HDFC Bank (HDFCBK) has consistently grown its market share in loans and deposits across credit cycles, and has emerged as the best-managed bank in India with robust profitability/growth metrics. Increasing granularity of the balance sheet, a focus on fee income growth, an improvement in operating leverage aided by digital initiatives, and controlled credit costs backed by strong underwriting have enabled the bank to outperform most peers. We expect the bank to maintain its growth momentum (regardless of its systemic size) and further gain market share across business segments. This, coupled with steady revenue growth, a continued improvement in operating leverage and moderation in credit cost, will help accelerate earnings growth (24% CAGR over FY18-20E).