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Paints

Decorative paints, industrial coatings, and housing-linked demand.

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Theme price path

Paints vs Nifty 500

Weekly basket performance over the latest 52 observations. Green is ahead of Nifty 500; red is behind.

Through 19 Oct 2026
Coverage healthy
Theme aheadTheme behindNifty 500Base 100 at the first visible weekLatest: Outperforming +1.5%
70809010011131 Oct 2025 | Paints 100.0 | Nifty 500 100.0 | In line 0.0% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%07 Nov 2025 | Paints 99.3 | Nifty 500 99.2 | Outperforming +0.1% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%14 Nov 2025 | Paints 107.2 | Nifty 500 100.5 | Outperforming +6.7% | breadth 83% | coverage 100%21 Nov 2025 | Paints 104.9 | Nifty 500 100.3 | Outperforming +4.6% | breadth 17% | coverage 100%28 Nov 2025 | Paints 104.3 | Nifty 500 100.9 | Outperforming +3.4% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%05 Dec 2025 | Paints 101.4 | Nifty 500 100.5 | Outperforming +0.9% | breadth 17% | coverage 100%12 Dec 2025 | Paints 98.1 | Nifty 500 100.1 | Underperforming -2.0% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%19 Dec 2025 | Paints 96.5 | Nifty 500 99.9 | Underperforming -3.4% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%26 Dec 2025 | Paints 97.4 | Nifty 500 100.3 | Underperforming -2.9% | breadth 67% | coverage 100%02 Jan 2026 | Paints 103.5 | Nifty 500 101.6 | Outperforming +1.9% | breadth 83% | coverage 100%09 Jan 2026 | Paints 100.6 | Nifty 500 99.0 | Outperforming +1.6% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%16 Jan 2026 | Paints 101.7 | Nifty 500 99.1 | Outperforming +2.6% | breadth 67% | coverage 100%23 Jan 2026 | Paints 94.6 | Nifty 500 95.8 | Underperforming -1.3% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%01 Feb 2026 | Paints 92.3 | Nifty 500 95.4 | Underperforming -3.2% | breadth 50% | coverage 100%06 Feb 2026 | Paints 91.3 | Nifty 500 98.8 | Underperforming -7.6% | breadth 50% | coverage 100%13 Feb 2026 | Paints 89.1 | Nifty 500 98.3 | Underperforming -9.4% | breadth 17% | coverage 100%20 Feb 2026 | Paints 87.3 | Nifty 500 98.7 | Underperforming -11.6% | breadth 17% | coverage 100%27 Feb 2026 | Paints 86.8 | Nifty 500 97.7 | Underperforming -11.2% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%06 Mar 2026 | Paints 82.8 | Nifty 500 94.8 | Underperforming -12.7% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%13 Mar 2026 | Paints 77.3 | Nifty 500 90.2 | Underperforming -14.3% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%20 Mar 2026 | Paints 75.1 | Nifty 500 90.0 | Underperforming -16.6% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%27 Mar 2026 | Paints 73.4 | Nifty 500 88.7 | Underperforming -17.2% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%02 Apr 2026 | Paints 75.5 | Nifty 500 88.3 | Underperforming -14.5% | breadth 83% | coverage 100%10 Apr 2026 | Paints 82.2 | Nifty 500 94.2 | Underperforming -12.7% | breadth 100% | coverage 100%17 Apr 2026 | Paints 86.0 | Nifty 500 96.5 | Underperforming -10.9% | breadth 100% | coverage 100%24 Apr 2026 | Paints 84.3 | Nifty 500 95.2 | Underperforming -11.4% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%30 Apr 2026 | Paints 84.3 | Nifty 500 95.7 | Underperforming -11.9% | breadth 67% | coverage 100%08 May 2026 | Paints 91.0 | Nifty 500 97.5 | Underperforming -6.7% | breadth 83% | coverage 100%15 May 2026 | Paints 91.0 | Nifty 500 95.0 | Underperforming -4.2% | breadth 83% | coverage 100%22 May 2026 | Paints 89.7 | Nifty 500 95.5 | Underperforming -6.1% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%29 May 2026 | Paints 89.9 | Nifty 500 95.6 | Underperforming -6.0% | breadth 50% | coverage 100%05 Jun 2026 | Paints 88.6 | Nifty 500 94.8 | Underperforming -6.5% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%12 Jun 2026 | Paints 91.0 | Nifty 500 95.3 | Underperforming -4.5% | breadth 83% | coverage 100%19 Jun 2026 | Paints 92.5 | Nifty 500 97.7 | Underperforming -5.3% | breadth 50% | coverage 100%26 Jun 2026 | Paints 90.7 | Nifty 500 97.5 | Underperforming -7.0% | breadth 17% | coverage 100%03 Jul 2026 | Paints 91.3 | Nifty 500 98.3 | Underperforming -7.1% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%10 Jul 2026 | Paints 88.8 | Nifty 500 98.5 | Underperforming -9.8% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%17 Jul 2026 | Paints 88.2 | Nifty 500 98.4 | Underperforming -10.4% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%24 Jul 2026 | Paints 93.3 | Nifty 500 96.7 | Underperforming -3.5% | breadth 50% | coverage 100%31 Jul 2026 | Paints 96.4 | Nifty 500 98.9 | Underperforming -2.5% | breadth 83% | coverage 100%07 Aug 2026 | Paints 103.5 | Nifty 500 100.0 | Outperforming +3.5% | breadth 83% | coverage 100%14 Aug 2026 | Paints 104.1 | Nifty 500 99.5 | Outperforming +4.6% | breadth 50% | coverage 100%21 Aug 2026 | Paints 102.2 | Nifty 500 99.1 | Outperforming +3.1% | breadth 50% | coverage 100%28 Aug 2026 | Paints 99.1 | Nifty 500 99.2 | Underperforming -0.1% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%04 Sept 2026 | Paints 100.2 | Nifty 500 98.1 | Outperforming +2.1% | breadth 50% | coverage 100%11 Sept 2026 | Paints 96.7 | Nifty 500 96.4 | Outperforming +0.3% | breadth 17% | coverage 100%18 Sept 2026 | Paints 94.6 | Nifty 500 96.3 | Underperforming -1.8% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%25 Sept 2026 | Paints 94.0 | Nifty 500 95.3 | Underperforming -1.4% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%01 Oct 2026 | Paints 92.1 | Nifty 500 92.2 | Underperforming -0.1% | breadth 17% | coverage 100%09 Oct 2026 | Paints 92.0 | Nifty 500 92.2 | Underperforming -0.2% | breadth 50% | coverage 100%16 Oct 2026 | Paints 94.5 | Nifty 500 93.9 | Outperforming +0.6% | breadth 83% | coverage 100%19 Oct 2026 | Paints 94.4 | Nifty 500 93.0 | Outperforming +1.5% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%Outperforming +1.5%31 Oct 202524 Apr 202619 Oct 2026
Theme return
-5.6%
Nifty 500
-7.0%
Vs Nifty 500
+1.5%
Latest coverage
6/6
How this plot is calculated

