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COMPANY September 9, 2011 HDFC Bank Ltd. Stands tall during challenges COMPANY REPORT CMP Rs484 Target Price Rs503 Potential Upside/Downside +4% Relative to Sensex Summary HDFC Bank Ltd. (HDFCB) has been a top performer compared to peers due to its consistent performance over last several years. With 30% profit growth, a maintained margin of 4%+ and superior risk management, the bank has been delivering RoAs of ~1.5% from last several quarters. The consistent performance over the years justifies the premium valuation at which HDFCB trades compared to peers. In the current macroeconomic environment, we believe that HDFCB will be a key participant in the flight to safety among Indian heavy weights. We estimate the bank’s earnings growth to be at 20% CAGR during FY11-13E, lower than its trademark ~30% growth. We estimate a lower earnings growth factoring in lower credit off take and a 15bps contraction in margins as worst case scenarios which can unfold in the event of further increase in saving rates and competition from domestic players. However, due to its consistent performance over the years, the bank will remain an all season’s pick and will be able to maintain its supremacy over peers. Further, during the season of multiple de-rating and estimate cuts historically, HDFCB has shown less severe impact amongst peers. We believe the trend will continue due to its flawless asset quality and sustainability of profitability. At CMP of Rs484, HDFCB is trading at 3.3x of its FY13E Book value of Rs148. We initiate coverage with an HOLD rating and price target of Rs503 (3.4x FY13E BV). Key Highlights Liability franchisee holds the key One of the major determinants in the performance of HDFCB is its high CASA ratio of ~50%, which benefits it with the lowest cost of funds compared to peers. Further, with an increase in savings rate, we expect the cost of funds will increase for the bank but will remain lowest amongst peers. With ~2,000 branches and focus on retail banking, we expect the CASA Ratio to remain in the range of 50%-52%. However, the key risk to our assumption of CASA ratio remains in the uncertainty regarding deregulation of saving rates and a resultant increase in competition to garner deposits by peers. This in turn could further increase the cost of funds for the entire sector. Flawless asset quality Despite having the highest exposure to retail sector, HDFCB has maintained its assets quality. With proper risk management practices in place, the bank was able to record a GNPA ratio of 1.1% and NNPA ratio of 0.2% in FY11. Further, the bank has the lowest restructured assets (0.4% of total advances) amongst peers. NPA coverage ratio based on specific provision was at 82.5% as on FY11. Valuation We estimate a book value of Rs127 for FY12E and Rs148 for FY13E. At CMP, the bank is trading at 3.8x/3.3x of its FY12E/FY13E Book value. With high CASA, balanced loan book and superior asset quality, we believe that HDFCB is the best conservative play in the current volatile environment. We value the bank at its 6 year historical P/BV multiple of 3.4x and arrive at target price of Rs503. Initiate coverage with HOLD. Source: Capitaline HOLD Nifty: 5,153; Sensex: 17,166 Analyst Sandeep Jain +91-22-4322 1185 [email protected] Bijoy Shah [email protected] Sector Banking Bloomberg / Reuters HDFCB IN / HDBK.BO Shares o/s (mn) 466.8 Market cap. (Rs mn) 225,917 Market cap. (US$ mn) 4,892 3-m daily average vol. 153,566 Key Stock Data 52-week high/low Rs520/396 -1m -3m -12m Absolute (%) 5 3 11 Rel to Sensex (%) 4 9 19 Price Performance Promoters 23.3 FIIs/NRIs/OCBs/GDR 47.7 MFs/Banks/FIs 11.1 Non Promoter Corporate 8.8 Public & Others 9.1 Shareholding Pattern (%) 80 90 100 110 120 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Mar-11 Apr-11 May-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Aug-11 Sep-11 HDFC Bank Sensex Table: Financial snapshot Year-end NII PAT EPS P/E Div yield BV P/BV ROA ROE CAR GNPA NNPA March (Rs bn) (Rs bn) (Rs) (x) (%) (Rs) (x) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) FY09 74.2 22.4 10.6 45.9 0.4 68.8 7.0 1.4 17.2 15.7 2.0 0.6 FY10 83.9 29.5 12.9 37.6 0.5 93.9 5.2 1.5 16.3 17.4 1.4 0.3 FY11 105.4 39.3 16.9 28.7 0.7 108.9 4.4 1.6 16.7 16.2 1.1 0.2 FY12E 122.9 46.7 19.8 24.5 0.7 126.6 3.8 1.5 16.9 15.3 1.2 0.3 FY13E 148.6 56.7 23.6 20.5 0.8 147.7 3.3 1.5 17.3 14.5 1.2 0.4 Source: Company; IDBI Capital Research

