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Continues to march ahead on strong footing
LTFH 4QFY18 earnings were in‐line with our estimates at Rs4.06bn (PLe: Rs4.08bn).
May 04, 2018 Surprisingly while provisions were lower, it was offset by higher opex & tax outgo.
Loan book growth of 26% YoY was commendable with non‐wholesale business on
Q4FY18 Result Update
Pritesh Bumb strong footing, though it showed some pressure on yields/spreads. Some of the
priteshbumb@plindia.com / +91‐22‐66322232 weakening of spreads were offset from continued traction in fees mainly from sell
R Sreesankar downs. Main highlight was improvement in asset quality with PCR improvement to
rsreesankar@plindia.com / +91‐22‐66322214
52% as LTFH continued with its accelerated provisioning. We estimate loan growth
Shweta Daptardar of 21% CAGR, steady margins, sustainable fee income and lowering credit cost as
shwetadaptardar@plindia.com / +91‐22‐66322245
PCR moves up to 65‐68% over FY20E with limited asset quality issues. We retain
Vidhi Shah BUY with TP of Rs230 based on 2.6x Mar‐20 lending ABV and Sub value of Rs36.
vidhishah@plindia.com / +91‐22‐66322258
Rating BUY
Strong top line growth continues: Consolidated NII grew by 31% YoY slightly
slower than expectations on interest reversals from SDR assets but fee income
Price Rs172
traction continued from sell down and one time capital gains from stake sale
Target Price Rs230
helped top line. LTFH continued to make accelerated provisions from P&L
Implied Upside 33.7%
benefit it has been receiving & one‐time gains but asset quality improvement
Sensex 35,103 helped lower provisioning requirement. The benefits & strong top line was
Nifty 10,680 offset by higher opex on higher pay‐outs (in MF business) and higher tax.
(Prices as on May 04, 2018)
Robust growth in non‐wholesale businesses: Non‐wholesale loans grew by 57%
YoY with Rural/RE loans growing at 64%/51% YoY faster than guided levels,
Trading data while wholesale loans grew by 13% YoY which has also been better than
Market Cap. (Rs bn) 342.6 guidance. Rural & RE loans now contribute 43% of loans up 80bps QoQ with
Shares o/s (m) 1,995.7 continued focus on growing non‐wholesale business at steady rate of 25‐30% &
3M Avg. Daily value (Rs m) 755.4 focus on high rated assets in wholesale business with intention to sell down and
Major shareholders generate fee income, keeping overall growth at 18‐20% ahead.
Promoters 64.01%
Asset quality improvement across businesses: Overall GNPA/NNPA improved
Foreign 9.20%
by 67/53bps QoQ to 4.8%/2.3% respectively and PCR improving to 52.5% up
Domestic Inst. 5.79% 340bps QoQ. Improvements from last few quarters have been commendable
Public & Other 21.00% mainly in the Rural (MFI & farm) and wholesale biz and continued accelerated
Stock Performance provisions of Rs11.6bn in FY18 mainly in the wholesale business has helped
(%) 1M 6M 12M improve PCR from mere 20% in Q3FY17 to 52% in Q4FY18, strengthening b/s.
