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Siam Commercial Bank

  • Sector: Financial Services
  • Sub Sector: Banks
  • Country: Thailand
  • Region: Thailand
  • Bond: SCBTB 3.9 24
  • Indicative Yield-to-Maturity (YTM): 5.573% (Indicative as of March 2)
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AS OF 18 Jun 2025
  • Siam Commercial Bank (SCBTB) has been a sound and profitable bank. It has a focus on the retail segment and targets to increase margins by growing its non-traditional banking businesses. It announced a major business overhaul in September 2021 to establish a new parent company called SCB X to segregate the group’s core banking services (Gen 1) from its new fintech and digital businesses and to enable greater flexibility and independence.

  • Recent credit costs however have been elevated due to the riskier exposure that these entail. However, profitability remains healthy and the capital buffer is strong at both the Holdco (SCB X) and Bank (SCB) level.

Business Description

AS OF 18 Jun 2025
  • Siam Commercial Bank was founded as the "Book Club" in 1904. In 1907, it started operating as a commercial bank and was renamed as "The Siam Commercial Bank". It completed its IPO on the Stock Exchange of Thailand in 1976.
  • The bank is 23.58% owned by the King of Thailand, and a further 23.32% is owned by the Vayupak Fund 1, which is controlled by the government.
  • SCB is the fourth largest Thai bank by assets and is known for its robust retail franchise.
  • Its loan profile was 36% corporate, 17% SME, and 47% retail as of March 2025.

Risk & Catalysts

AS OF 18 Jun 2025
  • We see a significant impact to the Thai economy from potential US tariffs, with ripple effects in the form of lower bank NIMs and higher credit costs than earlier guided for this year. Moody’s also downgraded its rating outlook on the Thailand sovereign, and consequently the Thai banks including SCB X, to negative on 29 April 2025, citing increased risks to Thailand’s economic and fiscal strength, partly due to the potential impact of new US tariffs.

  • Margin pressure at SCB X however is mitigated by a strong deposit franchise and a growth focus on higher yielding retail loans. Loan growth though is likely to remain modest in FY25 given a still soft growth outlook for Thailand.

  • The group’s strategic direction is sensible given limited domestic growth opportunities, but it comes with execution risk since the fintech and platform space are new to SCB, as well as higher credit costs. However, SCB X’s higher NIM and low-40%s cost-income ratio provide comfortable room for that to be absorbed. We also take comfort in the ringfencing of the bank unit (SCB) from the Group’s riskier business units, and management’s minimum CET1 ratio of 16% at SCB.

Key Metric

AS OF 18 Jun 2025
THB mn FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 1Q25
PPP ROA 2.63% 2.50% 2.88% 2.87% 2.98%
ROA 1.1% 1.1% 1.3% 1.3% 1.4%
ROE 8.4% 8.3% 9.3% 9.1% 10.1%
Equity/Assets 13.4% 13.5% 14.1% 14.2% 14.6%
CET1 Ratio 17.6% 17.7% 17.6% 17.7% 17.6%
Reported NPL ratio 3.79% 3.34% 3.44% 3.37% 3.45%
Provisions/Loans 1.84% 1.45% 1.82% 1.76% 1.59%
Gross LDR 93% 93% 99% 97% 98%
Liquidity Coverage Ratio 202% 216% 217% n/m n/m
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CreditSight View Comment

AS OF 22 Apr 2025

SCB is the 4th largest bank in Thailand and has a leading retail franchise. Asset quality during COVID was poor. It created a new HoldCo structure (SCBX) in 2022 to shift digital units and unsecured retail loans outside the bank, and pledged a >16% CET1 ratio at SCB. The BOT has also ringfenced SCB which further reduces the risk for the SCBTB bonds. The NIM has been strong vs. peers as expected. COVID Blue scheme loans though still sit within SCB, and with higher retail exposure amid elevated household debt have resulted in credit costs staying high, but these have been comfortably absorbed. However, we move SCBTB to U/P as we see a significant impact to the Thai economy and banks from potential US tariffs; we think it should trade slightly behind the top Indian and Philippine banks.

Recommendation Reviewed: April 22, 2025

Recommendation Changed: April 22, 2025

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