BID [MARKET PERFORM +4.6%] - NPL uptick raises credit quality concerns - Update
  • 29 Nov 2018
  • Company Research
We trim our target price (TP) by 15.3% mainly due to a 50-bp boost in our cost of equity, a 12.5% lower target P/B and 14.3% and 17.4% cuts in 2018 and 2019 earnings forecasts, respectively. We therefore downgrade our rating from OUTPERFORM to MARKET PERFORM. Our 2018 and 2019 earnings cuts are entirely due to 8.7% and 11.7% lower forecasts for Net-interest income (NII) and 5.5% and 4.5% higher assumptions on provision expenses, respectively.