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Chapter 17 · Part 17 — Formula Sheet

Formulas: liquidity, concentration, distribution and mechanics

Cash-flow quality tests, the concentration stress tests, valuation measures, and the nine formulas to memorise.

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Concentration and cash-flow quality

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│ CREDIT CONCENTRATION                                                    │
│                                                                         │
│   = Exposure to 20 largest borrowers ÷ Total Loans and Advances × 100   │
│                                                                         │
│ * USE THE "GROUP (RELATED PARTY)" BASIS, NOT "INDIVIDUAL CUSTOMER"       │
│   Nepal's economy runs on family business groups.                       │
│   NMB: group 18.03% vs individual 6.49% — a 2.78× difference            │
│                                                                         │
│ * THE STRESS TEST:                                                       │
│   Top-20 exposure ÷ Total equity                                        │
│   NMB: 48.31bn ÷ 38.06bn = 1.27×                                        │
│   At 50% LGD → consumes 64% of the capital base                         │
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│ DEPOSIT CONCENTRATION                                                   │
│                                                                         │
│   = Deposits from 20 largest depositors ÷ Total Deposits × 100          │
│                                                                         │
│ * THE LIQUIDITY STRESS TEST:                                             │
│                                                                         │
│      Net liquid assets  ≈ NLA% × Total deposits                         │
│      Coverage = Net liquid assets ÷ Top-20 deposits                     │
│                                                                         │
│   NMB: 91.35bn ÷ 69.33bn = 1.32×                                        │
│   ⇒ Reframes a 28.99% liquidity ratio from "comfortable" to             │
│     "adequate but not generous"                                         │
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│ * INTEREST CASH CONVERSION — the best earnings-quality test              │
│                                                                         │
│   = Interest received (cash flow) ÷ Interest income (P&L) × 100         │
│                                                                         │
│   NMB Bank: 18,856 ÷ 21,042 = 89.6%   (prior year 90.8%)                │
│                                                                         │
│ ! A WIDENING GAP means an increasing share of reported interest is a    │
│   receivable, not cash. Corroborates NPL deterioration.                 │
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│ CASH OPERATING PROFIT TEST                                              │
│                                                                         │
│   Compare: Operating cash flow BEFORE changes in operating assets       │
│            and liabilities                                              │
│   Against: Operating Profit (P&L)                                       │
│                                                                         │
│   NMB Bank: 5,936 vs 6,118 = within 3%                                  │
│   ⇒ The operating profit IS cash-backed                                 │
│                                                                         │
│ ! Use THIS, not net operating cash flow, to answer "is the profit       │
│   real?" — net operating cash flow is dominated by balance-sheet growth │
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│ DECOMPOSING NEGATIVE OPERATING CASH FLOW                                │
│                                                                         │
│   Adjusted OCF ≈ Reported OCF                                           │
│                + Increase in loans and advances                         │
│                + Increase in placements                                 │
│                + Increase in NRB balance (CRR-driven)                   │
│                                                                         │
│   NMB Group: −10,461 + 25,093 + 3,256 + 2,221 ≈ +20,108                 │
│   ⇒ Negative because of GROWTH, not distress                            │
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Distribution and valuation

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│ NET PROFIT AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION  (NRB)                            │
│                                                                         │
│   = Net Profit as per Statement of Profit or Loss                       │
│     − Statutory appropriations [R]                                       │
│       (General reserve, debenture redemption, exchange fluctuation,     │
│        CSR fund, employees training fund)                               │
│     ± Regulatory adjustments                                            │
│       (interest receivable, short provisions, NBA, DTA, goodwill,       │
│        bargain purchase gain, actuarial loss, capitalised interest)     │
│                                                                         │
│ Type — REGULATORY                                                       │
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│ TOTAL DISTRIBUTABLE PROFIT                                              │
│                                                                         │
│   = Net Profit available for distribution                               │
│     + Opening Retained Earning                                          │
│     ± Adjustments                                                       │
│     − Bonus shares issued                                               │
│     − Cash Dividend Paid                                                │
│                                                                         │
│   Then:                                                                 │
│   Distributable to common equity = Total − PNCPS dividend               │
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│ APPROPRIATION RATE                                                      │
│                                                                         │
│   = Total transfers to reserves ÷ Profit for the period × 100           │
│                                                                         │
│   NMB: 2,205,386 ÷ 4,013,671 = 54.95%                                   │
│   ⇒ 55% of profit locked into non-distributable reserves                │
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│ DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIOS                                                  │
│                                                                         │
│   Cash payout  = Cash dividend ÷ Profit for the period × 100            │
│   Total payout = (Cash + Stock dividend) ÷ Profit × 100                 │
│                                                                         │
│   NMB: cash 22.88%  ·  total 45.76%                                     │
│                                                                         │
│ ! Nepali dividends are declared as a % OF PAR VALUE (NPR 100),          │
│   NOT of market price. "5% dividend" = NPR 5 per share.                 │
│                                                                         │
│   COVERAGE TEST:                                                        │
│   Total distribution vs Net profit available for distribution           │
│   NMB: 1,836,670 vs 1,808,285 → NOT FULLY COVERED                       │
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│ PE RATIO (Annualized)                                                   │
│                                                                         │
│   = Market Price per Share ÷ Annualised Basic EPS                       │
│                                                                         │
│ ! NMB's published PE uses STANDALONE BANK EPS, even in the Group        │
│   column. Verify which basis before comparing banks.                    │
│   239.50 ÷ 20.18 = 11.87 OK   ·   239.50 ÷ 28.47 = 8.41 x              │
│ ! Weak signal when the share trades on few days (NMB: 64 days)          │
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│ PRICE-TO-BOOK (P/B)                                                     │
│                                                                         │
│   = Market Price per Share ÷ Net-Worth per Share                        │
│                                                                         │
│   NMB Bank: 239.50 ÷ 181.15 = 1.32×                                     │
│ * Often more informative than PE for banks — book value is a more        │
│   stable anchor than earnings                                           │
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│ DIVIDEND YIELD                                                          │
│                                                                         │
│   Cash yield  = Cash dividend per share ÷ Market price × 100            │
│   Total yield = (Cash + stock at par) ÷ Market price × 100              │
│                                                                         │
│   NMB: cash 5.00 ÷ 239.50 = 2.09%  ·  total 10.00 ÷ 239.50 = 4.18%      │
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│ ** THE EARNINGS-QUALITY RATIO — the single most useful diagnostic         │
│                                                                         │
│   QUALITY = Distributable profit per share ÷ Basic EPS × 100            │
│                                                                         │
│   NMB FY2082/83:  9.08 ÷ 20.18 = 45.0%                                  │
│   NMB FY2081/82: 10.35 ÷ 14.80 = 69.9%                                  │
│                                  ────────                               │
│                  Deterioration:   −24.9pp                               │
│                                                                         │
│ A falling ratio = an increasing share of reported profit is             │
│ non-cash, uncertain, or locked away.                                    │
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Accounting mechanics

