IDFC First Bank Ltd. share price target

IDFC First Bank, founded by the merger of erstwhile IDFC Bank and erstwhile Capital First on December 18, 2018. At present, the bank's total number of branches stands at 576, with a total funded assets to the tune of around ~Rs.1,10,469cr. We roll forward our valuation to FY23 and value the bank at 2.3x...

IDFCFB's earnings performance of Rs1.30bn (PLe: Rs1.52bn) was a miss on high provisioning this quarter mainly on back of pro-forma NPAs and higher opex which was offset by higher other income. Pro-forma NPAs came in high at 4.2% and in retail at 3.9% which were on higher side, although bank holds a Rs21.6bn of COVID provision and should see gradual reduction in NPAs on recovery/write-off. Bank's retail drive continues to move ahead with strong CASA growth of 8% QQ and CASA + Retail TDs up 10% QoQ replacing bulk deposits, while corporate book has continued to de-grow by 17% YoY and...

NII was up 13.7% YoY, 5.1% QoQ to | 1744 crore. NIMs expanded QoQ by 8 bps and 79 bps YoY to 4.65% despite interest reversals due to NPAs, supported by sharp rise in CASA deposits. Other income for the quarter jumped 31.1% YoY | 759 crore. Fee income increased 33% YoY to | 582 crore. Provisions for the quarter were at | 482 crore, up 123% QoQ owing...

Good quarter and future growth prospects intact. IDFC First Bank, founded by the merger of erstwhile IDFC Bank and erstwhile Capital First on December 18, 2018. At present, the bank's total number of branches stands at 523, with a total funded assets to the tune of around ~Rs.1,06,828cr. We value the bank at 1.3x Adj BVPS of FY22E and revise our rating...

NII increased 21.8% YoY, 2.1% QoQ to | 1660 crore on account of expansion in NIM, which increased 4 bps QoQ, 114 bps YoY to 4.57%. Other income declined 51.7% YoY. This de-growth can be attributed to 19% drop in fee income due to lower loan origination as a result of low business activity due to pandemic. The bank sold off entire exposure to one of the stressed HFC through secondary market transaction, booked a loss of | 463 crore in trading income and released existing provision of | 460 crore. PAT for the...

IDFC First Bank, founded by the merger of erstwhile IDFC Bank and erstwhile Capital First on December 18, 2018. At present, the bank's total number of branches stands at 503, with a total funded assets to the tune of around ~Rs1,04,050cr. We value the bank at 1.2x Adj BVPS of FY22E and revise our rating...

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The bank offered Morat 2 to 28% of its customers by value vs. 35% in Morat 1. Around 23% is in retail assets including rural portfolio and 35% is in the wholesale financing portfolio. Provision was at | 764 crore, including | 375 crore related to Covid-19 over and above | 225 crore done in Q4FY21. Asset quality witnessed a strong sequential improvement with GNPA & NNPA ratio improving ~61 bps and ~43 bps to 1.99% and 0.51%, respectively. Gross NPA of the retail loan book was at 0.87% vs. 1.77% as of March 31, 2020 and net NPA percentage of the retail loan book of the bank...

IDFC First Bank's (IDFCFB) Q1FY21 PAT at Rs 0.9bn was aided by 38% YoY growth in NII, stable non-interest income and lower opex QoQ.

Core business intact, growth and asset portfolio concerns arise IDFC FIRST Bank reported another healthy set of quarterly earnings. NII increased by 38.4% YoY/4.0% QoQ to Rs 1,626 Cr, PPOP increased by 180% YoY/71.5% QoQ to Rs 892 Cr and Net Profit increased to Rs 94 Cr, against Rs 617 Cr loss in Q1FY20. Other income increased on account of treasury gains of the bank. The bank has taken provisions of Rs 764 Cr for...