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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 />

17-Nov-10<br />

17-Dec-10<br />

17-Jan-11<br />

17-Feb-11<br />

17-Mar-11<br />

17-Apr-11<br />

17-May-11<br />

17-Jun-11<br />

17-Jul-11<br />

17-Aug-11<br />

17-Sep-11<br />

17-Oct-11<br />

17-Nov-11<br />

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 />

17

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