 9% QoQ aided by improvement in margins with NIM improving 15bps sequentially to 2.64%. Gross advances displayed a positive trend as it registered a sequential growth of 1.6% led by 7.2% growth in Agri advances. Asset quality improved with GNPA/NNPA at 6.56%/3.52%...

Business parameters like advance mix, CASA ratio, asset quality etc has improved while bank reported dull earnings numbers. NII contracted 20.5% YoY and 2.7% QoQ due to the combined effect of margin contraction and decline in loan book. All segments except Agriculture reported YoY decline during the quarter with corporate declining 24% in line with management strategy and SME declining 10%. Asset quality improved with GNPA/NNPA at 6.65%/3.85%...

Signs of continuous progress is visible in few operational parameters, however, deteriorating asset quality due to second wave will extend the span of recovery. Deposit grew by 3% YoY supported by 10% YoY increase in retail deposit while bulk deposit reduced by 52%. CASA ratio improved to 30.4% compared to 29.7% in FY21. Advances de-grew by 11% YoY due to second wave impact and...

Outlook remains grim on MSME & Retail with likely further rise in stress face issue from asset quality with slippages of Rs8.8bn (6% annualized). Bank and on other outlook on asset quality remains grim. Profitability will continue to suffer going ahead with improvement depending on level of slippages. Positives have been (i) deposit franchise has held up with CASA at +30% (up...

Continue to remain cautious on asset quality South Indian Bank, is a private sector bank headquartered in Thrissur, Kerala. The bank has 1,315 ATMs and 884 branches, with around 84% of them in South India. Currently, the bank is having a loan book size of ~Rs59,400cr and a deposit base of ~Rs82,700cr. Management is redefining the business strategies and the initial progress was seen in the quarter. Deposit grew by 2% YoY supported by 12% YoY increase in retail...

South Indian Bank, is a private sector bank headquartered in Thrissur, Kerala. The bank has 1,443 ATMs and 928 branches, with around 84% of them in South India. Currently, the bank is having a loan book size of ~Rs61,602cr and a deposit base of ~Rs83,537cr. Net Interest Margin( NIM) declined to 2.64% in Q3FY21 compared to 2.74% in Q3FY20, fall in interest income due to decline in corporate advances negatively impacted NIM. Retail deposits continue to grow in single digits as a result cost of...

SIB reported a loss of Rs951mn (PLe: profit of Rs484mn) on higher provisioning on pro-forma NPAs & enhancing PCR which has been lower than peers. Operating performance was also on weaker side with interest reversals leading to flattish NII growth. Pro-forma slippages were on higher side at Rs13-14bn with slightly more likely to come in Q4 with overall stress guidance...

We attended analyst meet hosted by South Indian Bank (SIB) which showcased its vision for 2024. Management highlighted its strategies for near to long term with focus on 6Cs, launching new product; creating robust operational team supported by technology platform and revamping credit policy with focus on quality. Also, leveraging existing and new talent pool to improve underwriting through training and experts, build strong analytical tools for portfolio, and improve collection through analytics, managing NPA through focus on recoveries and rationalization of branches and ATMs. Bank lays its vision for 2024 with philosophy of Fair to customers, Fair to bank. In Q2FY21, NII grew by 13.5% YoY while PAT declined by 23.0% YoY led...