The TresVista team conducted a study to understand the correlation between valuation ratios of different banks, by leveraging internal databases, and forming an intuitive graph to understand the ground reality. The task also included to better understand the valuation premium differences between listed PSU and listed private banks. Moreover, the task entailed to bust the myth that anything ‘government’ or ‘PSU’ isn’t cheap, and the market is, at least in this sector, efficient enough to allocate multiples basis performance, and no other external factors.
To create an intuitive chart explaining the long-term trends through a graphical representation of key ratios for all listed banks in India by leveraging internal databases.c
The TresVista Team followed the following process:
• Comprehended the operations of a bank and the typical road to its profitability
• Compared ratio differences between a bank and a non-bank company
• Compiled data on key ratios (RoA and P/B) for all listed banks in India leveraging internal databases
• Transformed findings into an intuitive chart to understand long-term trends
The major hurdles faced by the TresVista Team were:
• Unavailability of directly applicable literature
• Outliers in the dataset
• Sanctity related gaps arising from leveraging different databases
• Compressing the entire study in a single intuitive output
The team overcame these hurdles by leveraging insights and coverage on similar topics and successfully connected the dots to formulate the RoA-P/B correlation metric. Additionally, the team sliced-and-diced the raw dump to eliminate outliers and investigated whether undervaluation actually exists. Finally, the team compressed all final findings into a single graph to help the reader understand the nuances behind the deviations in the chart across the pre-defined timeframe
The TresVista Team provided the client with a template for executing similar studies in the future.
