HDFC Bank Share Price Today Falls Ahead Of Q1 Result | Should You Buy, Sell or Hold?

HDFC Bank Share Price Today: Shares of HDFC Bank Limited opened lower on Monday, July 13, after seeing strong gains in the past five trading sessions. The weakness in the bank stock today came days ahead of the HDFC Q1 result announcement. The private lender is set to announce its first-quarter results for the financial year 2026-27 on Saturday, July 18.

HDFC Bank share price today opened lower and was trading 1.44% lower at Rs 812.4 per share on BSE with a market capitalisation of Rs 12,49,047.66 crore at 9:28 am on Monday, July 13. The stock had touched an intraday high mark of Rs 817.70 per share and an intraday low mark of Rs 811.90 per share.

HDFC Bank MD Comments On Atanu Chakraborty's Abrupt Exit

The weakness in HDFC Bank share price today also came days after fresh comments from HDFC Bank Managing Director and CEO Shashidhar Jagdishan on former chairman Atanu Chakraborty's abrupt exit. In the annual report of the bank, Jagdishan called Atanu Chakraborty's exit as a "challenging event" for the company.

"Towards the end of the Financial Year 2025- 26, the bank faced a challenging event with the resignation of Atanu Chakraborty, part-time chairman and independent director of the bank, on March 18, 2026," stated Jagdishan.

HDFC Bank Q1 Result: What To Expect?

HDFC Bank's net interest margins (NIMs) are likely to remain flat on a sequential basis, as per the Motilal Oswal report. The brokerage expects a 2 basis point decline in HDFC Bank NIMs every quarter amid interest reversals on seasonal agri stress. However, there will be an annual improvement in loans seen to 15.4%, highlighted Mirae Asset Sharekhan in its report.

The private lending giant's loan growth is expected to be at 2.4% on a sequential basis and around 14.5% on a yearly basis. The loan growth is likely to be led by sectors like corporate, BB, agri, gold loans, etc. However, mortgage loan growth may lag, as per the Motilal Oswal report.

HDFC Bank To Raise Funds Through Private Placement

Apart from the buzz around HDFC Q1 results, the private lender's board approved a Rs 60,000 crore fund raise. The private lender received approval to raise funds through private placements of Additional Tier-1 (AT-1) bonds, Tier-II bonds and long-term infrastructure bonds.

HDFC Bank Share Price Target

Mirae Asset Sharekhan gave a 'Buy' rating for HDFC Bank with a target price of Rs 1025 per share for long-term. Motilal Oswal also gave a 'Buy' rating with a target price of Rs 1,100 per share for long-term.

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