ICICI securities: Buy ICICI Securities, target price Rs 575: CLSA

CLSA has buy call on with a target price of Rs 575. The current market price of ICICI Securities is Rs 466.

ICICI Securities Ltd, incorporated in the year 1995, is a Mid Cap company with a market cap of Rs 14951.12 Crore, operating in Financial Services sector.

ICICI Securities key Products/Revenue Segments include Income From Brokerage & Commission, Other Services, Interest, Income From Financial Services, Income From Sale Of Share & Securities and Dividend for the year ending 31-Mar-2020.

Investment Rationale

ICICI Securities’ NSE active clients saw a sharp 46 per cent YoY growth in 4QFY21. The company gained 0.35 million new customers, the majority of which were via digital sourcing and the

channel. Further, the activation ratio inched up to 84 per cent in 4QFY21 versus 60 per cent-70 per cent over the past three quarters.

Financials

Q4 FY21 PAT more than doubled YoY to Rs 3.3 billion (45 per cent beat), driven by 54 per cent growth in revenue. EBITDA was reported at Rs 4.9 billion (+22 per cent qoq/+93 per cent yoy). EBITDA margin improved to 65.7 per cent (+169bps qoq / +1341bps yoy).

Promoter/FII Holdings

Promoters held 75 per cent stake in the company as of March 30, 2021, while FIIs held 3.7 per cent, DIIs 9 per cent and public and others 12.2 per cent.

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