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COMPANY

REPORT

September 9, 2011

HDFC Bank Ltd. Stands tall during challenges

COMPANY

REPORT

CMP Rs484

Target Price Rs503

Potential Upside/Downside +4%

Relative to Sensex

Summary

HDFC Bank Ltd. (HDFCB) has been a top performer compared to peers due to its consistent performance

over last several years. With 30% profit growth, a maintained margin of 4%+ and superior risk

management, the bank has been delivering RoAs of ~1.5% from last several quarters. The consistent

performance over the years justifies the premium valuation at which HDFCB trades compared to peers. In

the current macroeconomic environment, we believe that HDFCB will be a key participant in the flight to

safety among Indian heavy weights.

We estimate the bank’s earnings growth to be at 20% CAGR during FY11-13E, lower than its trademark

~30% growth. We estimate a lower earnings growth factoring in lower credit off take and a 15bps

contraction in margins as worst case scenarios which can unfold in the event of further increase in saving

rates and competition from domestic players. However, due to its consistent performance over the years,

the bank will remain an all season’s pick and will be able to maintain its supremacy over peers. Further,

during the season of multiple de-rating and estimate cuts historically, HDFCB has shown less severe

impact amongst peers. We believe the trend will continue due to its flawless asset quality and

sustainability of profitability. At CMP of Rs484, HDFCB is trading at 3.3x of its FY13E Book value of Rs148.

We initiate coverage with an HOLD rating and price target of Rs503 (3.4x FY13E BV).

Key Highlights

Liability franchisee holds the key

One of the major determinants in the performance of HDFCB is its high CASA ratio of ~50%, which

benefits it with the lowest cost of funds compared to peers. Further, with an increase in savings rate,

we expect the cost of funds will increase for the bank but will remain lowest amongst peers. With

~2,000 branches and focus on retail banking, we expect the CASA Ratio to remain in the range of

50%-52%. However, the key risk to our assumption of CASA ratio remains in the uncertainty

regarding deregulation of saving rates and a resultant increase in competition to garner deposits by

peers. This in turn could further increase the cost of funds for the entire sector.

Flawless asset quality

Despite having the highest exposure to retail sector, HDFCB has maintained its assets quality. With

proper risk management practices in place, the bank was able to record a GNPA ratio of 1.1% and

NNPA ratio of 0.2% in FY11. Further, the bank has the lowest restructured assets (0.4% of total

advances) amongst peers. NPA coverage ratio based on specific provision was at 82.5% as on FY11.

Valuation

We estimate a book value of Rs127 for FY12E and Rs148 for FY13E. At CMP, the bank is trading at

3.8x/3.3x of its FY12E/FY13E Book value. With high CASA, balanced loan book and superior asset

quality, we believe that HDFCB is the best conservative play in the current volatile environment.

We value the bank at its 6 year historical P/BV multiple of 3.4x and arrive at target price of Rs503.

Initiate coverage with HOLD.

