With all the problems that Yes bank is facing, here’s a lowdown of what the bank is made of and why it is where it is today:

Yes Bank Limited (“Yes” or the “Bank”) is one of India’s largest and still fastest growing private sector banks.  The Bank currently services through a network of 1,110 branches and 1,781 ATMs spread across 29 Indian states and 7 Union Territories.

The credit book continues to be largely driven by corporate portfolio which rose by 63% Y-o-Y and currently forms 68.2% of the total book. Core Retail Banking advances more than doubled in last one year & now stand at 14% of total advances, coupled with healthy growth of >30% in MSME.

Business Segment	As on Dec 31, 2018	As on Dec 31, 2017	Growth (y-o-y)	As on Sep 30, 2018	Growth (y-o-y)
A) Corporate Banking	67.8%	67.7%	42.5%	68.2%	1.3%
B) Retail & Business Banking	32.2%	32.3%	41.5%	31.8%	2.8%
of which:
i) Medium Enterprises	7.8%	9.9%	12.4%	8.3%	-4.1%
ii) Small and Micro Enterprises	9.2%	10.6%	22.4%	9.2%	1.0%
iii) Retail Banking	15.2%	11.8%	82.9%	14.3%	8.0%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	42.2%	100.0%	1.8%

CAVEAT: 3.63% of Promoter’s Holding is pledged.

In one year, the stock price has fallen 41%, from Rs. 364.80 to Rs. 215.40

CHALLENGES FACED BY YES BANK: OMNIPRESENT SUSPICION BY ANALYSTS THAT ALL MAY NOT BE WELL IF THERE WAS A FORENSIC.

For the past decade, yes bank has grown phenomenally giving competition to some of the most established private sector banks while maintain a low NPA base even though it operated in the same geography as some of its larger peers.

• The problems started when RBI denied extension of Mr. Rana Kapur to continue as MD and CEO of the bank for next three years.
• Rating agencies ICRA Ltd and CARE Ratings Ltd downgraded Yes Bank lender’s debt instruments.
• Moody’s Investors Service downgraded Yes Bank’s ratings citing corporate governance concerns and impact of leadership change on bank’s growth plan.
• Resignation of Ashok Chawla, non-executive chairman of Yes Bank Ltd, after being named in a corruption charge sheet (Aircel-Maxis case) by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
• As per media reports, promoters through two of its entities (Yes Capital (India) Private Limited and Morgan Credits Private Limited) have pledged their shares for borrowing debt on personal count. Such transactions were never reported and that to lead losing credibility on the operations of the bank.

Financial Position

Particulars	FY14	FY15	FY16	FY17	FY18
Net Interest Income  (In Rs. Cr.)	2,716.30	3,487.80	4,566.70	5,797.30	7,737.10
Growth	–	28.4%	30.9%	26.9%	33.5%
Non Interest Income  (In Rs. Cr.)	1,721.50	2,046.50	2,712.10	4,156.80	5,223.80
Growth	–	18.9%	32.5%	53.3%	25.7%
Total Net Income (In Rs. Cr.)	4,437.80	5,534.30	7,278.80	9,954.10	12,960.90
Operating Profit (In Rs. Cr.)	2,688.00	3,249.60	4,302.50	5,837.50	7,758.78
Net Profit (In Rs. Cr.)	1,617.80	2,005.40	2,539.40	3,330.10	4,224.60
EPS (In Rs.)	8.80	9.60	12.12	15.40	18.09
EPS Growth Rate	–	9%	26%	27%	17%
Historic P/E (Closing Price of 31st March)	9.41	16.99	14.27	20.09	16.85
CURRENT P/E (based on price of 24th January – Rs. 215.40 and EPS TTM – Rs. 18.81)	11.45
Historic P/B (Closing Price of 31st March)	4.07	2.38	4.06	3.47	2.73
CURRENT P/B (based on price of  24th January – Rs. 215.40)	1.93
Net Profit Margin Ratio %	13.77	14.67	15.56	16.18	16.56
Cost to Net Income Ratio %	51.71	41.46	41.19	47.34	59.89
Other Income to Net Income Ratio %	38.79	36.99	37.41	47.90	60.11
ROCE	9.45%	8.58%	9.47%	9.63%	7.71%
ROE	22.74%	17.19%	18.45%	15.11%	16.40%

*Stock split in the ratio of 1:5 on 21 September, 2017.