Absolute 5.7 (13.6) 28.0 Key Financials (Y/e March) 2017 2018 2019E 2020E
Relative 0.5 (17.8) 10.6
Net interest income (Rs m) 32,533 41,531 51,798 61,796
How we differ from Consensus Growth (%)
13.2 27.7 24.7 19.3
EPS (Rs) PL Cons. % Diff. Non‐interest income (Rs m) 6,920 10,207 11,228 12,576
2019 9.8 9.8 0.2 Operating Profit (Rs m) 26,688 36,366 45,722 54,676
2020 12.9 12.6 2.2 PAT (Rs m) 10,425 14,650 20,541 26,518
EPS (Rs) 5.2 6.8 9.8 12.9
Price Performance (RIC: LTFH.BO, BB: LTFH IN) Growth (%) 31.9 29.2 45.4 31.2
Net DPS (Rs) 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4
(Rs)
250
200
Profitability & valuation 2017 2018 2019E 2020E
Spreads / Margins (%) 5.5 5.9 5.9 5.9
150
RoAE (%) 12.4 13.3 14.9 17.3
100
RoAA (%) 1.3 1.7 2.0 2.2
50
P/E (x) 32.8 25.4 17.5 13.3
0 P/BV (x) 3.9 2.7 2.5 2.2
Jul‐17
Sep‐17
Jan‐18
May‐17
May‐18
Nov‐17
Mar‐18
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L&T Finance Holdings
Exhibit 1: LTFH Q4FY18 Financials ‐ Strong profitability continues along with strengthening
of balance sheet
Consolidated (Figures in Rs mn) Q4FY18 Q4FY17 YoY gr. Q3FY18 QoQ gr.
NII growth was strong on better loan Income Statement
growth Interest income 27,483 21,626 27% 26,302 4%
Interest expense 14,373 11,580 24% 13,596 6%
NII 13,111 10,046 31% 12,706 3%
Other Income 1,901 755 152% 709 168%
Other income was high on sell down and Total Income 15,012 10,801 39% 13,415 12%
one‐time stake sale gains Staff expenses 1,453 1,338 9% 1,336 9%
Other expenses 3,218 1,725 87% 2,670 21%
Opex saw spike up on increase in Total Operating Expenses 4,671 3,063 52% 4,006 17%
commission payouts in wealth and Operating profit 10,341 7,738 34% 9,409 10%
investment management businesses as Provisions 4,746 6,885 ‐31% 4,928 ‐4%
growth was robust PBT 5,595 853 556% 4,480 25%
Tax 1,504 (2,286) ‐166% 636 137%
PAT 4,091 3,140 30% 3,845 6%
PAT post associates/minority 4,060 3,159 29% 3,841 6%
Tax rate (%) 26.9 (267.9) 14.2
Asset quality has improved mainly in the Asset Quality at 90dpd
rural & wholesale business, with stable in GNPA (Rs m) 38,840 45,190 ‐14% 39,690 ‐2%
RE business
NNPA (Rs m) 18,450 31,180 ‐41% 20,200 ‐9%
GNPA (%) 4.8 7.1 (231) 5.5 (69)
PCR ratio continues to improve
NNPA (%) 2.3 5.0 (268) 2.9 (53)
incrementally
Coverage ratio (%) 52.5% 31.0% 21 49.1% 34
Balance Sheet
Net worth (excl. Preference Cap) 1,35,843 91,073 49% 1,01,607 34%
Borrowings 7,15,770 5,96,860 20% 6,84,660 5%
Loans & Advances 8,36,540 6,66,480 26% 7,59,630 10%
Disbursements 2,26,640 1,61,360 40% 2,18,810 4%
Margins have come off sequentially on
Profitability Ratios
yield pressures
NIM (%) 6.57 6.25 32 6.85 (28)
RoAE (%) 14.31 14.43 (12) 15.92 (161)
Avg ROE has come off on back of infusion
of Rs30.0bn of capital Source: Company Data, PL Research
May 04, 2018 2
L&T Finance Holdings
Business wise performance
Overall loans grew 26% YoY with focused businesses growing at 28% YoY, with
de‐focused business contracting 42% YoY. Rural mix within focused business is
now 20% up 100bps QoQ, while RE business mix is at 23% slightly lower by
20bps QoQ and wholesale business mix at 57% down 90bps QoQ.
Rural Business – Overall disbursements were quite strong at +140% YoY with
MFI disbursements at +2x YoY, 2W disbursements at slightly lower than 1x YoY
and farm equipment growing at ~76% YoY leading to strong loan growth of 64%
YoY in rural. LTFH has netted of trade finance disbursements to dealers.
