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 />
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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