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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB) has underperformed the Bank Nifty by ~20% over the past few months on the back of three key developments: CEO transition, regulatory embargo on client acquisition through digital channels, and senior management attrition</li><li>Of these, we believe that the RBI-imposed embargo is the only material event that impacts forecasts - hence, we argue that the bank needs to disproportionately invest in restoring regulatory confidence, the most critical aspect that needs fixing</li><li>While investments in tech, and digital are likely to keep opex intensity elevated, we believe that KMB remains a high-quality franchise with adequate levers to sustain RoAs north of 2.3% (FY24: 2.5%).</li></ul><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>

Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB) has underperformed the Bank Nifty by ~20% over the past few months on the back of three key developments: CEO transition, regulatory embargo on client acquisition through digital channels, and senior management attritionOf these, we believe that the RBI-imposed embargo is the only material event that impacts forecasts - hence, we argue that the bank needs to disproportionately invest in restoring regulatory confidence, the most critical aspect that needs fixingWhile investments in tech, and digital are likely to keep opex intensity elevated, we believe that KMB remains a high-quality franchise with adequate levers to sustain RoAs north of 2.3% (FY24: 2.5%).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.

Kotak Mahindra Bank: Sweating a high-quality franchise, upgrade to BUY