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PSU

Public-sector companies across banks, energy, defence, rail, and infrastructure.

PSUAuto-built
Theme price path

PSU 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: Underperforming -8.4%
8388939810431 Oct 2025 | PSU 100.0 | Nifty 500 100.0 | In line 0.0% | breadth 53% | coverage 100%07 Nov 2025 | PSU 98.3 | Nifty 500 99.2 | Underperforming -0.9% | breadth 22% | coverage 100%14 Nov 2025 | PSU 98.3 | Nifty 500 100.5 | Underperforming -2.2% | breadth 42% | coverage 100%21 Nov 2025 | PSU 96.7 | Nifty 500 100.3 | Underperforming -3.6% | breadth 19% | coverage 100%28 Nov 2025 | PSU 96.5 | Nifty 500 100.9 | Underperforming -4.4% | breadth 44% | coverage 100%05 Dec 2025 | PSU 94.4 | Nifty 500 100.5 | Underperforming -6.1% | breadth 17% | coverage 100%12 Dec 2025 | PSU 93.9 | Nifty 500 100.1 | Underperforming -6.2% | breadth 44% | coverage 100%19 Dec 2025 | PSU 93.2 | Nifty 500 99.9 | Underperforming -6.7% | breadth 42% | coverage 100%26 Dec 2025 | PSU 97.4 | Nifty 500 100.3 | Underperforming -2.9% | breadth 78% | coverage 100%02 Jan 2026 | PSU 100.9 | Nifty 500 101.6 | Underperforming -0.7% | breadth 83% | coverage 100%09 Jan 2026 | PSU 96.4 | Nifty 500 99.0 | Underperforming -2.6% | breadth 17% | coverage 100%16 Jan 2026 | PSU 97.9 | Nifty 500 99.1 | Underperforming -1.2% | breadth 67% | coverage 100%23 Jan 2026 | PSU 93.9 | Nifty 500 95.8 | Underperforming -2.0% | breadth 6% | coverage 100%01 Feb 2026 | PSU 98.4 | Nifty 500 95.4 | Outperforming +3.1% | breadth 89% | coverage 100%06 Feb 2026 | PSU 96.6 | Nifty 500 98.8 | Underperforming -2.2% | breadth 31% | coverage 100%13 Feb 2026 | PSU 95.5 | Nifty 500 98.3 | Underperforming -2.8% | breadth 25% | coverage 100%20 Feb 2026 | PSU 96.8 | Nifty 500 98.7 | Underperforming -1.9% | breadth 67% | coverage 100%27 Feb 2026 | PSU 96.7 | Nifty 500 97.7 | Underperforming -1.0% | breadth 50% | coverage 100%06 Mar 2026 | PSU 93.6 | Nifty 500 94.8 | Underperforming -1.3% | breadth 19% | coverage 100%13 Mar 2026 | PSU 89.9 | Nifty 500 90.2 | Underperforming -0.3% | breadth 17% | coverage 100%20 Mar 2026 | PSU 89.8 | Nifty 500 90.0 | Underperforming -0.2% | breadth 47% | coverage 100%27 Mar 2026 | PSU 86.6 | Nifty 500 88.7 | Underperforming -2.4% | breadth 8% | coverage 100%02 Apr 2026 | PSU 87.7 | Nifty 500 88.3 | Underperforming -0.7% | breadth 69% | coverage 100%10 Apr 2026 | PSU 94.1 | Nifty 500 94.2 | Underperforming -0.1% | breadth 86% | coverage 100%17 Apr 2026 | PSU 99.4 | Nifty 500 96.5 | Outperforming +3.0% | breadth 92% | coverage 100%24 Apr 2026 | PSU 99.0 | Nifty 500 95.2 | Outperforming +4.0% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%30 Apr 2026 | PSU 99.5 | Nifty 500 95.7 | Outperforming +4.0% | breadth 64% | coverage 100%08 May 2026 | PSU 100.8 | Nifty 500 97.5 | Outperforming +3.4% | breadth 64% | coverage 100%15 May 2026 | PSU 97.6 | Nifty 500 95.0 | Outperforming +2.7% | breadth 22% | coverage 100%22 May 2026 | PSU 96.5 | Nifty 500 95.5 | Outperforming +1.0% | breadth 22% | coverage 100%29 May 2026 | PSU 96.0 | Nifty 500 95.6 | Outperforming +0.4% | breadth 50% | coverage 100%05 Jun 2026 | PSU 95.8 | Nifty 500 94.8 | Outperforming +1.1% | breadth 39% | coverage 100%12 Jun 2026 | PSU 95.0 | Nifty 500 95.3 | Underperforming -0.3% | breadth 28% | coverage 100%19 Jun 2026 | PSU 97.7 | Nifty 500 97.7 | In line 0.0% | breadth 92% | coverage 100%26 Jun 2026 | PSU 95.4 | Nifty 500 97.5 | Underperforming -2.2% | breadth 11% | coverage 100%03 Jul 2026 | PSU 95.6 | Nifty 500 98.3 | Underperforming -2.7% | breadth 61% | coverage 100%10 Jul 2026 | PSU 94.5 | Nifty 500 98.5 | Underperforming -4.1% | breadth 25% | coverage 100%17 Jul 2026 | PSU 93.2 | Nifty 500 98.4 | Underperforming -5.3% | breadth 22% | coverage 100%24 Jul 2026 | PSU 92.7 | Nifty 500 96.7 | Underperforming -4.1% | breadth 36% | coverage 100%31 Jul 2026 | PSU 93.4 | Nifty 500 98.9 | Underperforming -5.6% | breadth 64% | coverage 100%07 Aug 2026 | PSU 94.8 | Nifty 500 100.0 | Underperforming -5.2% | breadth 61% | coverage 100%14 Aug 2026 | PSU 94.0 | Nifty 500 99.5 | Underperforming -5.5% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%21 Aug 2026 | PSU 93.1 | Nifty 500 99.1 | Underperforming -6.1% | breadth 19% | coverage 100%28 Aug 2026 | PSU 92.8 | Nifty 500 99.2 | Underperforming -6.5% | breadth 36% | coverage 100%04 Sept 2026 | PSU 92.4 | Nifty 500 98.1 | Underperforming -5.8% | breadth 42% | coverage 100%11 Sept 2026 | PSU 90.3 | Nifty 500 96.4 | Underperforming -6.3% | breadth 22% | coverage 100%18 Sept 2026 | PSU 89.4 | Nifty 500 96.3 | Underperforming -7.2% | breadth 36% | coverage 100%25 Sept 2026 | PSU 88.8 | Nifty 500 95.3 | Underperforming -6.8% | breadth 42% | coverage 100%01 Oct 2026 | PSU 85.2 | Nifty 500 92.2 | Underperforming -7.6% | breadth 8% | coverage 100%09 Oct 2026 | PSU 84.5 | Nifty 500 92.2 | Underperforming -8.4% | breadth 44% | coverage 100%16 Oct 2026 | PSU 85.9 | Nifty 500 93.9 | Underperforming -8.5% | breadth 75% | coverage 100%19 Oct 2026 | PSU 85.2 | Nifty 500 93.0 | Underperforming -8.4% | breadth 25% | coverage 100%Underperforming -8.4%31 Oct 202524 Apr 202619 Oct 2026
Theme return
-14.8%
Nifty 500
-7.0%
Vs Nifty 500
-8.4%
Latest coverage
36/36
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.

