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HDFC Bank Limited (HDFCBANK)

Large Cap

Financial Services stocks · Large cap · NSE

HDFC Bank Limited is a prominent Indian private sector bank, offering a wide range of banking and financial services to its customers across various segments. It operates through a vast network of branches and digital channels.

₹712.1
+5.45 · +0.77%
Quote04 Sept, 03:59 pm IST
Fundamentals05 Sept 2026 · screener
Score05 Sept, 10:20 pm IST · v4.3-runtime-valuation
Tags03 May 2026
Coverage12/14 · 86%
Valuation2026-07-20 · Rf 6.8% · Financial Services P/E 18.5 (n=240)
Data confidence
Fresh enough for analysis
Investor decision lenses

One read, four checks

75+ is strong, 60-74 is usable, 45-59 is mixed, and below 45 needs caution. These are research lenses, not buy/sell instructions.

Mixed fundamentals, management trust is acceptable, price trend argues for patience, and recent execution is consistent.

Suggested next step
Research, do not rush
The four lenses are not strongly aligned. Compare peers and wait for a cleaner setup.
U-Score
FAIR VALUE
49

Fundamental lens: valuation, quality, growth, balance sheet, and cash flow.

Trust
Healthy Trust
73

low confidence · 0/0 claims checked

Technical
Bearish
24

Timing lens: price trend and sector relative strength.

Result consistency
consistent
87

Rolling lens: recent quarterly delivery, not the latest single-result score.

Latest result

Quarter ended 30 Jun 2026

Average · 35/100

Rev +4% YoY · PAT +19% YoY · operating leverage

Filed 18 Jul 2026
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MetricThis quarterYoYQoQ
Revenue₹90,575 Cr+3.7%+3.9%
EBITDANDFNDFNDF
Operating marginNDFNDFNDF
PAT₹20,383 Cr+19.3%-3.3%
PAT margin22.5%+294 bps-167 bps

NDF means not disclosed in the current structured filing feed. It is intentionally not treated as zero.

Business & thesis

Growth engines, tailwinds/headwinds, and risk radar from management commentary

Business and thesis

Where growth can come from, and what can break the case

Thesis intactReviewed 2026-07-19T00:41:10.000Z
Management commentary snapshot

No financial results or operational updates provided in this intimation document. The document only announces the Q1 FY27 earnings call and presentation.

No financial or operational data is available in this document to assess the investment thesis. The document solely serves as an intimation for an upcoming earnings call and presentation.

Management accountability

What management said, and what results must prove

Management accountability

What management said, and what results must prove

Issuer guidance and extracted claims are tracked against later reported outcomes. Treat these as management statements, not IndiaPulse forecasts.

Analyst reading lens
Compare BOTH

The document is an intimation for an earnings call and presentation for the quarter ended June 30, 2026. No financial results or operational data are provided to enable a comparison.

Thesis monitor

Numbers and claims to verify in the next filings

CheckpointCurrent evidenceWhat to verify next

Verification checkpoints are IndiaPulse research interpretation, not investment advice.

Technical timing lens

Trend score and candlestick chart

24Bearish

full bear SMA stack · SMA20 -5.6% / mo · MACD + · near 52W low

Stock trend: 24
Sector RS:

Technical chart

HDFCBANKdaily · 1Y · AUTO-18.9%
Latest close ₹712.10 on 2026-09-04
Bar
+0.5%
RSI
40
MACD hist
0.26
52W pos
4%
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Up bar
Down bar
EMA 20
EMA 50
Volume + 20D avg
Result date
RSI(14)
MACD / signal

Daily technical trend read

Bearish setup

Trend is weak — long-term trend down. RSI 40.

  • Price < SMA20 < SMA50 < SMA200 — full bearish stack.
  • SMA20 falling (~5.9% over last month) — short-term momentum negative.
  • RSI(14) at 40 — sideways, no extreme reading.
  • MACD above signal but histogram contracting — bullish momentum cooling.
  • Within 5% of 52-week low — testing support.

Mechanical read from the price + indicator series above. Not a recommendation — technical setups can reverse without warning, especially around earnings and macro events.

Nifty 500 leadership

Relative Strength & Trend Stage

13
RS percentile
Stage 4 Downtrend
1M return
-2.6%
3M return
-3.6%
6M return
-14.5%
1Y return
-26.3%
RS 1D
0
RS 20D
+10
Sector rank
#9
Industry rank
#10
Stage evidence
  • Price is 9.7% below the 30-week proxy.
  • The 50-DMA is below the 30-week proxy and its slope is falling -3.4%.
  • Both 3-month and 6-month returns are negative.
50-DMA
price below
200-DMA
price below
Sector
neutral
Industry
neutral
Relative-strength line vs Nifty 500 (base 100)
264 observations
04 Sept 2026Value 35.08+0.78%
31496886104Aug 25Dec 25Apr 26Sept 2635
RS vs Nifty 50035

Valuation & score drivers

U-Score 49 · FAIR VALUE · pillar breakdown, sector model, fair-value anchor

49U-SCORE
Distress Watch

Fundamental score breakdown

FAIR VALUE
Valuation13/30
Growth16/25
Quality6/20
Balance Sheet2/15
Cash Flow8/10
Piotroski
5/9 (+3)
Penalties
1
Raw sum
49

Why this score?

