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EQUITY RESEARCH<br />

NIGERIA<br />

DECEMBER <strong>2011</strong><br />

BANKING<br />

Guaranty Trust Bank plc (GTB) was incorporated as a<br />

limited liability company licensed to provide<br />

commercial and other banking services to the <strong>Nigeria</strong>n<br />

public in 1990. The bank commenced operations in<br />

February 1991, and in September 1996, became a<br />

publicly quoted company. GTB undertook its second<br />

share offering in 2004 and successfully raised over NGN<br />

11bn, ensuring it was satisfactorily poised to meet the<br />

NGN 25bn minimum capital base for banks introduced<br />

by the CBN in 2005. In 2007, the bank became the first<br />

<strong>Nigeria</strong>n financial institution to undertake a USD 350m<br />

regulation S Eurobond issue and a USD 750m London<br />

listed GDR Offer. In <strong>December</strong> 2009, GTB successfully<br />

completed the first tranche of its USD 200m corporate<br />

bond. Along with the <strong>Nigeria</strong>n operations, the bank has<br />

five offshore bank subsidiaries in the Gambia, Sierra<br />

Leone, Ghana, Liberia and in the UK. The group has a<br />

branch network of 186.<br />

• One of our preferred picks in the sector, GTB<br />

continues to perform well with consistent<br />

performance indicators.<br />

• After a relatively flat earnings growth performance in<br />

FY 09, attributable earnings for FY 10 were NGN<br />

38.9bn, up 36.02%. This was largely due to a fall in<br />

provisions, however, as a flat revenue performance<br />

and rising costs impeded operating income growth.<br />

• Earnings for 9M 11 closed the period at NGN 40.5bn,<br />

an increase of 33.30%, boosted by extraordinary<br />

income.<br />

• All Zenon related exposures were settled with AMCON<br />

by the H1 11 results to June.<br />

• Using a DCF valuation, we arrive at a target price for<br />

GTB of NGN 19.34, representing 36.2% upside on its<br />

current share price of NGN 14.20. GTB remains our<br />

number one pick in the sector. Forward earnings and<br />

dividend yields add weight to our recommendation,<br />

justifying its premium relative ratings. BUY.<br />

Recommendation<br />

BUY<br />

Bloomberg Code<br />

GUARANTY:NL<br />

Current Price (NGN) 14.2<br />

Current Price (USc) 8.8<br />

Target Price (NGN) 19.3<br />

Target Price (USc) 11.9<br />

Upside (%) 36.2<br />

Liquidity<br />

Market Cap (NGN m) 417 923<br />

Shares (m) 29 431<br />

Free Float (est. %) 82.3<br />

Ave. daily vol ('000) - 1 yr. 19 989<br />

Price Performance<br />

Price, 12 months ago (NGN) 13.2<br />

Change (%) 7.9<br />

Price, 6 months ago (NGN) 16.3<br />

Change (%) (13.1)<br />

Financials (NGN m) 31 Dec F2010 <strong>2011</strong>F 2012F<br />

Loans & Advances 604 093 675 943 769 672<br />

Net Interest Income (excl. Provisions) 83 853 96 872 134 825<br />

Non-Interest Income 39 566 52 857 61 931<br />

Attributable Earnings 38 890 52 630 69 300<br />

EPS (kobo) 166.8 202.9 213.7<br />

DPS (kobo) 100.0 121.7 128.2<br />

NAV/Share (kobo) 944.6 991.3 933.5<br />

Valuation Ratios Current <strong>2011</strong>F 2012F<br />

Earnings Yield* (%) 11.7 14.3 15.0<br />

Dividend Yield (%) 7.0 8.6 9.0<br />

PE* (x) 8.5 7.9 6.0<br />

PBV (x) 1.8 1.6 1.4<br />

RoaA (%) 3.5 3.9 4.1<br />

RoaE (%) 18.6 21.9 24.5<br />

Net Interest Margin (%) 7.2 6.9 7.9<br />

Cost to Income Ratio (%) 52.9 45.5 45.9<br />

* - trailing<br />

1.5<br />

GT Bank vs NSE ASI ( Rebased)<br />

Strengths<br />

Weaknesses<br />

1.4<br />

1.3<br />

1.2<br />

Top tier bank<br />

IT driven<br />

Relatively small branch network compared<br />

to other top tier players<br />

1.1<br />

1<br />

0.9<br />

Strong brand<br />

Consistenly solid performance ratios<br />

Zenon exposure<br />

(AMCON should resolve)<br />

0.8<br />

0.7<br />

0.6<br />

0.5<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 />

Opportunities<br />

Threats<br />

SSA expansion<br />

Large oil & gas exposure, so negative<br />

Focused on top end of the market, so movement in oil prices could have large<br />

remaining market segments potential area impact on loans and advances<br />

GT Bank<br />

NSE ASI<br />

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