About the Company
BSE was established in 1875 and is Asia’s first Stock Exchange and one of India’s leading exchange groups. Over the past 144 years, BSE has provided a capital-raising platform and provided a platform for trading in equity, debt instruments, derivatives, and mutual funds. It also has a platform for trading in equities of small-and-medium enterprises (SME).
Q4FY23 Updates
Financial Results & Highlights
Detailed Results:
- The consolidated revenue stream split-up (in Rs. Mn) for the company as on Mar’23 stood as :-
- Transaction charges :- 603
- Services to Corporates :- 768
- Other Revenue :- 477
- Treasury Income :- 199
- Other Securities Services :- 348
- Income from Investments :- 320
- The Average Daily Turnover in Equity Cash for FY23 was Rs. 41,320 Mn vs Rs. 53, 961 Mn the previous year.
- The Transaction Charges Income in Equity Cash for FY23 was Rs. 1,525 Mn split-up into 820 Mn special-rate and 705 Mn normal rate.
- In Currency Derivatives Futures, ADTV stood at Rs. 1,85,693 Mn and Avg. Daily Contracts Traded stood at 2.30 Mn for FY23.
- In Currency Derivatives Options, ADTV stood at Rs. 70,302 Mn and Avg. Daily Contracts Traded stood at 0.88 Mn in FY23.
- In Currency Derivatives, the Transaction Charges Income grew 56% YoY to Rs. 97 Mn in FY23.
- In Equity and Commodity Derivatives, the Avg. Daily Turnover for Equity Derivatives stood at Rs. 13,78,130 Mn and Avg. Daily Contracts traded stood at 1.5 Mn.
- As of 31st March, 2023 BSE STAR MF Platform had 40 mutual funds registered, with 10,805 schemes available covering 731 cities. Registered investors stood at 133.42 Mn with 74,713 Network of Distributors.
- In BSE STAR MF Platform, the number of orders grew 43% YoY to 265 Mn in FY23. Mutual Fund revenue grew 56% YoY to Rs. 786 Mn.
- In Services to Corporates, the Listing Fees for FY23 stood at Rs. 2,328 Mn split-up into Annual Listing Fee at 1,688 Mn and Listing Processing & other listing fees at 640 Mn.
- In Services to Corporates, the Book Building & Other Services revenue for FY23 stood at Rs. 576 Mn split-up into Book Building Fees at 447 Mn and Other Services Fees at 129 MN.
- In India International Exchange IFSC, Avg. daily contracts traded grew 21% YoY to 706 thousand in FY23. Average Daily Turnover grew 29% to USD 13, 061 Mn in FY23.
- India International Exchange is IFSC, the average daily trading turnover in India INX, the BSE-promoted international exchange at GIFT City, Gandhinagar stands at $18 billion with a market share of 92.4% for the quarter ended March 31, 2023.
- As on March 31, 2023: India INX’s Global Securities Market has cumulatively established around USD 70 billion of Medium-Term Notes (“MTN”) and listed around USD 50 billion of debt securities including masala bonds and green bonds.
- BSE Ebix Insurance Broking where BSE holds a 40% stake through its subsidiary, BSE Investments Limited, is now integrated with 26 insurance companies. The total premium collected is INR24.3 crore for FY23, a growth of 103% from the same period last year.
- BSE E-Agricultural Markets, a transparent commodity spot trading platform to facilitate spot commodities transactions across the value chain has now enrolled 1,342 members and executed trades worth INR148 crores in Agri and Steel segments on the platform during FY23.
- The Board of the BSE in the meeting held has approved in Q4 the divestment of 2.5% of BSE’s stake in Central Depository Services Limited, CDSL, towards meeting regulatory norms.
- The company’s market share was as follows :-
- INDIA INX :- 92.4%
- STAR MF :- 87%
- BSE BOND :- 60%
- SME :- 58.2%
- Companies/ Securities Listed :- 71.8%
- Debt Listing :- 69.7%
- Interest Rate Derivatives :- 47.2%
- Currency Derivatives :- 14.1%
- Equity Cash :- 7.2%
- Equity Derivatives :- 0.9%
- Commodity Derivatives :- 0.1%
Investor Conference Call Highlights:
- In equity cash segment, the company has reduced the tick size for scrips below 100 to Rs. 1 paisa from 5 paisa.
- In currency derivatives, the company introduced new strike price feature of Rs. 10 paisa for USDINR contracts in addition to the Rs. 25 paisa strike prices.
- In equity derivatives, the company is relaunching Sensex and Bankex derivatives contracts with lower lot sizes and expiry on Friday, which is expected to bring in more traction. The relaunch is happening on May 15, 2023.
- BSE has discontinued the liquidity enhancement schemes that were on-going for derivatives with effect from April 1, 2023. It has also discontinued software and hardware infrastructure services that were being offered under technology program.
- On the standalone level, BSE had incurred a cost of Rs. 32 crores in FY23 for schemes and services.
- FY23 revenues were at Rs. 954 Cr as compared to Rs. 864 Cr in FY22, a growth of 10%. The net profit attributable to shareholders stands at Rs. 221 Cr from Rs. 251 Cr the previous year.
- The management states that the decline in Net Profit is mainly due to the added contribution of Rs. 55 Cr to the core settlement guarantee fund, and increase of 89% YoY.
- The board of directors have recommended a final dividend of Rs. 12 per share with a dividend pay-out ratio of 98.8%.
- There was an increase in the other security services income, due to an increase in margins & deposits and overall clearing activity.
- Other operating income for the company comprises of income from BSE Technology and BSE Institute.
- The guidance for tax rate for FY24 is at 35%. The company has huge MAT, which is unutilized.
- Operating cash flows were mainly negative this year due to this year being a bad year for capital markets and a hit from the core settlement guarantee fund.
- On some of the segments where revenue is not being charged, the management plans to start charging after growth in market share and liquidity.
- In terms of delivery percentages, 80% of total trades in respect of securities up to Rs. 100, results in delivery.
- Reducing the tick size has resulted in lower impact cost for traders. Also, it has increased the company’s market share in these securities from 9% to 11%.
- The total cash in books of the company stands at Rs. 2200 crores, while free cash for shareholders stands at Rs. 1400 crores.
Analyst’s View:
BSE is the largest stock exchange in the world in terms of listed entities. The company has been in this industry sector for close to 150 years and is still at the forefront of the industry in terms of technology and access to tradable products. The company has entered into multiple businesses and has proved it can turn them into profitable ones, BSE STAR MF being one example, but it would be interesting to watch whether the company can turn these new incentives into a profitable business. BSE has long-standing brand value and its market execution experience, and the potential of its new businesses. BSE can turn out to be a dark horse wealth creator in the next few years.
Q3FY23 Updates
Financial Results & Highlights
Detailed Results:
- Sales in Q3 grew by 12% YoY & consolidated PAT declined by 16%.
- BSE’s operational revenues have grown by 6% to INR204 crores from INR193 crores.
- The profit decline is because of added contribution to the core settlement guarantee fund to the tune of INR16 crores at a consolidated level, which is an increase of 83% year-on-year coupled with an added contribution to the Equity and Currency Derivatives segment.
- The clearing and settlement operational revenues increased by 57% to INR18 crores from INR11.6 crores while Treasury income from clearing and settlement funds has increased by 53% to INR22 crores from INR14 crores.
- Other operating revenue, which includes data dissemination fees, training income, and software income has increased by 21% to INR18 crores from INR15 crores while Investment income increased by 70% to INR35 crores from INR20 crores.
- For the quarter that ended December 31, 2022, the average daily turnover in the Equity Cash segment stands at INR4,234 crores, which is down 11% as compared to the previous quarter.
- The average daily turnover in the Equity Derivatives segment stands at INR1.97 lakh crores, down 13% as compared to the previous quarter.
- The average daily turnover in the Currency Derivatives segment stands at INR26,246 crores down 18% as compared to the previous quarter
- EBITDA margin for Q3 was at 19% Vs 30% last year.
- BSE StAR MF, India’s largest mutual fund distribution platform, continues to grow at a remarkable pace with a total number of transactions growing by 37% to reach 6.9 crores transactions during the quarter from 5 crores in the same period last year.
- The platform continues to scale new peaks in terms of transactions with platforms processing a new high of 37.75 lakh transactions in a single day and a new monthly high of 2.44 crore transactions in December ’22, and then once again with 2.5 crores transaction in Jan 2023.
- India International Exchange is IFSC, the average daily trading turnover in India INX, the BSE-promoted international exchange at GIFT City, Gandhinagar stands at $18 billion with a market share of 95% for the quarter ended December 31, 2022.
- BSE Ebix Insurance Broking where BSE holds a 40% stake through its subsidiary, BSE Investments Limited, is now integrated with 26 insurance companies. The total premium collected is INR17.1 crore for the nine months ended December 31, 2022, a growth of 84% from the same period last year.
- BSE E-Agricultural Markets, a transparent commodity spot trading platform to facilitate spot commodities transactions across the value chain has now enrolled 1,220 members and executed trades worth INR43.7 crores in Agri and Steel segments on the platform during the quarter that ended December 31, 2022.
- The Board of the BSE in the meeting held has approved the divestment of 2.5% of BSE’s stake in Central Depository Services Limited, CDSL, towards meeting regulatory norms.
Investor Conference Call Highlights:
- BSE continues to be the market leader for Fundraising by India Inc. with a share of 60% for equity public issues, and 84% for debt public issues having enabled issuers to raise INR3.9 lakh crores.
- India INX has about $70 billion in medium-term notes established and about $50 billion of bond listings to date. India INX Global Access platform for investors wanting to invest in global securities has grown to reach a trading turnover of $7,369 million which is $7.4 billion for the quarter that ended December 2022.
- The trading at Hindustan Power Exchange where BSE has a stake of 22.61% through its wholly-owned subsidiary, BSE Investments has been relatively modest and the exchange is continually onboarding new members and exploring new products to be launched, which can result in higher volumes going forward.
- The settlement guarantee fund is dependent on many factors, which include volatility in markets, business volume increase, and the concentration of positions, and it is determined by an algo on a monthly basis. The hit taken in this quarter in P&L is a one-time loss. The management further explains that each SGF contribution increment over a period of time leads to an incremental revenue flow.
- The interest, which is earned in the settlement guarantee fund remains in that fund and it is not considered income in standalone or consolidated accounts
- The company is required to reduce its stake to 15% by 2nd October.
- The utilization of cash received from the sale of investments in CDSL will be based on regulatory restrictions.
