FIDELITY BANK: SAVING FOR TOMORROW, WITH 192% RETAINED EARNINGS GROWTH
Fidelity Bank recently presented its score-card for the
full-year ended December 31, 2016 to the nation’s investment community slightly
late, compared to the release date for the 2015 numbers. This, inconsistent date of releasing the bank’s
scorecards will not help the investing public to plan their investment or
predict the future release date.
Meanwhile, highlight
of the result included the decision of the board to save for the uncertain
future by boosting retained earnings, following which there was a dividend cut,
amidst a mixed performance as top line marginally moved north and bottom line faced
the opposite direction.
Comparing the 2016 figures to that of previous year shows that
gross earnings inched up by 3.45% to N152.02bn from N146.95bn in 2015, while profit
for the period dropped by a steep 30% from the N13.9bn in 2015 to N9.73bn. Shareholders’
fund was flat for the period at N185.4bn.
The bank’s non-performing loans book increased by 50.43% to N8.67bn
from N5.76bn in 2015 due to economic challenges that adversely affected traders
and manufacturers, among others, as well as the high inflation that increased its
bad loan book at a time source of repayment were under threat. It must however
be noted that Fidelity grew its customer loans and advances by 24.25% which
equally widened exposure for the period.
Earnings per
share estimates for the said period stood at 0.34 kobo, a decline from 0.48
kobo recorded in 2015, even as price
drop that followed release of the result for the period has shortened investment
period base at 2.50x which has marginally reduced investors
waiting period from 2.83x. The said
Earnings Yielded 39.99% of the market price as at released date, which is above
the 35.28% Yield estimated in 2015. Return on equity declined from 7.53% in
2015 to 5.25% in 2016, a decrease of 32.41% in profit margin to 6.40% from
9.47% in 2015.
The bank’s
retained earnings for the period was nonetheless up by 192% from N8.8bn in 2015
to N25.72bn.
FIDELITY BANK
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Audited Result 2016
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COY
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2015
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2016
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% Chg
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(N)
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(N)
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Date Released
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March 31, 2016
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April 7, 2017
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Gross Earnings
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146,891,000,000
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152,021,000,000
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3.45
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Profit After Tax
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13,904,000,000
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9,734,000,000
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-30.00
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Shareholders' Fund
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183,516,000,000
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185,402,000,000
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1.02
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Dividend
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0.16
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0.14
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-12.50
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ESTIMATED RATIOS
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Earnings Per Share
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0.48
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034
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-29.17
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PE Ratio
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2.83
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2.50
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-11.61
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Earnings Yield
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35.28
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39.99
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13.35
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Book Value
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6.33
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6.40
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1.11
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Price To Book
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0.21
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0.13
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-38.10
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ROE
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7.53
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5.25
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-30.28
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Profit Margin
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9.47
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6.40
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-32.41
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Dec
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Dec
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SOURCES: COMPANY DATA & INVESTDATA
RESEARCH
Fidelity
Bank recorded decline year-on-year in profit before tax of 21.11%, while Price
to Book Value dropped by 38.1% to 0.13 from 0.21 in 2015, making its shares
attractive for medium and long-term investors. The bank’s profitability ratios
for the year were equally mixed.
Technical View
Fidelity
Bank’s price action revealed am upward rally as the market reacted to its full
year earnings reports before pulling back to form a double bottom that supports continuation of trend. The support and resistance level of the bank
are N0.78 and N1.02 respectively.
Traders
should watch out for upward reversal to first support level at N0.81 and second
support at N0.76 or reversal to first resistance level at N0.92 and second
resistance price of N1.01. The trend ability and momentum is strong above ADX 20 at .5.65.
Analysts
Opinion/Recommendations
The 2016
numbers also revealed that Fidelity Bank is seriously undervalued as it is
currently trading at 690% discount to its Book Values, while our Fair Value
estimate of N4.00 per share.
We are
optimistic that despite the huge provision and present economic situation, the
bank will rebound as management moves to reposition its operations and further
drive earnings.
Although we
expect headwinds to continue till the third quarter of this year, it is our considered
opinion that the bank’s impairment loss for 2017 will drop and push earnings to
the north.
We have a
BUY recommendation on the stock for medium and long term investment purposes.
