Archive · 21 Aug 2026
OmniScience Report Favors PSU Banks for Medium-Term Alpha
OmniScience Capital thinks Indian banks may be a strong investment over the next few years.
It especially favors public-sector banks.
The firm says these banks have strong balance sheets and are growing quickly.
It also believes their share prices are lower than their underlying value.
Large private banks and mid-cap private banks are favored too.
Mid-cap private banks might rise in value sooner and provide larger returns.
The firm is more careful about hotels, IT and consumer-focused companies.
It says India could continue growing quickly, while future technology spending and earnings remain harder to predict.
OmniScience Capital identified Indian banking as the strongest medium-term equity-market opportunity, led by public-sector banks.
The firm remains overweight on PSU, large private and mid-cap private banks.
It cited strong balance sheets, double-digit asset and revenue growth, and valuations below intrinsic value.
OmniScience said mid-cap private banks could see valuations unlocked earlier and potentially deliver higher internal rates of return.
The firm remains cautious on consumer discretionary, hotels and IT because of valuation and earnings uncertainty.
- Who
- OmniScience Capital and its CEO and Chief Investment Strategist, Vikas Gupta.
- What
- The firm said Indian banking, especially public-sector banking, has the strongest medium-term potential to generate excess equity-market returns.
- When
- The report was discussed on Friday and covers the medium term and the current fiscal year.
- Where
- India’s equity market and domestic economy.
- Why
- OmniScience cited strong bank balance sheets, double-digit growth and valuations below intrinsic value, while citing valuation and earnings uncertainty in other sectors.
- Firm
- OmniScience Capital
- Preferred sector
- Banking, including public-sector, large private and mid-cap private banks
- Public-sector bank assessment
- The firm said PSU banks have some of their cleanest balance sheets in decades and trade at significant discounts to intrinsic value.
- Mid-cap private banks
- Their valuations could be unlocked earlier, potentially producing higher internal rates of return.
- Cautious sectors
- Consumer discretionary, hotels and IT
- Growth outlook
- Vikas Gupta said GDP growth above 7% is possible in the current fiscal year.
- Artificial intelligence view
- The firm said any potential AI bubble is more likely to be concentrated in US companies because Indian corporates are not deploying capital toward AI at comparable levels.