- Higher investments in IT, hardware, and software resulted in higher depreciation.
- The company’s normal tax rate will be 33-35% since its focus is on earning taxable income which attracts the maximum tax rate to utilize the MAT credit.
- The company plans to continue to grow its Star MF division organically due to tailwinds instead of selling the biz at the moment.
- The management believes the share of Star MF of total transactions is 50%.
- The company believes there is an existence of customer stickiness in Star MF owing to technology investments made at the early stages.
Analyst’s View:
BSE is the largest stock exchange in the world in terms of listed entities. The company has been in this industry sector for close to 150 years and is still at the forefront of the industry in terms of technology and access to tradable products. The company has entered into multiple businesses and has proved it can turn them into profitable ones, BSE StAR MF being one example, but it would be interesting to watch whether the company can turn these new incentives into a profitable business. Despite having a mediocre quarter with a revenue rise of 12% YoY, BSE has long-standing brand value and its market execution experience, and the potential of its new businesses. BSE can turn out to be a dark horse wealth creator in the next few years.
Q2FY23 Updates
Financial Results & Highlights
Standalone Financials (in Crs) | ||||||||
Q2FY23 | Q2FY22 | YoY % | Q1FY23 | QoQ % | FY22 | FY21 | YoY% | |
Sales | 208 | 202 | 3.18% | 142 | 47.13% | 422 | 383 | 10.18% |
PBT | 79 | 86 | -8.56% | 28 | 184.11% | 261 | 116 | 125.00% |
PAT | 56 | 63 | -10.54% | 21 | 162.94% | 195 | 97 | 101.03% |
Consolidated Financials (in Crs) | ||||||||
Q2FY23 | Q2FY22 | YoY % | Q1FY23 | QoQ % | FY22 | FY21 | YoY% | |
Sales | 234 | 219 | 6.86% | 193 | 21.50% | 495 | 429 | 15.38% |
PBT | 36 | 73 | -51.08% | 43 | -15.70% | 327 | 153 | 113.73% |
PAT | 14 | 45 | -68.30% | 29 | -50.53% | 245 | 142 | 72.54% |
Detailed Results:
- The company’s revenue grew by 7% YoY and profits fall by 68% YoY on the consolidated basis.
- The clearing and settlement operational revenues increased by 67% to Rs. 16.9 crores from Rs. 10.2 crores.
- Treasury income from clearing and settlement funds has increased by 71% to Rs. 22.9 crores from Rs. 13.4 crores.
- Listing related income increased by 3% to Rs. 58.8 crores from Rs. 56.9 crores.
- Other operating revenue, that is data dissemination fees, trading income, software income increased by 30% to Rs. 18.3 crores from Rs. 14 crores.
- Investment income increased by 20% to Rs. 36.6 crores from Rs. 30.1 crores.
- The operating EBITDA has reduced to Rs. 13.4 crores from Rs. 53.2 crores with operating EBITDA margin reducing to 7% from 28% earlier.
- The net profit margin stands at 12% as against 28% earlier.
- The total number of investors registered with BSE now stands at 11.7 crores.
- For the quarter, BSE’s average daily turnover in equity segment stands at Rs. 4,740 crores, growth of 17% as compared to the previous quarter
- In the Equity Derivatives segment, the average daily turnover stands at Rs. 2.26 lakh crores, a growth of 88% as compared to the previous quarter.
- In the Currency Derivative segment, the average daily turnover increased to be Rs. 32,161 crores as compared to Rs. 24,567 crores in the previous quarter, a growth of 31%.
- In BSE StAR MF, the total number of transactions growing by 39% to reach 5.91 crores transaction during the quarter from 4.3 crores in the same period last year. Platform processed a high of 2.08 crores transactions for September 2022.
- India INX
- Average daily trading turnover of USD 14.7 billion and a market share of 92.1% for the quarter ended September 30th, 2022
- BSE EBIX Insurance Broking
- Integrated with 26 insurance companies.
- The total premium collected is Rs. 13.2 crores for the half year ended September 30th, 2022, a growth of 78% from the same period last year.
- BSE E-Agricultural Markets Limited
- Enabled 1,121 members and executed trades worth Rs. 11.7 crores in agri and steel segments on the platform during the quarter ended 30th September 2022
- On a stand-alone basis, free cash is about Rs. 1,376 crores
Investor Conference Call Highlights
- BSE enabled issuers to raise Rs. 3.7 lakh crores through issue of equity, bonds, commercial papers, municipal bonds, InvITs, etc
- In Q2 FY ’23, BSE has expanded its platform offerings to launch Electronic Gold Receipts and KYC KRA to service the Indian capital markets and the economy.
- The management stated the lower profits are due to because of the added contribution to the core settlement guarantee fund to the tune of Rs. 36 crores at a consolidated level, which is an increase of 485% as compared to corresponding quarter last year.
- There were lower numbers of IPOs in H1, the management expect IPO activity to pick up in the second half of FY 2023.
- BSE has become India’s first exchange to successfully launch Electronic Gold Receipts after receiving final approval from SEBI. A total of 4 new products based on electronic gold receipts, consisting of delivery units of 10 grams and 100 grams of 995 grade and 999 grade were made available to trade during the Muhurat session on 24th October 2022. The company has started charging for it right from day 1. Charges are Rs. 345 per crore.
- Hindustan Power Exchange, where BSE has a stake of 22.61% through its wholly owned subsidiary, BSE Investments Limited has commenced operations with Contingency Market Segment(namely intraday and day ahead contingency), Day Ahead Market (DAM), Real-Time Market (RTM) and Green Day Ahead Market segment (G-DAM) segments
- BSE Technologies Limited, a private-owned subsidiary of BSE, launched KYC Registration Agency (KRA), on 27th October 2022
- The management stated during the last quarter, currency derivatives volumes increased significantly as compared to earlier periods. Because of that, it necessitated that the core SGF as determined and computed according to the guidelines of SEBI has increased. And that is why ICCL, a clearing corporation, had to make a contribution of Rs. 36 crores to core SGF.
- In the last year 1 or 2 quarters, the company got some significant good deals in debt, basically in state development loans and also in fixed deposits. So, it has actually moved a lot of money from the mutual fund segment to basically debt and fixed deposits.
- In the best-case scenario, the management expect a return of around 6.5% from debt investments.
- BSE has hike in existing fees, Fees will increase marginally for all companies and some companies where the market cap is higher, the company has linked fees to the market cap for a highly capitalized company.
- The management stated just to be in the competition, at least for the time being, the company won’t be changing for INX. It continue not to charge, as done by competition.
- The company has gone live with the KRA business. BSE is one of the KYC KRA participants now in the industry and the company is offering it’s services.
Analyst’s View
BSE is the largest stock exchange in the world in terms of listed entities. The company has been in this industry sector for close to 150 years and is still at the forefront of the industry in terms of technology and access to tradable products. After record breaking-turnover in FY ’22, volatile market conditions have resulted in a slowdown during the first half of FY’23. The company has entered into multiple businesses and has proved it can turn them into profitable ones, BSE StAR MF being one example, but it would be interesting to watch whether the company can turn these new incentives into a profitable business. Despite having a subdued quarter with a revenue rise of only 6% YoY, BSE has long-standing brand value and its market execution experience, and the potential of its new businesses. BSE can turn out to be a dark horse wealth creator in the next few years.
Q1FY23 Updates
Financial Results & Highlights
Standalone Financials (In Crs) | |||||
Q1FY23 | Q1FY22 | YoY % | Q4FY22 | QoQ % | |
Sales | 148 | 156 | -5.50% | 179 | -17.43% |
PBT | 28 | 48 | -42.41% | 64 | -56.72% |
PAT | 21 | 37 | -42.32% | 54 | -60.37% |
Consolidated Financials (In Crs) | |||||
Q1FY23 | Q1FY22 | YoY % | Q4FY22 | QoQ % | |
Sales | 198 | 186 | 6.46% | 233 | -15.15% |
PBT | 42 | 54 | -23% | 85 | -50.59% |
PAT | 44 | 53 | -18% | 71 | -38.03% |
Detailed Results:
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- Sales in the Q1 has been muted, with consolidated revenues up 6.4 % YoY & consolidated PAT decline by 18%
- EBITDA margin for Q1 was at 27% vs 26% last year & 30% in Q4FY22.
- Average daily turnover in the Equity Cash segment declined and stand at 4,056 Cr in Q1 FY23 compared to 5,661 Cr in Q1 FY22.
- Average daily turnover in the Equity Derivative segment declined and stood at Rs. 1.2 lakh crores in Q1 FY23 compared to 2.6 lakh Cr in Q1 FY22.
- Average daily turnover in the Currency Derivative segment increased in Q1 FY23 by 4% compared to the previous quarter.
- BSE Star MF saw MF revenue rise 51% in Q1 FY23 compared to the previous quarter while the Average Number of Orders rose 68% YoY while maintaining a market share of 86.7% in the same period.
- In the services to corporates segment, listing fees grew by 15% while Book Building & other Services grew 62% in Q1 FY23 compared to the previous year.
- The operational revenue of clearance and settlement increased by 98% to Rs. 17.1 crores in Q1 FY 23 from Rs. 8.63 crores to the previous year and income increased by 85% to Rs. 18.7 crores Q1 FY 23 from Rs. 10.2 crores to its previous year.
- BSE Ebix Insurance Broking collected total premium has grown by 188% in Q1FY23 as compared to Q1FY22.
- BSE subsidiary INX has grown its average daily turnover to USD 9.9 billion and maintained a market share of 92.2% in Q1 FY 23.
Investor Conference Call Highlights:
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- The company’s net profit margin declined to 20% against 28% in its previous year due to a drop in investment income and a slowdown in transaction-based income
- BSE has completed 10 years of operationalization in the SME segment, where it has a 60% market share.
- The total number of investors registered with BSE stands at over 11 crores.
- On the insurance distribution front, BSE Ebix Insurance broking where BSE holds 40% has integrated with 23 insurance companies.
- The company is in the process of the final regulatory approval from SEBI to launch electronic gold receipts or EGR to enable the trading of spot gold.
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- On July 6, 2022, the Hindustan Power Exchange, in which BSE holds a 22.61% stake, began operations with contingency market segments Intra-day and Day-ahead Contingency.
- BSE E-Agriculture Market Limited (BEAM), an electronic spot platform for agriculture commodities, has enrolled 926 members and executed trades worth 17 crores in Q1 FY23.
