The country's second largest private bank has released the results for the second quarter of the financial year 2025. After the results, brokerage firms have also issued a note on this stock. 45 analysts who have included the stock in their coverage have a Buy opinion on ICICI Bank. The remaining 5 analysts have a Hold opinion on the stock. In the September quarter, the asset quality of the bank has shown improvement as compared to the June quarter. In the September quarter, the bank's advances and deposits have seen a growth of 15%.
Global brokerage firm Citi has raised the target price from ₹1,457 to ₹1,600 per share with a Buy opinion. The brokerage firm says that the bank's consistent performance shows signs of increasing valuation. It is better than other banks. The bank's position is better on the asset quality and credit cost front. Due to low OPEX and credit cost, Citi has increased ICICI Bank's earnings estimate by 2% for the financial year 2025 - 2027.
Nomura has increased ICICI Bank's EPS by 2% - 3% for the financial year 2025 - 2027. Due to low OPEX and credit cost, the target price has been set at ₹1,575 per share with a Buy opinion. CLSA has set a target price of ₹1,600 per share on this stock with an Outperform opinion. This brokerage firm said that HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank performed better among private banks in this quarter. ICICI Bank has the highest standard asset provisioning among big banks. Domestic brokerage firm Motilal Oswal has set a target price of ₹1,500 per share with a Buy opinion on ICICI Bank. This brokerage firm has raised ICICI Bank's EPS estimate by 2.8% for the financial year 2025 and 1.8% for the financial year 2026. The bank's return on assets (RoA) has been increased to 2.19% and return on equity to 17.4% for the financial year 2026. Bernstein has a Market Perform opinion of ₹1,250 per share on this bank. At the same time, Goldman Sachs has a Neutral opinion of ₹1,361 per share on the stock.
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