profit from every ₹100 of sales.

Punjab National Bank
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2023 to 2026.
You pay ₹8.94 for every ₹1 of profit it makes in a year.
Not measured for banks and insurers: deposits and policy reserves count as debt, so the usual debt test says nothing about them.
Money in, money out
What Punjab National Bank sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from ₹471 billion in 2023 to ₹626 billion in 2026, with ₹184 billion of profit last year.
Punjab National Bank handed back 14% of the cash it generated last year.
Punjab National Bank vs. similar companies
Punjab National Bank grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from ₹100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per ₹1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
Punjab National Bank | 8.9× · Cheap | ||
China Merchants Bank | 7.7× · Cheap | ||
DBS Group Holdings | 18.2× · Fair price | ||
UniCredit | 11.5× · Cheap | ||
HDFC Bank | 18.6× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Punjab National Bank's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of INR | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 470,921 | 552,605 | 597,606 | 626,200 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 33,485 | 91,072 | 184,803 | 183,927 | |
| 3.04 | 8.27 | 16.42 | 16.00 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 7.1% | 16.5% | 30.9% | 29.4% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of INR | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 14,936,489 | 15,986,360 | 18,575,436 | 20,333,310 |
| Cash | 1,573,285 | 1,314,002 | 1,507,596 | 1,641,220 |
| Total debt | 701,486 | 725,856 | 719,991 | 862,682 |
| Total liabilities | 13,903,091 | 14,876,885 | 17,237,772 | 18,826,692 |
| 1,028,805 | 1,103,867 | 1,331,380 | 1,499,722 | |
| 11,011 | 11,011 | 11,257 | 11,493 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 3.3% | 8.3% | 13.9% | 12.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of INR | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 225,921 | -279,394 | 220,753 | 256,354 | |
| 5,524 | 11,750 | 16,014 | 16,246 | |
| 220,397 | -291,144 | 204,739 | 240,108 | |
| Dividends paid | 7,047 | 7,157 | 16,517 | 33,249 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
This is a bank or insurer, so cash-flow and debt ratios are left out: borrowing and lending is the business itself. Price to book and return on equity are the measures that matter here.
Valuation
- 8.9×
- –
- 0.12
- 0.8×
- 2.6×
- 11.2%
- 2.0%
Profitability
- 29.4%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +10.0%
- +73.9%
- –
- +1.4%
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
How safe it looks
18.1% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 13.8%
News
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Insider trades
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Questions about Punjab National Bank
Is Punjab National Bank a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business, and the price looks low. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Punjab National Bank AI analysis
What does Punjab National Bank do?
Punjab National Bank provides various banking and financial products and services in India and internationally. It operates through Treasury, Corporate/Wholesale Banking, Retail Banking, and Other Banking Operations segments. It is in Banks - Regional, based in New Delhi, India, with 102,746 employees.
Does Punjab National Bank pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.0% a year, about 18% of its yearly profit. In 2026 it paid out ₹33.2 billion in dividends.
Is Punjab National Bank stock halal?
No. Punjab National Bank does not pass our halal screen: its main business, banking, is not permitted. How we check
How has Punjab National Bank stock done over the past year?
Up 17.5% over the past twelve months, to ₹143.00. It traded between ₹99.55 and ₹143.00, close to its high.
Who are Punjab National Bank's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are China Merchants Bank, DBS Group Holdings, UniCredit and HDFC Bank. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Punjab National Bank's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.