Spreads/margins have remained stable at 12.6% while asset quality improved by
180/160 bps QoQ with GNPA/NNPA at 6.4%/2.6%. PAT has grown by 103% YoY
on strong NII of 68% YoY and lower credit cost on better recoveries/collections.
Real Estate Business – Real estate business showed strong growth of 51% YoY
but pre‐dominantly led by the developer/real estate financing segment which
grew by +100% YoY, while home loans/LAP grew by 15% YoY (still on slower
growth path). Asset quality was steady at GNPA of 0.85%. Last quarter saw
aberration in yields & margins which has now reduced to trend levels. PAT
growth was strong at 84% YoY with better NII and continued fee income.
Wholesale Business – Loan book continued to grow at steady pace of 13% YoY
(but above guidance) with infra book growing at ~10% YoY but better in
structured finance and renewable. With focus on sell down and earning fee
income, DCM book grew by 50% YoY with disbursement growth of 147% YoY
helping fee/assets of 1.38% in Q4FY18. Asset quality improved by 50/30 bps on
QoQ basis with GNPA/NNPA at 4.7%/2.5% respectively and with continued
accelerated provisioning, PCR has moved to 47.5% up 90bps QoQ.
Defocused Business – Defocused business has been reducing, and stands at
1.8% from 4.0% in 4Q17 and 2.3% in 3Q18.
Investment Business – AMC business has been on strong growth trajectory with
AAUM growing by 68% YoY to Rs659.3bn with equity (incl ELSS) growing at 127%
YoY to Rs352.1bn forming 53% of AAUM. ROE in this business continues to be
suboptimal at ~10% as management still continues to build the business
momentum and improve profitability.
May 04, 2018 3
L&T Finance Holdings
Exhibit 2: LTFH lending business – Continued traction non‐wholesale lending
Loans portfolio (Rs mn) Q4FY18 Q4FY17 YoY gr. Q3FY18 QoQ gr.
MFI book saw strong disbursements on Micro Finance 75,490 35,510 113% 59,140 28%
partly base effect of demonetisation and as 2W Finance 33,160 21,100 57% 29,270 13%
strategy of digital disbursement plays out Farm Equipment 55,920 43,790 28% 52,680 6%
Rural Business 1,64,570 1,00,400 64% 1,41,090 17%
Home loan disbursement was strong but Housing Loans/LAP 88,060 76,430 15% 82,660 7%
loan growth remained slower, while real Real Estate Finance 1,00,920 48,910 106% 89,270 13%
estate finance disbursements were slow Housing Business 1,88,980 1,25,340 51% 1,71,930 10%
sequentially Structured Corp Finance 77,050 63,970 20% 68,800 12%
Supply Chain Finance 17,340 21,230 ‐18% 18,520 ‐6%
Wholesale book growth was stable at 13% Infrastructure Finance 3,73,200 3,28,830 13% 3,41,830 9%
but disbursement was in‐line with strategy Renewable power 1,73,520 1,28,780 35% 1,51,970 14%
to write‐down and sell for fees and de‐risk Power Corp 12,210 29,280 ‐58% 24,350 ‐50%
