IDFC First Bank Limited DCF Valuation
IDFCFIRSTB · Financial Services · Current price ₹78.08
IDFC First Bank Limited cash-flow valuation
Our residual income (excess return on book) values IDFC First Bank Limited at ₹46 per share. Book value plus the present value of returns earned above the 10.6% cost of equity. It carries 70% of the weight in our published estimate of ₹54. A discounted cash flow is only as good as the cash-flow path it assumes, so the assumptions behind it are listed in full below.
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How we got this fair value
Every number below is part of the same estimate for IDFC First Bank Limited. Nothing here is a target price or a forecast of where the share price will go.
Workable, with real gaps. Weigh it alongside your own view rather than on its own.
Estimate range ₹46 – ₹72
Why this method for this business
Residual income and relative P/B are the most appropriate models for a private sector bank, as they focus on book value and relative valuation to peers, which are critical for assessing capital efficiency and earnings power.
The models behind the number
Each method is weighted by how well its inputs held up for this company.
Book value plus the present value of returns earned above the 10.6% cost of equity
- justified_pb is rejected due to its low implied value relative to current price
- DCF is not used as it is not suitable for banks where debt is a core component
What was missing
- Lack of detailed peer P/B data for precise relative valuation
- Limited forward EBITDA estimates for more accurate modeling
What drives it
8 inputs, grouped by how strong each claim is
- ROE (normalized)
- 4.3%
- Book value / share
- 54.7 ₹
- Peer-median P/B
- 1.32×
- Peers used
- 7
- Book value / share
- 54.66 ₹/share
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reported
peer-median
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- Cost of equity
- 10.6%
building-block
- Moat
- None
- Excess-return horizon
- 3 yrs
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Who computed this
A language model (qwen3:8b) selects the valuation method and the judgement inputs for IDFC First Bank Limited: which models suit the business, the moat, the growth and margin assumptions. It does not produce the number. The fair value itself is computed in Python by a deterministic engine (version 2026.08.1) from those inputs, so the same inputs always give the same result and every figure above can be traced to a source.
Estimated 14 Sept 2026. Re-run as new financials and news arrive.
How we value stocks
We estimate what a business is worth from its own economics: cash flows, returns on capital, and a multiple justified by its quality, rather than from where the share price has been. A fair value estimate is a view, not a verdict, and it is only as good as the inputs listed above.
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