
L&T Finance Holdings Ltd | Q3FY20 Result Update | Steady focused book growth with stable asset quality
Hits:
· Net Interest Income (NII) grew by 21% YoY to INR 1,423 cr on back of 62bps YoY improvement in NIM to 5.6%
· Focus book registered growth of 14% YoY to INR 93,957 cr. However, total AUM increased by only 5% YoY to INR 99,454 cr mainly because of 55% YoY/24% QoQ de-growth in de-focus book.
· Net revenue registered 16% YoY growth to INR 1,841 cr
· PAT during the quarter remained flat YoY at INR 591 cr as lower tax rate negated the impact of elevated cost to income ratio and credit cost
· Asset quality remained stable with GS3 / NS3 for Q3FY20 at 5.94% / 2.67% vs 5.98% / 2.83% sequentially
· LTFH raised INR 10,429 cr of long term borrowings in the current quarter, its highest quarterly borrowings since FY17, reaffirming the strength of its parentage in the current challenging environment
Miss:
- Total disbursements de-grew by 30% YoY to INR 9,561 cr mainly on back of de-growth in all segments. Disbursement in Rural / Housing / Wholesale segments decreased by 5% / 14%/ 63% respectively
- Cost to Income ratio deteriorated by 263 bps YoY to 27.5% resulting to lower growth in operating profits. Operating profit increased by 11.7% YoY to INR 1,334cr
- Credit cost increased by 60 bps YoY to 2.39% resulting to 5.8% de-growth in PBT to INR 729 cr
- Cautious stance by the management led to the lowest quarterly disbursement in the wholesale segment and real estate finance segments since start of FY18
Our View:
· The company registered steady focused book loan growth in the quarter (in-line with consensus), we believe these are stable results in challenging environment mainly because of a) Stable asset quality especially in wholesale and rural book where the company has exposure towards Assam region in its MFI segment, b) Ability to raise the highest quarterly borrowings in a challenging environment and maintain prudent ALM and c) Rapidly run down its de-focused book.
· Management’s cautious stance in the real estate finance, LAP and infra book coupled with rundown of the de-focused book is likely to loan growth in check compared to historical run rate. However, focused book growth is expected to remain steady backed by rural and housing segment.
Valuation
At the CMP of INR 127, stock is trading at 1.5x FY21 ABPS
INR crs | Q3FY20 | Q3FY19 | %change | Q2FY20 | %change |
Interest income | 3,307 | 3,039 | 8.8 | 3,254 | 1.6 |
Interest expenses | 1,884 | 1,865 | 1.0 | 1,891 | -0.4 |
Net interest income | 1,423 | 1,174 | 21.2 | 1,363 | 4.4 |
Non-interest income | 418 | 416 | 0.5 | 470 | -11.1 |
Net Revenue | 1,841 | 1,590 | 15.8 | 1,833 | 0.4 |
Operating expenses | 507 | 396 | 28.0 | 448 | 13.2 |
Operating Profit | 1,334 | 1,194 | 11.7 | 1,385 | -3.7 |
Provisions & Contingencies | 605 | 420 | 44.0 | 624 | -3.0 |
PBT | 729 | 774 | -5.8 | 761 | -4.2 |
Tax | 138 | 194 | -28.9 | 114 | 21.1 |
PAT pre exceptionals | 591 | 580 | 1.9 | 647 | -8.7 |
Exceptional Items | 0 | 0 | NA | 473 | NA |
PAT | 591 | 580 | 1.9 | 174 | 239.7 |
Ratio (%) | |||||
C/I Ratio | 27.5 | 24.9 | 263bps | 24.4 | 310bps |
Yield | 13.1 | 13.0 | 12bps | 13.0 | 8bps |
NIM | 5.6 | 5.0 | 62bps | 5.5 | 18bps |
Balance Sheet (INR Crs) | |||||
Loan & Advances | 99,453 | 94,711 | 5 | 1,00,258 | -1 |
Disbursement | 9,561 | 13,682 | -30 | 9,779 | -2 |
Networth | 14,606 | 12,981 | 13 | 13,981 | 4 |
Asset Quality (%) | |||||
GS3 | 5.94 | 6.74 | -80bps | 5.98 | -4bps |
NS3 | 2.67 | 2.64 | 3bps | 2.83 | -16bps |
Provision Coverage Ratio | 57.0 | 62.0 | -500bps | 54.0 | 300bps |
AUM Break up (INR crs) | Q3FY20 | Q3FY19 | %change | Q2FY20 | %change |
Rural | 27,594 | 24,122 | 14 | 26,597 | 4 |
Housing | 26,689 | 23,319 | 14 | 26,986 | -1 |
Wholesale | 39,674 | 35,170 | 13 | 39,472 | 1 |
Total Focused book | 93,957 | 82,611 | 14 | 93,055 | 1 |
De-Focused Book | 5,497 | 12,100 | -55 | 7,203 | -24 |
Total Book | 99,454 | 94,711 | 5 | 1,00,258 | -1 |
Disbursement Break up (INR crs) | Q3FY20 | Q3FY19 | %change | Q2FY20 | %change |
Rural | 5,468 | 5,734 | -5 | 4,638 | 18 |
Housing | 2,024 | 2,350 | -14 | 2,032 | 0 |
Wholesale | 2,069 | 5,598 | -63 | 3,108 | -33 |
Total Focused book | 9,561 | 13,682 | -30 | 9,778 | -2 |
De-Focused Book | 0 | 0 | NA | 0 | NA |