portfolio Roads 59,090 80,130 ‐26% 77,690 ‐24%
DCM 38,500 25,660 50% 36,970 4%
Thermal & Others 89,890 64,990 38% 50,850 77%
Wholesale Business 4,67,590 4,14,030 13% 4,29,150 9%
Total Lending Business 8,36,540 6,66,480 26% 7,59,630 10%
Loans portfolio mix
Micro Finance 9.0 5.3 370 7.8 124
Loan mix is shifting its mix towards rural
2W Finance 4.0 3.2 80 3.9 11
and housing on robust disbursements
Farm Equipment 6.7 6.6 11 6.9 ‐25
Rural Business 19.7 15.1 461 18.6 110
Housing Loans/LAP 10.5 11.5 ‐94 10.9 ‐35
Real Estate Finance 12.1 7.3 473 11.8 31
Housing Business 22.6 18.8 378 22.6 ‐4
Structured Corp Finance 9.2 9.6 ‐39 9.1 15
Within wholesale, renewable, structured
Supply Chain Finance 2.1 3.2 ‐111 2.4 ‐37
finance and DCM segments continue to
Infrastructure Finance 44.6 49.3 ‐473 45.0 ‐39
gain share in the mix
Renewable power 20.7 19.3 142 20.0 74
Power Corp 1.5 4.4 ‐293 3.2 ‐175
Roads 7.1 12.0 ‐496 10.2 ‐316
DCM 4.6 3.9 75 4.9 ‐26
Thermal & Others 10.7 9.8 99 6.7 405
Wholesale Business 55.9 62.1 ‐623 56.5 ‐60
Defocused business reduces to 1.8% of
Defocused Business 1.8 4.0 ‐217 2.3 ‐46
overall book from 2.3% in Q3FY18 on sell‐
down Source: Company Data, PL Research
May 04, 2018 4
L&T Finance Holdings
98.2%
97.7%
97.2%
96.5%
96.0%
93.7%
92.4%
92.2%
91.5%
91.5%
67% 66% 67% 65% 65% 64% 63% 65% 63% 61% 58%
89.3%
57%
87.9%
1Q16
2Q16
3Q16
4Q16
1Q17
2Q17
3Q17
4Q17
1Q18
2Q18
3Q18
4Q18
1Q16
2Q16
3Q16
4Q16
1Q17
2Q17
3Q17
4Q17
1Q18
2Q18
3Q18
4Q18
Source: Company Data, PL Research Source: Company Data, PL Research
Exhibit 5: Margins have deteriorated on yield pressure
NIM %
7.0%
6.8%
6.6%
6.4%
6.2%
6.0%
5.8%
5.6%
5.4%
5.2%
3Q13
4Q13
1Q14
2Q14
3Q14
4Q14
1Q15
2Q15
3Q15
4Q15
1Q16
2Q16
3Q16
4Q16
1Q17
2Q17
3Q17
4Q17
1Q18
2Q18
3Q18
4Q18
Source: Company Data, PL Research
Exhibit 6: Fees continues to witness strong growth from sell downs mainly in infra book
Non Int. Income / Loans and Advances (%)
2.02%
1.79% 1.87% 1.81%
1.70%
1.19%
0.95%
0.76%
1Q17
2Q17
3Q17
4Q17
1Q18
2Q18
3Q18
4Q18
Source: Company Data, PL Research
May 04, 2018 5
L&T Finance Holdings
Exhibit 7: LTFH has been making accelerated provisioning and improving PCR
Credit Cost Break Up Q3FY17 Q4FY17 Q1FY18 Q2FY18 Q3FY18 Q4FY18 FY17 FY18
Total 2,140 7,630 5,140 5,720 5,460 5,800 9,770 22,120
Regulatory ‐ 2,260 2,840 2,950 2,390 2,310 2,260 10,490
Accelerated from business P&L 2,140 1,850 1,440 1,910 2,210 2,220 3,990 7,780
Accelerated from exceptional gains ‐ 3,520 860 860 860 1,270 3,520 3,850
Source: Company Data, PL Research
Exhibit 8: Credit cost came down on improved asset quality yet PCR improves to 52.5%
Credit Cost %
4.5%
4.0%
3.5%
3.0%
2.5%
2.0%
1.5%
1.0%
0.5%
4Q13
1Q14
2Q14
3Q14
4Q14
1Q15
2Q15
3Q15
4Q15
1Q16
2Q16
3Q16
4Q16
1Q17
2Q17
3Q17
4Q17
1Q18
2Q18
3Q18
4Q18
