Dear Sir,
We have covered Manappuram Finance (NSE Code – MANAPPURAM) for our Premium members. It’s also part of our Model sheet.
Since our initial coverage on the stock in Jul’17, the company has witnessed the worst of NBFC crisis in India and has emerged stronger. The company is primarily into short term gold loan business and on the back of positive ALM (asset liability mis-match) it could handle the crisis better.
Currently, the company is doing well and unlike the other NBFCs, isn’t facing any liquidity crunch.
Since the few years now, the company has been diversifying into other segments like Microfinance, housing finance, commercial vehicle finance, etc. In fact, in the micro-finance segment, company’s subsidiary Asirvad Microfinace is amongst the largest companies and the growth has been good in other segments as well.
While the new segments don’t have the robustness of Gold loan business, they are helping the company leverage its strong brand equity, balance sheet, existing retail customer base and wide branch network.
All the new businesses are profitable and their share has now grown to more than 30% of the consolidated AUM of the company.
The stock is currently trading around 11 times FY 20 (E) earnings and 2.5 times FY 20 (E) book value. We believe Manappuram is likely to remain a good investment opportunity for the next few years, especially till the time the microfinance business becomes a large pie of the overall business of the company. Once microfinance business becomes really large, the risk profile of the company will change completely and will have to be evaluated accordingly.
We also draw some comfort from the fact that in the last 10 years the company has faced all kinds of crises: gold loan crisis of 2011-12, de-monetization, NBFC issues, etc and has emerged stronger every time. The bad experiences should probably help the management deal with the future adversities better.
Detailed initiation report can be downloaded here:
Disclosure: I have personal investment in Manappuram Finance.
Best Regards,
Ekansh Mittal
Research Analyst
https://www.katalystwealth.com/
Ph.: +91-72-75050062, Mob: +91-9818866676
Email: [email protected]
Rating Interpretation
Positive – Expected return of ~15% + on annualized basis in medium to long term for investment recommendations and in short term for Special situations
Neutral – Expected Absolute return in the range of +/- 15%
Negative – Expected Absolute return of over -15%
Coverage closure – No further update on the stock
% weightage – allocation in the subject stock with respect to equity investments
Short term – Less than 1 year
Medium term – Greater than 1 year and less than 3 years
Long term – Greater than 3 years
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Name: Ekansh Mittal Email Id: [email protected] Ph: +91 727 5050062
Analyst ownership of the stock: In Manappuram Finance
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Whether the research analyst or research entity or his associate or his relative has any financial interest in the subject company/companies and the nature of such financial interest – Yes, investment in Manappuram Finance
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