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Emkay Global Financial Services Limited

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Equity Bottom-Up

SBI Cards & Payment Services / Equity Bottom-Up

SBI Cards & Payment Services (SBICARD IN)

<ul><li>Amid rising hopes of a policy rate cut in CY25, we believe SBI Cards with its fixed rate asset portfolio and higher share of borrowings maturing in &lt;1 year, could benefit on the margins front which has stabilized after a prolonged contraction cycle.</li><li>However, asset quality has deteriorated meaningfully with GNPA/Stage 2 pool already rising to 3.1%/6.2% of loans in 1QFY25 from 2.4%/5.3% a year ago.</li><li>Our industry level channel checks suggest that the overall stress build-up in the card business remains elevated, which coupled with the regulatory salvo on unsecured loans could hurt business growth.</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>

Amid rising hopes of a policy rate cut in CY25, we believe SBI Cards with its fixed rate asset portfolio and higher share of borrowings maturing in &lt;1 year, could benefit on the margins front which has stabilized after a prolonged contraction cycle.However, asset quality has deteriorated meaningfully with GNPA/Stage 2 pool already rising to 3.1%/6.2% of loans in 1QFY25 from 2.4%/5.3% a year ago.Our industry level channel checks suggest that the overall stress build-up in the card business remains elevated, which coupled with the regulatory salvo on unsecured loans could hurt business growth.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.

SBI Cards - Margins to Bottom-Out, but Asset Quality Remains an Irritant