the stained glass image of book value

the confessional of bad loans is coming nigh thanks in large part to the previous RBI statutory framework 

managements denial in under reporting NPA, slippages and under reserving has a date with destiny when the loan book shrinks and growth no longer covers sins of omission and commission

on average psu bank stock prices trade at a 45 % discount to reported book value, startling for any indusry (average share price 95 v average book value 170)

another view is the market believes neither management nor the government's ability for financial alchemy

the suggested arbitrage is not to but the deeply discounted (75%) and sell the least discounted (2-10%), but just the latter
 








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