Nigeria Banking Sector Coverage - December 2011 'Bad ... - Imara
Nigeria Banking Sector Coverage - December 2011 'Bad ... - Imara
Nigeria Banking Sector Coverage - December 2011 'Bad ... - Imara
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EQUITY RESEARCH<br />
NIGERIA<br />
DECEMBER <strong>2011</strong><br />
BANKING<br />
Founded in 1894, First Bank of <strong>Nigeria</strong> Plc (FBN) is one<br />
of the largest banks in <strong>Nigeria</strong> and indeed in West<br />
Africa. With over 685 branches as at Q3 11, the group<br />
has one of the largest branch networks in <strong>Nigeria</strong>. In<br />
2002, FBN established a wholly owned banking<br />
subsidiary in the United Kingdom, FBN Bank (UK)<br />
Limited. In 2007, FBN Bank (UK) set up its Paris office<br />
to serve as a marketing base to service francophone<br />
West Africa. FBN also has a representative office in<br />
South Africa and has obtained a licence to open a<br />
representative office in China. The group comprises 10<br />
subsidiaries, spanning asset management, investment<br />
banking, capital markets, insurance, microfinance,<br />
private equity, mortgage and pension fund custodian<br />
services.<br />
• One of <strong>Nigeria</strong>’s original ‘top tier’ banks, FBN came<br />
through the CBN’s audits unscathed in 2009, but<br />
suffered with the rest of the sector as the central<br />
bank issued new prudential guidelines.<br />
• After a drop in earnings in FY 09 to NGN 4.9bn, 2010<br />
saw a recovery in performance, with attributable<br />
earnings closing at NGN 33.4bn.<br />
• The recovery has continued in <strong>2011</strong>, with 9M earnings<br />
increasing by 31.79% to NGN 42.9bn.<br />
• By year end, we should have seen the conclusion of<br />
AMCON’s NPL purchases from the market, which will<br />
also include FBN’s exposure to Sea Wolf of cNGN<br />
99bn. The group NPL ratio should thus continue to<br />
trend downwards going forward.<br />
• The group announced the acquisition of 75% of<br />
Banque International de Credit, a bank in the DRC, as<br />
part of its SSA expansion strategy.<br />
• Using a DCF valuation, we arrive at a target price for<br />
FBN of NGN 13.43, representing 49.0% upside on its<br />
current share price of NGN 9.01. As one of <strong>Nigeria</strong>’s<br />
traditional ‘top tier’ banks, we expect FBN to remain<br />
a major player in the sector. BUY.<br />
First Bank vs NSE ASI (Rebased)<br />
Recommendation<br />
BUY<br />
Bloomberg Code<br />
FIRSTBAN:NL<br />
Current Price (NGN) 9.0<br />
Current Price (USc) 5.6<br />
Target Price (NGN) 13.4<br />
Target Price (USc) 8.3<br />
Upside (%) 49.0<br />
Liquidity<br />
Market Cap (NGN m) 294 015<br />
Shares (m) 32 632<br />
Free Float (est. %) 79.6<br />
Ave. daily vol ('000) - 1 yr. 20 840<br />
Price Performance<br />
Price, 12 months ago (NGN) 12.9<br />
Change (%) (30.4)<br />
Price, 6 months ago (NGN) 13.5<br />
Change (%) (33.3)<br />
Financials (NGN m) 31 Dec F2010 <strong>2011</strong>F 2012F<br />
Loans & Advances 1 151 195 1 277 967 1 516 099<br />
Net Interest Income (excl. Provisions) 121 462 156 455 207 801<br />
Non-Interest Income 56 461 71 836 86 147<br />
Attributable Earnings 33 411 55 944 72 715<br />
EPS (kobo) 102.4 153.4 177.2<br />
DPS (kobo) 60.0 84.4 97.5<br />
NAV/Share (kobo) 1 043.8 1 028.9 1 018.0<br />
Valuation Ratios Current <strong>2011</strong>F 2012F<br />
Earnings Yield* (%) 14.9 17.0 19.7<br />
Dividend Yield (%) 6.7 9.4 10.8<br />
PE* (x) 6.7 5.3 4.0<br />
PBV (x) 0.91 0.78 0.70<br />
RoaA (%) 1.5 2.1 2.2<br />
RoaE (%) 10.3 15.6 18.2<br />
Net Interest Margin (%) 6.3 6.9 7.3<br />
Cost to Income Ratio (%) 65.5 61.0 60.4<br />
* - trailing<br />
1.5<br />
1.4<br />
1.3<br />
1.2<br />
Strengths<br />
Top tier bank<br />
Large branch network<br />
Weaknesses<br />
Poor asset optimisation<br />
Relatively low RoE vs some peers<br />
1.1<br />
Strong brand<br />
Sea Wolf loan concentration<br />
1<br />
0.9<br />
0.8<br />
0.7<br />
0.6<br />
0.5<br />
Low cost deposit base<br />
Opportunities<br />
Relatively low LDR means room to grow<br />
risk assets<br />
SSA expansion<br />
(AMCON should resolve)<br />
Threats<br />
Nimbler, smaller players targeting its<br />
market share<br />
DRC acquisition high risk<br />
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Centralised processing centre<br />
Behind its peers in terms of SSA expansion<br />
rollout ongoing will see it playing catch up<br />
First Bank<br />
NSE ASI<br />
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