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Punjab National BankPNB.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·Financials›Major Banks

One of India's largest state-owned public sector banks, offering retail, corporate and agricultural banking nationwide.

≈ A state-owned mid-size US regional bankMomentum leader 84
Mkt cap
$15.4B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
30%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$28.9M
20-day average traded
P/B
0.90×
price to book
ROE
15.1%
delivered
Implied ROE
17.0%
what the price asks
Next earnings
84 days
29 Jan 2027
Close · INR₹126.55
1D+0.4%
1W+3.0%
1M+10.4%
3M+10.7%
6M+16.0%
YTD+2.4%
1Y+5.4%
ATR %2.4%
Beta1.09
52w lowhigh6.4% off high

What Punjab National Bank does

One of India's largest state-owned public sector banks, offering retail, corporate and agricultural banking nationwide.

Earns the gap between what it charges on loans and pays on deposits, funded by a large base of low-cost savings accounts across India, with fees a smaller add-on. The Indian government owns the majority and has put in fresh capital. It merged with Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank of India in 2020.

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

Products and services

  • Retail banking (deposits/loans)
  • Corporate/MSME lending
  • Government/agricultural lending

Customers

  • Retail depositors/borrowers
  • MSMEs
  • Government/agricultural sector borrowers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financials
  • Banking
  • Public sector bank - India

What could go right

  • Credit growth in India
  • Improving asset quality post-cleanup

What could go wrong

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

Moat: narrow (scale, regulatory licence, distribution). A large legacy branch network and government backing provide deposit stability, though it has faced past asset-quality stress.

Headquarters: New Delhi, India · Founded: 1894 · Employees: 103,184

Named competitors

Punjab National Bank at a glance

Size Punjab National Bank (PNB.NS) is an India Financials company (Major Banks) with a market value of $15.4B, the 69th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹126.55 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 16.0%, against +0.8% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 4th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 2.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +0.8%); the operating margin is 46.1% (peer median 38.2%).

Valuation It trades at 0.90× book value against a peer median of 1.34× (9th cheapest of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 17.0%; Punjab National Bank delivers 15.1%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Next results Next results expected around 29 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026PNB.NS 118Peer median 103
Six months, rebased to 100: Punjab National Bank against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Punjab National Bank financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹1.52T₹1.50T₹1.39T₹1.23T₹1.01T
Revenue growth—+8%+13%+22%—
Net income₹229B₹184B₹185B₹91.1B₹33.5B
Free cash flown/a₹164B₹48.4B₹280B₹251B
Capital expendituren/a₹16.2B₹16.0B₹11.4B₹5.52B
Total debt₹1.38T₹2.31T₹2.05T₹1.42T₹1.24T

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Punjab National 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

0%+20%+40%0%+10%FBKUNIONBANK600015BKT316140BANKBARODABSBRMBK2892601825INDIANBBMEDSABBCHCANBK2016600016KEY086790BAMIPNB.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Punjab National Bank is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

10%20%30%10×20×30×40×FBKUNIONBANK600015BKT316140BANKBARODABSBRMBK2892INDIANBBMEDSABBCHCANBK2016600016KEYBAMIPNB.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. Punjab National Bank is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

0%10%20%30%40%0%20%40%FBKUNIONBANK600015BKTBANKBARODABSBRMBK2892601825INDIANBBMEDSABBCH2016600016PNB.NSROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Punjab National Bank is the large dot.

Punjab National Bank competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (PNB.NS vs BANKBARODA.NS vs CANBK.NS vs UNIONBANK.NS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Punjab National Bank PNB.NS$15.4B+16%+3%15%0.90×17.0%
Bank of Baroda BANKBARODA.NS$13.7B-7%+8%12%0.74×13.2%
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%

How Punjab National 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.

Punjab National Bank against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasurePNB.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+10.4%+3.1%2nd highest of 21
6-month return+16.0%+0.8%4th highest of 21
Return on equity15.1%11.5%9th highest of 21
Price / book0.90×1.34×9th cheapest of 21
Trailing P/E6.4×10.5×5th cheapest of 18
ROE the price implies17.0%13.1%6th most demanding of 21
ROE delivered15.1%12.2%9th highest of 19

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Punjab National Bank PNB.NSIndia$15.4B+16%+3%15%0.90×17.0%15.1%
FinecoBank FBK.MIItaly$15.4B+3%+5%32%5.71×43.8%32.3%
Union Bank of India UNIONBANK.NSIndia$15.1B+12%0%16%0.99×16.4%16.3%
Hua Xia Bank 600015.SSChina$15.7B-5%-1%8%0.32×1.8%7.6%
Bankinter BKT.MCSpain$14.5B+4%0%18%1.87×12.4%17.6%
WooriFinancialGroup 316140.KSSouth Korea$17.0B-5%+37%10%0.71×4.8%n/a
Bank of Baroda BANKBARODA.NSIndia$13.7B-7%+8%12%0.74×13.2%11.8%
Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A. Sponsored ADR BSBRUnited States$17.4B-20%+18%10%2.10×12.6%10.2%
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%
Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank 601825.SSChina$13.1B+1%-8%10%0.65×2.5%9.6%
Indian Bank INDIANB.NSIndia$12.9B+5%+12%16%1.40×18.5%16.1%
Banca Mediolanum BMED.MIItaly$19.1B+17%-34%30%3.73×35.6%30.1%
Banco de Sabadell SAB.MCSpain$19.2B+8%-35%5%1.40×15.5%5.1%
Banco de Chile Sponsored ADR BCHUnited States$19.6B+7%+4%22%3.15×13.6%21.8%
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%
China Minsheng Banking 600016.SSChina$21.3B-8%-10%4%0.26×1.6%4.5%
KeyCorp KEYUnited States$22.0B-3%+9%11%1.39×13.1%11.2%
Hanafinancialgr 086790.KSSouth Korea$22.5B-7%+39%10%0.79×5.3%n/a
Banco BPM BAMI.MIItaly$22.8B+1%-4%12%1.30×13.5%12.5%

Questions

Who are Punjab National Bank's main competitors?
Named competitors: Bank of Baroda (BANKBARODA.NS), Canara Bank (CANBK.NS), Union Bank of India (UNIONBANK.NS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes FinecoBank (FBK.MI), Union Bank of India (UNIONBANK.NS), Hua Xia Bank (600015.SS), Bankinter (BKT.MC), WooriFinancialGroup (316140.KS), Bank of Baroda (BANKBARODA.NS).
Is Punjab National Bank expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 0.90× against a peer median of 1.34×, 9th cheapest of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 17.0%; Punjab National Bank delivers 15.1%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has Punjab National Bank stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +16.0% against +0.8% for the median peer; over one year +5.4%.

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.