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Kings of Capital
Indian Banks Don’t Need More Regulation, They Need More Leverage

Indian banks are often criticized for maintaining higher net interest margins (NIMs) compared to their global peers. However, despite higher NIMs, Indian banks’ average RoE of 6.9% over the past decade lags the average RoE of G7 countries’ banks of 9.2%. More importantly, Indian banks have one of the lowest excess return (RoE less 10-year […]

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The Kings Stand Tall as the Storm Approaches
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Slowing Growth + Rising Risks = Quality Lenders finally Outperforming
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Prudent Corporate: The tollbooth for Indian SIPs
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Kings of Capital

Indian Banks Don’t Need More Regulation, They Need More Leverage

Indian banks are often criticized for maintaining higher net interest margins (NIMs) compared to their global peers. However, despite higher NIMs, Indian banks’ average RoE of 6.9% over the past decade lags the average RoE of G7 countries’ banks of 9.2%. More importantly, Indian banks have one of the lowest excess return (RoE less 10-year […]

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The Kings Stand Tall as the Storm Approaches

Over the last 3M/6M/1Yr/2Yrs KCP has been able to consistently outperform both Nifty and Bank Nifty. Whilst our investment approach remains long term, we believe it is prudent to analyze the drivers of this outperformance. As  we look back at the performance of KCP, note that the period from ‘Nov’21-Mar-23’ was a major drag on portfolio […]

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Kings of Capital

Slowing Growth + Rising Risks = Quality Lenders finally Outperforming

Loan growth for the banking sector has slowed down to 12% YOY from a peak of 16% and slippages for the higher risk retail lending segments are up anywhere between 2x – 6x vs FY24 levels. The increase in NPAs is a result of: (i) oversupply of credit in the post- Covid retail lending frenzy, […]

Dec 14 . 10 MIN READ READ MORE
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Prudent Corporate: The tollbooth for Indian SIPs

Prudent Corporate, India’s third-largest mutual fund distributor, has grown revenues and EPS by 29% and 46% respectively over FY19-24. During this period, Prudent has risen from being the 7th largest distributor to being the 3rd largest in FY24, surpassing giants such as HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank in terms of mutual fund commissions earned. Prudent’s success can […]

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When ‘Loss Aversion’ Meets ‘Time Horizons’ in Equity Investing

Investors’ decision making is often underpinned by a key psychological trait – loss aversion. As explained by  Noble laureate Daniel Kahneman, the result of ‘loss aversion’ is that our pain from losses is more than twice  the joy from equal amounts of gain. Juxtaposing this idea to the CCP investing approach discussed in our  book […]

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The Path to Consistent Compounding is Paved with Free Cashflow

There are four key drivers of free cashflow in a business – revenue growth, profit margins, working capital efficiency, and asset turnover. The order of importance across these four drivers differs across businesses. As Marcellus’ CCP companies invest in technology to improve operational efficiencies, those companies that sell day-to-day essentials to their customers whilst avoiding […]

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