Equity Group Holdings Plc (NSE: EQTY) reported 24.4% y/y dip in 1H20 Earnings Per Share (EPS) to KES 2.41 (KES 2.44 expected) on the back of substantial increase in loan loss provisions (773.4% y/y) to KES 8.0Bn. Net interest income (NII) rose 16.9% y/y to KES 24.6Bn (interest income from loans and government securities rose 20.8% y/y and 14.8% y/y, respectively) while non-interest revenue (NIR) dipped 13.0% y/y to KES 14.4Bn. Consequently, NIR contribution dropped 708bps y/y to 36.9%. The loan book grew 22.0% y/y to KES 391.6Bn, customer deposits up 18.6% y/y while government securities rose 20.5% y/y to KES 216.4Bn. Against current market price, the bank trades at attractive P/B of 0.8x. We maintain our LONG-TERM BUY recommendation on EQTY at a target price of KES 43.66.
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