Loading…
← CockpitCompetitor Analysis › INDIANB.NS Indian BankOpen in the cockpit ↗

Indian BankINDIANB.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·Financials›Major Banks

State-owned Indian public sector bank with a strong presence in South India, offering retail and corporate banking.

≈ A state-owned mid-size US regional bankMomentum strong 74
Mkt cap
$12.9B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
26%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$15.4M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.40×
price to book
ROE
16.1%
delivered
Implied ROE
18.5%
what the price asks
Next earnings
82 days
27 Jan 2027
Close · INR₹902.00
1D+1.1%
1W+4.2%
1M+8.9%
3M+2.8%
6M+4.8%
YTD+7.7%
1Y+5.5%
ATR %2.5%
Beta1.34
52w lowhigh9.9% off high

What Indian Bank does

State-owned Indian public sector bank with a strong presence in South India, offering retail and corporate banking.

Earns mainly from the spread between lending rates and deposit costs, with branches in Tamil Nadu and the south as the funding base. Allahabad Bank was merged into it in 2020, bringing a large presence in northern and eastern India. The Government of India is the majority owner.

In one line: A state-owned mid-size US regional bank.

Products and services

  • Retail banking (deposits/loans)
  • Corporate/MSME lending
  • Agricultural/priority-sector lending

Customers

  • Retail depositors/borrowers
  • MSMEs
  • Agricultural sector borrowers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financials
  • Banking
  • Public sector bank - India

What could go right

  • Credit growth in India
  • Digital banking/cost efficiency gains

What could go wrong

  • Asset quality/NPA risk in corporate lending
  • Government policy/priority-sector lending constraints

Moat: narrow (scale, regulatory licence, distribution). A well-established South Indian branch network with government ownership supporting stable deposit funding.

Headquarters: Chennai, India · Founded: 1907 · Employees: 40,224

Named competitors

Indian Bank at a glance

Size Indian Bank (INDIANB.NS) is an India Financials company (Major Banks) with a market value of $12.9B, the 86th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹902.00 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 4.8%, against +2.2% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 12.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.6%); the operating margin is 41.8% (peer median 43.4%).

Valuation It trades at 1.40× book value against a peer median of 1.06× (7th most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 18.5%; Indian Bank delivers 16.1%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Next results Next results expected around 27 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026INDIANB.NS 104Peer median 103
Six months, rebased to 100: Indian Bank against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Indian Bank financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹845B₹784B₹719B₹638B₹529B
Revenue growth—+9%+13%+21%—
Net income₹132B₹117B₹113B₹84.2B₹55.7B
Free cash flown/a₹230B₹185B₹169B₹184B
Capital expendituren/a₹4.54B₹5.40B₹6.27B₹3.34B
Total debt₹773B₹772B₹676B₹432B₹317B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Indian Bank competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%+20%+40%0%+10%601825BANKBARODACANBK2016BKTUNIONBANKFBKPNB8421UMBFSSBZIONP316140UNIBSBRONBMBK2892ALSYDBINDIANB.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Indian Bank is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

10%15%20%10×20×30×601825BANKBARODACANBK2016BKTUNIONBANKFBKPNB6000158421UMBFSSBZIONP316140UNIBSBRONBMBK2892ALSYDBINDIANB.NSReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Indian Bank is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

0%10%20%30%40%0%20%40%601825BANKBARODACANBK2016BKTFBK6000158421UMBFSSBZIONPONBMBKINDIANB.NSROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Indian Bank is the large dot.

Indian Bank competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (INDIANB.NS vs CANBK.NS vs UNIONBANK.NS vs PNB.NS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Indian Bank INDIANB.NS$12.9B+5%+12%16%1.40×18.5%
Canara Bank CANBK.NS$11.8B-10%-7%17%0.87×17.1%
Union Bank of India UNIONBANK.NS$15.1B+12%0%16%0.99×16.4%
Punjab National Bank PNB.NS$15.4B+16%+3%15%0.90×17.0%

How Indian Bank compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Indian Bank against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureINDIANB.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+8.9%+3.1%3rd highest of 21
6-month return+4.8%+2.2%8th highest of 21
Return on equity16.1%11.2%7th highest of 21
Price / book1.40×1.06×7th most expensive of 21
Trailing P/E9.2×10.2×9th cheapest of 19
ROE the price implies18.5%10.8%3rd most demanding of 21
ROE delivered16.1%11.5%7th highest of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Indian Bank INDIANB.NSIndia$12.9B+5%+12%16%1.40×18.5%16.1%
Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank 601825.SSChina$13.1B+1%-8%10%0.65×2.5%9.6%
Bank of Baroda BANKBARODA.NSIndia$13.7B-7%+8%12%0.74×13.2%11.8%
Canara Bank CANBK.NSIndia$11.8B-10%-7%17%0.87×17.1%16.8%
China Zheshang Bank 2016.HKHong Kong$11.5B-3%+1%7%0.31×3.9%7.3%
Bankinter BKT.MCSpain$14.5B+4%0%18%1.87×12.4%17.6%
Union Bank of India UNIONBANK.NSIndia$15.1B+12%0%16%0.99×16.4%16.3%
FinecoBank FBK.MIItaly$15.4B+3%+5%32%5.71×43.8%32.3%
Punjab National Bank PNB.NSIndia$15.4B+16%+3%15%0.90×17.0%15.1%
Hua Xia Bank 600015.SSChina$15.7B-5%-1%8%0.32×1.8%7.6%
Shinkin Central Bank Pfd Subs Cert 8421.TJapan$10.3B-1%+47%3%1.02×4.4%3.0%
UMB Financial UMBFUnited States$10.2B+2%+17%14%1.34×11.2%13.5%
SouthState Bank SSBUnited States$10.1B+8%+18%10%1.11×9.3%10.3%
Zions Bancorporation NA Depositary Shs Repr 1/40th Int Ser A Flt Rt Non Cum Perp Pfd ZIONPUnited States$9.72B-16%+4%16%0.31×4.0%16.5%
WooriFinancialGroup 316140.KSSouth Korea$17.0B-5%+37%10%0.71×4.8%n/a
Unicaja Banco UNI.MCSpain$9.53B+20%-3%10%1.34×12.2%10.1%
Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A. Sponsored ADR BSBRUnited States$17.4B-20%+18%10%2.10×12.6%10.2%
Old National Bancorp ONBUnited States$9.43B+3%+18%12%1.17×10.3%11.5%
mBank MBK.WAPoland$17.7B+37%-1%19%3.05×37.6%19.1%
First Financial 2892.TWTaiwan$17.8B+44%+5%11%1.95×5.8%10.9%
AL Sydbank A/S ALSYDB.CODenmark$9.20B+37%+27%10%1.78×6.3%9.6%

Questions

Who are Indian Bank's main competitors?
Named competitors: Canara Bank (CANBK.NS), Union Bank of India (UNIONBANK.NS), Punjab National Bank (PNB.NS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank (601825.SS), Bank of Baroda (BANKBARODA.NS), Canara Bank (CANBK.NS), China Zheshang Bank (2016.HK), Bankinter (BKT.MC), Union Bank of India (UNIONBANK.NS).
Is Indian Bank expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.40× against a peer median of 1.06×, 7th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 18.5%; Indian Bank delivers 16.1%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has Indian Bank stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +4.8% against +2.2% for the median peer; over one year +5.5%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.