Source: Capitaline

HOLD

Nifty: 5,153; Sensex: 17,166

Analyst

Sandeep Jain

+91-22-4322 1185

[email protected]

Bijoy Shah

[email protected]

Sector Banking

Bloomberg / Reuters HDFCB IN / HDBK.BO

Shares o/s (mn) 466.8

Market cap. (Rs mn) 225,917

Market cap. (US$ mn) 4,892

3-m daily average vol. 153,566

Key Stock Data

52-week high/low Rs520/396

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Absolute (%) 5 3 11

Rel to Sensex (%) 4 9 19

Price Performance

Promoters 23.3

FIIs/NRIs/OCBs/GDR 47.7

MFs/Banks/FIs 11.1

Non Promoter Corporate 8.8

Public & Others 9.1

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Table: Financial snapshot

Year-end NII PAT EPS P/E Div yield BV P/BV ROA ROE CAR GNPA NNPA

March (Rs bn) (Rs bn) (Rs) (x) (%) (Rs) (x) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%)

FY09 74.2 22.4 10.6 45.9 0.4 68.8 7.0 1.4 17.2 15.7 2.0 0.6

FY10 83.9 29.5 12.9 37.6 0.5 93.9 5.2 1.5 16.3 17.4 1.4 0.3

FY11 105.4 39.3 16.9 28.7 0.7 108.9 4.4 1.6 16.7 16.2 1.1 0.2

FY12E 122.9 46.7 19.8 24.5 0.7 126.6 3.8 1.5 16.9 15.3 1.2 0.3

FY13E 148.6 56.7 23.6 20.5 0.8 147.7 3.3 1.5 17.3 14.5 1.2 0.4

Source: Company; IDBI Capital Research

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Company Report – HDFC Bank Ltd.

HDFCB, one of the private sector banks in India, was formed in 1994-95 along with Axis and ICICI Bank. The key hallmark

from 1994-95 for HDFCB is its consistent performance, as a result of which the bank trades at a premium to its peers.

Consistent high margins among peers, lower levels of NPAs and high provision coverage gives an edge to HDFCB over its

peers.

HDFCB has also grown inorganically during its journey from 1994-95 acquiring times bank in the year 2000 and

Centurion Bank of Punjab (CBoP) in 2008. The acquisition added significant value in terms of increased branch network,

geographic reach and customer base.

Investment Rationale

Balanced loan book

HDFCB has a diversified loan book with equal proportion to Retail and Corporate. Historically, the share of Retail has

remained higher compared to Corporate segment. Total exposure of only 16% towards top twenty lenders shows the

diversified nature of the book. Further, 43.7% of the loan book has a maturity of less than 1 year, which gives the bank

an edge in the rising interest rate scenario.

Figure: Retail v/s corporate lending – Balanced portfolio

Source: Company; IDBI Capital Research

Among Corporate, ~70% is working capital/short term loans and ~30% consists of loans in more than 1 year category.

Recently the bank has also started lending in the Infrastructure space, currently ~1% of the total loan book. However,

the bank has maintained its cautious stand on lending towards infrastructure segment and will continue to grow slow in

this space.

In the retail segment, the bank has a wide range of products. However, 37.6% of the retail loan consists of Cars, CVC

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Company Report – HDFC Bank Ltd.

Table: Break-up of Retail loan book (Rs bn)

Segment Q1FY10 Q2FY10 Q3FY10 Q4FY10 Q1FY11 Q2FY11 Q3FY11 Q4FY11 Q1FY12

Auto 161 171 180 196 214 232 246 221 232

CVC 77 80 84 60 63 70 87 82 91

2 Wheeler 18 18 17 18 19 20 22 20 21

Personal Loans 85 84 85 88 90 95 100 103 110

Business banking 122 122 127 139 144 158 179 150 154

Credit Cards 38 38 38 38 39 42 46 49 54

House Loans 55 63 77 87 95 91 110 115 110

Loan against shares 8 8 8 9 10 11 12 12 11

Others 49 43 43 54 49 61 54 50 56

Total 612 625 660 688 723 778 853 802 839

Source: Company; IDBI Capital Research

HDFCB has always posted higher than industry loan growth over the last several years. With high proportion of retail

lending, the bank is able to maintain the yield on advances at higher levels than peers. We estimate loan growth of

19.5% in FY12E and 20% in FY13E. Further, we believe that bank will maintain its balanced mix of retail and corporate

loan.

