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UCO BankUCOBANK.NSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

India · INR·Financials›Regional Banks

Kolkata-headquartered public sector bank providing retail, corporate and government banking services across India.

≈ A mid-sized Indian PSU bankMomentum weak 39
Mkt cap
$3.17B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
9%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$1.20M
20-day average traded
P/B
0.86×
price to book
ROE
8.6%
delivered
Implied ROE
13.6%
what the price asks
Close · INR₹23.84
1D-0.1%
1W+8.1%
1M+1.9%
3M-10.5%
6M-12.6%
YTD-19.1%
1Y-26.6%
ATR %2.5%
Beta1.26
52w lowhigh30.3% off high

What UCO Bank does

Kolkata-headquartered public sector bank providing retail, corporate and government banking services across India.

Earns interest on loans and government securities funded by deposits. The government owns the large majority and has injected capital after years of bad loans that led the central bank to restrict its lending under a prompt-corrective-action framework until 2021.

In one line: A mid-sized Indian PSU bank.

Products and services

  • Retail banking
  • Corporate lending
  • Government scheme banking

Customers

  • Retail depositors
  • Corporate borrowers
  • Government account holders

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Deposit gathering
  • Corporate/retail lending
  • Government banking services

What could go right

  • Government banking recapitalization/support
  • Credit growth recovery

What could go wrong

  • Legacy NPA overhang
  • Lower capital efficiency than private banks

Moat: narrow (regulatory licence, distribution). Government ownership and a large branch network provide scale, though profitability trails private banks.

Headquarters: Kolkata, India · Founded: 1943 · Employees: 20,993

Named competitors

UCO Bank at a glance

Size UCO Bank (UCOBANK.NS) is an India Financials company (Regional Banks) with a market value of $3.17B, the 279th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹23.84 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 12.6%, against -1.4% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 3rd lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 1.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +1.1%); the operating margin is 32.0% (peer median 36.5%).

Valuation It trades at 0.86× book value against a peer median of 1.08× (5th cheapest of 21).

Relative performance

809010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 100UCOBANK.NS 89
Six months, rebased to 100: UCO Bank against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

UCO Bank financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenuen/a₹298B₹294B₹249B₹207B
Revenue growth—+1%+18%+20%—
Net incomen/a₹27.7B₹24.4B₹16.7B₹18.3B
Free cash flown/a₹87.4B₹85.7B₹72.5B₹35.9B
Capital expendituren/a₹5.93B₹3.72B₹3.54B₹2.88B
Total debt₹261B₹425B₹442B₹358B₹265B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

UCO 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

-30%-20%-10%0%+10%-20%-10%0%+10%WKBN601997SBCFFHBCMBNTOWN2812MCHBFFBC7189601128138930FIBKBANC8418CUBIXXI2838UCOBANK.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. UCO Bank is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

0%5%10%0.50×10×1.50×WKBN601997SBCFFHBCMBNTOWN2812MCHBVATN7189601128138930FIBKBANC8418CUBIRNSTXXIUCOBANK.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. UCO Bank is the large dot.

UCO Bank competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (UCOBANK.NS vs PNB.NS vs BANKINDIA.NS vs INDIANB.NS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
UCO Bank UCOBANK.NS$3.17B-13%+1%9%0.86×13.6%
Punjab National Bank PNB.NS$15.4B+16%+3%15%0.90×17.0%
Bank of India BANKINDIA.NS$6.68B-1%+9%14%0.67×12.5%
Indian Bank INDIANB.NS$12.9B+5%+12%16%1.40×18.5%

How UCO 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.

UCO Bank against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureUCOBANK.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+1.9%+0.2%8th highest of 21
6-month return-12.6%-1.4%3rd lowest of 21
Return on equity8.6%8.6%11th highest of 21
Price / book0.86×1.08×5th cheapest of 21
Trailing P/E10.8×11.8×5th cheapest of 18
ROE the price implies13.6%8.1%3rd most demanding 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
UCO Bank UCOBANK.NSIndia$3.17B-13%+1%9%0.86×13.6%n/a
Walliser Kantonalbank WKBN.SWSwitzerland$3.15B+4%-12%5%1.50×n/a5.3%
Bank of Guiyang 601997.SSChina$3.20B-3%-5%7%0.32×2.0%6.9%
Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida SBCFUnited States$3.24B+8%+29%7%1.25×10.9%6.8%
First Hawaiian FHBUnited States$3.04B-9%+1%10%1.08×9.3%9.9%
Cembra Money Bank CMBN.SWSwitzerland$3.03B-9%-3%15%1.93×4.1%14.7%
TowneBank TOWNUnited States$3.36B+4%+36%13%1.08×9.0%12.9%
Taichung Commercial Bank 2812.TWTaiwan$3.38B-12%-13%11%1.16×3.9%11.2%
Mechanics Bancorp MCHBUnited States$3.41B-1%+131%10%1.33×14.8%10.2%
First Financial Bancorp FFBCUnited States$3.43B+6%+13%11%1.19×10.9%10.7%
Valiant VATN.SWSwitzerland$2.93B-9%-11%6%0.86×n/a5.8%
Nishi-Nippon Financial 7189.TJapan$3.47B+3%+28%8%0.88×6.9%7.8%
Jiangsu Changshu Rural Commercial Bank 601128.SSChina$3.48B-4%-1%14%0.67×2.5%13.8%
BNK Financial 138930.KSSouth Korea$2.88B-31%+10%8%0.39×4.1%n/a
First Interstate BancSystem FIBKUnited States$3.50B+4%-4%10%1.12×9.0%9.5%
Banc of California BANCUnited States$2.86B-6%-14%0%1.00×8.6%-0.3%
Yamaguchi Financial 8418.TJapan$3.54B+6%+19%6%0.84×5.8%5.7%
Customers Bancorp CUBIUnited States$2.82B+10%+8%14%1.29×14.7%13.6%
Renasant RNSTUnited States$3.55B-2%+20%9%0.93×9.5%8.7%
Twenty One Capital XXIUnited States$3.57B-36%n/a-12%1.38×7.6%n/a
Union Bank of Taiwan 2838.TWTaiwan$2.75B+2%-9%8%1.06×3.7%8.5%

Questions

Who are UCO Bank's main competitors?
Named competitors: Punjab National Bank (PNB.NS), Bank of India (BANKINDIA.NS), Indian Bank (INDIANB.NS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Walliser Kantonalbank (WKBN.SW), Bank of Guiyang (601997.SS), Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida (SBCF), First Hawaiian (FHB), Cembra Money Bank (CMBN.SW), TowneBank (TOWN).
Is UCO Bank expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 0.86× against a peer median of 1.08×, 5th cheapest of 21 in its peer set.
How has UCO Bank stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -12.6% against -1.4% for the median peer; over one year -26.6%.

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.