Bank Central Asia BBCA IJ - Buy - Solid YTD Jul-24 results
BBCA’s bank-only Jul-24 earnings of IDR4.9tr (+1% m-m / +17% y-y) brings YTD Jul-24 headline profit to
BMRI has released its FY24 results with headline consolidated profit at IDR55.8tn (+1.3% y-y). This brings implied ROAA and ROAE to ~2.4% (down from ~2.7% in FY23) and ~20.5% (down from ~22.4%), respectively. At the operating level, the bank recorded FY24 PPOP of IDR87.8tn (+4% y-y). We attribute the soft operating growth to its lower recoveries of ~IDR7tn in 2024 (down from ~IDR10tn in 2023) – reflecting a generally challenging macroeconomic environment.
On a q-q basis, headline consolidated profit fell to IDR13.8tn (-11% q-q), largely coming from a lower PPOP of IDR21.1tn (-10% q-q), a result of significant q-q jump in all key opex items; specifically, employee-related expenses which have jumped +33% y-y on a YTD basis.
From the results, we think a key concern is the very strong loan growth of ~20% y-y. Yet, headline net interest income only rose by ~6% y-y in FY24. This suggests declining NIMs, which can be attributed to the bank’s lack of loan pricing power as well as higher funding costs. We think such a high level of loan growth is unlikely to be repeated in FY25F. Thus, it is no surprise that the bank is guiding for a lower loan growth of 10-12% in 2025 – a marked deceleration from 2024’s 20%. This should moderate the risk of a further increase in LDR which stood at 98% in FY24 (up from 88% a year ago). Thus, we think the bank may need to reprice (upward) its lending rates. So far, we have seen early signs of lending rate repricing by several of its peers. However, we note that it is too early to conclude whether such loan repricing can be executed against a backdrop of softening macroeconomic.
On balance sheet, given the improvement in overall asset quality, we believe this should result in a stabilized CoC of 100-120bp in 2025F. One of the leading indicators that we monitor relates to the bank’s write-off trends, which came down to <100bp 12MMA in 4Q24 (refer to chart inside). This aligns with the bank’s CoC guidance.
Valuation and risks
We derive our TP of IDR8,700 using a DuPont methodology, with key parameters as follows: a risk-free rate of 6.5%, an equity risk premium of 7.8%, beta of 1.03x, and a CAR-adjusted ROAE of 20.0%. We also use 2025F book as reference. Our TP implies 2.5x FY25F P/B and 12.6x FY25F P/E – compared with the current valuations of 2.1x FY25F P/B and 10.1x FY25F P/E. Risks are worse-than-expected macroeconomic trends, government intervention, tight liquidity competition, and higher credit cost (due to worsening asset qualities) and higher opex growth.
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Rating Remains | Buy |
Target price Remains | IDR 8,700 |
Closing price 4 February 2025 | IDR 5,675 |
Erwin Wijaya (erwin.wijaya@verdhana.id)