State Bank of India
The country’s largest government lender SBI is continuously creating history. A few days ago, the bank became the 5th largest entity in the country in terms of market cap, leaving behind the country’s second largest private bank ICICI Bank. The reason for this is the continuous increase in the shares of the bank. Which did not stop even on Wednesday. Within no time, the bank overtook the Tata giant and the country’s largest IT company and became the fourth most valued company. The special thing is that the valuation of the company has reached close to Rs 11 lakh crore. Whereas the market cap of TCS remains around Rs 10.50 lakh crore. The special thing is that the shares of the company have seen an increase of about 11 percent in the last three days. Let us also tell you what kind of story the SBI figures are telling in the stock market.
Tremendous increase in shares
State Bank of India (SBI) on Wednesday became the fourth most valuable listed company in terms of market cap. After strong December quarter results, SBI shares rose by more than 3 percent, due to which SBI overtook Tata Consultancy Services. The stock closed at Rs 1,183 per share, up 3.40 per cent on BSE. It rose 3.23 percent and settled at Rs 1,181.10 per share on NSE. During the day, the stock gained nearly 4 per cent and hit its 52-week high of Rs 1,187.70 per share on BSE and Rs 1,187.50 on NSE.
11 percent increase in three days
The special thing is that in three consecutive days, a rise of about 11 percent has been seen in the shares of SBI. If we look at the data, SBI shares closed at Rs 1,066.40 on the last trading day of last week. Since then there has been a continuous rise in the shares. The company’s shares closed at Rs 1,183 on Wednesday. This means that a rise of 10.93 percent i.e. Rs 116.6 is being seen in the shares of the bank. However, during the trading session, the company’s shares reached a 52-week high of Rs 1,187.70.
Valuation reached around Rs 11 lakh crore
At the end of the trading session, SBI’s market capitalization stood at Rs 10,91,982.06 crore, which is higher than TCS’s market capitalization of Rs 10,52,646.38 crore. Meanwhile, shares of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) fell 2.5 per cent to close at Rs 2,909.40 and Rs 2,909 on BSE and NSE, respectively. If we talk about today, there has been an increase of Rs 35,907.11 crore in the valuation of SBI. Whereas in three consecutive days, an increase of Rs 1,07,629.01 crore has been seen in the valuation of the bank.
| rank | Company Name | Sector |
| 1 | Reliance Industries (RIL) | oil–to–Telecom |
| 2 | hdfc bank (HDFC Bank) | banking |
| 3 | Bharti Airtel (Bharti Airtel) | Telecom |
| 4 | state Bank of India (SBI) | banking (PSU) |
| 5 | tcs (TCS) | IT (IT) |
Reliance’s dominance continues
In terms of marketing capacity, the country’s largest company Reliance Industries remained the most valuable company, followed by HDFC Bank, Bharti Airtel Ltd, State Bank of India, Tata Consultancy Services, ICICI Bank, Bajaj Finance, Infosys, Hindustan Unilever Ltd and Larsen & Toubro. However, there has been no significant rise in the stock market in the current week. If we look at the data, the major indices of the stock market closed with slight pressure on Wednesday. Whereas a rise was seen on Monday and Tuesday. Whereas in the past Sensex and Nifty had seen an increase of more than 2.50 percent.
How were SBI’s quarterly results?
Last week, SBI reported its highest-ever profit of Rs 21,028 crore on a standalone basis in the December quarter of FY26. On a consolidated basis, the government-owned bank posted a 13.06 per cent rise in profit at Rs 21,317 crore, according to regulatory filings. The bank’s core net interest income on standalone basis increased by 9.04 percent to Rs 45,190 crore from Rs 41,446 crore in the same period last year. This increase was due to 15.14 percent credit growth and 0.03 percent decline in domestic net interest margin (3.12 percent). Non-interest income increased by 15.65 percent to Rs 8,404 crore during the quarter. Total expenditure increased to Rs 1,08,052 crore, whereas it was Rs 1,04,917 crore in the third quarter of 2024-25.