Build portfolio from this theme
Theme
44
Stretched
Quality
39
Valuation
48
Momentum
50
Positive MoS
53%
P/E 40.2 · ROCE 13%
Curated research view

PSU

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.

70/100
Theme score
Selective
Investability
47.1
Live avg U
-1673.8%
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.

13/13 live eligible

Investment thesis

PSUs benefit from capex, energy security, defence, banking improvement, and dividend yields. The best candidates combine policy tailwinds with RoE discipline and capital allocation improvement.

1-2 year outlook: Positive with caution. Focus on high-RoE, cash-generating PSUs rather than broad PSU exposure.
Recommended allocation: 8-12%.

Key triggers

  • Government capex
  • Defence and power orders
  • PSU bank profitability
  • Energy security projects

Major risks

  • Policy intervention
  • Bureaucratic execution
  • Commodity exposure
  • Valuation rerating already priced in
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 PSU basket from tagged stocks. It is broad by design, so the scorecard helps identify where quality and valuation are still aligned.

  • ▸Policy and capex linkages
  • ▸Dividend and asset-backed value pockets
  • ▸Governance and cyclicality differ widely

Top picks · ranked by U-Score within this cohort

Full cohort

CANBKLarge
Canara Bank
Financial Services
UNDERVALUED

Auto-included from the PSU tag. Use the scorecard and metrics to decide whether it fits your thesis.

MoS: +78.7%Piotroski: 5/9ROCE: 7%P/E: 5.6D/E: 0.10
72
U-Score
₹122.00
Open →
BANKBARODALarge
Bank of Baroda
Financial Services
UNDERVALUED

Auto-included from the PSU tag. Use the scorecard and metrics to decide whether it fits your thesis.

MoS: +73.4%Piotroski: 5/9ROCE: 6%P/E: 5.4D/E: 0.10
70
U-Score
₹238.20
Open →
NTPCLarge
NTPC Limited
Power
UNDERVALUED

Auto-included from the PSU tag. Use the scorecard and metrics to decide whether it fits your thesis.

