Q1FY21 Performance Highlights
- Revenue at ₹ 546 crore, up
36% YoY
- PAT at ₹ 193 crore, up 70%
YoY; Cost to income ratio at 53%, down 300 bps YoY
- Equities and allied revenue at ₹
389 crore, up 62% YoY
- 1.5+ million active clients
- Equity market share up 260 bps YoY to 10.7%; Derivative market share up 150 bps
YoY to 8.9%
- Private Wealth Management revenue up 36% to
₹ 77 crore YoY
- Issuer Services & Advisory* revenue up 34% YoY
* Our investment
banking business
Mumbai, Wednesday July 22nd, 2020 - ICICI Securities (I-Sec), a part of the
ICICI Group and India’s leading retail-led equity franchise, distributor of
financial products, and investment bank, today announced the financial results for
the April – June 2020 quarter (Q1 FY21).
Q1FY21 Performance
The company reported consolidated revenue of
₹ 546 crore in Q1FY21, against
₹ 402 crore in Q1FY20, up 36%, aided by strong growth in equities
& allied business. Consolidated Profit After Tax (PAT) for Q1FY21 stood at ₹ 193 crore, Vs
₹ 114 crore in Q1FY20, up 70%, on account of growth in revenue,
improvement in margins, and changes in statutory tax rates.
Business Highlights
I-Sec has a client base of 4.9 million, of which about over 80,000 were added during
the quarter. I-Sec has moved to completely digital account opening process from
mid-April and the run rate for new account opening has been steadily increasing
with the June 2020 numbers being higher than June 2019 numbers.
The company has over 1.5 million active clients (those having traded in the last
12 months) and over 1.1 million NSE active clients (those having traded on the NSE
in the last 12 months), up 15% and 27% YoY respectively.
In Q1FY2021, I-Sec expanded its equity market share by 260 bps YoY to 10.7%, with
its equity ADTO (average daily turnover) increasing by 115% vs 62% for the market.
Similarly, its derivatives market share went up 150 bps YoY to 8.9%, and I-Sec derivative
ADTO rose 32% vs 9% for the market. During the quarter, I-Sec made available the
third party derivatives strategy platform Sensibull on icicidirect.
During the quarter, our Equities and Allied Business, which comprises of
retail equity, institutional equity, lending towards ESOP (Employee Stock Option
Plans) & MTF (Margin Trade Funding), and Prime subscription fees, rose 62% on-year
to ₹389 crore. The Retail
Equities and Allied Business revenue rose 70% to
₹ 354 crore vs ₹
209 crore in Q1FY20. ESOP & MTF interest income rose 32% year-on-year to ₹ 23 crore in Q1FY21 and the
lending book size stood at ₹
1,500 crore as on 30th June 2020, against ~
₹580 crore on 31st March 2020. Prime subscription income
grew 31% sequentially to over ₹
10 crore during the same period.
The company continues to receive encouraging response to Prime, its annual subscription
based plan that provides a package of privilege pricing, exclusive research, and
higher eATM (payout within 30 mins of selling stocks) limits per day. Currently
there are over 3.75 lakh Prime subscribers.
Institutional equities revenue during the quarter rose by 14% on-year to
₹ 35 crore due to increased traction in block deals.
Distribution revenue stood at ₹80
crore in Q1FY21 down 19% against Q1FY20.
I-Sec is India’s second largest non-bank MF distributor by revenue and assets
with a 4.5% revenue market share (based on FY20 revenue). It earned
₹ 49 crore of revenue through MF distribution during the quarter,
down 12% from the year ago period. The quarter saw weakness in the overall MF industry
with redemption pressures persisting in debt funds. I-Sec however improved its net
flows and market share in equity funds.
Income from distribution of non-MF products like loans, fixed income products, corporate
bonds and deposits, insurance, bank FDs, AIF, PMS, SGBs, NPS, etc., were also impacted
during the quarter as a significant portion of these business are contract based
and the COVID-19 induced lockdown effected closure of their sales. Non-MF revenue
declined 25% in Q1FY21 to ₹
29 crore.
The company has a network of 171 ICICIdirect branches (vs 192 in Q1FY20) and a nationwide
network of business partners, consisting of sub-brokers, authorized persons, IFAs
& IAs, which grew by 62% to 12,100+. New customer acquisition through the business
partner during the quarter rose 266% year-on-year.
I-Sec’s Private Wealth Management (PWM) business reported
₹ 77 crore of revenue in Q1FY21 up 36% on-year. The PWM business
is a home-grown franchise set up to service affluent customers. It serves ~34,000
clients, of which ~1,600 were added during the quarter, with an asset base of ~
₹1 L crore, up 20% sequentially.
Our Issuer Services and Advisory business, (Investment Banking) revenue stood
at ₹ 22 crore in Q1FY21, up
34% on-year. The company has strong IPO pipeline (as per SEBI filling) of 13 deals
amounting to over ₹38,200
crore.
Management Commentary
Mr. Vijay Chandok, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, said, “We
had an eventful quarter in which we saw increased market participation by all players
–retail, HNIs and institutional, resulting in strong growth in our core equities,
as well as wealth and investment banking business. Our distribution business was
however soft as sentiments remained weak in debt funds and SIP inflows slowed down
with investors preferring to conserve cash during these uncertain times.
The quarter tested the resilient nature of our business model. We remain committed
to transform ourselves into a financial supermarket of choice for our customers
to meet their life stage needs, delivering financial products and solutions digitally.
In the context of current pandemic, our stated strategy is all the more relevant
with a special focus to increase digitisation, lower cost, enhance investment in
technology, and fortifying our talent pool. Our business model is characterized
by low credit risk and negligible inventory or supply chain risk. In the current
environment, investors are looking at sound advice, trusted partner, and a reliable
platform, and I-Sec scores high on all these. We will soon be adding the option
of investing in US securities on icicidirect. “
About ICICI Securities
ICICI Securities Limited (I-Sec) is a subsidiary of ICICI Bank Ltd. The company
began its operation in May 1995 and continues to grow its operation through expanding
its client base and providing different type of services.
I-Sec operates www.icicidirect.com, India’s
leading virtual financial supermarket, meeting the three need sets of its clients-
investments, protection, and borrowing. Through its three lines of businesses --
broking, distribution of financial products, and investment banking-- I-Sec serves
customers ranging from the retail and institutional investors to corporates to high
net-worth individuals to government.
I-Sec is listed on National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).
For details, visit: www.icicisecurities.com
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business and other financial services in the countries that we operate or where
a material number of our customers reside, our ability to successfully implement
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of merger and acquisition opportunities, our ability to integrate mergers or acquisitions
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ability to implement our dividend policy, the impact of changes in insurance regulations
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