On 6 Nov 2026, SBI Life Insurance Company was priced at ₹1,784.00, or 67.4× trailing earnings, and the shares are 16% below their 52-week high. Its ROE of 14% is the second-highest among the 7 largest Insurance (Life) peers, and net profit grew 13% a year over 3 years. For insurers, ROCE and debt-to-equity are not used; it trades at 8.72× book value and its dividend yield is 0.1%. It is a large-cap company with a market cap of ₹1.8 lakh crore, ranked 2nd of 9 Insurance (Life) companies by market cap; the shares fell 12% over the past year.
- ₹1,716.00
- ₹1,784.00
- ₹1,705.50
- ₹1,735.00
- 14.8 L
Health check
- ReturnsIn line
−12.0% over a year, better than 3 of 7 peers.
- Price tagPricier
P/B 8.72 vs peer median 4.35.
- GrowthSteady
Profit +12.8% a year over 3 years.
- ProfitabilityAverage
ROE 13.7% vs peer median 11.3%.
- Balance sheetThin
Return on assets 0.35%. Bad-loan data isn’t covered.
- Red flagsNone found
No warning signs in the headline numbers.
Large cap
Defensive
Key metrics
- Market cap
- ₹1.8L Cr
- Large cap
- P/E
- 67.4
- Industry 59.7
- Price to book
- 8.72
- Peers 4.35
- Dividend yield
- 0.15%
- ROE
- 13.7%
- Peers 11.3%
- ROCE
- n/m
- Not meaningful for lenders
- Debt to equity
- n/m
- Not meaningful for lenders
- EPS (TTM)
- ₹26.46
- Face value ₹10
- OPM (TTM)
- 2.2%
- Net margin 2.2%
- Sales growth
- n/m
- Not meaningful for lenders
- Profit growth
- +11.0%
- Latest quarter vs a year ago
- Price to sales
- 1.46
- EV/EBITDA 58.7
Strengths and risks
Strengths and risks
Nothing stands out either way in the headline numbers.
About SBI Life Insurance Company
SBI Life Insurance Company Limited operates as a life insurance company in India. The company's life insurance business comprises individual and group life insurance products, including participating, non-participating, pension, group gratuity, group leave encashment, group superannuation, group annuity, unit-linked and variable insurance products, health, and micro insurance. It also provides accident and disability benefits, level terms, and critical…
- Headquarters
- Mumbai
- Employees
- 27,653
- Sector
- Financial Services
- ISIN
- INE123W01016
- Website
- sbilife.co.in
Price range
- Avg volume (3M)
- 11.5 L
- 1-year return
- minus 12.0%
- From 52-week high
- minus 16.3%
Analyst consensus
Next results expected around 28 Jan 2027
Peers · Insurance - Life
| Company | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LICILife Insurance Corporation of India | 394.00 | minus 3.43% | 4,98,410 | 8.0 | 2.95 | 37.8% | 16.9% | 2.54% | minus 9.9% |
| SBILIFESBI Life Insurance Company | 1,784.00 | plus 2.82% | 1,79,008 | 67.4 | 8.72 | 13.7% | 12.8% | 0.15% | minus 12.0% |
| HDFCLIFEHDFC Life Insurance Company | 565.30 | plus 3.95% | 1,22,786 | 59.7 | 6.47 | 11.3% | 11.8% | 0.37% | minus 26.8% |
| ICICILIFEICICI Life Insurance | 438.90 | plus 2.63% | 63,695 | 36.2 | 4.35 | 12.9% | 25.5% | 0.38% | minus 29.6% |
| MFSLMax Financial Services | 1,284.40 | plus 0.86% | 44,327 | 239.2 | 7.70 | 3.4% | −39.5% | 0.00% | minus 20.0% |
| STARHEALTHStar Health and Allied Insurance Company | 564.75 | plus 4.13% | 33,230 | 31.6 | 3.18 | 9.5% | −3.4% | 0.00% | plus 11.0% |
| NIVABUPANiva Bupa Health Insurance Company | 76.08 | minus 0.89% | 14,080 | 26.5 | 3.67 | 12.1% | 118.4% | 0.00% | plus 0.5% |
| CANHLIFECanara HSBC Life Insurance Company | 122.05 | minus 1.79% | 11,545 | 86.6 | 7.08 | 8.4% | – | 0.33% | plus 4.9% |
| Median of 7 peers | – | 0.86% | 44,327 | 36.2 | 4.35 | 11.3% | 14.3% | 0.33% | −9.9% |
Quarterly results
| ₹ Cr | Jun 25 | Dec 25 | Mar 26 | Jun 26 | Sep 26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39,013 | 46,110 | 4,095 | 46,350 | 24,424 | |
| 38,402 | 45,513 | 3,279 | 45,604 | 23,871 | |
| 611 | 598 | 816 | 746 | 554 | |
| 1.6% | 1.3% | 19.9% | 1.6% | 2.3% | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 611 | 598 | 816 | 746 | 554 | |
| 2.7% | 3.5% | 1.4% | 2.8% | 0.8% | |
| 594 | 577 | 805 | 725 | 549 | |
| 5.93 | 5.75 | 8.02 | 7.22 | 5.47 |
Profit & loss
- Profit CAGR 3Y
- +12.8%
- EPS CAGR 3Y
- +12.7%
- ROE
- 13.7%
| ₹ Cr | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80,639 | 1,30,926 | 1,15,412 | 1,10,478 | |
| – | +62.4% | minus 11.8% | minus 4.3% | |
| 78,813 | 1,28,907 | 1,12,929 | 1,07,825 | |
| 1,826 | 2,018 | 2,484 | 2,653 | |
| 2.3% | 1.5% | 2.2% | 2.4% | |
| 24.8 | 9.1 | 106 | 11.2 | |
| 24.8 | 9.1 | 11.4 | 11.2 | |
| 67.8 | 76.2 | 83.8 | 115 | |
| 1,758 | 1,942 | 2,495 | 2,537 | |
| 2.2% | 2.5% | 3.3% | 2.6% | |
| 1,721 | 1,894 | 2,413 | 2,470 | |
| – | +10.1% | +27.4% | +2.4% | |
| 17.18 | 18.90 | 24.07 | 24.62 |
Forecast
Balance sheet
| ₹ Cr | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,001 | 1,001 | 1,002 | 1,003 | |
| 12,017 | 13,907 | 15,983 | 18,083 | |
| 3,01,582 | 3,83,369 | 4,40,110 | 4,80,960 | |
| 3,14,599 | 3,98,277 | 4,57,095 | 5,00,046 | |
| 508 | 547 | 576 | 649 | |
| 1.1 | 5.7 | 10 | 41 | |
| 1,13,015 | 1,41,106 | 1,65,701 | 1,90,721 | |
| 2,343 | 4,831 | 1,956 | 3,740 | |
| 1,98,731 | 2,51,788 | 2,88,852 | 3,04,895 | |
| 3,14,599 | 3,98,277 | 4,57,095 | 5,00,046 |
Cash flow
| ₹ Cr | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| −30,203 | −31,221 | −21,789 | −35,318 | |
| −415 | −227 | −215 | −179 | |
| −1,962 | −2,327 | 3,543 | −974 | |
| −63.2 | −114 | −106 | −185 | |
| 28,593 | 29,007 | 25,440 | 34,338 | |
| −450 | −270 | −271 | −271 |
Shareholding pattern
NSE hasn’t returned a shareholding pattern for this company. Institutions hold about 30.9% (Yahoo estimate).
Major shareholders
Filings & events
News
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