Axis Bank Ltd. share price target

Digital channels has served the customers well during COVID period with activity and transaction volumes on digital channels now back to pre-COVID levels after an initial dip in April and May....

Axis Bank continued with its change in accounting policy in Q1FY21 in terms of fee recognition on letter of credit (LC) and annual fees on debit cards to amortisation over its life from upfront.

Axis Bank's (AXSB) Q1FY21 PAT declined 19% YoY to Rs 11bn owing to weak fee income (38% YoY/44% QoQ) and accounting policy changes (~Rs 5bn hit).

Despite weaker other income, PPoP growth was better than expected aided by higher NII growth at 20% YoY and decline in opex. Though slippages were low at 1.6% owing to moratorium, higher credit costs at 250 bps was mainly led by rise in PCR to 75% (from 69%) and incremental provisions of ~90% on net slippages. Apart from weak loan originations, fee income was also impacted by...

Axis Bank reported PAT of Rs.11.1bn vs loss of Rs.13.9bn QoQ as provisions declined by 43% sequentially. Moratorium book as of April 25 stood at 28% which declined to 9.7% as of 30 June'20 due to change in policy as against opt-in during phase 1. Asset quality issues need to be watch out for in H2FY21. NII grew by 20% YoY led by stable NIMs at 3.4% (flat YoY). PPoP declined by 1% YoY (flat QoQ) led by 33% YoY decline in non- interest income. Lower gross slippages could be due to standstill classification; however BB & Below book net decline at slower pace remains a key concern. With management change behind, strong capital in place and focus on secured retail portfolio, AXISB would see better revival in...

Axis bank's earnings of Rs11.1bn was inline (PLe:10.9bn) mainly driven by NII growth of 19.5% YoY and relatively lower provisioning. Important data point to note was trackable moratorium book was only 9% of loans v/s 2528% in last quarter with basic difference that morat 2.0 was on selected basis v/s opt out in most business segments. Bank has collected for 80% of customer from morat 1.0 which is basically on June dues as Mar-May have been adjusted in respective tenures, while the rest 20% are being collected or will move according to dpd. Tail risks are high from Morat 2.0, few collections from morat 1.0 and those have been given adjustments in tenure...

PAT would have been 12% and 240% higher than our estimate.Conservatismwasalsoreflectedinthebankadding Rs7.3bn to its contingent provisions balance which now...

Continues accelerated provisioning for challenges ahead, above estimates Axis Bank has posted 19% decline in the net profit to Rs 1112.17 crore in the quarter ended June 2020 driven by sharp decline in the non-interest income and increase in provisions. However, the bank has recorded strong 20% surge in the Net Interest Income in Q1FY21 while the bank also improved cost to assets ratio by 8 bps qoq to 2.00% The business growth of the bank was stable with 19% growth in deposits, while the loan book...

Axis Bank posted strong numbers for Q1FY2020. While operating results were better than expectations, and moratorium book declined on a sequential basis, adopting a conservative provision policy and slow growth on business impacted the fee income. Notably, the moratorium book has declined to 9.7% from ~26% earlier, which is a clear positive. Net interest income (NII) increased by 19.5% y-o-y to Rs. 6,985 crore (better than expectations), while non-interest income decreased by 33% y-o-y to Rs. 2587 crore (lower growth, waiver of charges etc). Retail fees constituted 57% of the total fee income. Net interest margin declined to...

21 July 2020 Axis Bank (AXSB) reported in-line 1QFY21 earnings led by strong NII growth, controlled opex and sequential decline in provisions. Even PCR improved 580bp QoQ to 75%. Outstanding funded BB & below pool declined slightly to INR64.2b while moratorium book plummeted to 9.7%, which eased concerns on the asset quality outlook. We have increased our FY21/FY22E estimates by 12%/10% after factoring in higher NII growth and controlled opex, even as we lowered our fee income projections. 1QFY21 PAT of INR11.1b (in-line) was led by strong NII growth and sequential decline in provisions. NII grew 20% YoY (+3% QoQ) to INR69.9b while margins declined 15bp QoQ to 3.4%, impacted by high liquidity and prudent stance on recognizing interest income in the moratorium book. Other income declined 33% YoY (38% YoY decline in fee income). However, this was offset by 25% QoQ decline in opex.

Despite a strong operating performance, Axis Bank reported a net loss of INR 1,388 crore due to a 2.8x increase in provisioning expenditure YoY.

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Axis Bank's (AXSB) board today approved a proposal to raise funds not exceeding Rs 150bn this is equivalent to 12.5% of current market capital and 17.6% of Mar'20 net worth.

Axis Bank is the thirdlargest private sector bank in India in terms of asset size, with a balance sheet of ~INR 9tn.

Axis Bank is the third largest private sector bank in India. The Bank offers the entire spectrum of financial services to customer segments covering Large and Mid-Corporates, MSME, Agriculture and Retail Businesses. Due to huge fall in markets , we are revising our price target given in result...

Axis Bank reported steady set of numbers for the March quarter with bank's preprovisioning operating profit growing 17% YoY led by NII growth of 19% YoY. Deposit book remain resilient and grew 17% YoY with CASA ratio at 39%. Loan book grew 15% driven mainly by retail that grew by 24%. It saw improvement in asset quality with GNPA at 4.86% vs. 5% QoQ. It increase its provisioning coverage ratio from 60% to 69% QoQ...

The bank has posted healthy 19% improvement in the Net Interest Income to Rs 6808 crore in Q4FY20 with healthy margins at 3.55%. The operating profit grew by 23% to Rs 23438 crore for FY20 with 16% growth in the NII to Rs 25206 crore. NIM for FY20 was 3.51%. The net profit was Rs 1627 crore for FY20. Adjusted for the one-offs, net profit for FY20 would have been Rs 5182 crore, showing an increase of 11%. On business front, the bank has recorded 19% growth in the deposits on quarterly average balance (QAB) basis, with 13% growth in saving deposits and 11% in current account deposits. Further, the Retail Term Deposits (RTD) were up 33% on QAB basis. CASA ratio was 39% on...

Despite a strong operating performance, Axis Bank reported a net loss of INR 1,388 crore due to a 2.8x increase in provisioning expenditure YoY.

Axis bank posted a loss of Rs13.9bn (PLe: PAT of Rs5.0bn) mainly on back of Rs34.0bn of COVID related provisions on moratorium, stress scenarios & overdue a/c, while also made +Rs40bn of provisions on legacy NPAs to significantly improve PCR to 69%, up 950bps QoQ. Main highlight of the commentary was a disclosure of 25% of loans have been opted for moratorium on installments, which starts to reflect actual risk for banks and was not visible as yet. Lockdown extension & further opting of moratorium may add to risks of NPAs ahead but we will have to watch if industry will have...

Axis Bank reported loss of Rs.13.9bn led by higher provisions amounting to Rs.77.3bn (up 185% YoY) which includes Rs.30bn related to Covid-19. NII grew by 19% YoY led by improvement in NIMs at 3.55% (up 11bps YoY). PPoP grew by 17% YoY (up 2% QoQ) led by lower non- interest income and higher operating expenses. Lower gross slippages came in as a key positive, lowest quarterly accretion in FY20; however increase in BB & Below book was negative. Management guided further downgrades into the BB& below book due to COvid-19 impact; we revised the slippages higher and accordingly credit cost. With management change behind, strong capital in place and focus on secured retail portfolio,...