Figure: Loan book growth – Above industry

Source: Company; IDBI Capital Research

Key to success: Liability franchisee

HDFCB puts greater emphasis on improvement in the liability profile and branch addition. Through the branch addition,

the bank has penetrated the entire financial requirement of customers. It had also acquired Times bank and CBoP in

the process of increasing its branch network and customer base. The merger with CBoP dragged the performance of

the bank for a year, but almost doubled the branch network from 761 to 1,412.

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Company Report – HDFC Bank Ltd.

Figure: Branch addition

Source: Company; IDBI Capital Research

The result of building a strong liability franchisee over years has enabled the bank to maintain a sticky and high CASA

ratio. CASA ratio stands at 52.7% as on FY11, which is highest amongst peers. The high CASA Ratio along with a high

presence in retail lending gives HDFCB an edge compared to its peers in terms of maintaining higher margins.

Figure: CASA Ratio (%) – Continues to lead

Source: Company; IDBI Capital Research

We expect the growth in CASA Balance to be similar to peers which in fact will help the bank maintain a low cost fund

base above 50%. We estimate a CASA ratio of 51%-52% during FY12E­13E.

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Company Report – HDFC Bank Ltd.

Figure: Growth in CASA balance

Source: Company; IDBI Capital Research

High sustainable margins

Well diversified loan book, higher share of CASA and better ALM has helped the bank to maintain a healthy margin of

above 4% for more than 12 quarters now. None of the peer banks have been able to post such a high margins

consistently.

Figure: Peer group comparison of NIMs – Best among the peers

Source: Company; IDBI Capital Research

The bank has been able to maintain its margin at around 4%-4.2% for past several quarters. Its ALM has been well

managed with 33% of Retail book and 60% of Fixed deposit to be re-priced within a year. Further, in the Corporate loan

book, 60%- 70% will be re-priced in the fiscal FY12E. This will translate into stable high margins of ~4%, in our view.

With stable high margins and estimated loan growth of ~20% in FY12E-13E, we believe that NII will grow at 16.6% in

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Company Report – HDFC Bank Ltd.

Figure: NII and NIM growth – Slight moderation due to low credit off take

Source: Company; IDBI Capital Research

Fee income: Steady growth

HDFCB’s Fee based income grew at a CAGR of 29% during FY07-FY11. 80% of the fee based income consists of

retail and balance 20% is corporate. The presence in all segments of retail portfolio and strong branch network has

enabled the bank to grow consistently on this vertical. We have estimated a CAGR of 15% fee based income growth

over FY11-FY13E.

Figure: Comparison of fee based income/NOI – for peers

Source: Company; IDBI Capital Research

Cost to income ratio – Higher than peers

HDFCB‘s cost to income ratio at 48% in FY11 was higher compared to peers Axis Bank and ICICI Bank. This can be

attributed to higher operating expenses as well as employee costs compared to peers. The higher operating expense

and employee cost is due to major focus on retail banking. Despite high cost to income ratio, historically the bank has

maintained a healthy return ratio. We have not estimated any moderation in cost to income ratio for FY12E

and FY13E.

