Posted on May 10, 2024 by Shloka BadkarSBI, Asian Paints and more: Friday’s top brokerage calls SBI | Kotak Institutional Equities has maintained a ‘buy’ rating on SBI with a target of ₹950 per share. It says the stock is a top pick but it doesn’t see a sharp outperformance from current levels. SBI | Bernstein has maintained ‘market performance’ for SBI with a target of ₹780 per share. It sayys the lender reported a high return on assets and multiple surprises. BPCL | Citi has maintained a ‘buy’ rating on BPCL at a target of ₹760 per share. It says the company’s pre-tax profit was 20% below estimates. SRF | Morgan stanley has maintained an ‘overweight’ rating on SRF with a target of ₹2,555 per share. It says the company has pointed to a gradual improvement over the course of the present fiscal. Asian Paints | Citi has maintained a ‘sell’ rating on Asian Paints with a target of ₹2,600 per share. It says the company’s price cut of 2.4% in the fourth quarter, bundled with downtrading, led to revenue decline compared to the previous year.