- The company is in the final process of the regulatory approval for setting to set up a KYC Registration Agency and a Trade Receivable Discounting System (TReDS) platform through its subsidiary BSE technology. And company needs no additional capital infusion for these businesses
- The company has raised its listing fee w.e.f. April 1’st 2022.
- The company is in the process of hiring a new CEO and MD.
Analyst’s View:
BSE is the largest stock exchange in the world in terms of listed entities. The company has been in this industry sector for close to 150 years and is still at the forefront of the industry in terms of technology and access to tradable products. The company has entered into multiple businesses and has proved it can turn them into profitable ones, BSE StAR MF being one example, but it would be interesting to watch whether the company can turn these new incentives into a profitable business. Despite having a subdued quarter with a revenue rise of only 4% YoY, BSE has long-standing brand value and its market execution experience, and the potential of its new businesses. BSE can turn out to be a dark horse wealth creator in the next few years.
Q4FY22 Updates
Financial Results & Highlights
Standalone Financials (in Crs) | ||||||||
Q4FY22 | Q4FY21 | YoY % | Q3FY22 | QoQ % | FY22 | FY21 | YoY% | |
Sales | 179 | 142 | 26.1% | 180 | -0.6% | 724 | 565 | 28.1% |
PBT | 64 | 31 | 106.5% | 62 | 3.2% | 261 | 116 | 125.0% |
PAT | 54 | 15 | 260.0% | 41 | 31.7% | 195 | 97 | 101.0% |
Consolidated Financials (in Crs) | ||||||||
Q4FY22 | Q4FY21 | YoY % | Q3FY22 | QoQ % | FY22 | FY21 | YoY% | |
Sales | 233 | 170 | 37.1% | 218 | 6.9% | 863 | 654 | 32.0% |
PBT | 85 | 48 | 77.1% | 83 | 2.4% | 327 | 152 | 115.1% |
PAT | 71 | 32 | 121.9% | 58 | 22.4% | 245 | 142 | 72.5% |
Detailed Results:
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- Sales for Q4 were very good with consolidated revenues up 37% YoY & consolidated PAT up by 121% YoY.
- EBITDA margin for Q2 was at 28% vs 11% last year & 26% in Q4FY21.
- Average daily turnover rose 28.5% YoY in the Equity Cash segment in FY22 to Rs.5396.1 Cr. TC revenue in the segment on the other hand rose 100% YoY to Rs.202.1 Cr.
- Average daily turnover & average daily number of contracts remained flat QoQ.
- Average daily turnover in commodity contracts for FY22 increased by 23% YoY.
- BSE Star MF saw MF revenue rise 32.3% YoY in FY22 while Average Number of Orders rose 97% YoY in the same period.
- In the services to corporates segment, listing fees grew by 15.75% YoY in FY22 while Book Building & other Services grew 64.5% YoY.
- In the India International Exchange IFSC, the total turnover grew more than 288% YoY in FY22.
- BSE Ebix Insurance Broking collected total premium of Rs.12 Cr in FY22 vs Rs.4.5 Cr in FY21.
- Star MF maintained a market share of 85.3% while INX had a market share of 95.7%.
- The board recommended final dividend of Rs.13.5.
Investor Conference Call Highlights:
- In 2022, the BSE platform has enabled issuers to raise Rs. 18.4 lakh Cr through the issue of equities, bonds, commercial paper, municipal bonds, InVITs etc.
- The company is in process of taking final regulatory approval from SEBI to launch EGR (electronic gold receipt) as the new segment.
- The company’s market share in the SME segment stands at 60%.
- The India International Bullion Exchange is expected to go fully live from the 1st quarter of FY23.
- The company’s operating EBIDTA for FY22 increased from 8% to 29% whereas its net profit margin increased from 22% to 29%.
- The company invested Rs.7.5 Cr in a non-profit Govt. entity – ‘ONDC’ as a part of nation building exercise.
- The owned cash for the BSE group is around Rs.2200 Cr.
- The management states that the process of appointment of new CEO is ongoing.
- The management states that the company’s market share is coming off in currency & derivative trade primarily due to market conditions.
- The company is hopeful of capturing some revenue share of PTC from IEX through its power exchange since its other ICICI bank has en-routes into many companies which are its users or producers.
- The company has no plans for a separate market listing of its Star mutual fund platform.
Analyst’s View:
BSE is the largest stock exchange in the world in terms of listed entities. The company has been in this industry sector for close to 150 years and is still at the forefront of the industry in terms of technology and access to tradable products. BSE had a great quarter with rising volumes in all the segments coupled with total revenues increasing by 37% YoY. The company is doing well to continue to expand its strength in the equity and commodity derivatives space and continue the growth momentum of the BSE Star MF platform. It remains to be seen whether BSE Star MF turns into another CDSL for BSE or not, how long will it take for INX to start generating profits and what is the road ahead for the new businesses of Ebix Insurance and Hindustan Power Exchange. Nonetheless, given the company’s long-standing brand value and its market execution experience, and the potential of its new businesses, BSE can turn out to be a dark horse wealth creator in the next few years.
Q3FY22 Updates
Financial Results & Highlights
Standalone Financials (In Crs) | ||||||||
Q3FY22 | Q3FY21 | YoY % | Q2FY22 | QoQ % | 9MFY22 | 9MFY21 | YoY% | |
Sales | 180 | 138 | 30.4% | 208 | -13.4% | 545 | 423 | 28.8% |
PBT | 62 | 25 | 148% | 86 | -27.9% | 197 | 85 | 131% |
PAT | 41 | 21 | 95.2% | 62 | -33.8% | 141 | 82 | 71.9% |
Consolidated Financials (In Crs) | ||||||||
Q3FY22 | Q3FY21 | YoY % | Q2FY22 | QoQ % | 9MFY22 | 9MFY21 | YoY% | |
Sales | 218 | 162 | 34.5% | 225 | -3.1% | 630 | 484 | 30.1% |
PBT | 82 | 37 | 121.6% | 90 | -8.8% | 241 | 104 | 131.7% |
PAT | 58 | 31 | 87% | 62 | -6.4% | 173 | 109* | 58.7% |
*due to negative tax expense
Detailed Results:
- Sales for Q3 were very good with consolidated revenues up 34% YoY & consolidated PAT up by 87% YoY.
- EBITDA margin for Q3 was at 30% vs 2% last year & 28% in Q2.
- Average daily turnover rose 49.6% YoY in the Equity Cash segment in 9M. TC revenue in the segment on the other hand rose 131% YoY.
- Equity derivatives saw a fall of nearly -10.9% QoQ in Average Daily Turnover.
- The currency derivative segment saw a rise of 26% YoY in average daily turnover in 9M.
- In the commodity derivatives segment, average daily turnover rose almost 75% YoY in the 9M period with over 99% of turnover in gold derivatives.
- The company launched steel billets futures in July. 360 MT delivered on an exchange platform in Raipur.
- BSE Star MF saw MF revenue rise 20.8% YoY in 9M while Average Number of Orders rose 99% YoY in the same period.
- In the services to corporates segment, listing fees grew by 21.1% YoY in 9M while Book Building & other Services grew by 115% YoY.
- In the India International Exchange IFSC, the average daily turnover grew more than 126% YoY in 9M.
- BSE Ebix Insurance Broking collected a total premium of Rs 9.94 Cr in 9MFY22 vs Rs 3.65 Cr in 9MFY21. Premium collected has grown by 172% YoY.
- Star MF maintained increased market share to 73% while India INX increased its market share to 94%. BSE Bond market share was at 59%.
Investor Conference Call Highlights:
- The Board of directors have recommended a bonus issue of 2 hares for each existing share.
- The BSE bond platform raised Rs 5.2 Lac Cr in Q3 while the equity platform raised Rs 72,213 Cr.
- BSE has signed MoUs with many physical market participants in the quarter including Gem and Jewellery Council, Nasik Saraf Association, South Tamil Nadu Jewellers Guild and The Bullions and Jewellers Association to increase liquidity in the gold options and futures markets.
- It has also applied for approval to launch electronic gold receipts as a new segment to launch spot gold trading in India.
- BSE stake in INX and India International Clearing Corporation have been reduced to 71.81% and 69.28% respectively.
- BSE Technologies is the technology solutions provider for the international bullion exchange at GIFT City. The same solutions will also be used for spot gold trading on BSE in the future.
- BSE EBix has onboarded LIC on its platform in Dec.
- The BSE E Agriculture Markets Limited, (BEAM), has started spot trading for non-Agri commodities. It has also received a mandate from Maharashtra for carrying out agriculture auctions on its platform.
- Pranurja was rebranded to Hindustan Power Exchange Limited in November. BSE owns 22.61% stake in this venture currently.
- BSE Technologies has also received an in-principle approval from RBI for setting up and operating trade receivables discounting systems (TReDS). TReDS is an electronic platform for facilitating the financing discounting of trade receivables of MSMEs through multiple financiers.
- BSE Technologies has also received approval for KYC KRA.
- The company is currently only charging listing fees from SMEs and equity segments. In the commodity and derivative segments, it is running liquidity enhancement programs where it is not charging anything.
- A large portion of the technology for the new power exchange was provided by BSE Technologies. The power exchange unit is now working on spot exchange and it will start on electricity futures next year according to the management.
- The management does not expect any significant cash burn for the new business of trade receivable discounting.
- The major reason for the rise in transaction charges is the general bullishness of the market.
- BSE has already started the process of hiring a new CEO as the current CEO’s term is set to end after Oct 2022.
Analyst’s View:
BSE is the largest stock exchange in the world in terms of listed entities. The company has been in this industry sector for close to 150 years and is still at the forefront of the industry in terms of technology and access to tradable products. BSE had a great quarter with rising volumes in all segments leading to a 34% YoY rise in sales and 87% YoY rise in PAT. The company is doing well to continue to expand its strength in the equity and commodity derivatives space and continue the growth momentum of BSE Star. It also introduced the new trade receivables discounting platform and has plans to launch spot gold trading in India. BSE Technologies has also gotten approval for KYC KRA. It remains to be seen whether BSE Star MF turns into another CDSL for BSE or not, how long will it take for INX to start generating profits and what is the road ahead for the new businesses. Nonetheless, given the company’s long-standing brand value and its market execution experience, and the potential of its new businesses, BSE can turn out to be a dark horse wealth creator in the next few years.
