It's time for investors to shake off the fear of bank stocks created by last year's deposit outflows and regional bank failures, according to Oppenheimer.
Analyst Chris Kotowski said in a report to clients on Tuesday that bank stocks are "significantly undervalued," highlighting that the KBW Bank Index finished 2023 down 4.8% for the year, or 29 percentage points behind the S & P 500.
That gap is too large to justify even with the collapse of a few regional banks such as Silicon Valley Bank, Kotowski said.
The firm's top two bank stocks are Goldman Sachs and Jefferies , both of which can serve as a bet on a rebound in the capital markets business.
Kotowski also recommended several other large bank stocks, including Bank of America , JPMorgan Chase and U.S. Bancorp .
Persons:
Oppenheimer, Chris Kotowski, Kotowski, Goldman Sachs, David Solomon, Jefferies, Goldman, JPMorgan Chase, —, CNBC's Michael Bloom
Organizations:
KBW, Silicon Valley Bank, Jefferies, Goldman, LSEG, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, U.S . Bancorp, JPMorgan
Locations:
Silicon, LSEG