Source: Company Data, PL Research
Exhibit 9: Overall asset quality improved on 90dpd as rural and wholesale book stablizes
Source: Company Data, PL Research Note – FY16 asset quality based on 150dpd and Q4FY17
onwards based on 90 days
May 04, 2018 6
L&T Finance Holdings
Exhibit 10: Change in estimates table – We tweak our estimates to factor‐in business
growth, higher opex and tweak in credit costs
(Rs mn) Old Revised % Change
FY19E FY20E FY19E FY20E FY19E FY20E
Net interest income 51,356 60,312 51,798 61,796 0.9 2.5
Operating profit 46,398 54,927 45,722 54,676 (1.5) (0.5)
Net profit 20,557 26,283 20,480 26,451 (0.4) 0.6
EPS (Rs) 9.9 12.8 9.8 12.9 (0.6) 0.4
ABVPS (Rs) 64.3 76.6 62.7 74.6 (2.4) (2.6)
Price target (Rs) 230 230
Recommendation BUY BUY
Source: Company Data, PL Research
Exhibit 11: We maintain our TP of Rs230 at 2.6x FY20 SOTP from 3.0x
PT calculation and upside
Fair value of Consol Biz ‐ P/ABV 194
Fair value of AMC 30
Fair value of PE/wealth management 6
Total ‐ Fair value of LTFH 230
Target P/ABV ‐ lending business on FY20 basis 2.6
Target P/E 15.4
Current price, Rs 172
Upside (%) 33%
Dividend yield (%) 1%
Total return (%) 34%
Source: Company Data, PL Research
Exhibit 12: LTFH – One year forward P/ABV trends
Feb‐14
Feb‐15
Feb‐16
Feb‐17
Feb‐18
Aug‐12
Aug‐13
Aug‐14
Aug‐15
Aug‐16
Aug‐17
May‐12
May‐13
May‐14
May‐15
May‐16
May‐17
May‐18
Nov‐12
Nov‐13
Nov‐14
Nov‐15
Nov‐16
Nov‐17
Source: Company Data, PL Research
May 04, 2018 7
L&T Finance Holdings
Income Statement (Rs m) Quarterly Financials (Rs m)
Y/e March 2017 2018
2019E 2020E Y/e March Q1FY18 Q2FY18 Q3FY18 Q4FY18
Int. Inc. / Opt. Inc. 78,803 94,792
116,872 140,977
Int. Inc. / Operating Inc. 22,587 23,838 26,302 27,483
Interest Expenses 46,270 53,261 65,075 79,180 Income from securitization — — — —
Net interest income 32,533 41,531 51,798 61,796 Interest Expenses 12,326 12,967 13,596 14,373
Growth (%) 13.2 27.7 24.7 19.3 Net Interest Income 10,261 10,871 12,706 13,111
Non interest income 6,920 10,207 11,228 12,576 Growth 22.0 16.4 36.1 30.5
Growth (%) 46.5 47.5 10.0 12.0 Non interest income 1,071 1,109 709 1,901
Net operating income 39,453 51,738 63,026 74,372 Net operating income 11,332 11,980 13,415 15,012
Expenditure Growth 29.5 21.2 33.9 39.0
Employees 4,935 5,034 5,286 5,709 Operating expenditure 3,277 3,419 4,006 4,671
Other expenses 7,157 9,819 11,488 13,441 PPP 8,055 8,561 9,409 10,341
Depreciation 673 519 530 546 Growth 45.7 30.6 37.1 33.6
Total expenditure 12,765 15,373 17,304 19,696 Provision 4,587 4,707 4,928 4,746
PPP 26,688 36,366 45,722 54,676 Exchange Gain / (Loss) — — — —
Growth (%) 31.2 36.3 25.7 19.6 Profit before tax 3,468 3,855 4,480 5,595
Provision 15,899 18,968 18,334 17,846 Tax 378 230 636 1,504
Other income — — — — Prov. for deferred tax liability — — — —