Q2FY22 Updates
Financial Results & Highlights
Standalone Financials (In Crs) | ||||||||
Q2FY22 | Q2FY21 | YoY % | Q1FY22 | QoQ % | H1FY22 | H1FY21 | YoY% | |
Sales | 208 | 146 | 42.4% | 156 | 33.3% | 364 | 284 | 28.1% |
PBT | 86 | 25 | 244% | 48 | 79.1% | 134 | 60 | 123.3% |
PAT | 62 | 28 | 121% | 37 | 67.5% | 99 | 61 | 62.2% |
Consolidated Financials (In Crs) | ||||||||
Q2FY22 | Q2FY21 | YoY % | Q1FY22 | QoQ % | H1FY22 | H1FY21 | YoY% | |
Sales | 225 | 160 | 40.6% | 185 | 21.6% | 411 | 322 | 27.6% |
PBT | 90 | 26 | 246% | 67 | 34.3% | 158 | 66 | 140% |
PAT | 62 | 46 | 34.7% | 51 | 21.5% | 114 | 78 | 46.1% |
Detailed Results:
- Sales for Q2 were very good with consolidated revenues up 40% YoY & consolidated PAT up by 34% YoY.
- EBITDA margin for Q2 was at 28% vs 11% last year & 26% in Q4FY21.
- Average daily turnover rose 52.3% YoY in the Equity Cash segment in H1. TC revenue in the segment on the other hand rose 142% YoY.
- Equity derivatives saw a fall of nearly 18.5% QoQ in Average Daily Turnover.
- The currency derivative segment saw rise of 25% YoY in average daily turnover in H1.
- In the commodity derivatives segment, average daily turnover rose almost 73% YoY in H1 period with over 99% of turnover in gold derivatives.
- The company launched steel billets futures in July.
- BSE Star MF saw MF revenue rise 22.3% YoY in H1 while Average Number of Orders rose 95% YoY in the same period.
- In the services to corporates segment, listing fees grew by 22.4% YoY in H1 while Book Building & other Services grew 71% YoY.
- In the India International Exchange IFSC, the total turnover grew more than 370% YoY in H1.
- BSE Ebix Insurance Broking collected total premium of Rs 8.04 Cr in H1FY22 vs Rs 2.78 Cr in H1FY21.
- Star MF maintained a market share of 72% while INX had a market share of 86%.
Investor Conference Call Highlights:
- In Q2, debt capital raised through the BSE BOND platform was Rs 5,14,030 Cr while equity issues raised Rs 60,998 Cr of funds.
- The total number of investors registered with BSE currently stands at 8.58 Cr.
- BSE’s market share in Q2 in the Equity segment increased from 5.9% to 8% YoY.
- BSE’s average daily turnover in the Equity Derivatives segment rose by 227% YoY to Rs 2,56,214 Cr during Q2. Market share for the same rose from 3.8% to 4.1% YoY.
- The average daily turnover in Q2 in the Commodity segment was up 4.8% YoY at Rs 3222 Cr and its market share increased to 8.7% vs 7.1% the previous year.
- During Q2, BSE listed 8 companies on SME platform and 1 on start-up platform. BSE’s market share in the listing of companies in the SME segment stood at 61%.
- BSE Star MF saw a net inflow of Rs 21,524 Cr vs an industry inflow of Rs 39,928 Cr in Q2.
- Average daily trading turnover in Q2 on INDIA INX increased 278% to USD 11.67 Billion vs USD 3.09 Billion the previous year.
- INDIA INX continues to be the dominant IFSC exchange in GIFT city with a market share of 84% in derivatives trading and 92% in the bond listing for Q2. BSE reduced its stake in India INX to 77.55% and IICC to 69.28% in Q2.
- Pranurja Solutions Ltd has changed its name to Hindustan Power Exchange Ltd. BSE has a stake of 22.61% in Hindustan Power Exchange Ltd.
- Book building fees grew by 25% to Rs 16.62 Cr in Q2 vs Rs 13.29 Cr the previous year.
- The clearing and settlement operational revenue increased by 93% to Rs 10.15 Cr in Q2 vs Rs 5.26 Cr the previous year.
- BSE E-Agricultural Markets saw total trades worth Rs 75.68 Cr in 3 agricultural commodities in Q2. It has enrolled 690 members including 442 farmers, 238 traders, and 10 FPO members.
- The management states that it does not intend to start charging on INX despite having a 95% market share as it is a time-sensitive market and can lead to a loss of market share.
- The management states that INX has better technology, better services, and access to BSE50 as compared to the Singapore exchange where NIFTY is traded.
- The management states that the company has started charging penalties for members that are not applying the best price execution and interoperability mechanisms.
- The management states that BSE Star MF has seen net inflows despite the overall industry seeing outflows as the traditional channels are getting tired and seeing customers switching to newer channels where a lot are run using BSE Star MF.
- The management is looking for stake sales in Star MF and does not have any plans for IPO.
- The management says that the reason why listing revenues are down in the past one to two years is because of the high number of firms being delisted and changes in structure.
- The company has provided its software to start a new exchange in Mauritius which is a pan-
- African exchange called AFRINEX.
- Other expenses have gone up 50% QoQ due to an increase in certain provisions under the expected credit loss mechanism.
- The management plans to maintain BSE’s annual technology spending at Rs 100 Cr without any changes.
- On the STAR platform, 1000 out of 75,000 distributors have adopted value-added services. These services are still in an early stage and the management focus is to increase the number of adopters instead of going for revenues.
Analyst’s View:
BSE is the largest stock exchange in the world in terms of listed entities. The company has been in this industry sector for close to 150 years and is still at the forefront of the industry in terms of technology and access to tradable products. BSE had a great quarter with rising volumes in all segments especially the commodity segment which has risen 73% YoY in H1. The company is doing well to continue to expand its strength in the equity and commodity derivatives space and continue the growth momentum of BSE Star. It also expects to see volumes going up in the equity segment as the SEBI-mandated interoperability comes into play. BSE’s venture into power exchange Hindustan Power Exchange Ltd has also gotten CERC approval and is expected to launch this year. It remains to be seen whether BSE Star MF turns into another CDSL for BSE or not, how long will it take for INX to start generating profits and what is the road ahead for the new businesses of Ebix Insurance and Hindustan Power Exchange. Nonetheless, given the company’s long-standing brand value and its market execution experience, and the potential of its new businesses, BSE can turn out to be a dark horse wealth creator in the next few years.
Q1FY22 Updates
Financial Results & Highlights
Standalone Financials (In Crs) | |||||
Q1FY22 | Q1FY21 | YoY % | Q4FY21 | QoQ % | |
Sales | 156 | 138 | 13.27% | 142 | 10.14% |
PBT | 48 | 35 | 39.42% | 31 | 55.16% |
PAT | 37 | 32 | 14.55% | 15 | 146.67% |
Consolidated Financials (In Crs) | |||||
Q1FY22 | Q1FY21 | YoY % | Q4FY21 | QoQ % | |
Sales | 185 | 162 | 14.20% | 170 | 8.82% |
PBT | 68 | 40 | 71% | 48 | 41.46% |
PAT | 52 | 32 | 60% | 32 | 62.09% |
Detailed Results:
- Sales for Q1 were decent with consolidated revenues up 14% YoY & consolidated PAT up by 60% YoY.
- EBITDA margin for Q1 was at 26% vs -13% last year & 24% in Q4FY21.
- Average daily turnover rose 52% YoY in the Equity Cash segment in Q1. TC revenue in the segment on the other hand rose 180% YoY.
- Equity derivatives saw a rise of nearly 13% QoQ in Average Daily Turnover.
- The currency derivative segment saw rise of 27% YoY in average daily turnover in Q1.
- In the commodity derivatives segment, average daily turnover rose almost 5 times YoY in Q1 period with over 99% of turnover in gold derivatives.
- BSE Star MF saw MF revenue fall 30% YoY in Q1 while Average Number of Orders rose 90% YoY in the same period.
- In the services to corporates segment, listing fees grew by 24% YoY in Q1 while Book Building & other Services grew 2x YoY.
- In the India International Exchange IFSC, the total turnover grew more than 487% YoY in Q1.
- BSE Ebix Insurance Broking collected total premium of Rs 2.83 Cr in Q1FY22 vs Rs 51.8 Lacs in Q1FY21.
- Star MF maintained a market share of 72% while INX had a market share of 87%.
Investor Conference Call Highlights:
- In Q1, 76 bond issues were done through the BSE BOND platform raising Rs 45,242 Cr.
- The market share in the equity segment has risen to 7.2% in Q1 from 6.3% last year.
- The average daily turnover in the Commodity segment for the year ended 30th June 2021 was ₹ 3,267 crore and its market share increased from 2% last year to 9.1% in Q1.
- BSE Star MF saw a net inflow of Rs 6072 Cr vs an industry inflow of 5988 Cr in Q1.
- India INX dominated IFSC in Gift City with a market share of 87% in derivatives training and 100% in the bond listing for the quarter ended June 30, 2021. BSE reduced its stake in India INX to 79.78% and IICC to 72.1% in Q1.
- BSE’s market share in the SME listing segment stood at 61% as of June 30, 2021.
- BSE E-Agricultural Markets or BEAM signed an MoU with the Steel Users Federation of India to develop electronic spot markets in steel. It has already enrolled 518 members, including 441 farmers and 10 FPO members, and it saw total trades worth Rs. 139 lakhs on the platform in six agricultural commodities in Q1.
- CERC has granted registration to establish and operate a power exchange to Pranurja Solutions Limited on 12th May 2021. BSE has a 22.61% stake in Pranurja.
- The Clearing & settlement operational revenue has also increased by 88% from Rs. 9.99 crore for the quarter ending June 30, 2020, to Rs. 18.78 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2021.
- Book building fees grew to Rs 8.48 Cr in Q1 vs Rs 1.82 Cr last year.
- The management states that the SEBI mandated interoperability should help brings volumes up for BSE as many new brokers will start offering trading services on BSE.
- The cash on books for standalone BSE is at Rs 1360 Cr. At the consolidated level, cash on books is at Rs 2200 Cr.
- The other income rose in Q1 due to mark to market gains on investments.
- The management says that BSE will continue to work hard to provide better services, better technology, interoperability, and pricing execution, as well as develop new products to compete with rival exchanges. This will be the way forward to gain volumes to compete effectively.
- BSE has increased transaction rates in the equity category by 10%, which came into effect on March 1, 2021.
- The equity income from the exclusive segment has risen for BSE in Q1 due to large market activity in the Mid-cap segment.
- Despite the QoQ rise of 10% in transaction charges, the overall revenues were up only 3% QoQ because of a QoQ decline in listing and book building revenues.