Quarterly Results

Particulars	Q3 FY 2018	Q2 FY 2019	Q3 FY 2019	TTM	Q-o-Q %	Y-o-Y %
Net Interest Income  (In Rs. Cr.)	1,888.80	2,417.60	2,666.41	9,457.31	10.29%	41.17%
Growth	0%	9%	10%
Operating Profit  (In Rs. Cr.)	2,001.81	2,366.44	1,990.36	8,946.94	-15.89%	-0.57%
PAT (In Rs. Cr.)	1,076.87	964.7	1,001.85	4,406.35	3.85%	-6.97%
EPS (In Rs.)	4.61	4.06	4.3	18.81	5.91%	-6.72%

Q2 FY 2019 Highlights:

• Yes Bank’s Q3 FY19 net profit fell 7% y-o-y due to higher provisioning & NPA pressure.
• NII increase was healthy at 41% YoY to Rs. 2,666.41 Cr.
• GNPA ratio increased to 2.10% vs. 1.72%.
• The Bank’s exposure to IL&FS is Rs. 2530 Cr.

Peers Comparison

Name	Price (Rs.)	Market Cap. (Rs. Cr.)	NPA  Q3 FY 2019	P/E (x)	P/B (x)
HDFC Bank	2,102.25	571,707.18	0.42%	30.01	5.20
Kotak Mahindra	1,267.75	241,847.74	0.67%	35.90	4.79
ICICI Bank	364.8	234,981.23	2.58%	67.93	2.07
Axis Bank	663.65	170,560.46	2.36%	331.83	3.65
IndusInd Bank	1,490.30	89,773.98	0.59%	23.06	3.83
Bandhan Bank	413.90	49,374.56	0.70%	29.80	5.26
RBL Bank	578.15	24,606.33	0.72%	17.45	3.67
IDFC First Bank	47.1	22,520.97	0.95%	15.70	1.35
Federal Bank	88.9	17,636.92	1.72%	18.87	1.44
City Union Bank	190.05	13,909.53	1.74%	21.84	3.91
Karur Vysya	92	7,353.60	(4.41%)	29.21	1.17
DCB Bank	181.85	5,624.78	0.71%	21.29	2.20
Karnataka Bank	120.7	3,411.08	3%	9.13	0.68
South Ind Bank	13.8	2,497.36	2.60%	7.75	0.50
Average				47.13	2.84
Yes Bank	215.40	49,818.91	1.18%	11.11	2.68

*NPAs figure in bracket indicates numbers as of Q2 FY 2019. Will update once their results are out. Price and Market Cap as on 24th Jan, 2019

WHAT’S DRIVING THE STOCK?

Robust Loan Growth

Over the years, Yes Bank has grown its credit almost entirely on the back of the corporate sector, which constitutes ~68% of its outstanding credit of Rs. 239,627 Cr. as on Q3 FY 2019. The credit book traction continued to be robust at 42.2% YoY, mainly witnessing an up-tick in the corporate and retail segments. As on Q3 FY 2019, large corporates constituted 67.8% while SME/retail constituted 32.2%.  The management guided that the proportion of SME/retail may increase from ~32% now to ~45% of total credit by FY20. Being a high yielding segment, it will support NIM, going ahead (Forward lookin).

Improvement in CASA Ratio

Deposit growth stood at 29.7% YoY to Rs. 222,758 Cr. in Q3 FY 2019. CASA ratio stood at 33.3% in Q3 FY 2019 vs. 33.8% in Q3 FY 2018. Savings and current balances increased by 26.5% and 31.6% YoY to Rs. 49,339 Cr. and Rs. 25,940 Cr., respectively.  The growth in CASA was largely due to the bank’s branch expansion and leveraging of its existing branch network and partly due to demonetisation.

New Management

The Bank has grown at strong pace in the past and a stable top management along with capital is all that it will require to gain its lost market share.

The Bank earlier commanded premium owing to its management role. Due to uncertainty with regard to top management appointment, RBI report on NPA divergences and issues relating to capital raising, the Bank has lost all the premium valuations. Going forward, investors have to look at how Yes Bank would fare under its new leadership.

• Ravneet Gill will be taking over as CEO and MD from March 1, 2019.
• He has been with the bank since August, 2012. He has close to 28 years of banking experience across several fields, including private banking, foreign exchange, structured financing, risk management and transaction banking.
• Gill first joined Deutsche Bank’s Private Wealth Management division in 1991. He was appointed as the Head of Capital Markets and Treasury Solutions, India in 2011.

WHAT’S DRAGGING THE STOCK?

Asset Quality Deteriorated

Asset quality witnessed pressure in Q3 FY 2019 with GNPA ratio increasing to 2.1% vs. 1.6% in Q2 FY 2019. During the quarter, slippages increased and stood at Rs. 2,297 Cr. vs. Rs. 1,631 Cr. seen in Q2 FY 2019. The Bank indicated that gross outstanding exposure to IL&FS is Rs. 2,530 Cr.

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