# Morgan Stanley, HSBC and Bank of America converge on ICICI Bank pick 2026-08-06T07:19:32+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Morgan Stanley, HSBC and Bank of America are reported to have converged on six Indian stocks, ICICI Bank, Bajaj Finance, L&T, Titan, Hindalco and Lenskart, with ICICI Bank the only name common to all three brokerages' latest India strategy notes, NDTV Profit reported. HSBC named ICICI Bank its lead pick with a target price of Rs 1,700, citing earnings consistency and asset quality, while Morgan Stanley carries it on its Focus List within an overweight call on financials, and Bank of America lists it among 18 Key Buy names with a projected EPS CAGR of 11 percent through FY28. The three brokerages differ on the Sensex's broader direction, with Morgan Stanley betting on a cyclical turnaround, HSBC counting on returning foreign flows, and Bank of America flagging an 8 percent downside risk. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Agreement across three major brokerages on a single stock is a specific, checkable data point, but it sits alongside real disagreement among the same houses on where the broader market is headed, which the report itself states plainly. Brokerage research reflects each firm's own models and incentives rather than a guarantee of returns, so the convergence on ICICI Bank should be read as one input among several rather than a verdict. ICICI Bank's coming quarterly results will test the earnings consistency HSBC cited and the overweight and buy calls from Morgan Stanley and Bank of America. ## Coverage - www.ndtvprofit.com Tags: ICICI Bank Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/three-brokerages-one-buy-call-icici-bank-is-the-streets-unanimous-pick/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/three-brokerages-one-buy-call-icici-bank-is-the-streets-unanimous-pick/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.