RBL Bank Ltd. share price target

RBL Bank Ltd. is a fast-growing private sector bank with a network of 435 branches and over 9.8 million customers. It offers various services, including corporate and institutional banking, commercial banking, retail...

Shifting stock to 'Under Review'

Uncertainty looms at RBL Bank with the RBI’s appointment of Additional Director on bank’s Board and the Board accepting Mr. Vishwavir Ahuja’s (MD & CEO) leave for six months. More so, after management highlighting that these developments are not in any manner a reflection on business fundamentals or strategy of the Bank.

RBK reported a weak 2QFY22, with a PAT of INR308m, impacted by elevated provisions (INR6.5b) and weak NII trends, as margin contracted sharply by 30bp QoQ to 4.06%. On the business front, loan growth remained muted, affected by a sharp decline in Micro Banking and the Business loans...

RBL Bank Ltd. is a fast-growing private sector bank with a network of 435 branches and over 9.8 million customers. It offers various services, including corporate and institutional banking, commercial banking, retail banking,...

Background: RBL bank (RBL) came into operations in 1943 and was incorporated as a small, regional bank in Maharashtra with two branches in Kohlapur and Sangli. Post the change in the management team in 2010, it has been one among the fastest growing private sector banks and now has 435 interconnected branches and 380 interconnected ATMs spread across 28 Indian states and union territories serving ~9.8mn customers. The bank offers a comprehensive range of banking products and services customized to cater to the needs of large corporations, SMEs, agricultural customers, retail customers and development banking...

crystallizing into NPLs in coming quarters. However, the provisioning expense of 14.3bn (7.7bn in 4QFY21) has translated into substantial improvement in PCR to 76.3%. Moreover, the covid provisioning (6.5bn) stood 114bps of net advances. The Bank witnessed 19bps improvement in NIMs to 4.36% because of healthy YoA (11.6% v/s 11.2% sequentially) and reduction in CoF (5.27% v/s 5.45% sequentially). As expected, the bank reported a credit de-growth of 3.6 % sequentially. We estimate the growth to remain tepid for FY22E but adequate provision is likely to give comfort to the balance sheet. Factoring the in-expensive valuation (0.9x PBV) and a stable...

Accelerated provisioning leads to loss

RBL Bank (RBK) reported a weak quarter, with net loss of INR4.6b, impacted by elevated provisions (INR14.3b) as the bank upfronted the impact of the second COVID wave and shored up its PCR to ~61%. Business growth remains muted, impacted by a weak business environment. On the other hand, margins are seeing a sequential uptick, aided by lower cost of funds, some excess liquidity deployment, and lower interest reversals v/s 4QFY21. The bank has suggested a change in business strategy, with an increasing focus on home loans and expansion in the Credit Cards business. On the...