Thursday, July 29, 2010

Bank Mandiri: To be one of the most profitable banks

We re-initiate our coverage on Bank Mandiri (Mandiri),  Indonesia’s largest state-owned bank in terms of assets, with a  BUY
recommendation. Our 12-month fair value of  Rp7,000/share  is derived from a Gordon Growth  Model  assuming  cost-of-equity  of
14.5% and ROE of 24%. It represents  FY11F  PER  and  PBV  of 14.2x and 3.2x, respectively.  We believe the bank will  enjoy
significant improvement in profitability level in the foreseeable future - narrowing the gap with closest peers’ profitability level. We expect
its ROE to reach 24.6% in 2012. The profitability improvement, we believe, is supported by absence of massive provisions, net interest
margin  (NIM) expansion, strong fee-based income growth, and possible tax rate reduction on a rights issue plan.

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