Exchange Gain / (Loss) — — — — Effective tax rate (%) 10.9 6.0 14.2 26.9
Profit before tax 10,789 17,398 27,388 36,830 PAT 3,092 3,602 3,841 4,060
Tax 364 2,748 6,847 10,312 Growth 49.1 45.2 41.8 28.5
Effective tax rate (%) 3.4 15.8 25.0 28.0
PAT 10,425 14,650 20,541 26,518
Growth (%) 22.1 40.5 40.2 29.1
Balance Sheet (Rs m) Key Ratios
Y/e March 2017 2018 2019E 2020E Y/e March 2017 2018 2019E 2020E
Sources of funds CMP (Rs) 172 172 172 172
Equity 17,557 19,957 19,957 19,957 Eq. Shrs. O/s. (m) 1,756 1,996 1,996 1,996
Reserves & Surplus 60,202 105,542 117,690 139,151 Market Cap (Rs m) 301,369 342,558 342,558 342,558
Networth 77,759 125,499 137,647 159,108 Market Cap to AUM (%) 44.1 40.7 33.3 28.4
Growth (%) 9.9 61.4 9.7 15.6 EPS (Rs) 5.2 6.8 9.8 12.9
Loan funds 598,111 715,771 891,013 1,052,064 Book Value (Rs) 44.3 62.9 69.0 79.7
Growth (%) 15.9 19.7 24.5 18.1 Adjusted Book Value (Rs) 34.0 53.6 60.1 72.4
Others — — — — P/E (x) 32.8 25.4 17.5 13.3
Minority Interest — — — — P/BV (x) 3.9 2.7 2.5 2.2
Deferred Tax Liability (7,402) (9,837) (11,018) (12,450) P/ABV (x) 5.0 3.2 2.9 2.4
Total 680,601 841,776 1,026,486 1,206,066 DPS (Rs) 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4
Application of funds Dividend Yield (%) 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8
Net fixed assets 12,576 11,308 11,703 12,130
Advances 616,485 782,992 963,080 1,136,435 Asset Quality
Growth (%) 10.0 27.0 23.0 18.0 Y/e March 2017 2018 2019E 2020E
Net current assets (12,294) (7,366) (8,665) (9,358) Gross NPAs (Rs m) 31,461 38,840 42,724 44,860
Investments 60,115 48,433 53,277 58,604 Net NPAs (Rs m) 17,985 18,450 17,751 14,533
Growth (%) 68.7 (19.4) 10.0 10.0 Gross NPAs to Gross Adv. (%) 5.1 5.0 4.4 3.9
Other Assets 9,540 11,217 12,563 14,071 Net NPAs to Net Adv. (%) 5.0 2.3 1.8 1.3
Total 682,965 842,616 1,027,672 1,207,252 NPA Coverage (%) 42.8 52.5 58.5 67.6
Source: Company Data, PL Research.
Profitability (%)
Y/e March 2017 2018 2019E 2020E
NIM 5.5 5.9 5.9 5.9
RoAA 1.3 1.7 2.0 2.2
RoAE 12.4 13.3 14.9 17.3
Source: Company Data, PL Research.
May 04, 2018 8
L&T Finance Holdings
Prabhudas Lilladher Pvt. Ltd.
3rd Floor, Sadhana House, 570, P. B. Marg, Worli, Mumbai‐400 018, India
Tel: (91 22) 6632 2222 Fax: (91 22) 6632 2209
Rating Distribution of Research Coverage PL’s Recommendation Nomenclature
Reduce : Underperformance to Sensex over 12‐months
30% Sell : Over 15% underperformance to Sensex over 12‐months
20% Trading Buy : Over 10% absolute upside in 1‐month
12.4%
10% Trading Sell : Over 10% absolute decline in 1‐month
0.0% Not Rated (NR) : No specific call on the stock
0%
BUY Accumulate Reduce Sell Under Review (UR) : Rating likely to change shortly
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