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Table: Opex to NOI and employee cost to NOI (%)

Operating exp to NOI FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11

HDFC Bank 33 33 33 31 30 29

Axis Bank 32 34 34 28 27 28

ICICI Bank 44 40 38 32 25 24

Employee cost to NOI FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11

HDFC Bank 13 16 17 21 19 19

Axis Bank 13 15 15 15 14 14

ICICI Bank 12 13 13 12 12 18

Source: Company; IDBI Capital Research

Figure: Cost to Income ratio – On higher side v/s Peers

Source: Company; IDBI Capital Research

Asset Quality: Best in class

Best in class asset quality is the hallmark of HDFCB. The bank has reported its highest GNPA ratio of 2.05% due to the

merger of CBoP but after that, strong risk management and underwriting practices of the bank reduced this to the

lowest level of 1.04% of the total advances. Going ahead, we believe that GNPA ratio would be maintained around

1.1%-1.2% levels due to its strong risk management and secured retail loan book.

Table: GNPA trend v/s Peers (%)

GNPA Ratio Q1FY09 Q2FY09 Q3FY09 Q4FY09 Q1FY10 Q2FY10 Q3FY10 Q4FY10 Q1FY11 Q2FY11 Q3FY11 Q4FY11 Q1FY12

HDFC Bank 1.50 1.60 1.90 1.98 2.05 1.76 1.63 1.43 1.21 1.20 1.11 1.04 1.04

Axis Bank 0.92 0.91 0.90 0.96 1.01 1.21 1.23 1.13 1.13 1.21 1.09 1.01 1.06

ICICI Bank 0.00 4.18 4.14 4.32 4.89 4.69 4.84 5.06 5.14 5.03 4.75 4.47 4.36

Source: Company; IDBI Capital Research

Along with low levels of NPAs, the bank has a provision coverage ratio of 83% without technical write off. However, the

management has indicated that standard assets provision might increase in the near future but will remain under

control. We have increased our credit cost assumption to 1.2% of total advances and estimate a NNPA of 0.3%-0.4%

during FY12E-FY13E.

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Company Report – HDFC Bank Ltd.

Comfortable capital adequacy ratio

HDFCB is placed comfortably in terms of CAR with tier 1 capital at 12.2% and total CAR at 16.2%. We believe the bank

can achieve the estimated growth with the current tier 1 capital and does not need dilution for the stated growth

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Figure: Comfortable capital adequacy ratio

Source: Company; IDBI Capital Research

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Company Report – HDFC Bank Ltd.

Outlook and Valuation

We have estimated 15bps decline in margins factoring in increased savings rate and lower credit off take in FY12E due to

prevailing industry wide uncertainty regarding growth. Thus, we estimate a 19% CAGR in NII (Net interest income) during

FY11-13E. We have factored a 30bps increase in credit cost compared to FY11 for the bank and estimate PAT growth of

18.9% in FY12E and 21.3% in FY13E. With slightly lower profit growth due to margin compression, RoA would at best

marginally fall by 5bps-7bps and will remain in the range of 1.5%.

DuPont comparison of HDFCB with its peer group highlights the following: Higher margins compared to peers, flawless

assets quality and consistency that together remain a key for supremacy of this bank over its peers. While higher operating

expenses and employee to assets ratio negate impact of higher margins, asset quality compared to peers provides a

comfort to HDFCB. With best liability franchisee and lower level of NPAs we believe that HDFCB is the best conservative

play in the current environment.

Table: DuPont Analysis – Peer group

DuPont Comparison

(% of Avg. total assets)

HDFC Bank Axis Bank ICICI Bank

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Employee Expenses 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.8

Other Operating expenses 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0

Operating profit 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.5 2.6

Loan loss provision 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.2 0.5 0.5 0.5

Other provision 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1

PBT 2.1 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.2 1.4 1.8 1.9 2.0

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PAT (RoA) 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.5

Assets/Equity 11.2 10.7 10.8 10.9 12.5 12.1 13.1 13.3 7.3 7.2 7.6 8.2

RoE 16.3 16.7 17.2 17.3 19.2 19.1 19.1 19.2 7.9 9.6 10.7 12.3

Source: IDBI Capital Research

Further, as per our analysis, historically, HDFCB has shown resilience over its peers & benchmark indices during times of

market correction/volatility and has emerged as an outperformer.

