Vishnu Kapadia
Vishnu Kapadia

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25 Tweets 3 reads Jun 04, 2022
HDFC Bank analyst day takeaway,
Credit growth outlook healthy; aspires to double the Balance Sheet in four-to-five years:
The bank aspires to double its Balance Sheet over the next four-to-five years, even on a merged basis.
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Mortgages to be a key growth driver, improves the portfolio mix:
Mortgages penetration, at 2%, is the lowest v/s 21%/13%/6% penetration for Credit Cards/Personal/Vehicle loans.
Around 70% of HDFC customers do not bank with HDFCB. Undertaking the Mortgage business also
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provides an opportunity to cross-sell Consumer Durable loans.
Currently, ~2k out of 6.3k branches offer mortgages.
The mix of Unsecured loans post-merger is likely to reduce to 22% from ~30% at present, which will increase its appetite to undertake Unsecured loans.
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Branch banking to drive deposit mobilization; C/I ratio to moderate:
The management said that deposit mobilization rose significantly as branches age (10x/25x deposits with 10-15/over 15-years old branches).
Around 60% of branches are less than 10 years old,
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thus improving vintage will drive deposit growth.
The bank is looking to add 1.5k-2k branches annually & will continue to invest in the business and on its staff.
Despite that, the C/I ratio is likely to moderate to mid-30s (excluding mortgages) over the next 3-to-5 yrs.
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Corporate Banking remains a 2% RoA business:
While the bank went slow on the Retail segment during the COVID-19 pandemic, Corporate asset growth picked up opportunistically.
HDFCB posted a robust growth (16%) in Corporate loans in FY22 as compared to 1% for the system.
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The bank looks at the Corporate segment not just from an asset-gathering exercise, but as a segment that helps in increasing liability opportunities and fee income.
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Significant opportunity exists in Commercial and Rural Banking:
Commercial and Rural Banking (CRB) is considered to be the bank’s PSL engine, generating 65-70% of the total PSL for the bank.
The management is confident of growing by 25-30% in this segment, with a
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RoA of over 3%
The bank has grown well in this segment & improved its market share by ~600bp over the last 2 yrs to 18.4% in FY22.
On Agri, the bank aims to improve market share by ~300bp to 9% by FY24
The management aims to double its customer base/revenue by FY24/FY25.
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Housing business to drive the Retail portfolio:
The management is bullish on the Housing business and expects the segment to be a primary driver of growth.
The bank plans to increase distribution by 3-4x to improve growth in Gold loans.
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HDFCB is confident of over 20% growth in Retail assets on a sustained basis.
Focus on building its Retail customer franchise and enhancing cross-selling:
Over the last three years, Retail deposits grew 2x.
The bank aims to double the same over the next 3.5 years.
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It has gained market share in deposits, with a growth rate of ~2x that of the industry.
Market leadership across payments products; new initiatives to aid growth:
HDFCB offers a whole bouquet of products in payments and consumer financing, and has a
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leadership position in both the offline (44%) and online (48%) card acceptance business (POS).
The bank is undertaking various new initiatives, with the launch of PayZapp 2.0 (a comprehensive Mobile commerce payments app) and SmartHub Vyapaar 2.0 (which integrates the
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entire mobile merchant ecosystem), thus providing a seamless customer experience to drive further growth.
Digital sourcing gaining share, helping improve cross-sell and reduce TAT:
The number of digital transactions rose 3x in FY21-22 from FY18-19 levels.
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E-commerce card volumes on the payment gateway saw a 1.75x growth in the past three years, with ~45m UPI transactions being undertaken on a daily basis.
Other key takeaways:
Asset quality ratios remain pristine, the restructured book remains controlled ~1.14% of loans
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C/I ratio fell down to 36-37% over FY20-22 v/s 39-40% at pre-COVID levels due to moderation in Retail loans.
As retail lending picks up, C/I ratio is likely to inch up.
Including mortgages, C/I ratio is likely to be early 30s. The aim is to bring it down to below 30%
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over the long term.
Profitability of the Corporate book stands healthy & is still a 2% RoA business. The bank doesn’t do any lending, which is not an 18-20% RoE business during its entire life cycle.
In FY22, the bank grew much faster than industry in corporate banking.
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While the system grew 0.9%, Bank posted a strong growth of 15.7% in FY22.
Corporate Banking asset grew at 22% CAGR over last 2 years.
Commercial & Rural Banking:
Opportunity size of segment is huge. Total SME credit demand is of INR50t. Out of this INR20t is serviced
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by Banks and NBFCs. INR10t is done by the proprietor in his/her own name. Therefore, there is a credit gap of INR20t, which will be funded by organized sector over time.
Market share in MSME segment improved to 18.4% from 12% in the last two years.
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Today, the bank is present in more than 600 districts. This has grown from 450 districts, four years ago.
On Agri market share at 6.4% with a target of reaching 9% by FY24.Disbursements in FY23 to be book size of FY22.
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It aims to double its customer base by FY24. It aims to double FY22 revenue by FY25.
Payments Business:
Cards acceptance business (POS): 44% market share in offline cards; 48% market share in online cards acquiring.
Around 13% market share in UPI (P2M);
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25% market share in EPI
Average ticket size stands at INR1,900 with around three transactions per customer.
5.Retail Customer Franchise and Life Cycle Management:
Retail deposits grew 2x in the last three years. The target is to grow another 2x over the next 3.5 years.
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Customer acquisition grew 1.9x over FY18-22 to 8.3m. The target is to reach 10m over the next 15 months.
Branch breakeven is improving. Vintage branch breakeven was 2-2.5 years. Some branches now break even in nine-to-ten months.
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Around 55% of branches breakeven within 12-24 months.
Aiming for a 2x growth in rural in 18-24 months through a differentiated proposition.
Asset quality continued to witness an improvement over 4QFY22, led by lower slippages. GNPA/NNPA moderated to 1.17%/0.32%.
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Restructuring book declined to ~INR157b (1.14% of total loans). Moreover, PCR improved to ~73%, which, along with a floating provision of INR14.5b and contingent provision of INR96.9b, would keep credit cost in check & limit the impact on profitability
End of the thread.
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