Is SBI Life a good stock to buy? What brokerages are projecting

New Delhi: Brokerage firms Institutional Research and Elara Capital have initiated Buy rating on shares of SBI Life Insurance Company. The brokerages backed the insurance firm after the latter declared Q4 2025-26 Results. SBI Life share price was at Rs 1,827.50 at the time of writing this article on Thursday.

SBI Life Insurance details on BSE as of 23 April 2026

Previous Close: 1884.75
Open: 1874.10
High: 1886.10
Low: 1808.80
VWAP: 1,854.33
52 Wk High: 2,132.90
52 Wk Low: 1,601.65
Upper Price Band: 2,073.20
Lower Price Band: 1,696.30
Price Band: No Band
TTQ (Lakh): 1.21
Turnover (Cr.): 22.36
2W Avg Qty`(Lakh): 0.58
Mcap Full (Cr.): 1,83,385.30
Mcap FF (Cr.): 81,849.08

SBI Life Insurance Company declared its January-March FY26 quarter results and posted a marginal drop in profit to Rs 805 crore. The insurer had posted a net profit of Rs 814 crore in the same quarter of 2024-25. The income during the last quarter of FY26 went down to Rs 5,658 crore as compared to Rs 24,169 crore in the year-ago financial year (FY25).

SBI Life Insurance share price target

Institutional Research stated that SBI Life Insurance reported a 13% year-on-year growth in APE and a 14% growth in VNB in ​​FY26. However, the figures were slightly lower than expected. The geopolitical tensions impacted insurer’s business growth in Q4 FY26.

The brokerage revised its APE and VNB growth estimates to a CAGR of approximately 14 to 15 percent between FY26 and FY28. The brokerage believes that the company is valued at approximately 2.1 times based on its FY28 estimated EV. Initiating a Buy rating on SBI Life Insurance stocks, the brokerage gave a share target price of Rs 2,400.

Buy rating on SBI Life Insurance

Elara Capital’s advised market players to pump in money to buy shares of SBI Life Insurance and set a share price target of Rs 2,510. On Thursday, the stock has trading with over 3 per cent loss. Over the past six months, it has declined by approximately 1.30 per cent. However, over the past year, the counter appreciated around 14 per cent.

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