city union bank share price: Buy City Union Bank, target price Rs 200: ICICI Securities

ICICI Securities has buy call on with a target price of Rs 200. The current market price of City Union Bank Ltd. is Rs 175.75. Time period given by analyst is year when City Union Bank price can reach defined target.

City Union Bank Ltd., incorporated in the year 1904, is a banking company (having a market cap of Rs 12988.49 Crore).

Financials
For the quarter ended 31-03-2021, the company reported a Standalone Total Income of Rs 1121.43 Crore, down -12.24 % from last quarter Total Income of Rs 1277.80 Crore and down -8.15 % from last year same quarter Total Income of Rs 1220.98 Crore. The bank reported net profit after tax of Rs 111.19 Crore in latest quarter.

Investment Rationale
While near-term asset quality concerns persist due to the second wave disruption, the brokerage reposes faith in CUBK’s SME financing niche, coupled with its robust retail liability franchise to manage the crisis effectively, and take RoA to the pre-covid level of 1.5% in H2FY23E.


Promoter/FII Holdings
Promoters held 0 per cent stake in the company as of March 31, 2021, while FIIs held 18.6 per cent, DIIs 38.5 per cent and public and others 43.9 per cent.

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