Yes Bank Ltd. (YBL), a new generation private sector bank, was incorporated in
November 2003 by Mr. Rana Kapoor and Mr. Ashok Kapur. However, the RBI
superseded the Board of Directors of the bank and imposed a moratorium on YBL
from March 05, 2020. Further, on March 13, 2020, the government had
approved a bailout plan for Yes Bank. Under the plan, Yes Bank had received
around `10,000cr from eight financial institutions, including `6,050cr from SBI.
Currently, pre-FPO, SBI owns 48.21% in Yes Bank.
Weakening operations, business metrics; SBI support to take longer time for
stabilizing: Yes Bank was having deposits worth `2,27,610cr as on Q4FY2019,
however, it dropped to `2,09,497cr in Q2FY20. Further, as a result of the
negative news in Q3 & Q4 of FY2020, the bank witnessed sizeable deposit
withdrawal of `1,00,000cr reaching to `1,05,364cr in Q4FY2020. CASA deposits
declined 63% yoy to `28,063cr. We believe rebuilding term deposit and CASA
would be a challenging task, nevertheless SBI image would likely help YBL to stop
further depletion in deposit base. Moreover, constraint in capital and deposit
withdrawal has impacted loan book too, which declined 29% yoy in FY20;
consequently, adversely impacting NII and other income. Subsequently pre-
provision profit plunged 56% in FY20.
Improvement in asset quality a far off thing; economic slowdown to add to
existing woes: GNPA for FY2020 spiked 4.2x to `32,878cr, which led to 6x
increase on provision on bad asset. This impacted profitability adversely, and YBL
reported loss of `16,418cr. However, on positive side, YBL’s provision coverage
ratio increased to 74%. We believe the bank’s provision cost to remain elevated
owing to (1) high overdue advances (SMA I & II) that stood at 6.5% (`11,102cr) of
the standard advances as on Q4FY20, (2) Covid led slowdown in economic
activity to impact bank’s exposure to segments like real estate, hospitality, travel
and tourism
Gap between FPO price & CMP: We believe current market price of Yes Bank is
not the true reflection of fundamentals given that the reconstruction scheme had
locked in 75% of all shares for 3 years, held by existing shareholders and new
investors entering via the scheme. Hence, we believe CMP will converge around
FPO price, once FPO shares float in the market. However, on FPO there is no
locked in period for any investor.
Market outlook and valuation: At the upper end of the price band, Yes Bank
demands Adj. PB of 0.85x post considering FPO. In current market, other banks
are trading at attractive valuation of FY20 net worth viz. IDFC Bank (0.9x), SBI
Bank (0.5x Core banking business), Federal Bank (0.9x). Our concern for Yes
Bank is fresh formation of bad loans that would keep provision highs and return
ratio compressed for longer time. Retail deposit is the key for any bank for lower
cost of funds; however, YBL has witnessed sizable deposit withdrawal over last 2
quarters. Rebuilding CASA and deposits is a challenging task and would take
longer time. Overall, the bank’s revival and decent RoE numbers will take longer
time. Considering above factors, we recommend NEUTRAL rating for FPO.