- The blended realization from BSE Star MF is at Rs 3.4 per transaction in Q1.
- As per management, the decline of market share in currency derivates was due to major trading disabilities in nationalized banks from COVID-19.
- Despite the high market share in INX, there isn’t any profit visibility from it currently as the competition is not charging anything for trades currently.
- BSE is looking to reduce its stake in CDSL to 15% by October 23, as required by regulation.
Analyst’s View:
BSE is the largest stock exchange in the world in terms of listed entities. The company has been in this industry sector for close to 150 years and is still at the forefront of the industry in terms of technology and access to tradable products. BSE had a decent quarter with rising volumes in all segments especially the commodity segment which has risen 5X in Q1. BSE also saw a revenue decline of 30% YoY in BSE Star MF due to the lowering of transaction costs on the platform despite a transaction volume rise of 90% YoY. The company is doing well to continue to expand its strength in the equity and commodity derivatives space and continue the growth momentum of BSE Star. It is also expecting to see volumes going up in the equity segment as the SEBI-mandated interoperability comes into play. BSE’s venture into power exchange Pranurja has also gotten CERC approval and is expected to launch this year. It remains to be seen whether BSE Star MF turns into another CDSL for BSE or not and how long will it take for INX to start generating profits. Nonetheless, given the company’s long-standing brand value and its market execution experience, and the potential of its new businesses, BSE can turn out to be a dark horse wealth creator in the next few years.
Q4FY21 Updates
Financial Results & Highlights
Standalone Financials (In Crs) | ||||||||
Q4FY21 | Q4FY20 | YoY % | Q3FY21 | QoQ % | FY21 | FY20 | YoY% | |
Sales | 142 | 131 | 8.40% | 138 | 2.90% | 565 | 542 | 4.24% |
PBT | 31 | 0 | 6358.33% | 25 | 24.00% | 116* | 175 | -33.7% |
PAT | 15 | 2 | 843.40% | 21 | -28.57% | 97 | 174 | -44.25% |
Consolidated Financials (In Crs) | ||||||||
Q4FY21 | Q4FY20 | YoY % | Q3FY21 | QoQ % | FY21 | FY20 | YoY% | |
Sales | 170 | 156 | 8.97% | 162 | 4.94% | 655 | 630 | 3.97% |
PBT | 48 | 6.0 | 700% | 38 | 26% | 152* | 135 | 13% |
PAT | 32 | -2 | 1700% | 31 | 3.23% | 142 | 121 | 17.36% |
*Contains exceptional item of loss of Rs 14.5 Cr.
Detailed Results
- Sales for Q4 were good with consolidated revenues up 8.97% YoY, consolidated PAT at Rs 32 Cr vs a loss of 2 Cr last year.
- EBITDA margin for Q4 was at 38% vs 25% last year.
- Average daily turnover rose 56% YoY in the Equity Cash segment in FY21. TC revenue in the segment on the other hand rose 48% YoY.
- Equity derivatives saw a meteoric rise of nearly 35% QoQ in Average Daily Turnover in Q4 over Q3.
- The currency derivative segment saw a drop in average daily turnover of 24%+ YoY in FY21. This was mainly due to restricted bank timings due to COVID-19 and the merger of nationalized banks.
- In the commodity derivatives segment, average daily turnover rose almost 13 times YoY in FY21 period with over 99% of turnover in gold derivatives.
- BSE Star MF saw MF revenue fall 24% YoY in FY21 while Average Daily Value of Orders rose 59% YoY in the same period. The average no of daily orders in SIPs and Equity & Debt rose 63% YoY in FY21.
- In the services to corporates segment, listing fees were flat YoY in FY21 while Book Building & other Services grew 66% YoY.
- In the India International Exchange IFSC, total turnover grew more than 300% YoY in FY21.
- BSE Ebix Insurance Broking collected total premium of Rs 67.9 Lacs in Q4 vs Rs 64.7 Lacs in Q3.
- BSE announced a final dividend of Rs 21 per share for FY21.
Investor Conference Call Highlights
- The launch of Sensex 50 contracts with a differentiated expiry date has been the primary reason for the growth in BSE’s market share in the equity derivatives segment from 0.1% in FY20 to 5.2% in FY21.
- The average daily turnover in the Commodity segment for the year ended 31st March 2021 was ₹ 2,392 crore and it has now almost reached 9% of the overall commodities market in India.
- BSE Star MF’s market share in the segment for the year ended 31st March 2021 stands at 81.8%.
- BSE’s stake in India INX stood at 90.72% as of 31st March 2020.
- During FY21, BSE Ebix JV issued 8,698 policies with a premium amounting to Rs 2.75 Cr.
- BSE E-Agricultural Markets or BEAM signed an MoU with the Steel Users Federation of India to develop electronic spot markets in steel.
- CERC has granted registration to establish and operate a power exchange to Pranurja Solutions Limited on 12th May 2021. BSE has a 22.61% stake in this.
- The commodity derivatives segment has risen mainly on the back of the rise in gold derivatives where BSE was the first player to operate and provide physical delivery in India.
- Another big factor here is that BSE is not charging anything in commodity futures to build the market as it has done in the past with currency derivatives.
- BSE is looking to launch the newly approved power exchange in the next 3 months. It will also be the largest shareholder in this business according to regulatory norms.
- BSE can operate and compete with NSE with only 1/5th of NSE’s tech-related expenses. The management asserts that this is proof of BSE’s tech capabilities along with the fact that it was able to set up INX at nearly 0 marginal cost.
- The company is also not dependent on any external vendors for most of its technologies and almost all the IPs related to its products and mechanisms are owned by BSE.
- The management states that SEBI had mandated interoperability to reduce overdependence on any exchange and to prevent the customers from losing any money if they choose to transact across different exchanges.
- The management states that the company had to reduce its charges in the MF platform after arriving at a consensus with MFs and AMFI, but it is happy that the rise in volumes has made up for the fall in sales.
- BSE’s total net worth is at Rs 2187 Cr. Around Rs 1200-1400 Cr is AAA-rated papers, debt, and fixed deposits to earn around 5.5-6% returns on average.
- The management has stated that it will directly expense out most of the spending in the blue ocean businesses and will not capitalize anything. These businesses will not require any big investments and thus it is better to let them operate at near cruise control according to the management.
- The management is confident in sustaining the rise in margins as it has stated that this rise is coming from businesses who have started contributing to the overall profits for the company. As more and more new businesses start contributing to profit generation, the margin profile can even rise higher.
- The management has stated that it has run liquidity enhancement schemes in new segments where it has to subsidize new users to build the market as the competitor is also doing the same. But this artificial liquidity will slowly be scaled back once the segments reach sustainable volumes. This has already been successfully done by BSE for many derivatives segments.
- BSE is indeed looking at divestment in BSE Star MF and has approached ICICI Securities for searching for possible candidates. It remains confident in the prospects of this business.
- BSE will also look to reduce its stake in CDSL to 15% in the next 1-1.5 years as required by regulation.
- More and more brokers are starting to offer the best execution mechanism which divides the buying or selling transaction across different exchanges to minimize buying price or maximize selling price for the end customer. This should be good for the exchange as it shall help blend volumes in both exchanges.
- The management has stated that the sustainable level for tech expenses is around Rs 90-100 Cr.
- The company earned around Rs 20 Cr of other income which is mostly from rentals.
Analyst’s View
BSE is the largest stock exchange in the world in terms of listed entities. The company has been in this industry sector for close to 150 years and is still at the forefront of the industry in terms of technology and access to tradable products. BSE had a decent quarter with rising volumes in all segments especially the commodity segment which has risen 13x in FY21. However, BSE Star saw a revenue decline of 24% in FY21 due to lowering of transaction costs on the platform despite a transaction volume rise of 59% YoY. The company is doing well to continue to expand its strength in the equity and commodity derivatives space and continue the growth momentum of BSE Star. The company is still looking for opportunities for value unlocking for BSE Star and has also received a few bids from investors. BSE’s venture into power exchange Pranurja has also gotten CERC approval and is expected to launch in the next 3 months. It remains to be seen how the company will get value unlocking from BSE Star and whether it will be able to exercise any pricing power on the platform & how will it handle the trio of new growth businesses going forward. Nonetheless, given the company’s long-standing brand value and its market execution experience, and the potential of its new businesses, BSE can turn out to be a dark horse wealth creator in the next few years.
Q3FY21 Updates
Financial Results & Highlights
Standalone Financials (In Crs) | ||||||||
Q3FY21 | Q3FY20 | YoY % | Q2FY21 | QoQ % | 9MFY21 | 9MFY20 | YoY% | |
Sales | 138 | 125 | 10.40% | 147 | -6.12% | 423 | 412 | 2.67% |
PBT | 25 | 100** | -75.00% | 26* | -3.85% | 85* | 175** | -51.43% |
PAT | 21 | 99 | -78.79% | 29 | -27.59% | 82 | 172 | -52.33% |
Consolidated Financials (In Crs) | ||||||||
Q3FY21 | Q3FY20 | YoY % | Q2FY21 | QoQ % | 9MFY21 | 9MFY20 | YoY% | |
Sales | 162 | 149 | 8.72% | 160 | 1.25% | 485 | 474 | 2.32% |
PBT | 38 | 46*** | -17% | 27* | 40.74% | 104* | 129*** | -19.38% |
PAT | 31 | 45 | -31% | 46^ | -32.61% | 110^ | 123 | -10.57% |
*Contains exceptional item of loss of Rs 14.5 Cr.
**Contains exceptional item of gain of Rs 91.58 Cr
***Contains exceptional item of gain of Rs 32 Cr
^negative tax expense of Rs 19.21 Cr in Q2FY21 & Rs 5.64 Cr in 9MFY21.
Detailed Results
- Sales for Q3 were mixed with consolidated revenues up 8.7% YoY, consolidated PBT falling 17% YoY & PAT falling 31% YoY.
- EBITDA margin for Q3 was at 33% vs 21% last year.
- Average daily turnover rose 44% YoY in the Equity Cash segment in 9MFY21. TC revenue in the segment on the other hand rose 26% YoY.
- Equity derivatives saw a meteoric rise of nearly 3 times in Average Daily Turnover in Q3 over Q2.
- The currency derivative segment saw a drop in average daily turnover of 32%+ YoY in 9M. This was mainly due to restricted bank timings due to COVID-19 and the merger of nationalized banks.
