Banking Stocks Surge: SBI Overtakes TCS In Market Capitalisation

SBI has overtaken TCS in market capitalisation, signalling a sharp PSU bank re-rating after strong Q3 numbers and upgraded FY loan-growth guidance.

What Is Driving The SBI Overtake

State Bank of India (SBI) has climbed past Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in market value to become India’s 4th most valuable listed company, powered by a strong PSU bank rally. Times of India reported the shift around February 11, 2026, as investors chased public-sector lenders after earnings upgrades and improving asset quality. 

Mint pegged SBI’s market cap at ₹10.9 lakh crore on February 11, 2026, while TCS’s valuation slipped. 

 The move is also being tracked as a sentiment marker: banking stocks are leading, while large-cap IT has seen comparatively softer flows in early 2026.

How SBI Moved Ahead Of TCS?

The market-cap switch was not a quiet shuffle. It came on the back of SBI’s post-results rally and record closes earlier in the week. Reuters reported that on February 9, 2026, SBI shares jumped 7.5% to close at a record ₹1,146, after the lender beat profit estimates and raised its full-year loan growth outlook to 13%–15% from 12%–14%.

A separate market snapshot of the February 11 close shows how the rankings flipped in hard numbers, not headlines.

Before the table, the key point: SBI’s value edged ahead as TCS’s market cap slipped, creating a clean crossover rather than a narrow intraday blip.
 

After the table, what this means for readers: the ranking change is being read as a bigger “sector rotation” signal, with PSU banks finding fresh buyers on earnings visibility and asset-quality comfort.

What Happened Before This Week?

The build-up started with SBI’s December-quarter earnings. Reuters, in its February 7, 2026 report, said SBI posted net profit of ₹210.28 billion for the quarter ended December 31, 2025, up 24.5% year-on-year, beating analyst expectations of ₹173.26 billion. It also reported 15.4% loan growth, net interest income up 9% to ₹451.9 billion, net interest margin at 3.12%, deposits up 9%, other income up 66% to ₹183.58 billion, and gross NPA improving to 1.57%.

Times of India also noted that SBI had overtaken ICICI Bank earlier in the same week, before surpassing TCS, reinforcing how quickly PSU banking stocks moved up the valuation ladder.

For corporate-credit context, LoansJagat reported on December 4, 2025 that SBI’s corporate loan growth expectations were backed by a sanctioned pipeline of ₹7 lakh crore. Market participants have used this as supporting background while tracking SBI’s loan growth trajectory through FY26. 

Similar comments on the pipeline were also reported by The Economic Times (PTI interview) dated November 30, 2025. 

Before the table, the takeaway is simple: earnings strength plus credit-growth visibility created the fuel for the February rally.
 

After the table, the pattern becomes clearer: investors rewarded a mix of profit beat, loan growth, and better asset quality, then extended the trade to the broader PSU banking pack. 

What Stakeholders Are Saying?

Reuters reported SBI’s management linked the upgraded growth outlook to demand from small businesses and retail borrowers, alongside improving asset quality.

Brokerages, tracked by Reuters on February 9, 2026, responded by lifting targets, with examples such as ₹1,225 (Emkay Global) and ₹1,265 (Citi), and Reuters also noted 33 analysts carried a “buy” rating. Market watchers quoted in Mint framed the move as a rotation towards banks on earnings momentum, while Moneycontrol flagged the same Q3 triggers and the asset-quality improvement as key drivers.

Conclusion

SBI overtaking TCS is being read as a clean PSU bank-led leadership shift, backed by reported earnings strength and improved asset quality.

The next cues will be whether SBI sustains growth guidance and whether IT heavyweight valuations stabilise as the market digests sector rotation.