MoS: +58.7%Piotroski: 7/9ROCE: 9%P/E: 11.0D/E: 1.33
67
U-Score
₹309.00
Open →
RAILTELLarge
Railtel Corporation Of India Limited
Telecom
UNDERVALUED

Auto-included from the PSU tag. Use the scorecard and metrics to decide whether it fits your thesis.

MoS: +44.9%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 23%P/E: 21.7D/E: 0.03
67
U-Score
₹250.50
Open →
MAHABANKLarge
Bank of Maharashtra
Financial Services
UNDERVALUED

Auto-included from the PSU tag. Use the scorecard and metrics to decide whether it fits your thesis.

MoS: +67.6%Piotroski: 4/9ROCE: 6%P/E: 8.5D/E: 0.10
64
U-Score
₹80.96
Open →
UNIONBANKLarge
Union Bank of India
Financial Services
UNDERVALUED

Auto-included from the PSU tag. Use the scorecard and metrics to decide whether it fits your thesis.

MoS: +75.1%Piotroski: 4/9ROCE: 6%P/E: 6.4D/E: 0.06
63
U-Score
₹171.68
Open →
MAZDOCKLarge
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited
Industrials
UNDERVALUED

Auto-included from the PSU tag. Use the scorecard and metrics to decide whether it fits your thesis.

MoS: +26.3%Piotroski: 6/9ROCE: 36%P/E: 30.0D/E: 0.05
63
U-Score
₹2052.00
Open →
SBINLarge
State Bank of India
Financial Services
UNDERVALUED

Auto-included from the PSU tag. Use the scorecard and metrics to decide whether it fits your thesis.

MoS: +59.1%Piotroski: 5/9ROCE: 6%P/E: 10.5D/E: 0.13
62
U-Score
₹973.70
Open →
OILMid
Oil India Limited
Energy
UNDERVALUED

Auto-included from the PSU tag. Use the scorecard and metrics to decide whether it fits your thesis.

MoS: +57.8%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 12%P/E: 8.7D/E: 0.65
61
U-Score
₹445.00
Open →
RECLTDLarge
REC Limited
Financial Services
UNDERVALUED

Auto-included from the PSU tag. Use the scorecard and metrics to decide whether it fits your thesis.

MoS: +80.5%Piotroski: 4/9ROCE: 10%P/E: 5.1D/E: 6.10
60
U-Score
₹302.35
Open →
UCOBANKLarge
UCO Bank
Financial Services
FAIR VALUE

Auto-included from the PSU tag. Use the scorecard and metrics to decide whether it fits your thesis.

MoS: +67.6%Piotroski: 7/9ROCE: 6%P/E: 10.0D/E: 0.09
57
U-Score
₹23.61
Open →
BELLarge
Bharat Electronics Limited
Industrials
FAIR VALUE

Auto-included from the PSU tag. Use the scorecard and metrics to decide whether it fits your thesis.

MoS: -14.3%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 36%P/E: 45.4D/E: 0.00
57
U-Score
₹377.20
Open →
HALLarge
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Industrials
FAIR VALUE

Auto-included from the PSU tag. Use the scorecard and metrics to decide whether it fits your thesis.

MoS: +9.5%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 32%P/E: 35.8D/E: 0.00
54
U-Score
₹4959.00
Open →
PSBSmall
Punjab & Sind Bank
Financial Services
FAIR VALUE

Auto-included from the PSU tag. Use the scorecard and metrics to decide whether it fits your thesis.

MoS: +60.5%Piotroski: 4/9ROCE: 6%P/E: 10.1D/E: 0.12
53
U-Score
₹21.27
Open →
NLCINDIALarge
NLC India Limited
Power
FAIR VALUE

Auto-included from the PSU tag. Use the scorecard and metrics to decide whether it fits your thesis.

MoS: +59.5%Piotroski: 7/9ROCE: 8%P/E: 11.1D/E: 1.30
52
U-Score
₹244.35
Open →
SOUTHBANKMicro
The South Indian Bank Limited
Financial Services
FAIR VALUE

Auto-included from the PSU tag. Use the scorecard and metrics to decide whether it fits your thesis.

MoS: +63.1%Piotroski: 5/9ROCE: 6%P/E: 8.6D/E: 0.03
51
U-Score
₹54.26
Open →
GAILLarge
GAIL (India) Limited
Energy
FAIR VALUE

Auto-included from the PSU tag. Use the scorecard and metrics to decide whether it fits your thesis.

MoS: -1.9%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 10%P/E: 11.1D/E: 0.28
46
U-Score
₹167.30
Open →
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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.