- In the commodity derivatives segment, average daily turnover rose almost 10 times YoY in 9M period. It now has a market share of 64.12% in gold mini contracts.
- BSE Star MF saw MF revenue fall 19% YoY in 9M while Average Daily Value of Orders rising 34% YoY in the same period. The average no of daily orders in SIPs and Equity & Debt rose 58% YoY in 9M.
- In the services to corporates segment, listing fees were flat YoY in 9M while Book Building & other Services grew 51% YoY.
- 106 Securities got been listed in 9M FY21 as compared to 95 securities in 9M FY20.
- In the India International Exchange IFSC, total turnover grew nearly 100% YoY in 9M.
- BSE Ebix Insurance Broking collected total premium of Rs 64.8 Lacs in Q3 vs Rs 96.1 Lacs in Q2.
Investor Conference Call Highlights
- BSE Star achieved a new milestone of processing 92.98 lakh transactions, which is the highest ever in a month, including 4.77 lakhs new SIP registration in January 2021.
- The total value of orders processed in the Mutual Fund segment increased by 37% to INR 2.05 lakh crore for the 9 months ended December 31, 2020 from INR 1.49 lakh crore for the 9 months ended December 31, 2019.
- The total number of X-SIPs registered under BSE Star increased by 256% to 11.18 lakhs during the 9 months ended 31st December 2020 from 3.14 lakh for the 9 months ended December 31, 2019.
- StAR MF platform witnessed a consistent net equity inflow of INR 15,809 crore as against the total net equity outflow in the mutual fund industry of INR 30,546 crore during the YTD.
- BSE Star’s market share was at 79%.
- On November 14, 2020, BSE launched StAR MF Corporate Direct, a direct investment portal for corporates with more features to further simplify toward end-to-end value-based services to the AMCs, distributors, investors, and MF industry participants.
- The Corp direct portal is available for other non-individuals, like HUF partnerships firms, societies, et cetera.
- As of January 31, 2021, BSE Ebix registered 3,907 point of sale persons and 2,370 certifications. The platform has 7 general insurance companies, 2 stand-alone health insurance, and 3 life insurance companies currently.
- BSE Ebix also plans to offer other insurance products for commercial vehicles like trucks, tractors, auto, taxi, commercial products like fire, liability, shopkeeper insurance, and other personal lines of business like home, personal accident, travel insurance, et cetera.
- BSE launched an electronic spot platform for agriculture commodities, known as BSE E-Agricultural Markets, B-E-A-M, BEAM, through its wholly owned subsidiary BSE Investments Limited on December 11, 2020. This platform functions as a national level institutionalized electronic transport commodity spot trading platform facilitating spot agriculture commodities transactions across the value chain, consisting of producers, intermediaries, and ancillary services and consumers.
- BSE has yet to get the final approvals for the new power exchange from CERC.
- Operating expenses have decreased by 8% YoY while operating EBITDA increased by INR 20.11 crores to INR 11.91 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2020, as against an operating loss of INR 8.2 crore for the corresponding quarter previous year.
- The management states that most of the costs in the exchange business are fixed in nature and thus any rise in revenues is not accompanied by a corresponding rise in expenses. Thus as revenues rise, margins should expand as well for BSE.
- Despite the volume rise of 65-70% in BSE Star, the company has seen the price per transaction drop from Rs 10 to Rs 8 to Rs 5 currently. The company is yet to find a way to increase value per transaction.
- The management states that in INX, IFSC and their subsidiaries tend to reduce their prices close to 0 which ensures that BSE cannot charge well.
- MF revenue has been at Rs 7.6 Cr in Q3 vs Rs 3.66 Cr in Q2.
Analyst’s View
BSE is the largest stock exchange in the world in terms of listed entities. The company has been in this industry sector for close to 150 years and is still at the forefront of the industry in terms of technology and access to tradable products. BSE had a decent quarter with rising volumes in all segments However, BSE Star saw a revenue decline of 19% in 9MFY21 due lowering of transaction costs on the platform from Rs 8 to Rs 5 per transaction. The company is doing well to continue to expand its strength in the equity and commodity derivatives space and continue the growth momentum of BSE Star. The company is still looking for opportunities for value unlocking for BSE Star and has also received a few bids from investors. The company continues to face tough competition from other rivals especially NSE in emerging segments like INX which has forced them to maintain zero charges for the platform. It remains to be seen how the company will get value unlocking from BSE Star and whether it will be able to exercise any pricing power on the platform & how will it handle the trio of new growth businesses going forward. Nonetheless, given the company’s long-standing brand value and its market execution experience, and the potential of its new businesses, BSE can turn out to be a dark horse wealth creator in the next few years.
Q2FY21 Updates
Financial Results & Highlights
Standalone Financials (In Crs) | ||||||||
Q2FY21 | Q2FY20 | YoY % | Q1FY21 | QoQ % | H1FY21 | H1FY20 | YoY | |
Sales | 147 | 144 | 2.08% | 138 | 6.52% | 285 | 287 | -0.70% |
PBT | 26* | 33 | -21.21% | 35 | -25.71% | 60 | 75 | -20.00% |
PAT | 29** | 39** | -25.64% | 32 | -9.38% | 61 | 74 | -17.57% |
Consolidated Financials (In Crs) | ||||||||
Q2FY21 | Q2FY20 | YoY % | Q1FY21 | QoQ % | H1FY21 | H1FY20 | YoY | |
Sales | 160 | 160 | 0.00% | 162 | -1.23% | 322 | 326 | -1.23% |
PBT | 27* | 33 | -18.18% | 40 | -32.50% | 67 | 83 | -19.28% |
PAT | 46*** | 36*** | 27.78% | 32 | 43.75% | 79^ | 78 | 1.28% |
*Contains exceptional item of Rs 14.5 Cr.
**Contains negative tax of Rs 3.18 Cr in Q2FY21 & Rs 5.8 Cr in Q2FY20
***Contains negative tax expense of Rs 19.21 Cr in Q2FY21 & Rs 3.59 Cr in Q2FY20.
^Contains negative tax expense of Rs 11.88 Cr
Detailed Results
- Sales for Q2 were mixed with consolidated revenues flat YoY, consolidated PBT falling 18% YoY & PAT rising 28% YoY.
- EBITDA margin for Q2 was at 36% vs 27% last year.
- Average daily turnover rose 44% YoY in the Equity Cash segment. TC revenue in the segment on the other hand rose 13% YoY.
- Equity derivatives saw a meteoric rise of nearly 20 times in Average Daily Turnover in Q2 over Q1.
- The currency derivative segment saw a drop in average daily turnover of 36%+ YoY in H1. This was mainly due to restricted bank timings due to COVID-19 and the merger of nationalized banks.
- In the commodity derivatives segment, average daily turnover rose almost 6 times QoQ. BSE achieved a market share of 7.05% in “Options on Goods” contracts. It now has a market share of 31% in Gold contracts and 57.32% in gold mini contracts.
- BSE Star MF saw MF revenue fall 25% YoY in H1 while Average Daily Value of Orders rising 34% YoY in the same period.
- In the services to corporates segment, listing fees were flat YoY in H1 while Book Building & other Services grew 43% YoY.
- 65 Securities got been listed in H1 FY21 as compared to 66 securities in H1 FY20.
- In the India International Exchange IFSC, total turnover grew 38.6% YoY.
Investor Conference Call Highlights
- The Star MF platform witnessed a net equity inflow of Rs. 1,488 crores as against the total net equity outflow in the mutual fund industry of Rs. 734 crores in September 2020.
- The total value of orders processed in the mutual fund segment by BSE increased by 38% to Rs. 1,43,062 crores for the half-year ended September 30, 2020; from Rs. 1,03,865 crores for the half-year ended September 30, 2019.
- The total number of SIPs registered under this segment increased by 195% to 6.19 lakhs for the half-year ended September 30, 2020, from 2.10 lakh for the half-year ended September 30, 2019.
- The total number of XSIPs registered under this segment increased by 9% to 11.33 lakhs for the half-year ended September 30, 2020, from 10.42 lakhs for the year ended September 30, 2019.
- BSE has appointed 11,918 IFAs or members over the last seven months, taking their total to 68,587 as of October 31, 2020.
- BSE will continue to offer its options trading platform free of cost.
- EPFO is now investing 50% in Sensex vs 25% earlier.
- The management has stated that once the company sees more liquidity in currency derivatives, it may look to start charging more transaction fees on it.
- The company has appointed ICICI Securities Limited to advise on various options to unlock the value in BSE’s StAR MF platform.
- BSE Ebix Insurance Broking JV has intermediated issue of 6,597 policies, with premium amounting to Rs. 1.83 crores till 5th
- BSE market share in currency derivatives is at 30%.
- The BSE SME platform has 326 companies listed on it as of 30th Sep 2020 vs 309 last year. Total migrations to the mainboard have reached 85.
- BSE market share in the bond listing space is at 56%.
- Operating expenses have decreased by 12% YoY.
- The company has no plans to institute transaction charges in equity derivatives.
- The company is not charging anything on INX due to a similar policy instituted by NSE.
- The management is confident that BSE will come out on top once the best price mechanism is enforced as it has more liquidity and better technology in the background.
- The management is confident of BSE50 rising above NIFTY50 and becoming more prominent in due time.
- The dividend policy will remain unchanged with most of the operating profit given out at the end of each year.
- The company is still waiting on the CERC verdict for its power exchange license approval.
- The average realization per transaction on BSE Star was at Rs 5.3 in H1.
- Currently, BSE Star MF earns commission from AMCs directly. Going forward, Star MF will be a platform that will help AMCs keep track of the distributor’s transactions and commissions. This will be a win-win situation for all.
- The management expects volumes in derivatives to rise due to the relief from the CFTC regulation.
Analyst’s View
BSE is the largest stock exchange in the world in terms of listed entities. The company has been in this industry sector for close to 150 years and is still at the forefront of the industry in terms of technology and access to tradable products. The company is doing well to expand its strength in the equity and commodity derivatives space and continue the growth momentum of BSE Star. BSE Star continues to be the momentum driver for BSE. The company is looking for opportunities for value unlocking for BSE Star and has also appointed ICICI Securities Limited to advise on various options to do so. The company faces tough competition from other rivals especially NSE in emerging segments like INX which has forced them to maintain zero charges for the platform. It remains to be seen how the company will be able to fend off the competition and handle the trio of new growth businesses going forward. Nonetheless, given the company’s long-standing brand value and its market execution experience, and the potential of its new businesses, BSE can turn out to be a dark horse wealth creator in the next few years.
