HDFC Bank Shares

HDFC Bank has submitted two names for the CEO position as Sashidhar Jagdishan prepares to step down, easing investor concerns over succession at the lender

uesday's gain marked the stock's biggest single-day surge in more than two months, with the last comparable jump recorded on July 6.

When a stock becomes oversold, it does not automatically mean it is a good time to buy, cautions Pabitro Mukherjee, Deputy Vice President-Research at Bajaj Broking.

HDFC Bank's weighting in the Nifty 50 has fallen to 9.81 per cent, narrowly ahead of ICICI Bank, as the CEO's exit and governance concerns deepen the lender's sell-off

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PVR Inox approved a buyback of up to 20,68,965 fully paid-up equity shares at ₹1,450 per share, for an aggregate amount of up to ₹300 crore.

"Jagdishan's decision is incrementally positive as it removes one binary uncertainty," analysts at Nomura said in a note post the development.

Analysts at Jefferies believe that uncertainty can drag EPS & valuations, but after a 27% fall year-to-date at 1.5x PB, the risk-reward for HDFC Bank stock seems balanced.

Analysts said that the rise in DIIs' stake in HDFC Bank was backed by sustained buying from mutual funds. The overall MF holdings increased to 26.5% in June 2026, from 22.5% in the Sept 2025 quarter

Stocks to watch today: HDFC Bank's shares will remain in focus after bank's MD & CEO, Sashidhar Jagdishan, decided not to seek reappointment.

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Shares decline around 2 per cent as a US securities fraud class-action lawsuit and uncertainty over MD & CEO Sashidhar Jagdishan's succession weigh on sentiment

On a year-to-date (YTD) basis, HDFC Bank has declined 28 per cent and remains 8 per cent lower than in the last five years.

HDFC Bank stock: Thus far in the calendar year 2026, HDFC Bank underperformed the market by falling 27 per cent, compared to a 8.2 per cent decline in the BSE Sensex.

Earlier today, Christopher Wood, global head of equity strategy at Jefferies, in his weekly note GREED & fear, revealed that he has exited HDFC Bank to make way for names like MCX and Lenksart.

Thus far in the calendar year 2026, HDFC Life's stock price tanked 29 per cent.

In the two sessions, post announcement of its Q1 results on Saturday (July 18), HDFC Bank shares have lost nearly 7 per cent. The sharp decline has erased around ₹80,000 crore from its market cap.

HDFC Bank reported a 5 per cent increase in standalone profit for the first quarter to ₹19,060 crore on a year-on-year basis. Total deposits increased 14.7 per cent Y-o-Y to ₹31.71 trillion

HDFC Bank and Axis Bank were down 5 per cent each, while Yes Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank from the Nifty Bank index were down 4 per cent each in intra-day deals on Monday.