YES Bank Ltd, a retail investor-heavy stock, will end its 3-year lock-in period on 13th March 2023. On this, multiple brokerage firms and analysts have initiated their comments.
The Bank stock started its trading session at Rs 16.85 and is currently trading at Rs 16.65. Over a horizon of a month, the stock is down 2.6 percent from Rs 17 to the current level of Rs 16.65. When coming to a year of coverage of how the Bank performed, it is a 31 percent upside from Rs 12.75 to the current levels as mentioned above.
Yes, Bank is a full-service commercial bank providing a complete range of technology-driven products and services. It is catering to retail, MSMEs as well as corporate clients. The key differentiators of the Bank have proven to be Wholesale and Retail Banking. They have also launched and enhanced many initiatives within its retail banking vertical to simplify customer journeys.
Having a look at the financials of the company, it can be observed that the net profit figures moved down from Rs 160 crores in Q2 and Rs 55 crores in Q3. The Net NPA ratio has gone down from 5.88 in FY20-21 to 4.53 IN FY21-22 whereas the CASA ratio has improved from 26.15 in FY20-21 to 31.12 FY21-22 making it another positive factor for the company.
FII’s have continuously bought stakes in the Bank and nearly doubled their holdings in a span of 3 months with a current stake of 23.24 percent in Q3 ending December 2022.
Here’s what analysts have to say as the lock-in period is about to end:
On the same, ICICI Direct mentioned, “Yes Bank shares are expected to remain volatile as the three-year lock-in period ends”. It further added, “The bank is poised to pedal higher advance growth driven by granular retail assets, ” the report further said. Focus on growth with margin improvement may enable the bank to improve its Return on Assets (RoA) to the guidance of 0.9-1% in FY25”.
Banking Analyst at Emkay Global Financial Services Ltd mentioned, “The bank may be coming out of its troubles but if we look at ROA and RoE, valuations are not worth it. There are many other options for investors in the banking sector now”.
Written by Amit Madnani