Top U-Score contributors and drags from the latest stored fundamentals.

49/100 · FAIR VALUE

Positive drivers

  • FCF yield is supportive at 11.0%.
  • Fair-value margin of safety is positive at 50.0%.
  • Cash flow contributes 8/10 to the score.

Main drags

  • Altman Z is 1.5, in distress territory.
  • Balance sheet is weaker at 2/15; verify the latest quarterly trend.
  • Quality is weaker at 6/20; verify the latest quarterly trend.
Sector valuation model

Bank valuation: P/B adjusted for ROE and asset quality

Banks are balance-sheet businesses, so book value quality matters more than simple earnings multiples.

Bank P/B
Primary lens
Price/book and ROE/ROA, not trailing PE alone.
Secondary checks
Capital adequacy, credit cost, NPA trend, deposit franchise.
Main risk check
Low P/B can be a trap if asset quality or credit cost is worsening.
PE
13.9
PB
1.8
EV/EBITDA
ROE
13.6%
ROCE
7.0%
FCF Yield
11.0%
Debt/Equity
0.2
MoS
+50.0%
Score movement

Stored run vs live recompute

This shows the stored score trend when snapshots exist, and also compares the latest stored nightly score with a live recompute from current fundamentals and price.

Stored run: 05 Sept 2026
v4.3-runtime-valuation
Final score
49
Previous: 49
Verdict
FAIR VALUE
Previous: FAIR VALUE
Margin of safety
+50.0%
Previous: +50.0%

Score history

12 stored score snapshots. Latest stored move: +0 points.

05 Sept 2026
v4.3-runtime-valuation
54
54
49
49
49
49
48
49
49
49
49
49

Factor attribution

No pillar movement versus the latest stored run. Historical score trend will appear after snapshot storage is enabled.

Modelled fair value

Graham Number
₹671.26
-6.1% MoS
Growth-justified P/E
27.8
Growth-justified Value
₹1,424.96
+50.0% MoS
PEG
0.75

Trust score

Does management behaviour match later outcomes? Claim delivery, forensic breakdown, evidence depth

Trust Score
73Healthy Trust · low confidenceTrust Lite

Trust asks: does management behaviour match later outcomes? Higher is better, but confidence and evidence depth matter as much as the number.

Healthy Trust: Claim history is still being built. It ranks around the 72nd percentile of the scored universe and 85th percentile within Financial Services. Main check: balance sheet trust is weak at 55/100.

Healthy Trust Lite: Promoter pledge is zero. Key concern: Altman Z is 1.48.

Computed 05 Sept 2026
management-trust-v1
68 docs text-extracted · 32 concalls text-extracted
Score band
Healthy Trust

Generally investable credibility. Look for weak sub-scores before increasing position size.

Relative rank
72nd percentile

overall median 67 · Financial Services: 85th pctile, median 62 · Large: 51st pctile, median 73

Evidence depth
Financial-only

68 documents have extracted text, but claim history is not strong enough yet.

Claim delivery
Outcome history still building

0 claims extracted · No contradicted claim yet

How to read this Trust Score

Healthy Trust · low confidence
What it measures
Reliability of management and financial delivery, using financial behaviour only.
Confidence
Treat this as an early read until more concalls and outcomes are matched.
Investor use
Acceptable, but check the weakest sub-score before increasing exposure.

Read Trust alongside U-Score, result consistency, and technical trend. A cheap stock with weak Trust needs a larger margin of safety; a high Trust score does not make an expensive stock attractive by itself.

Forensic breakdown

Read low sub-scores as due-diligence warnings, not automatic sell signals.

Promoter
78
strong · holding, pledge, alignment
Cash flow
89
strong · profit to cash conversion
Balance sheet
55
watch · leverage and solvency
Discipline
56
watch · capital discipline
Results
87
strong · quarterly consistency

Trust positives

  • Promoter pledge is zero.
  • FCF yield is 11%.
  • 7 years of positive FCF.
  • 4/4 latest quarters had positive YoY revenue growth.

Trust risks

  • Altman Z is 1.48.
  • ROCE is low at 7%.

Trust Lite uses financial behaviour only. Prefer claim-tested Trust when enough concall claims have later outcomes.

Financials

Full fundamentals table and 10-year revenue / profit / ROE history

Fundamentals

Valuation

P/E
13.90
P/B
1.83
EV/EBITDA
Market Cap
1097644.00Cr

Profitability

ROE
13.60%
ROCE
7.02%
ROA
1.68%
Dividend Y
1.83%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y
22.00%
EPS 5Y
19.00%
Revenue 3Y
27.00%
EPS 3Y
18.00%

Balance Sheet

Debt/Equity
0.19
Interest Coverage
Altman Z
1.48
Book Value
390.00

Cash Flow

FCF Yield
11.02%
FCF Positive Y
7/5
OCF
113506.00 Cr
EPS TTM
51.35

Shareholding

Promoter Hold
Promoter Pledge
0.00%
Momentum 52W
4%

Financial History

Updated 5/9/2026

Revenue

₹ Cr
No data

Net Profit

₹ Cr
No data

Return on Equity

%
No data

Peers

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All information is for study purposes only. For investment decisions, consult your financial advisor. See Playbook for methodology.