We re-iterate our underweight stance on the Indian IT services and believe deployment in the sector should be very slow and gradual as we believe there would be many unknown risks (normalisation of tech spend, downside risk on FY24 revenue growth etc.) ahead, which might further degrade valuations. We suggest investor to stick with TCS in large cap; Coforge in mid cap.

SBI has set new standard in banking excellence: SBI exited FY22 with 13.9% RoE and 0.67% RoA aided by growth build-up, GNPAs at a decadal low, slippages at <1%, credit cost at 55bps and steady margin profile. Improved visibility on asset quality with ‘new normal’ credit cost of 1%, credit growth of 13%/15% for FY23E/FY24E, asset resolution and stable NIMs will drive RoE to >16% by FY23E/FY24E and valuations to 1.5x Sep’23E book. Maintain BUY with an unchanged target price of Rs673.

Sustainable strong growth play