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Karur Vysya BankKARURVYSYA.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·Financials›Regional Banks

Tamil Nadu-based old private sector bank offering retail, SME and agricultural banking across South India.

≈ A regional South Indian community bankMomentum leader 86
Mkt cap
$3.80B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
94%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$18.6M
20-day average traded
P/B
2.32×
price to book
ROE
21.0%
delivered
Implied ROE
30.7%
what the price asks
Next earnings
80 days
25 Jan 2027
Close · INR₹370.05
1D+2.6%
1W+3.9%
1M+12.1%
3M+9.6%
6M+18.0%
YTD+40.3%
1Y+51.0%
ATR %3.8%
Beta1.18
52w lowhigh5.3% off high

What Karur Vysya Bank does

Tamil Nadu-based old private sector bank offering retail, SME and agricultural banking across South India.

Earns mainly from the spread between lending rates and deposit costs, with a loan book that leans toward small businesses and farm credit. Tamil Nadu supplies most of its branches and business, with the bank expanding into other states.

In one line: A regional South Indian community bank.

Products and services

  • Retail banking
  • SME/MSME lending
  • Agricultural loans
  • Treasury operations

Customers

  • Retail depositors
  • SME/MSME borrowers
  • Farmers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Deposit gathering
  • Retail/SME lending
  • Treasury/investments

What could go right

  • SME credit growth in South India
  • Digital banking adoption

What could go wrong

  • Asset quality/NPA risk
  • Regional (Tamil Nadu) concentration

Moat: narrow (scale, distribution). Deep branch network and customer relationships built over a century in Tamil Nadu.

Headquarters: Karur, India · Founded: 1916 · Employees: 9,883

Named competitors

Karur Vysya Bank at a glance

Size Karur Vysya Bank (KARURVYSYA.NS) is an India Financials company (Regional Banks) with a market value of $3.80B, the 249th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹370.05 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 18.0%, against +6.3% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 13.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +13.2%); the operating margin is 52.4% (peer median 42.3%).

Valuation It trades at 2.32× book value against a peer median of 1.22× (most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 30.7%; Karur Vysya Bank delivers 21.0%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Next results Next results expected around 25 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9010011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026KARURVYSYA.NS 121Peer median 108
Six months, rebased to 100: Karur Vysya Bank against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Karur Vysya Bank financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹140B₹126B₹110B₹95.1B₹74.7B
Revenue growth—+14%+15%+27%—
Net income₹29.6B₹25.1B₹19.4B₹16.0B₹11.1B
Free cash flown/a₹28.4B₹28.7B₹15.9B₹26.1B
Capital expendituren/a₹1.52B₹1.72B₹981M₹622M
Total debt₹23.2B₹36.5B₹12.6B₹31.5B₹16.4B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Karur Vysya Bank competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

0%+10%-20%-10%0%+10%EQB5832BANF7337WSBCFBPINDBCVBFZUGERXXIRNST8418BHW6011287189IBOCFFBCMCHBCATYKARURVYSYA.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Karur Vysya Bank is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

0%5%10%15%20%10×1.50×20×EQB5832BANF7337FBPINDBCVBFZUGERXXIRNST8418BHW6011287189IBOCFFBCMCHBCATYKARURVYSYA.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. Karur Vysya Bank is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

0%10%20%30%0%10%20%30%EQB5832BANF7337WSBCFBPINDB8418BHW601128IBOCMCHBKARURVYSYA.NSROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Karur Vysya Bank is the large dot.

Karur Vysya Bank competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (KARURVYSYA.NS vs CUB.NS vs TMB.NS vs FEDERALBNK.NS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Karur Vysya Bank KARURVYSYA.NS$3.80B+18%+14%21%2.32×30.7%
City Union Bank CUB.NS$2.31B+8%+22%14%1.94×29.8%
Tamilnad Mercantile Bank TMB.NS$1.39B+11%+18%16%1.22×14.6%
Federal Bank Ltd. (India) FEDERALBNK.NS$8.81B+14%+11%13%1.97×27.7%

How Karur Vysya 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.

Karur Vysya Bank against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureKARURVYSYA.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+12.1%+1.4%highest of 21
6-month return+18.0%+6.3%highest of 21
Return on equity21.0%9.1%highest of 21
Price / book2.32×1.22×most expensive of 21
Trailing P/E12.1×11.8×8th most expensive of 19
ROE the price implies30.7%9.5%most demanding of 20
ROE delivered21.0%9.3%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
Karur Vysya Bank KARURVYSYA.NSIndia$3.80B+18%+14%21%2.32×30.7%21.0%
EQB EQB.TOCanada$3.79B+3%-4%0%1.44×12.8%-0.1%
Chugin Financial Group,Inc 5832.TJapan$3.76B+10%+34%8%0.86×6.5%8.3%
BancFirst BANFUnited States$3.87B+2%-3%14%1.94×12.7%13.6%
Hirogin 7337.TJapan$3.89B+9%+26%8%0.99×7.4%8.2%
WesBanco WSBCUnited States$3.70B+13%+17%9%0.96×8.2%8.8%
First Bancorp FBPUnited States$3.92B+8%+3%19%2.09×15.7%19.4%
Independent Bank INDBUnited States$3.94B+8%+25%9%1.14×9.5%9.3%
CVB Financial CVBFUnited States$3.99B+12%+23%9%1.27×9.8%8.6%
Zuger Kantonalbank ZUGER.SWSwitzerland$4.04B+8%-10%8%2.03×n/a8.3%
Twenty One Capital XXIUnited States$3.57B-36%n/a-12%1.38×7.6%n/a
Renasant RNSTUnited States$3.55B-2%+20%9%0.93×9.5%8.7%
Yamaguchi Financial 8418.TJapan$3.54B+6%+19%6%0.84×5.8%5.7%
Bank Handlowy w Warszawie BHW.WAPoland$4.09B+7%-22%17%1.72×17.1%16.7%
First Interstate BancSystem FIBKUnited States$3.50B+4%-4%10%1.12×9.0%9.5%
Jiangsu Changshu Rural Commercial Bank 601128.SSChina$3.48B-4%-1%14%0.67×2.5%13.8%
Nishi-Nippon Financial 7189.TJapan$3.47B+3%+28%8%0.88×6.9%7.8%
International Bancshares IBOCUnited States$4.20B-8%+2%13%1.25×9.8%12.9%
First Financial Bancorp FFBCUnited States$3.43B+6%+13%11%1.19×10.9%10.7%
Mechanics Bancorp MCHBUnited States$3.41B-1%+131%10%1.33×14.8%10.2%
Cathay General Bancorp CATYUnited States$4.24B+12%+3%12%1.39×11.8%12.2%

Questions

Who are Karur Vysya Bank's main competitors?
Named competitors: City Union Bank (CUB.NS), Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (TMB.NS), Federal Bank (FEDERALBNK.NS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes EQB (EQB.TO), Chugin Financial Group,Inc (5832.T), BancFirst (BANF), Hirogin (7337.T), WesBanco (WSBC), First Bancorp (FBP).
Is Karur Vysya Bank expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 2.32× against a peer median of 1.22×, most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 30.7%; Karur Vysya Bank delivers 21.0%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has Karur Vysya Bank stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +18.0% against +6.3% for the median peer; over one year +51.0%.

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.