Q1 FY21 Updates
Financial Results & Highlights
Standalone Financials (In Crs) | |||||
Q1FY21 | Q1FY20 | YoY % | Q4FY20 | QoQ % | |
Sales | 138 | 142 | -2.82% | 131 | 5.34% |
PBT | 35 | 41 | -14.63% | 1 | 6900.00% |
PAT | 32 | 34 | -5.88% | 2 | 1500.00% |
Consolidated Financials (In Crs) | |||||
Q1FY21 | Q1FY20 | YoY % | Q4FY20 | QoQ % | |
Sales | 162 | 166 | -2.41% | 156 | 3.85% |
PBT | 40 | 50 | -20.00% | 6 | 566.67% |
PAT | 32 | 41 | -21.95% | -2 | 1700.00% |
Detailed Results
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- Sales for Q1 were slightly down with consolidated revenues falling 2.4% YoY. Consolidated PAT fell a greater 22% YoY.
- EBITDA margin for Q1 was at 35% vs 36% last year.
- Average daily turnover rose 39% YoY in the Equity Cash segment. TC revenue in the segment on the other hand fell 26% YoY.
- Equity derivatives saw a meteoric rise of nearly 15 times in Weekly Average Daily Turnover and Weekly Average Daily Number of Contracts Traded in the past 5 weeks.
- There has also been an over 6X increase in average daily turnover after shifting of weekly expiry of SENSEX 50 derivatives contract from Thursday to Monday w.e.f. June 29, 2020.
- Currency derivative segment saw a drop in average daily turnover of 30%+ YoY. It also saw Average Daily Number of Contracts Traded fall to 2.41 million in Q1 from 4.41 million last year. BSE’s market share in this segment was at 31%.
- In the commodity derivatives segment, average daily turnover rose almost 2 times YoY. BSE introduced Commodity Options in GoldM and SilverKG and also launched the world’s only Almond Future Contracts.
- BSE Star MF saw MF revenue rise 19% YoY with Average Daily Value of Orders rising 59% YoY in the same period.
- Average Daily Number of Orders in the platform rose 54% YoY and SIP orders rose 53% YoY. Equity transactions in Average Daily Number of Orders rose 48% YoY while debt transactions more than doubled in the same period.
- In the services to corporates segment, listing fees have fallen 11% YoY. Only 19 Securities has been listed in Q1 vs 39 done last year. This fall is entirely attributable to COVID-19.
- In the India International Exchange IFSC, total turnover declined 23% YoY.
- Consolidated earnings per share were at Rs 7.09 in Q1 vs Rs 7.86 last year.
Investor Conference Call Highlights
- BSE has added 740 IFAs / Members over the last four months taking their total up to 57,413 as of 31st July 2020.
- BSE has partnered with LIC Mutual Fund for e-KYC services on BSE StARMF Platform.
- BSE Ebix Insurance Broking Private Limited, a JV of BSE with Ebix Fincorp Exchange Pte Ltd, has successfully launched Health insurance products on 3rd June 2020 and Life Insurance products on 13th July 2020 in addition to Motor Insurance products which was launched on 7th February 2020. BSE owns 40% in this JV through BSE Investments Limited.
- In BSE BOND, during Q1 around 179 issues have successfully raised over Rs.1.17 lakh crore through this platform. BSE’s market share in this segment is 58%.
- Along with PTC India and ICICI Bank, BSE had filed a petition with CERC for grant of license for setting up a new power exchange which is currently pending approval. The company owns 41.08% of this entity which will be brought down to 25% as per regulatory requirements.
- The company has total cash of Rs 1400 Cr.
- The company may look into demerging the BSE Star platform if the board approves to do so.
- The company had reduced TC for AMCs on BSE Star owing to competitive pressure from NSE and AMFI’s collective pressure on BSE.
- Currently, there are no plans for redistributing the cash reserves. The cash reserves are there due to the high requirement for regulatory capital.
- The company will however continue to do more than 90% of standalone payout to shareholders.
- NSE is basically doing cross-subsidization where it reduces prices in new segments to gain market share using earnings from established segments.
- The major change in equity derivatives is the shift to Sensex 50 which is around 200-300 points closer to NIFTY and changing the weekly expiry to Monday instead of Thursday.
- The yield in investment paper has changed in response to change in mark to market movement.
- The management has stated that the company will definitely enter into the electricity futures market in the future.
- The management has stated that the company will continue to focus on volumes in equity and equity derivatives and the BSE Star MF platform and the INX.
- The company is indeed looking to increase its global footprint and the establishment of INX was the first major step in this direction.
- The company no longer needs to keep billing clients who are defaulting in payments due to change in regulations in SEB which allows the company to suspend such companies. BSE has suspended around 1000 such entities.
- BSE still is the second largest commodity exchange in India. The 3rd largest exchange has less than 25% of BSE’s volumes. The management anticipates shift of volumes from futures to options for commodity traders in the industry and BSE seems in prime position here considering that BSE is the largest marketplace for commodities options in India and the 2nd largest in notional value.
- The company is looking to take up many matters with SEBI regarding the various anticompetitive practices done by rival NSE according to the management.
- The company is still not charging anything on commodity options and futures as it wants to reach a baseline in volumes before starting to charge TC on them. The company will indeed avoid premature charging as it may take away liquidity.
- The company currently does not have any plans for the real estate assets that it owns.
- BSE Star accounts for around 40-50% of revenues for the company. It yields around Rs 15-16 Cr of profit.
- The company doesn’t have any distinction between direct and indirect transactions on BSE Star.
- The company charges a flat rate of Rs 5 per transaction to every AMC.
- INX now accounts for 5-6% of USD INR derivatives market as compared to SGX and DGCX.
- The company currently doesn’t have any marketing or promotions in place for the BSE Ebix insurance platform. It will start to go to market aggressively once COVID-19 recedes.
- This new platform will be a direct competitor of PolicyBazaar but will have the additional advantage of having physical sales channels through POS distributors while PolicyBazaar is purely web-based. Another differentiation here would be that Policybazaar doesn’t help in final execution which is taken care of by the end insurer while the JV will provide end to end execution.
- TC income in the equity segment has fallen YoY as a physical settlement which earned high TC has been stopped by SEBI.
- The management has stated that the company is welcome for any strategic investor to come in and it will issue fresh new shares to anyone coming in.
- The company’s market share in the entire commodities market is 7.42%. Its market share in Gold minis is 58% and gold options account for 22% of commodity volumes for the company.
Analyst’s View
BSE is the largest stock exchange in the world in terms of listed entities. The company has been in this industry sector for close to 150 years and are still at the forefront of the industry in terms of technology and access to tradable products. The company is doing well to maintain its strength in the equity and commodity derivatives space and continue the growth momentum of BSE Star. Along with the BSE Star MF and international exchange business, the company has launched another platform in a JV with Ebix for insurance to add another future engine for growth. The company faces tough competition from other rivals especially NSE in the emerging segments like BSE Star which has forced them to reduce charges for the platform. It remains to be seen how the company will be able to fend off the competition and handle the trio of new growth businesses going forward. Nonetheless, given the company’s long-standing brand value and its market execution experience and the potential of its new businesses, BSE can turn out to be a dark horse wealth creator in the next few years.
Q4 FY20 Updates
Financial Results & Highlights
Standalone Financials (In Crs) | ||||||||
Q4FY20 | Q4FY19 | YoY% | Q3FY20 | QoQ% | FY20 | FY19 | YoY% | |
Sales | 130.5 | 157.5 | -17.14% | 125 | 4.4% | 542 | 612.4 | -11.50% |
PBT | 0.5 | 50.7 | -99.01% | 100 | -99.50% | 175.2 | 218.5 | -19.82% |
PAT | 1.6 | 43.9 | -96.36% | 98.5 | -98.38% | 173.7 | 201 | -13.58% |
Detailed Results
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- Operational revenue for the quarter ended 31st March 2020, has grown by 9% to INR 119.56 crore as against INR 109.92 crores for the previous quarter. Percentage of operational revenue — total revenue for the quarter ended March 31, 2020, rose to 77% from 74% in the previous quarter.
- Total revenue for the quarter ended March 31, 2020, has increased by INR 7.13 crores to INR 155.79 crore.
- During the quarter ending 31st March 2020, BSE provided for an onetime liability of INR 18.61 crore towards provisional for additional contribution to IFSC and IPF as desired by SEBI.
- BSE has made a provision of 50% towards its investment made in secured debentures of IL&FS in the previous year.
- Considering the unlikelihood of receiving any redemption amount in future, a further provision of 50%, amount of INR 7.99 crore, has already been made in the financials for the year ended March 31, 2020, making it a 100% write-off.
- On a consol basis, the profit attributable to shareholders of the company, excluding nonrecurring and exceptional items for the quarter ended 31st March, has remained steady at INR 17.34 crore as against INR 17.14 crore for the previous quarter.
- An onetime nonrecurring provision for additional contribution to IPF, as mentioned above, of INR 18.6 crore has been made. This provision has been made in accordance with the finance conclusion by SEBI with respect to certain observations made in the — earlier years.
- During the quarter ended 31st December 2019, an amount of INR 32.04 crore was booked as income on the sale of 4% equity in CDSL, and the amount of INR 3.62 crore was paid over the settlement of service tax litigation under Sabka Vishwas Scheme.
- The above-mentioned exceptional items have resulted in a loss attributable to shareholders of INR 1.31 crore for the quarter ended 31st March 2020, as against income of INR 45.57 crore in the previous quarter.
- Considering the competitive pressure as well as the current economic and business scenario, BSE agreed to accept lower rates for AMCs.
- The company has recommended a final dividend for the financial year 2019-20 of INR 17 per equity share, having a face value of INR 2 each subject to the approval of shareholders in an ensuing Annual General Meeting.
Investor Conference Call Highlights
- The total number of orders processed in the Mutual Fund segment has risen by 60% to 575 lakhs during the year ended 31st March 2020 as compared to 360 lakhs in the corresponding previous year.
- The platform received a record 70.36 lakh orders in the month of March 2020, surpassing the previous best record of 54.43 lakh orders in the month of January 2020.
- The total number of orders received in the month of March 2020 was higher by 86% as compared with the orders received in the month of March 2019.
- In spite of COVID-19, the platform has processed a record of 11.58 lakh transactions on a single day on 13th April 2020, surpassing the previous best record of 10.10 lakh transactions on February 10, 2020.