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│ EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE (EIR)                                           │
│                                                                         │
│   Gross carrying    CF₁         CF₂              CFₙ                    │
│      amount     = ────────  + ────────  + … + ────────                  │
│                   (1+EIR)¹    (1+EIR)²         (1+EIR)ⁿ                 │
│                                                                         │
│   Solve for EIR — the IRR of the instrument's cash flows                │
│                                                                         │
│ CF — ALL contractual flows INCLUDING fees integral to the yield         │
│ ! EIR ≠ the coupon rate                                                 │
│ ! NEPAL TRANSITION: "old term loans" (booked ≤ Asar end 2083) stay      │
│   on GROSS INTEREST RATE                                                │
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│ AMORTISED COST                                                          │
│                                                                         │
│   = Initial recognition amount                                          │
│     − Principal repayments                                              │
│     ± Cumulative EIR amortisation of any premium/discount               │
│     − Loss allowance                                                    │
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│ DEFERRED TAX                                                            │
│                                                                         │
│   Deferred tax = Temporary difference × Enacted tax rate [R]            │
│   Temporary difference = Carrying amount − Tax base                     │
│                                                                         │
│   DEDUCTIBLE difference → DEFERRED TAX ASSET  (only if future taxable   │
│                                                profit is PROBABLE)      │
│   TAXABLE difference    → DEFERRED TAX LIABILITY (recognised in FULL)   │
│                                                                         │
│ ! Tax follows the item: OCI item → OCI tax; P&L item → P&L tax          │
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│ GOODWILL / BARGAIN PURCHASE (NFRS 3)                                    │
│                                                                         │
│   = Consideration transferred                                           │
│   + Non-controlling interest                                            │
│   + Fair value of any previously held interest                          │
│   − Fair value of identifiable net assets acquired                      │
│                                                                         │
│   POSITIVE → GOODWILL (asset, not amortised, impairment-tested)         │
│   NEGATIVE → BARGAIN PURCHASE GAIN (immediate P&L, but BLOCKED from     │
│              distribution)                                              │
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│ STRAIGHT-LINE DEPRECIATION                                              │
│                                                                         │
│   Annual charge = (Cost − Residual value) ÷ Useful life                 │
│   Rate = 1 ÷ Useful life                                                │
│                                                                         │
│   Building 40y=2.5% · Computers 5y=20% · 7-year assets=14.28%           │
│   Land — NOT depreciated. Sub-NPR-10,000 items — expensed.              │
│   Leasehold improvements — over the LEASE term, not the asset's life    │
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│ EQUITY METHOD (associates, NAS 28)                                      │
│                                                                         │
│   Carrying amount = Cost                                                │
│                   + Share of post-acquisition profit  (→ P&L)           │
│                   + Share of post-acquisition OCI     (→ OCI)           │
│                   − Dividends received                                  │
│                   − Impairment                                          │
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│ LEASE (NFRS 16)                                                         │
│                                                                         │
│   Lease liability = PV of remaining lease payments, discounted at       │
│                     the implicit rate or the incremental borrowing rate │
│   ROU asset       = Lease liability + initial direct costs              │
│                     + prepayments − incentives                          │
│                                                                         │
│   ROU depreciation → Depreciation & Amortisation                        │
│   Unwinding of discount → Interest expense                              │
│   ⇒ Total expense is FRONT-LOADED vs a straight-line rent              │
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The nine formulas to memorise

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║  If you remember nothing else:                                        ║
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║                                                                       ║
║  1.  Assets = Liabilities + Equity                                    ║
║                                                                       ║
║  2.  NII = Interest income − Interest expense                         ║
║                                                                       ║
║  3.  Impairment = MAX(NFRS 9 ECL, NRB provision [R])                   ║
║                                                                       ║
║  4.  ECL = PD × LGD × EAD × DF, probability-weighted                  ║
║                                                                       ║
║  5.  CAR = Capital Fund ÷ RWA × 100     — and look through to CET1    ║
║                                                                       ║
║  6.  NPL = (Substandard + Doubtful + Loss) ÷ Gross loans × 100        ║
║      — always read with Coverage and Net NPL                          ║
║                                                                       ║
║  7.  ROE = ROA × Equity Multiplier      — always decompose            ║
║                                                                       ║
║  8.  Distributable profit = Profit − Appropriations                   ║
║                                    − Regulatory adjustments           ║
║                                                                       ║
║  9.  QUALITY = Distributable per share ÷ Basic EPS                    ║
║                                                                       ║
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