NSE: SBIN· BankingCore · Aug 26Large cap

State Bank of India

Cheapest large bank; funding moat

Last close
₹964.70
29 Sept 2026 · reference
1D · 1M
+0.3% · −7.9%
price-only
Weight
4.0%
31 Jul 2026 · Aug rank 3
Thesis review
8 Sep 2026
Why We Own, p29
Coverage owner: Research (per book); latest results Q Jun-26Screener ↗Tijori ↗NSE ↗
Where the price sits

52-week range, house target and street targets

52w low ₹85852w high ₹1,228
  • Reference close₹965
  • House target (internal)₹1,292
  • Antique Stock Broking Limited · BUY₹1,315

Range from reference closes; street targets from the PDFs on file (Research & documents). Internal target is never shown to prospects.

Investment case and valuation

Approved model, 8 Sep 2026 review

BUYbase TP ₹1,292 (+28%)
₹1,006
Price, 7-Sep-26
BUY
Our rating · base TP ₹1,292 (+28%)
1.25x
Core P/B (ex-subs) vs fair 1.50x
10.9x / 9.6x
FY27E / FY28E P/E (our EPS)
14.7%
FY27E ROE → 15.4% FY31E
14.3%
ROE the price already discounts

Bank valuations use the capital-adjusted residual-income framework from the September 2026 initiation (fair core P/B, ROE discounted by the price). Full assumptions are on the model table on the Financials tab.

Model date
8 Sep 2026 (prices 7–8 Sep 2026)
Horizon
12 months (bank pages: Sep-2027 roll-forward)
Audience
Internal — the book's guardrail: do not quote a target to a client; quote the thesis and the risk
Reviewer · version
Investment Committee framework · v1 (book)
Current vs history

Trailing multiples, FY-end

RatioFY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26
P/E967.0xn.m.124.0x8.9x14.5x12.5x8.4x10.0x8.9x10.9x
Price to Book Value1.3x1.1x1.4x0.8x1.3x1.6x1.4x1.7x1.5x1.6x

Tijori FY-end multiples on reported earnings/book; compatible definitions across years, but not the same basis as Buoyant's forward P/E on internal EPS.

Sensitivity

Target price: terminal ROE × cost of equity (₹/share incl. subsidiaries)

Terminal ROE \ COE12.0%12.5%13.0%13.5%14.0%
11.5%1,1561,0841,023969922
13.0%1,3231,2341,1571,0911,033
14.5%1,4901,3831,2921,2131,144
16.0%1,6561,5331,4271,3351,255
17.5%1,8231,6821,5611,4571,366

Approved base case highlighted. Scenarios. Bull (25%): growth +2 pp, NIM +12 bp, credit cost −12 bp, terminal ROE 16% → ₹1,732 (+72%). Bear (25%): growth −4 pp, NIM −20 bp, credit cost +35 bp, terminal ROE 12% → ₹732 (−27%). The skew is roughly 2.6:1. The shocks that matter most are growth and credit cost: a 5 pp cut to loan and deposit growth in every year takes ₹233 off the target (to ₹1,059); a 50 bp higher credit cost throughout takes ₹218 (to ₹1,074); a 25 bp rise in deposit costs that does not reprice (NIM −15 bp) takes ₹87 (to ₹1,205). All three leave the stock above today's price.

Street vs us (FY27E)
MetricNuvama (Jun-26)MOFSL (Aug-26)Buoyant
PAT (₹ cr)79,91285,18085,044
EPS (₹)86.692.392.1
ROA (%)1.001.051.05
ROE (%)14.515.914.7
Loan growth (%)15.114.515.0
Credit cost (%)0.400.400.40
Target price (₹)1,2501,3701,292
RatingBUYBUYBUY
Illustrative scenario · session only

Two-driver sensitivity: forward EPS × forward P/E

Illustrative — not approved research
Implied value · upside vs ₹965
₹1,272 +31.9%
Approved base: ₹1,272 = 104.3 × 12.2x · book: base TP ₹1,292 (+28%)
Sensitivity matrix of implied price to EPS and P/E
EPS \ P/E9.8x11.0x12.2x13.4x14.6x
83.4₹814 −16%₹916 −5%₹1,018 +6%₹1,120 +16%₹1,222 +27%
93.9₹916 −5%₹1,031 +7%₹1,145 +19%₹1,260 +31%₹1,374 +42%
104.3₹1,018 +6%₹1,145 +19%₹1,272 +32%₹1,400 +45%₹1,527 +58%
114.7₹1,120 +16%₹1,260 +31%₹1,400 +45%₹1,540 +60%₹1,680 +74%
125.2₹1,222 +27%₹1,374 +42%₹1,527 +58%₹1,680 +74%₹1,832 +90%
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