The theme line is green when its cumulative rebased performance is above Nifty 500 and red when it is below. The chart callout shows the latest relative performance as the theme level divided by the benchmark level, minus one.

The basket uses the theme's current reviewed companies. For each available week, we calculate every valid constituent's close-to-close return and give each company the same weight. If a weekly rollup is missing or lags the daily series, the final available daily close in that week is used.

For baskets with at least 10 valid stocks, the highest and lowest 5% of weekly returns are trimmed to reduce split, corporate-action, and single-stock distortions. Weekly basket returns are then compounded and rebased to 100 beside the Nifty 500.

Breadth is the share of valid constituents that rose that week. Coverage is the number with usable aligned prices divided by current membership. Weekly moves above 80% are excluded as likely data or corporate-action outliers.

Limitation: this is a current-membership historical reconstruction, not a point-in-time investable index. It can contain survivorship bias and excludes costs, liquidity impact, dividends, and rebalancing turnover.

Model note: Current-member weekly equal-weight returns (5% tails trimmed for baskets of 10+), compounded and rebased to 100 against Nifty 500; lagging weekly rollups are patched with the final available daily close, and rotation uses 13-week excess return with four-week acceleration.

Theme scorecard

Measures whether this idea is investable today by blending cohort quality, valuation cushion, and price momentum. It is a research filter, not advice.

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Theme
22
Stretched
Quality
7
Valuation
25
Momentum
50
Positive MoS
17%
P/E 35.6 · ROCE 15%
Curated research view

Paints

A focused investor view: high-conviction names first, then small/micro exposure only as controlled satellite risk. Live U-Score and MoS still come from the current database.

65/100
Theme score
Moderate
Investability
37.2
Live avg U
-276.0%
Live avg MoS

Curated company map

Names from the curated theme note. Solid chips are present in the live eligible cohort; dashed chips need membership review, ticker verification, or may be indirect/unlisted exposure.

6/7 live eligible

Investment thesis

Housing, repainting, premiumisation, organised share gains, and industrial coatings support paints, but competition and raw materials drive margins.

1-2 year outlook: Constructive for market leaders with distribution strength.
Recommended allocation: 4-7%.

Key triggers

  • Real estate recovery
  • Rural demand
  • Premium products
  • Industrial coatings growth

Major risks

  • Crude derivative inflation
  • Aggressive new capacity
  • High valuations
  • Slow rural demand
Small, micro, and SME names should be opt-in exposure. Suggested filters: U-Score above 65, positive MoS, Piotroski 7+, debt/equity below 0.8, promoter pledge below 10%, and enough traded value to exit without slippage.

Thesis

A data-generated Paints basket from tagged stocks. It is a branded consumption theme with raw-material and competition risk.

  • ▸Housing recovery
  • ▸Premiumisation
  • ▸Crude derivative costs

Top picks · ranked by U-Score within this cohort

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The rationale above is editorial — the ranking uses our U-Score engine so the names you see first are the strongest fundamentals fit, not the most popular or most-mentioned. Re-rank yourself if you weigh valuation or quality differently. All information is for study purposes only — consult your financial advisor before investing.