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Company Report – HDFC Bank Ltd.

Figure: Comparison of HDFCB with SBI and Bankex

Source: Bloomberg; IDBI Capital Research

Figure: Comparison with peers

Source: Bloomberg; IDBI Capital Research

Table: Comparison of stock performance

% Change in Price HDFC Bank SBI Bank ICICI Bank Axis Bank

Post Lehman (Fall) (49.0) (54.0) (73.0) (64.0)

Election Impact (Rebound) 31.0 46.0 55.0 41.0

Upturn in Economy 66.0 86.0 54.0 84.0

Recent Correction 0.2 (38.5) (26.1) (29.0)

Source: IDBI Capital Research

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Risk of de rating

We have witnessed multiple de-rating along with cut in earnings estimates in the entire banking sector from the last

couple of quarters. In the recent correction, we have seen a cut in P/BV multiple (1-yr fwd) by 36% for ICICI Bank and

41% for Axis Bank from their peak made during Sep’10–Nov’10. However, in Nov’10, HDFCB was trading at a peak

valuation of 4.2x (1-yr fwd) and currently at a valuation of 3.1x implying a correction of 20%. Similar resistance was

witnessed in post Lehman correction too.

Figure: Valuation – 1-yr fwd P/BV – a conservative play

Source: IDBI Capital Research

Table: % change in P/BV (1-yr fwd)

HDFC Bank ICICI Bank Axis Bank

Post Lehman (67.3) (80.7) (79.1)

Election Impact 72.4 150.2 146.8

Upturn in Economy 38.9 39.6 61.2

Recent Correction (20.0) (35.7) (41.0)

Source: IDBI Capital Research

The stock is currently trading at 3.3x of FY13E book value of Rs148. However, on account of the uncertainty regarding

interest rate and NPA cycle, we believe HDFCB stands out as a conservative play. The bank has historically traded at an

average 3.4x its 1-yr fwd P/BV and we don’t expect the multiple to expand from here onwards as the increase in return ratio

seems difficult considering the current environment. We value the bank at its 6-year historical average P/BV multiple of 3.4x

due to its consistent performance and flawless asset quality. Initiate coverage with HOLD rating and price target of Rs503.

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Company Report – HDFC Bank Ltd.

Financial Summary

Profit & Loss Account (Rs bn)

Year-end: March FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12E FY13E

Interest earned 163.3 161.7 199.3 249.9 309.6

Interest expended 89.1 77.9 93.9 127.0 161.0

NII 74.2 83.9 105.4 122.9 148.6

Other Income 32.9 39.8 43.4 51.0 58.8

Fee Based 24.6 30.1 36.0 41.4 48.0

Trading & Froex 6.0 6.1 9.2 7.4 7.7

Treasury Profit 4.1 3.5 (0.8) 0.8 1.0

Net Opt. Inc. (NOI) 107.1 123.7 148.8 173.9 207.4

Employee Cost 22.4 22.9 28.4 33.2 39.6

Opt. Expenses 32.9 36.5 43.2 49.6 58.1

Opt. Profit 51.8 64.3 77.3 91.1 109.8

Provisions 18.8 21.4 19.1 22.9 25.7

Profit before tax 33.0 42.9 58.2 68.2 84.1

Net Profit 22.4 29.5 39.3 46.7 56.7

Balance Sheet (Rs bn)

Year-end: March FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12E FY13E

Capital 4.3 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.8

Net Worth 146.5 215.2 253.8 299.7 355.1

Deposit 1,428.1 1,674.0 2,085.9 2,549.4 3,101.4

Total Liab. & Equity 1,832.7 2,224.6 2,773.5 3,299.0 4,019.6

Investments 588.2 586.1 709.3 873.8 1,108.0

Advances 988.8 1,258.3 1,599.8 1,912.0 2,295.1

Total Assets 1,832.7 2,224.6 2,773.5 3,299.0 4,019.6

Growth (%)