FIDELITY
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Share Holding
Structure
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Fidelity
Bank has no major shareholder
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Except Stanbic IBTC with 3.2 %
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Other Statistics
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Shares
Outstanding (MN)
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28,974,797,023
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Opening Price (2016)
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1.45
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Closing Price (2016)
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0.84
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Closing Price as at April 20, 2017
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0.81
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Date Listed
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17th
May, 2005
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Year End
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31st
December
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SOURCES: COMPANY DATA & INVESTDATA
RESEARCH
Management
The
management impact on its dwindling numbers as revealed by 2016 report shows
that the challenging business environment has seriously affected the economic
activities of traders, who have traditionally been the bank’s key focus over
the years. The board and management team
are expected to foster growth and stability of the bank’s earnings performance,
just as the enhanced infrastructure, state-of-the-art technology and rebranding
drive profitability. The 2015 and 2016 performance considered as one is however
a pointer to where the bank is heading, regardless of the unstable policy environment
in its industry of operation upon which the recent intervention of the Central
Bank of Nigeria (CBN) through provision of foreign exchange liquidity to every
segment of the market. Such intensive intervention to enable players, including
manufacturers, SMEs, traders, importers and exporters, access forex for
machines and raw materials, among others, is expected to significantly impact
performance in the coming months.
Four
years Performance Analysis
The bank’s gross earnings over a four-year period has grown
consistently from N126.92bn in 2013 to N152.4bn, with the years 2015 and 2016 as
period when its figures experienced a decline that affected dividend payout,
particularly in 2016 when it paid the lowest dividend in the period.
Nevertheless, there was noticeable improvement in its operations between the 2013
and 2016 financial years, attributed to internal restructuring to drive deposit
and provide satisfactory service to its customers.
There have been few fluctuations in its share price due to
the earnings power that continues to rise and fall since 2013 which it has
sustained to the 2016 financial year-end. It reported a flat profit of N13.8bn in
2014 and N13.9bn in 2015, before declining to N9.73bn in 2016. Shareholders’
funds stands at an vantage point- about 13.42% of the turnover, after soaring
from N163.46bn in 2013 to N185.4bn in 2016, representing growth.
FIDELITY
BANK FOUR YEARS FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
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2013
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2014
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2015
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2016
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Date Released
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April 2, 2014
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March 31, 2015
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March 31, 2016
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April 7, 2017
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Price @ Released Date
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2.18
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1.57
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1.36
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0.84
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Gross Earnings
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126,918,000,000
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132,401,000,000
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146,891,000,000
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152,021,000,000
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Profit After Tax
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7,721,000,000
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13,796,000,000
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13,904,000,000
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9,734,000,000
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Shareholders' Fund
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163,455,000,000
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173,111,000,000
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183,516,000,000
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185,402,000,000
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Dividend
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0.14
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0.18
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0.16
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0.14
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SOURCES: COMPANY DATA & INVESTDATA
RESEARCH
Estimated Performance Ratios
The bank’s earnings per share for the period is a reflection
of its earnings power, oscillating from 27 kobo in 2013 to 48 kobo in 2014 and 2015 before dropping to 34 kobo in the 2016 released financials. The said EPS is same as
2.50x (times) of the market price at released
date and yielded 39.99% of market price from price to earnings ratio of
8.18x in 2013. The Book Value looks
attractive at N6.40, the growth in Book Value through the observed periods
re-established confidence and assurance of further growth after the down trend
which was as a result of earnings fluctuation and market trend. The drop in EPS was attributed to economic
headwinds and over regulation of its industry, just as Price to Book Value
(PBV) is 0.13, on the strength of its Price-Earnings-Ratio of 2.50x, which is
relatively low in its sector. The share price of fidelity bank is fairly and
technically placed at N4.00 each.
FIDELITY BANK- ESTIMATED RATIOS
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2013
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2014
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2015
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2016
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Earnings Per Share
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0.27
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0.48
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0.48
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0.34
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PE Ratio
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8.18
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3.30
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2.83
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2.50
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Earnings Yield
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12.22
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30.33
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35.28
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39.99
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Book Value
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5.64
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5.97
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6.33
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6.40
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Price To Book
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0.39
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0.26
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0.21
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0.13
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ROE
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4.72
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7.97
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7.58
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5.25
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Profit Margin
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6.08
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10.42
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9.47
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6.40
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Year End
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Dec
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Dec
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Dec
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Dec
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SOURCES: COMPANY DATA & INVESTDATA
RESEARCH
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