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IPO Note Issuer: Equitas Small Finance Bank Ltd. Equitas Small Finance Bank SUBSCRIBE Transaction Type Fresh Issue (85 Mn shares), Offer for sale (72 Mn shares) Better product diversification among its peers (Face value Rs.10 each) Issue Open / Close 20-Oct-2020/ 22-Oct-2020, Equitas Small Finance Bank (ESFB) has begun the operations in 2007 as an NBFC –MFI (EMFL) and housing Finance since 2011 (EHFL) and had the most diversified portfolio, Type of Offering Fresh issue and offer for sale with 856 banking outlets across 17 states and union territories in India (Q1FY21). With a Total Offer Size Rs 510-518 Cr total loan book of Rs.155.7bn as of June ’20, it’s the Second largest SFB among the 10 SFB players that got the license. Asset products as of June ‘20 comprises: (i) Loans to Price Band Rs.32-33 small business comprising LAPs, housing loans, and agriculture loans to micro- Total Offer Size as % 7.5% entrepreneurs, (ii) microfinance to JLGs (women), (iii) used and new commercial vehicle of Post Issue Capital loans to drivers and micro-entrepreneurs (engaged in logistics), (iv) MSE loans to Percentage of QIB: 50% proprietorships, and (v) corporate loans. On the liability side, bank offer savings Offer Size (Allocation) NIB: 15% accounts, current accounts, salary accounts and a variety of deposit accounts. It is proxy Retail: 35% to financial inclusion drive taken by RBI, to increase the reach of banking to unbanked areas. Loan book has doubled from FY17- FY20 with a CAGR of 35% and Deposit book with a CAGR of 78%. IPO is priced at a P/ABV of 1.34x (1.30x post IPO) and P/E of 15.0x Share holding pattern on June’ 20 numbers which is discount to its peers of P/ABV of 1.87x (Ujjivan SFB) and Pre-Issue Post-Issue P/ABV of 5.32x (AU SFB) based on June’20 figures. We recommend subscribe to the issue Promoter 95.5 82.1 from the long term perspective. Public 4.5 17.9 Better product diversification among its peers (SFBs): ESFB has diversified the loan Total 100% 100% portfolio towards non micro finance segments such as small business loans, vehicle Financial Snapshot loans, MSE and corporates. Non – microfinance % of portfolio stood at 74% as FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 compared to 5-20% for its peer SFBs (except AU with negligible microfinance book). We believe MFI book could be most vulnerable to Covid-19 impact due to unsecured NII 5,352 8,605 11,517 14,953 nature and thus diversification bodes well for the bank. PPOP 2,579 2,206 4,261 5,976 PBT 1,614 485 3,238 3,509 Regulatory requirements need bank to get listed: With respect to SFB license, bank PAT 1,041 318 2,106 2,436 required to list within a period of 3 years post commencement of operation while, it’s EPS 1.3 0.3 2.1 2.4 already in default listing period. Thus, EFSB required to list by Sept ‘2020 as ABV 19.1 19.2 20.7 23.9 commenced operations in Sept ‘2016. Also, need to comply with 40% promoter BVPS 20.0 20.3 22.4 26.1 holding within 5 years (prior Sept ‘4, 2021) as against currently 82% post IPO issue. However, Bank is seeking in principle approval from RBI for merger of EHL with the ROE (%) 5.2 1.6 9.4 8.9 Bank. ROA (%) 1.3 0.3 1.4 1.4 Source: RHP, IDBI Capital Research Bunty Chawla | [email protected] | +91-22-2217 1814 Nikhil Vaishnav | [email protected] | +91-22-2217 1819 October 19, 2020 Equitas Small Finance Bank | IPO Note Granular portfolio with robust CAGR growth: Bank with diversified portfolio grew with a CAGR of 35% (FY17-FY20) while within loan portfolio, small business loans (including housing loan) and vehicle finance product segments noted growth with a CAGR of 53% and 30%, respectively (FY18-FY20). In terms of new customer addition, Bank able to add 185,128 new customers in Small business loans, microfinance to 2,656,819 new customers, and vehicle finance loans to 132,427 new customers (FY18 -FY20). Priority sector credit portfolio represented 105% and 93% of ANBC in FY20 and June ’20 as against mandated 75%. Strong liability franchise among its peers: Bank offer savings accounts, current accounts, salary accounts and a variety of deposit accounts. In terms of Deposit, bank is 2nd largest SFB among its peers (as of March 19). However, Bank total deposit reported a CAGR growth of 39% (during FY18-FY20). Bank enjoys robust retail deposit which grown at a CAGR of 43% (FY18-FY20). Retail to total deposit ratio (3rd highest among SFB) grew from 16% (FY18) to 46% (Q1FY21). Bank CASA grown at a CAGR of 16% (FY18-FY20) with 20% (FY20) of total deposits. In terms of Customers, Bank CASA and term deposit customers has grown from 187,224 and 12,199 (FY18), respectively, to 3,44,459 and 5,59,745 (Q1FY21), respectively. Due to its stable retail deposit it witness a decline in cost of funds from 8.36% (FY18) to 7.63% (Q1FY21). Geographical diversification with major dependent on 2 states: Out of total banking outlets presence the top four states (Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Rajasthan) constitutes 72%. Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra comprises 55% of total outlets. Out of total Portfolios, Bank portfolio majorly dependent on south region with 68% (Q1FY21) of total Gross Advances. Bank deposit comprises 38% (Q1FY21) from North and 42% (Q1FY21) from south region and 88% of total deposits comes from Metropolitan and urban areas. Bank has presence across India but zero presence in East of India. Under Banked areas provide opportunity: A large section of the Indian population lacks access to formal banking services or is served by informal providers. Accordingly, financial inclusion has always been a key priority for the Indian government. SFB operations are focused on serving the financially unserved and underserved segments in India. As of June ‘20, ESFB has 856 Banking Outlets located in 17 states and UT across India. 2 Equitas Small Finance Bank | IPO Note Key Risks: The continuing impacts of COVID-19 are highly unpredictable and may have an adverse effect on business, operations and our future financial performance. Bank need to fulfill stringent regulatory requirements and prudential norms and not comply of same could affect the business and also Promoter is required to reduce its shareholding in Bank to 40% of paid-up Equity Share capital on or prior to September 4, 2021 Bank Promoter, and Directors, are involved in certain legal proceedings, any adverse developments related to which could materially and adversely affect business, reputation and cash flows. Major portion of Advances comes from the state of Tamil Nadu and any adverse impact could lead to impact in portfolio. Any adverse developments in the segments Bank operate in, including small business loans, microfinance and vehicle finance could adversely affect business and results of operations. Bank microfinance loan portfolio and unsecured business loans portfolio are not supported by any collateral that could help ensure repayment of the loan, and in the event of non-payment by a borrower of one of these loans, Bank may be unable to collect the unpaid balance. Bank Part-time Chairman and Non-Executive Independent Director, Arun Ramanathan’s name previously appeared as one of the Directors of JCT Electronics Limited (“JCT”) in the wilful defaulter database maintained by TransUnion CIBIL Limited (“CIBIL”). 3 Equitas Small Finance Bank | IPO Note Exhibit 1: Details of Shareholding Pattern: Pre-Issue Shareholding Post-Issue Shareholding Number of Shareholding Number of Shareholding Entity Shares held (%) Shares held (%) Promoters and Promoter Group 1,005,943,36 95.5 93,40,33,651 82.1 Public 47,458,239 4.5 20,43,37,648 17.9 Total 1,053,401,602 100.0 1,13,83,71,299 100.0 Source: Company; IDBI Capital Research Exhibit 2: Equitas SFB 2nd largest player as per AUM. North east, 2% Survoday, 4% ESAF, 6% Fincare, 5% AU, 33% Capital, 4% Jana, 9% ujjivan, 15% utkarsh, 6% equitas, 16% Source: RHP; IDBI Capital Research 4 Equitas Small Finance Bank | IPO Note Exhibit 3: Robust growth in deposits with 78% CAGR (FY18-FY20). 1,40,000 1,17,871 1,20,000 1,07,884 1,00,000 90,067 80,000 56,040 60,000 40,000 19,213 20,000 - FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 Q1FY21 Deposits Source: Company; IDBI Capital Research Exhibit 4: Loan portfolio grew at 34% CAGR (FY17-FY20). 1,60,000 1,37,472 1,43,886 1,40,000 1,15,936 1,20,000 1,00,000 77,060 80,000 57,018 60,000 40,000 20,000 - FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 Q1FY21 Advances Source: RHP; IDBI Capital Research 5 Equitas Small Finance Bank | IPO Note Exhibit 5: CASA % seen decline and currently stable at 20% level. 35.0% 29.2% 30.0% 25.3% 25.0% 20.5% 20.0% 20.0% 17.3% 15.0% 10.0% 5.0% 0.0% FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 Q1FY21 CASA Source: RHP; IDBI Capital Research Exhibit 6: Decline in Cost of funds supported NIMs . 9.5% 10.0% 9.0% 9.1% 8.6% 8.6% 8.0% 6.0% 4.0% 2.0% 0.0% FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 Q1FY21 NIM Source: RHP; IDBI Capital Research 6 Equitas Small Finance Bank | IPO Note Exhibit 7: Yield lowest in Q1FY21. Exhibit 8: Cost of funds continues to decline.