About The Company Background
Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) is a mid-sized public sector bank headquartered in Chennai. The bank has a dominant presence in southern India, which accounts for 45% of its branch network. At present, the bank has a network of 1,781 branches spread across the country. IOB has a strong international presence in eight countries. The bank is characterised as one having superior NIMs, best return ratios – return on equity (RoE) – and healthy asset quality. IOB did business of Rs 115,800 crore and had a balance sheet size of Rs 82,256 crore in FY07. On the technology front, 72% of business, or 800 branches, are covered under core banking solutions (CBS). The bank plans to enhance this number to 90%, or 1,500 branches, by FY08. Also, IOB plans to foray into a joint venture with Sompo Japan Insurance Inc, Allahabad Bank, Karnataka Bank and Dabur Investment for starting its non-life insurance business.
Financials of the Company
Valuations
At the current market price of Rs 101, the stock is trading at 1.1x and 0.9x its FY09E and FY10E ABV of Rs 92 and Rs 114, respectively. We believe IOB at these levels offers value in terms of reasonable business growth coupled with higher than average NIMs. We believe the bank will be able to generate higher than average RoEs of 23-24%. We expect the company to deliver a 20% return over six months. At the target price of Rs 121, the stock is trading at 1.3x and 1.1x its FY09E and FY10E ABV.
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