- Continuing the growth momentum, the platform contributed 61% in net equity flow of INR 3,806 crore out of the entire MF industry’s total of INR 6,212 crore in April 2020.
- The total number of X-SIPs registered under this segment increased by 52% to 24.37 lakhs for the year ended 31st March 2020 from 16.06 lakhs for the year ended 31st March 2019.
- The total value of orders processed in the Mutual Fund segment increased by 39% to INR 2.3 lakhs — INR 2.23 lakh crore for the year ended 31st March 2020 from INR 1.61 lakh crore for the year ended 31st March 2019.
- The income earned in the StAR MF segment increased by 54% to INR 44.74 crore for the year ended 31st March 2020 from INR 29.02 crore for the year ended 31st March 2019.
- Income earned in this segment has contributed to 20% of the revenue from operations for the year ended 31st March 2020 as compared to 8% of the revenue from operations for the year ended 31st March 2019.
- BSE also has got recently approval from SEBI to start eKYC in the various segments, including the StAR MF segment.
- And BSE has also started collecting commissions on behalf of the IFAs who agree for the AMCs who agree to provide this commission through BSE, which will also become an interesting way to add additional income.
- BSE-Ebix Insurance Broking Ltd — Pvt. Ltd., a joint venture of BSE with Ebix Exchange Pvt., Ltd., obtained an insurance broking license from insurance regulator, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India, IRDAI. The company successfully beta launched its operation on February 7, 2020, and has booked more than 200 policies as on date.
- The company collected the highest-ever fresh premium of INR 6.18 lakh, of which highest collection in a single day of INR 1.1 lakh on 16th March 2020.
- It is expected that the network of insurance broking business and mutual fund distribution platforms shall complement and leverage each other for strong growth over time. BSE holds an equity stake of 40% through its subsidiary, BSE Investments Limited.
- The turnover at BSE’s subsidiary, India INX at GIFT City, Gandhinagar, has been growing at a fast pace. Average daily turnover in India INX witnessed a growth of 195% to USD 2.2 billion for the year ended March 31, 2020, from USD 766 million for the year ended 31st March 2019.
- On November 26, 2019, BSE has announced a framework for listing of commercial paper, enabling the listing on BSE for commercial paper issued on or after 27th November 2019. Until date, 120 issuers have done 1,385 issues of commercial papers and successfully listed commercial papers worth 5.3 lakh crore on BSE.
- BSE made total losses of 23 crores on the GIFT City operations, and it will probably continue in the next year as well.
- In this COVID scenario, the physical channels have been closed down. So more transactions are going through electronic channels, and BSE is pretty much now 60% of all the value on equities on a net basis.
- As AMCs are facing the heat of the market slump, they have requested for a cut in the commission, which BSE has agreed. So, they were now charging Rs. 9 per transaction, which will reduce to 5 or 6 per transaction in the next year.
- Facilitating collections for IFAs from AMCs and e-KYC on the BSE platform are two major positive developments recently. These two sources of revenue can really add to the growth engine of BSE Star MF business.
- The company’s current market capitalization is less than tangible assets in the book.
- Investments have gone down from INR 2020 Cr to INR 158 CR. There are two reasons for the same. One is that they did a buyback last year. That impacted the investment revenues. And then there were some capital gains which were booked on sale of certain investments in the earlier year, which did not repeat this year.
Analyst’s View
BSE is the largest stock exchange in the world in terms of listed entities. The company has been in this industry sector for close to 150 years and is still at the forefront of the industry in terms of technology and access to tradable products. While the company is losing market share in its traditional exchange business to NSE, BSE Star MF business is growing very rapidly. In FY19 it formed just 8% of the revenue. In FY20 the revenue contribution has jumped to 20%. With the long runway of growth in BSE Star MF and international exchange business along with a Star MF style platform for insurance also adds future engines of growth. The market capitalization of the company is less than the tangible assets it possesses. So the stock looks really undervalued at current levels. It would be interesting to see what events can trigger the rerating of the stock. BSE remains an interesting stock to watch out for.
Q1 2020 Updates
Financial Results & Highlights
Standalone Financials (In Crs) | |||||
Q1FY20 | Q1FY19 | YoY % | Q4FY19 | QoQ % | |
Sales | 142.35 | 146.15 | -2.60% | 157.5 | -9.62% |
PBT | 41.24 | 55.21 | -25.30% | 50.68 | -18.63% |
PAT | 34.36 | 51.81 | -33.68% | 43.85 | -21.64% |
Consolidated Financials (In Crs) | |||||
Q1FY20 | Q1FY19 | YoY % | Q4FY19 | QoQ % | |
Sales | 165.97 | 164.2 | 1.08% | 182.08 | -8.85% |
PBT | 50.14 | 58.51 | -14.31% | 56.28 | -10.91% |
PAT | 41.32 | 51.5 | -19.77% | 51.86 | -20.32% |
Detailed Results
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- The company had a muted quarter with only a 1% rise in consolidated revenues YoY.
- Profits for the company fell by almost 20% YoY and 20% QoQ.
- Average daily turnover in equity cash fell to Rs 2683 Cr from 3299 Cr in Q1FY19.
- Transaction charges for the same segment were unchanged at Rs 22.6 Cr in Q1FY20.
- In currency derivatives, average daily turnover remained almost flat with a decline of 2.2% YoY. Average daily number contracts for currency futures rose to 2.82 from 2.75 a year ago while currency options fell to 1.6 from 1.93 a year ago.
- Transaction charges income fell to Rs 1.6 Cr from Rs 1.9 Cr a year ago.
- The BSE Star Mutual Fund Platform was the standout performer with an 87% YoY rise in average daily orders and revenues from this segment rose to Rs 11.9 Cr in Q1FY20 which is almost double of Rs 6 Cr in Q1FY19.
- The total value of orders processed also rose 39% YoY in Q1FY20.
- The listing fees for Q1FY20 fell 14% YoY mainly on account of the current economic and market conditions.
- The India International Exchange IFSC division saw total turnover rise 615% and a number of contracts saw a rise of 588% over the past year. Both of these were due to a huge spurt in index derivatives while commodity derivatives fell almost 10% YoY.
- The company maintained its robust market share figures in almost all the categories that they operate in.
- The EBITDA margin for the company came in at 36% which is higher than Q4FY19 which was at 34% but was lower than Q1FY19 margin which was at 39%.
- Net profit margin shrank to 25% from 30% in Q4FY19 and 32% in Q1FY19.
Investor Conference Call Highlights
- The company has almost 200,000 distributors and around 26,000 direct independent financial advisors on the BSEStarMF platform. The platform now accounts for 12% of all mutual fund transactions, along with 20% of all value and 40% of all new subscribers to the mutual fund industry.
- BSE’s market share in this mutual fund aggregator space is currently at 75% and the company aims to maintain its dominance in this sector.
- The number of companies listed on the BSE SME platform has risen 19% YoY to bring up the total to 308 companies as of July 2019. Of these 63 have already migrated to the mainboard.
- The India INX subsidiary has also seen a growth of 321% in average daily turnover to $1.879 billion in Q1FY20. Of this turnover, around 91% is from currency derivatives while 9% is from commodity derivatives.
- The India INX Global Securities Market also accounts for 35% of issuance of debt securities in international markets.
- The company is also looking to start a new power exchange along with PTC and ICICI Bank and they have already applied for such a license.
- BSE has also set up a JV with Ebix called BSE Ebix Insurance Broking Pvt Ltd for connecting insurance broking. The company shall own 40% of this entity through its subsidiary BSE Investment Limited.
- BSE has also hiked their renewal listing fees by Rs 50000 for companies with listed capital of up to Rs 20 Cr and Rs 20000 for companies with listed capital between Rs 100 Cr and Rs 200 Cr.
- The management has made it clear that most of the investment into Indian Clearing Corporation has been for putting up regulatory capital and the annual losses for this entity have been at Rs 32 Cr. The company has yet to come up with a plan to monetize it but they remain confident of the market from this entity.
- BSE has signed an MoU with Shanghai Stock Exchange for dual listing development of fixed income market and development of a joint trading platform for offshore RMB products.
- The management believes that interoperability is a long pending reform in Indian Markets. They have already done so in the equity derivatives division and hope to be able to do so for currency derivatives soon.
- The management believes that they are in a good position to capture opportunities from the mutual fund sector because of the simplified and automated distribution network that the BSEStarMF platform brings with it. They believe that the growth potential for this segment is 8x times in the next 3-4 years, even if the industry does not grow at all.
- If everything goes according to schedule, the buyback program should be implemented by 1st October this year.
- The company has added a lot of different products into the commodity derivatives segment. They have large market share in agricultural commodities but have failed to capture as much in gold or silver contracts. But the company is looking to expand further and provide access to high traded commodities like Brent Crude Oil with tie-ups with ICE and other international exchanges.
- ICICI Bank has invested RS 36 Cr for 10% each of Indian International Exchange and India International Clearing Corporation. BSE has invested around Rs 205 Cr into both of these entities till date.
- The management is committed to increasing their fixed income (income from recurring operations) portion, keeping their fixed costs controlled and keep bringing their variable income in (Especially in mutual funds). For example, the fixed income mostly comes from listing renewal fees while variable income comes from IPOs and other first time activities.
- Since the company has a lot of data, they are looking into ways to be able to monetize this data and experiment with it.
- The management has maintained that they will continue to operate in new segments at nominal rates until they establish a robust market presence in these segments after which they may start charging commissions from these segments.
- As mentioned earlier, the management has reiterated that they see very large upside potential in the mutual fund sector in India and that the STAR MF platform should do very well as an important tool for independent financial advisors.
- Around 75 Cr can be derived annually from listing renewal fees from almost 2500 exclusive listed clients..
Analyst’s View
BSE is the largest stock exchange in the world in terms of listed entities. The company has been in this industry sector for close to 150 years and are still at the forefront of the industry in terms of technology and access to tradable products. The mutual fund platform shall help bring back growth into an exchange which has seen a number of transactions drop for the vast majority of their listed entities barring the top 100-200 ones. The company is also aggressively expanding its product portfolio on offer in order to capture market share in nascent segments and establish themselves at the top in every trading category in India. To push this expansion and market share capture, they are forgoing commissions in a lot of segments. It remains to be seen how long it takes for the company to strengthen its market positioning to be able to start charging commissions without any loss in market share and clientele. Nonetheless, given the storied history and dominant market positioning of the company along with their vast network of market participants both institutional and retail, BSE remains a stock to watch out for particularly given the increased market participation by individual investors and traders, which still has a lot of room to grow.
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