Year-end: March FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12E FY13E

Deposits 41.7 17.2 24.6 22.2 21.7

Advances 55.9 27.3 27.1 19.5 20.0

Total Assets 37.6 21.4 24.7 18.9 21.8

NII 42.0 13.0 25.7 16.6 20.9

Other Income 44.1 21.0 8.8 17.6 15.4

Net Profit 41.2 31.3 33.2 18.9 21.3

Productivity

Year-end: March FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12E FY13E

Bus./Employee (mn) 64.6 77.2 94.5 111.5 131.6

Profit/Employee ('000) 600.5 776.0 1,006.8 1,167.4 1,382.1

Bus./Branch (mn) 1,711.7 1,699.9 1,855.8 2,075.1 2,272.2

NP/Branch (mn) 15.9 17.1 19.8 21.7 23.9

CASA Per Branch 448.7 505.0 553.4 612.9 654.3

Source: Company; IDBI Capital Research

Opt. Ratio (%)

Year-end: March FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12E FY13E

Int Exp/Int Earned 54.6 48.1 47.1 50.8 52.0

Cost/NOI 51.7 48.0 48.1 47.6 47.1

Cost/NOI (Ex. treasury inc.) 53.6 49.4 47.9 47.8 47.3

Other Income/NOI 30.7 32.2 29.1 29.3 28.4

Ot. Inc. (ex. treasury)/NOI 26.9 29.4 29.7 28.9 27.9

NPM 21.0 23.8 26.4 26.9 27.3

Spreads (%)

Year-end: March FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12E FY13E

NII/Avg Total Assets 4.7 4.1 4.2 4.0 4.1

NII/Avg Int Earning Assets 4.9 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.4

NIMs 4.2 3.8 4.0 3.9 3.9

CASA 44.4 52.0 52.7 51.7 50.1

Avg Int earnings assets 1,501.4 1,927.8 2,347.6 2,821.1 3,411.6

Avg Int bearing liabilities 1,332.8 1,705.7 2,076.9 2,543.2 3,092.9

Solvency (%)

Year-end: March FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12E FY13E

Credit-Deposit Ratio 69.2 75.2 76.7 75.0 74.0

Incremental CD Ratio 84.3 109.6 82.9 67.4 69.4

Investment/Deposit Ratio 41.2 35.0 34.0 34.3 35.7

GNPA Ratio 2.0 1.4 1.1 1.2 1.2

Prov. Cover 68.4 78.4 82.5 78.1 80.0

NNPA Ratio 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4

CAR 15.7 17.4 16.2 15.3 14.5

Tier1 10.6 13.3 12.2 11.7 11.2

Tier2 5.1 4.2 4.0 3.6 3.4

Return

Year-end: March FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12E FY13E

ATA (Avg. Total Assets) 1,582.2 2,028.6 2,499.1 3,036.3 3,659.3

Total Busi.(Dep+Adv) 2,416.9 2,932.4 3,685.7 4,461.4 5,396.5

Interest Income/ATA (%) 10.3 8.0 8.0 8.2 8.5

PBT/ATA (%) 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.2 2.3

PAT/ATA (%) 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.5

ROA (%) 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.5

ROE (%) 17.2 16.3 16.7 16.9 17.3

Assets/Equity 12.1 11.2 10.7 11.0 11.2

Valuation

Year-end: March FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12E FY13E

P/E (x) 45.9 37.6 28.7 24.5 20.5

P/BV (x) 7.0 5.2 4.4 3.8 3.3

P/ABV (x) 9.0 5.7 4.7 4.2 3.6

Book Value/share (Rs) 68.8 93.9 108.9 126.6 147.7

EPS (Rs) 10.6 12.9 16.9 19.8 23.6

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Company Report – HDFC Bank Ltd.

Notes

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