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Company Profile
Satin Creditcare Networks Ltd. (SCNL), was established in the year 1990 by Mr. HP Singh. The company is registered with RBI as an NBFC and had been granted NBFC-MFI status by the RBI on November 6, 2013. It is based out of Gurugram, India. Previously the company was involved in lending loans to individuals, and shopkeepers but later in the year 2008 it started with group lending and MSME loans. The MSME loans ticket size of ₹1-10 lakh for a period of 1-10 years and corporate loans to other MFIs of ₹3-10 crore. The company has three subsidiaries, viz, Taraashna Financial Services Limited (TFSL), Satin Housing Finance Limited (SHFL), and Satin Finserv Ltd (SFL).
TFSL acts as a business correspondent for banks/financial institutions (FIs). The company is spread across states with 157 branches and an AUM of Rs 563 crores, as on 31st December 2022. TFSL got merged into SFL effective 1stMarch 2023.
SHFL sources its business from four states. It commenced lending operations in February 2018 and has built an AUM of ₹383 crores as on 31stDecember 2022. SFL which is the newest of all subsidiaries commenced its operations in 2019 and has an AUM size of Rs 200 crores as on 31st December 2022.
Investment rationale
· Ample Liquidity
SCNL has sufficient liquidity of Rs. 1,029 crore as on Q4FY23. The company has undrawn sanctions in hand of Rs. 580 crore. During FY23, the company did fundraise of Rs. 6,846 crore from various lenders; added 7 new lenders.
· Healthy Capital Position
Upto Q4FY23 received Rs. 137 crore out of Rs. 225 crore of preferential allotment via issue of equity shares and fully convertible warrants. Book Value per Share at Rs. 225 on standalone basis; CRAR at 26.6%.
· Diversified operations geographically
The company is currently present in 24 states & union territories, 405 districts and 1287 branches in total with a borrower base of around 28.3 lakh active clients. SCNL is Increasing exposure to newer states. 96.0% of districts with <1% exposure. UP share has brought down from 40.9% in Dec’16 to 26.9% in Mar’23.
· Expansion to Secured Asset Class
Over the years, SCNL has diversified its product offerings and increased the secured lending portfolio. Non-MFI book of the Company includes the MSME and Housing Finance business. Despite the disruptions due to the Covid pandemic, MSME book has grown from Rs 378cr in to Rs. 618 crore in FY23 (i.e. 64% growth) and housing finance book grew from Rs 139cr to Rs. 505 crore in FY23 (i.e. 264% growth). The strategy to diversify portfolio is yielding results. The share of the non-MFI portfolio has increased to 12.3% of AUM at the end of FY23.
· Improvement in asset quality
During the pandemic, SCNL had restructured 21.4% of the loans amounting to Rs 1,151cr and provided moratorium wherever was necessary. The company decided to write off loans amounting to Rs 483cr in H1FY23. GNPA of SCNL has reduced to 2.10% FY23 as compared to 8.01% at the end of FY22. On-book GNPA stood at Rs. 185 crore (3.28% of onbook portfolio); Excluding Assam, GNPA stood at Rs. 91 crore (1.70% of on-book portfolio).
· Stable Collection Efficiency
Cumulative collection efficiency for FY23 stood at 99.6% (excluding restructured portfolio), representing ~98% of onbook portfolio. During FY23, recovery against write-offs was Rs. 48 crore.
Q4 FY23 Analysis
Satin Creditcare Network Limited’s Asset Under Management (AUM) is up by 24 percent YoY and its profit after tax (PAT) for Q4FY23 is up by 60 percent YoY. Disbursement on standalone basis is up 57 percent whereas, the net interest income (NII) is up 39 percent YoY. The Pre-Provision operating profit is up 94 percent YoY.
The profit after tax of the company stood at Rs 94 crores, return on assets (RoA) stood at 4.9 percent and return on equity (RoE) at 20.3 percent for Q4 FY23. This is the highest ever profitability reported by the company. The company also reported highest quarterly disbursements of Rs. 2,546 crore.
Risk & Concerns
· High competition from existing and new players
Entry of new players and expansion by the existing peers would increase competition leading to margin erosion.
· ESG risks
SFNL operates in the microfinance industry which is subject to various regulatory, and socio-political risks along with macroeconomic risks of slowdown in the economy or interest rate fluctuations. It is also exposed to defaulter risks from borrowers.
Outlook & Valuation
Recovery in disbursements has been swift post Covid and after the transient impact of new regulations. The share of NBFC-MFIs in industry disbursements has risen in recent quarters with a level playing field created by the new regulations. Removal of margin cap and pricing dynamism (cycle-based, profile-based, district-based, etc.) has provided impetus to NBFC-MFIs by increasing their capacity to absorb credit cost and to expand in newer markets. We like satin creditcare due to rich experience of promoter, the diversified resource profile, and the ample liquidity. We expect Profitability of satin creditcare would see a sharp improvement in coming quarters as Covid-related write-off/provisioning wane off. Improving asset quality & collection efficiency will improve profitability going forward.
At CMP of Rs 168, the stock is trading at P/BV of 0.82x its FY23 BVPS.
We recommend a 'BUY' rating for the stock.