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Axis Direct

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<ul><li>The systemic credit growth (as of 21st March, 2025) has tapered to ~11% vs. 15-16% YoY.</li><li>This can be primarily attributed to a meaningful slowdown in the unsecured loans amidst continued asset quality challenges alongside banks, mainly private banks, intending to bring down their LDRs to a balanced level.</li><li>We expect banks under our coverage to deliver ~12% YoY credit growth, largely in line with industry growth. </li></ul>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.

The systemic credit growth (as of 21st March, 2025) has tapered to ~11% vs. 15-16% YoY.This can be primarily attributed to a meaningful slowdown in the unsecured loans amidst continued asset quality challenges alongside banks, mainly private banks, intending to bring down their LDRs to a balanced level.We expect banks under our coverage to deliver ~12% YoY credit growth, largely in line with industry 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.

Q4FY25 Earnings Preview - Banks, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI)

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

Motilal Oswal

Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited

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Equitas Small Finance Bank  / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Equitas SFB (EQUITASB) reported 2QFY25 PAT of ~INR129m (-93.5% YoY; 93% miss on MOFSLe) as the bank made additional provision of INR1.46b toward the MFI segment (INR1b toward SMA 1&amp;2 advances and INR456m toward an additional NPA provision).</li><li>NII grew 4.8% YoY to INR8.02b (3% miss).</li><li>Margins moderated 28bp QoQ to 7.69%.</li></ul>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.

Equitas SFB (EQUITASB) reported 2QFY25 PAT of ~INR129m (-93.5% YoY; 93% miss on MOFSLe) as the bank made additional provision of INR1.46b toward the MFI segment (INR1b toward SMA 1&amp;2 advances and INR456m toward an additional NPA provision).NII grew 4.8% YoY to INR8.02b (3% miss).Margins moderated 28bp QoQ to 7.69%.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.

Equitas Small Finance - PPoP in Line; Provisioning Surge Drives Big Earnings Miss

<ul><li>MFI pain far from over; Recovery likely by Q1FY26: EQSFB’s SMA flow and fresh stress accretion in the MFI portfolio continue to remain elevated.</li><li>However, the management has indicated that the X-bucket Collection efficiency in Oct’24 has stabilised and expects similar trends to continue over the next 2 quarters.</li><li>However, the slippages and asset quality (AQ) stress in the MFI portfolio will continue to remain elevated in H2FY25, thereby keeping MFI credit costs elevated. </li></ul>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.

MFI pain far from over; Recovery likely by Q1FY26: EQSFB’s SMA flow and fresh stress accretion in the MFI portfolio continue to remain elevated.However, the management has indicated that the X-bucket Collection efficiency in Oct’24 has stabilised and expects similar trends to continue over the next 2 quarters.However, the slippages and asset quality (AQ) stress in the MFI portfolio will continue to remain elevated in H2FY25, thereby keeping MFI credit costs elevated. 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.

Equitas Small Finance Bank Ltd. - Asset Quality Outlook Unencouraging, HOLD Stays!

<ul><li>The systemic credit growth (as of 20th Sep’24) continued to remain healthy at 13% YoY.</li><li>This growth continues to be led by Retail and SMEs, while corporate credit continues to remain sluggish.</li><li>The deceleration in credit growth is most likely primarily amongst the private sector banks as they aim to reduce their LDR and maintain them at balance levels. </li></ul>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.

The systemic credit growth (as of 20th Sep’24) continued to remain healthy at 13% YoY.This growth continues to be led by Retail and SMEs, while corporate credit continues to remain sluggish.The deceleration in credit growth is most likely primarily amongst the private sector banks as they aim to reduce their LDR and maintain them at balance levels. 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.

Q2FY25 Earnings Preview - Banks, Financial Services and Insurance

<ul><li>Equitas Small Finance Bank (EQUITASB) has demonstrated a strong business growth trajectory with a 26% CAGR in its loan book and 38% CAGR in deposits from FY22-FY24.</li><li>This growth has improved the bank's CD ratio from 102% in FY22 to 86% currently, and increased the retail deposit mix to 69%.</li><li>The ongoing stress in the MFI segment has impacted profitability, but MFI business exposure has reduced to ~17% from 19% in FY22.</li></ul>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.

Equitas Small Finance Bank (EQUITASB) has demonstrated a strong business growth trajectory with a 26% CAGR in its loan book and 38% CAGR in deposits from FY22-FY24.This growth has improved the bank's CD ratio from 102% in FY22 to 86% currently, and increased the retail deposit mix to 69%.The ongoing stress in the MFI segment has impacted profitability, but MFI business exposure has reduced to ~17% from 19% in FY22.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.

Equitas Small Finance Bank - Factoring in Near-Term Pain!

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Equitas Small Finance Bank Limited operates as a bank. The Bank offers savings accounts, fixed deposits, loans, debit and credit cards, investment, insurance, online services, and other related activities. Equitas Small Finance Bank serves clients in India.

Equitas Small Finance Bank  (EQUITASB IN)

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Equitas Small Finance Bank (EQUITASB IN)

Q4FY25 Earnings Preview - Banks, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI)

We would watch out for management commentary on growth trajectory in FY26 and direction for recovery in the unsecured segments, particularly MFI...

Axis Direct

Equitas Small Finance - PPoP in Line; Provisioning Surge Drives Big Earnings Miss

Equitas SFB (EQUITASB) reported 2QFY25 PAT of ~INR129m (-93.5% YoY; 93% miss on MOFSLe) as the bank made additional provision of INR1.46b toward...

Motilal Oswal

Equitas Small Finance Bank Ltd. - Asset Quality Outlook Unencouraging, HOLD Stays!

MFI pain far from over; Recovery likely by Q1FY26: EQSFB’s SMA flow and fresh stress accretion in the MFI portfolio continue to remain elevated.

Axis Direct

Q2FY25 Earnings Preview - Banks, Financial Services and Insurance

Mirroring the systemic credit growth trends, we expect banks under our coverage (incl. SFBs) to register credit growth of ~14/4% YoY/QoQ.

Axis Direct

Equitas Small Finance Bank - Factoring in Near-Term Pain!

Equitas Small Finance Bank (EQUITASB) has demonstrated a strong business growth trajectory with a 26% CAGR in its loan book and 38% CAGR in...

Motilal Oswal

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