Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

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Five Star Business Finance / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/five-star-business-finance" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35238:1" rel="noopener">Five Star Business Finance (0958461D IN)</a> is looking to raise around US$250m in its upcoming India IPO. </li>
<li>Five-Star Business is a non-banking financial company (NBFC-ND-SI) that provides secured business loans to micro-entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the RHP updates and undertake a peer comparison.</li>
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Five Star Business Finance (0958461D IN) is looking to raise around US$250m in its upcoming India IPO. 
Five-Star Business is a non-banking financial company (NBFC-ND-SI) that provides secured business loans to micro-entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals.
In this note, we talk about the RHP updates and undertake a peer comparison.


Five-Star Business IPO - RHP Updates and Peer Comparion

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited

Motilal Oswal

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited

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Equity Bottom-Up

<div><ul><li>Gold loan demand muted while MFI continues to disappoint - Over the last three quarters, MGFL traded off margin and spreads for Gold loan growth.</li></ul><div><ul><li>Gold and MFI AUM fell sequentially; credit costs elevated in MFI - Gold AUM fell ~1% QoQ to INR202b and Gold tonnage declined by 2% to 68t.</li></ul><div><ul><li>Compression in spreads and margin driven by higher ticket sizes and aggressive competition - NII fell 2% QoQ, driven by sequential moderation of ~150bp in Gold loan yields to 18.8%.</li></ul></div></div></div><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

Gold loan demand muted while MFI continues to disappoint - Over the last three quarters, MGFL traded off margin and spreads for Gold loan growth.Gold and MFI AUM fell sequentially; credit costs elevated in MFI - Gold AUM fell ~1% QoQ to INR202b and Gold tonnage declined by 2% to 68t.Compression in spreads and margin driven by higher ticket sizes and aggressive competition - NII fell 2% QoQ, driven by sequential moderation of ~150bp in Gold loan yields to 18.8%.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

4QFY22 Results Update - Manappuram Finance

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Nirmal Bang

Nirmal Bang

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<div><div><div><div><ul><li>Yields remain under pressure; likely to recover: Net yield in 4QFY22 declined to 18.8% from 20.3% in 3QFY22 and 25.3% in 2QFY22 amid high competition from other lenders.</li></ul><div><div><div><div><ul><li>Gold loan AUM down QoQ; uptick in NPA not worrisome: Total gold loans AUM declined 1.4% QoQ while gold holdings/collateral declined by 2.9% QoQ.</li></ul><div><div><div><div><ul><li>MFI growth revive in FY23: In 4QFY22, the company scaled back growth in the MFI business as it prioritized improvement in asset quality and collections.</li></ul></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

Yields remain under pressure; likely to recover: Net yield in 4QFY22 declined to 18.8% from 20.3% in 3QFY22 and 25.3% in 2QFY22 amid high competition from other lenders.Gold loan AUM down QoQ; uptick in NPA not worrisome: Total gold loans AUM declined 1.4% QoQ while gold holdings/collateral declined by 2.9% QoQ.MFI growth revive in FY23: In 4QFY22, the company scaled back growth in the MFI business as it prioritized improvement in asset quality and collections.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Manappuram Finance - Customer Acquisition Weak Amid High Competition, Weak Demand

<ul><li>In the last two quarters, MGFL traded off margin/spreads for Gold loan growth.</li><li>This new business strategy helped it cover a lot of lost ground in terms of market share, with a cumulative Gold loan growth of ~24% over 2Q and 3QFY22. This new strategy also meant: elevated advertising/promotion costs and incentives for employees translating in higher operating expenses, and compression in spreads to ~11.5% v/s 14.5-15% under its earlier high yielding business model.</li><li>.</li></ul><div class="content-highlight"><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></div>

In the last two quarters, MGFL traded off margin/spreads for Gold loan growth.This new business strategy helped it cover a lot of lost ground in terms of market share, with a cumulative Gold loan growth of ~24% over 2Q and 3QFY22. This new strategy also meant: elevated advertising/promotion costs and incentives for employees translating in higher operating expenses, and compression in spreads to ~11.5% v/s 14.5-15% under its earlier high yielding business model..Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Below estimates led by higher opex and lower spreads

Silver Point

Thomas J. Monaco

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Asia Ex Japan

Indiabulls Housing Finance / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li><em><strong>IndiaBulls reported FY 3Q22 results of INR 3.0 bn, improving INR 167 mn (5.8%) linked quarter; results were of poor quality; </strong></em></li>
<li><em><strong>Net new NPLs had increased INR 7.1 bn for the quarter for an annualized rate of increase of 139.6%; and </strong></em></li>
<li><em><strong>Given the continued break in credit, loss reserves appear light close to INR 28 bn – representing seven quarters of PBT and 17.1% of stated equity. </strong></em></li>
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IndiaBulls reported FY 3Q22 results of INR 3.0 bn, improving INR 167 mn (5.8%) linked quarter; results were of poor quality; 
Net new NPLs had increased INR 7.1 bn for the quarter for an annualized rate of increase of 139.6%; and 
Given the continued break in credit, loss reserves appear light close to INR 28 bn – representing seven quarters of PBT and 17.1% of stated equity. 


IndiaBulls Housing Finance – Manufactured Bottom-Line

India

Manappuram Finance Ltd. is a non-banking finance company. The Company offers loans against gold collateral, business loans, vehicle loans, foreign exchange and money transfer services; and sells gold coins.

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Manappuram Finance (MGFL IN)

Five-Star Business IPO - RHP Updates and Peer Comparion

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Sumeet Singh

4QFY22 Results Update - Manappuram Finance

Over the last three quarters, MGFL traded off margin and spreads for Gold loan growth. This naturally dented profitability, with FY22 PAT declining...

Motilal Oswal

Manappuram Finance - Customer Acquisition Weak Amid High Competition, Weak Demand

Manappuram Finance (Manappuram) reported yet another weak quarter, with net profit declining by 42.4% YoY on account of subdued growth in gold loan...

Nirmal Bang

Below estimates led by higher opex and lower spreads

In the last two quarters, MGFL traded off margin/spreads for Gold loan growth. This new business strategy helped it cover a lot of lost ground in...

Motilal Oswal

IndiaBulls Housing Finance – Manufactured Bottom-Line

I-BULLS: IndiaBulls reported a poor quality QOQ FY 3Q22 results increase of 5.8%.Net new NPLs increased at 139.6% annualized, while loss reserves...

Thomas J. Monaco

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