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EQUITY RESEARCH<br />

NIGERIA<br />

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

BANKING<br />

The Standard Bank Group of South Africa merged its<br />

<strong>Nigeria</strong>n operations, Stanbic Bank <strong>Nigeria</strong> with that of<br />

IBTC Chartered Bank PLC in 2007. The merger, by way<br />

of the first ever tender offer in <strong>Nigeria</strong> led to USD<br />

525m in FDI and gave birth to a new entity now known<br />

as Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC (StanbicIBTC) which became<br />

part of the Standard Bank Group (50.8% owned).<br />

StanbicIBTC through its wholly owned stock broking and<br />

asset management subsidiary, IBTC Asset Management<br />

Limited, manages several mutual funds, including the<br />

IBTC <strong>Nigeria</strong>n Equity Fund, which is <strong>Nigeria</strong>’s largest<br />

mutual fund. Traditionally strong as a corporate and<br />

investment bank, StanbicIBTC continues to look at<br />

strengthening its position in the sector. The group’s<br />

retail presence has grown since the merger, with 164<br />

branches as at 9M 11 from over 60 branches in 2007.<br />

Recommendation<br />

SELL<br />

Bloomberg Code<br />

IBTCCB:NL<br />

Current Price (NGN) 7.5<br />

Current Price (USc) 4.6<br />

Target Price (NGN) 5.3<br />

Target Price (USc) 3.3<br />

Upside (%) (29.4)<br />

Liquidity<br />

Market Cap (NGN m) 141 375<br />

Shares (m) 18 750<br />

Free Float (%) 41.8<br />

Ave. daily vol ('000) - 1 yr. 3 067<br />

Price Performance<br />

Price, 12 months ago (NGN) 9.1<br />

Change (%) (16.7)<br />

Price, 6 months ago (NGN) 10.3<br />

Change (%) (27.0)<br />

• A difficult year for the banking sector was<br />

compounded further for StanbicIBTC given its<br />

significant capital markets business as the NSE<br />

remained in the doldrums.<br />

• 2010 experienced a solid recovery as the group<br />

aggressively increased its risk assets while also<br />

working to improve its funding mix. Along with a<br />

notable decline in provision charges, this led to<br />

attributable earnings growth of 15.09% to NGN 8.8bn.<br />

• For 9M 11, bottom line earnings momentum declined<br />

compared with FY 10, up 6.47% to NGN 7.2bn, due to<br />

increased provisioning and the impact of the ongoing<br />

branch rollout on costs.<br />

• StanbicIBTC’s traditional corporate and investment<br />

banking bias will continue to weigh on its<br />

performance in the short to medium term, while it<br />

works to realign its funding mix. RoAE continues to<br />

lag many of its peers, while relative PER and PBV<br />

ratios are the highest in the sector. We value the<br />

group at NGN 5.32, indicating 29.4% downside on its<br />

current price of NGN 7.54. SELL.<br />

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

Loans & Advances 177 454 237 589 303 647<br />

Net Interest Income (excl. Provisions) 26 370 30 123 36 752<br />

Non-Interest Income 22 024 28 315 35 759<br />

Attributable Earnings 8 802 9 028 11 647<br />

EPS (kobo) 50.4 51.8 66.8<br />

DPS (kobo) 39.0 38.8 50.1<br />

NAV/Share (kobo) 454.0 473.9 510.2<br />

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

Earnings Yield* (%) 6.5 6.9 8.9<br />

Dividend Yield (%) 5.2 5.1 6.6<br />

PE* (x) 15.3 15.7 12.1<br />

PBV (x) 1.7 1.6 1.5<br />

RoaA (%) 2.4 2.1 2.2<br />

RoaE (%) 10.6 10.4 12.6<br />

Net Interest Margin (%) 6.9 6.4 6.4<br />

Cost to Income Ratio (%) 70.8 75.4 74.4<br />

* - trailing<br />

Stanbic IBTC vs NSE ASI<br />

Strengths<br />

Weaknesses<br />

1.5<br />

1.4<br />

1.3<br />

1.2<br />

1.1<br />

1<br />

0.9<br />

0.8<br />

0.7<br />

0.6<br />

0.5<br />

Majority owned by Standard Bank<br />

Diversified business<br />

Asset management good source of annuity<br />

income, especially when the market recovers<br />

Opportunities<br />

<strong>Nigeria</strong>n acquisition/merger<br />

Funding mix remains relatively expensive<br />

reflecting corporate & investment bank roots<br />

Low RoAE<br />

Relatively small branch network vs top tier<br />

Threats<br />

Mergers/acqusitions by other 2nd tier peers<br />

Increased cross-selling opportunities<br />

will see them consolidate market position<br />

Stanbic IBTC<br />

NSE ASI<br />

Parent has strong emerging market ties<br />

Continued weakness of the NSE<br />

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