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IDFC First Bank (539437) Jul 2025 Filing Analysis
Does management do what it says?
The bank successfully raised the capital through CCPS, which is reflected in the pro-forma capital adequacy calculations. (2 met across 2 tracked commitments)
“we've guided that we expect this year to FY'26 to be around 12% to 13%. But it looks like we're going to not reach there also. Like Q1 has been only 11%.”
The CD ratio has reached the target 'early 90s' range, standing at 93.9% as of Dec-25. (1 met, 1 in progress across 2 tracked commitments)
“Credit deposit ratio has now touched 94-ish-odd percent, which I'm pretty sure will come down to the 80% maybe early 90s by end of this year and certainly going into the 80s by next year.”
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How durable is the business?
Business Finance (Wholesale/Corporate) is expanding rapidly as the bank regrows its corporate book with strong underwriting, showing 38.1% YoY growth. (3 expanding)
“Business Finance 59,252 75,763 81,809 8.0% 38.1%”
Asset quality saw a marginal uptick in Gross NPA (GNPA) to 1.97%, primarily driven by the MFI segment and one specific corporate case (ATM service provider). Provision coverage remains stable and healthy. (2 stable)
“gross NPA of the bank increased marginally from 1.87% in March to 1.97% in June... Provision coverage for the bank continues to be quite healthy at about 72.3%.”
The Credit-to-Deposit (CD) ratio is being actively managed downwards to improve liquidity, falling from 98.1% to 93.4%, with a long-term target in the 80s. (1 shifted)
“We continue to bring down the credit-to-deposit ratio that is now down to 93.4% at June '25. This was at 98.1% in June of last year.”
Rural Finance is contracting as the bank intentionally reduces its micro-finance (MFI) exposure, which fell 36.9% YoY. (5 contracting)
“Rural Finance* 24,518 24,757 23,922 -3.4% -2.4%”
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Where does growth come from?
Loan growth is accelerating as the bank exits its 'stabilization' phase, with the portfolio reaching Rs. 2,53,233 Cr. Growth is driven by retail and business finance, which now dominate the mix. (1 accelerating, 1 steady across 2 signals)
“Loan growth started after building strong deposit franchise... Jun-25 vs Jun-24 Rs. 43,872 Cr (21.0%)”
Cost of funds is declining (down 9 bps sequentially to 6.42%) as the bank aggressively cuts fixed deposit rates by up to 115 basis points to align with large peers. (1 accelerating across 1 signal)
“the cost of funds for the quarter was at 6.42%, and this declined by about 9 bps during the quarter... we have drastically reduced the peak TD rates in this quarter as compared to March quarter.”
While the current CRAR shows a slight deceleration to 15.01%, a new trend is emerging with a planned Rs. 7,500 crore capital raise that will boost the ratio to 17.60%. (1 new trend, 1 decelerating, 1 accelerating across 3 signals)
“Total CRAR (%) Jun-25: 15.01%. Post capital raise announced of Rs. 7,500 crore... CRAR and TIER-I would be 17.60% and 15.38%.”
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What could break the thesis?
The C:I ratio remains high at 74% (excluding trading gains), showing a slight increase from the previous year's average, though management targets a reduction to 65% by FY27. (4 stable, 1 easing)
“Overall Bank C:I ratio Trend: (excl. trading gain) ... Q1FY26 74%. At an overall Bank level, the C:I planned to improve to ~65% by FY27 because of scale.”
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