Buy Federal Bank; target of Rs 210: Prabhudas Lilladher

Prabhudas Lilladher's research report on Federal Bank

MD&CEO Mr. Manian well articulated FB’s medium-term strategy (FY25-28E) which includes CASA/NIM/fee expansion and opex efficiency. Branches would be re-oriented to be more customer centric and sales driven. FB aspires to be among the top pvt. sector banks by improving return ratios which would entail superior balance sheet management by focusing on profitable growth and better asset/liability mix. FY24 NIM/core RoA was 3.1%/1.1% while for larger peers it ranged between 3.5-4.9% and 1.6-2.3% suggesting that execution and consistency are a key. In our view, if the strategy is executed well, benefits may flow over medium-term although near-term could see upfront investments.

Outlook

We maintain multiple of 1.3x on Sep’26 ABV and keep TP of Rs210. Retain ‘BUY’.

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