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Defence Electronics & Avionics

Electronic content rising to 30-40% of platform value

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Theme price path

Defence Electronics & Avionics vs Nifty 500

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

Through 21 Oct 2026
Thin evidence
Theme aheadTheme behindNifty 500Base 100 at the first visible weekLatest: Outperforming +44.6%
809911913915831 Oct 2025 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 100.0 | Nifty 500 100.0 | In line 0.0% | breadth 25% | coverage 100%07 Nov 2025 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 97.4 | Nifty 500 99.2 | Underperforming -1.8% | breadth 25% | coverage 100%14 Nov 2025 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 103.0 | Nifty 500 100.5 | Outperforming +2.5% | breadth 75% | coverage 100%21 Nov 2025 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 100.1 | Nifty 500 100.3 | Underperforming -0.2% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%28 Nov 2025 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 97.4 | Nifty 500 100.9 | Underperforming -3.5% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%05 Dec 2025 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 94.7 | Nifty 500 100.5 | Underperforming -5.8% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%12 Dec 2025 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 89.9 | Nifty 500 100.1 | Underperforming -10.2% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%19 Dec 2025 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 89.9 | Nifty 500 99.9 | Underperforming -10.0% | breadth 75% | coverage 100%26 Dec 2025 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 95.9 | Nifty 500 100.3 | Underperforming -4.4% | breadth 100% | coverage 100%02 Jan 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 95.7 | Nifty 500 101.6 | Underperforming -5.8% | breadth 50% | coverage 100%09 Jan 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 95.2 | Nifty 500 99.0 | Underperforming -3.8% | breadth 75% | coverage 100%16 Jan 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 92.5 | Nifty 500 99.1 | Underperforming -6.7% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%23 Jan 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 86.4 | Nifty 500 95.8 | Underperforming -9.8% | breadth 25% | coverage 100%01 Feb 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 98.7 | Nifty 500 95.4 | Outperforming +3.5% | breadth 100% | coverage 100%06 Feb 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 94.2 | Nifty 500 98.8 | Underperforming -4.7% | breadth 25% | coverage 100%13 Feb 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 94.1 | Nifty 500 98.3 | Underperforming -4.3% | breadth 75% | coverage 100%20 Feb 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 96.2 | Nifty 500 98.7 | Underperforming -2.5% | breadth 75% | coverage 100%27 Feb 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 100.6 | Nifty 500 97.7 | Outperforming +3.0% | breadth 100% | coverage 100%06 Mar 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 104.1 | Nifty 500 94.8 | Outperforming +9.8% | breadth 75% | coverage 100%13 Mar 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 96.6 | Nifty 500 90.2 | Outperforming +7.1% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%20 Mar 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 93.6 | Nifty 500 90.0 | Outperforming +4.0% | breadth 25% | coverage 100%27 Mar 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 90.4 | Nifty 500 88.7 | Outperforming +1.9% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%02 Apr 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 93.5 | Nifty 500 88.3 | Outperforming +5.9% | breadth 75% | coverage 100%10 Apr 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 102.6 | Nifty 500 94.2 | Outperforming +8.9% | breadth 100% | coverage 100%17 Apr 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 112.4 | Nifty 500 96.5 | Outperforming +16.5% | breadth 100% | coverage 100%24 Apr 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 116.9 | Nifty 500 95.2 | Outperforming +22.8% | breadth 75% | coverage 100%30 Apr 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 117.4 | Nifty 500 95.7 | Outperforming +22.7% | breadth 75% | coverage 100%08 May 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 121.5 | Nifty 500 97.5 | Outperforming +24.6% | breadth 100% | coverage 100%15 May 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 114.8 | Nifty 500 95.0 | Outperforming +20.8% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%22 May 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 122.7 | Nifty 500 95.5 | Outperforming +28.5% | breadth 75% | coverage 100%29 May 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 133.4 | Nifty 500 95.6 | Outperforming +39.5% | breadth 75% | coverage 100%05 Jun 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 136.0 | Nifty 500 94.8 | Outperforming +43.5% | breadth 75% | coverage 100%12 Jun 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 138.2 | Nifty 500 95.3 | Outperforming +45.0% | breadth 50% | coverage 100%19 Jun 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 149.7 | Nifty 500 97.7 | Outperforming +53.2% | breadth 100% | coverage 100%26 Jun 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 142.2 | Nifty 500 97.5 | Outperforming +45.8% | breadth 25% | coverage 100%03 Jul 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 151.8 | Nifty 500 98.3 | Outperforming +54.4% | breadth 100% | coverage 100%10 Jul 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 145.8 | Nifty 500 98.5 | Outperforming +48.0% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%17 Jul 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 140.5 | Nifty 500 98.4 | Outperforming +42.8% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%24 Jul 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 146.0 | Nifty 500 96.7 | Outperforming +51.0% | breadth 50% | coverage 100%31 Jul 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 142.6 | Nifty 500 98.9 | Outperforming +44.2% | breadth 25% | coverage 100%07 Aug 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 145.5 | Nifty 500 100.0 | Outperforming +45.5% | breadth 75% | coverage 100%14 Aug 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 144.0 | Nifty 500 99.5 | Outperforming +44.7% | breadth 50% | coverage 100%21 Aug 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 144.9 | Nifty 500 99.1 | Outperforming +46.2% | breadth 50% | coverage 100%28 Aug 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 144.5 | Nifty 500 99.2 | Outperforming +45.7% | breadth 50% | coverage 100%04 Sept 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 144.2 | Nifty 500 98.1 | Outperforming +47.0% | breadth 50% | coverage 100%11 Sept 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 148.1 | Nifty 500 96.4 | Outperforming +53.6% | breadth 50% | coverage 100%18 Sept 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 139.0 | Nifty 500 96.3 | Outperforming +44.3% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%25 Sept 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 140.5 | Nifty 500 95.3 | Outperforming +47.4% | breadth 50% | coverage 100%01 Oct 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 138.1 | Nifty 500 92.2 | Outperforming +49.8% | breadth 25% | coverage 100%09 Oct 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 135.5 | Nifty 500 92.2 | Outperforming +47.0% | breadth 25% | coverage 100%16 Oct 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 139.2 | Nifty 500 93.9 | Outperforming +48.2% | breadth 50% | coverage 100%21 Oct 2026 | Defence Electronics & Avionics 133.2 | Nifty 500 92.1 | Outperforming +44.6% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%Outperforming +44.6%31 Oct 202524 Apr 202621 Oct 2026
Theme return
+33.2%
Nifty 500
-7.9%
Vs Nifty 500
+44.6%
Latest coverage
4/4

Fewer than five constituents have adequate aligned history, so treat this plot as preliminary evidence.

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
27
Stretched
Quality
33
Valuation
7
Momentum
51
Positive MoS
0%
P/E 82.2 · ROCE 23%
Curated research view

Semiconductor & Electronics Ecosystem

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.

64/100
Theme score
Selective
Investability
45.3
Live avg U
-105.7%
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.

1/9 live eligible
DIXONKAYNESAMBERHAVELLSBELPGELSYRMAAVALONOPTIEMUS

Investment thesis

China+1, PLI, mobile exports, EMS, components, and semiconductor/ATMP plans make electronics manufacturing a high-growth but valuation-sensitive theme.

1-2 year outlook: Strong for well-positioned EMS and design-led companies, but stock selection matters.
Recommended allocation: 5-8%.

Key triggers

  • Apple/Samsung ecosystem expansion
  • PLI incentives
  • Semiconductor and ATMP projects
  • Component localisation

Major risks

  • Import dependence
  • Thin EMS margins
  • Technology shifts
  • High valuations
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

Modern platforms are software-heavy: fighter jets and warships now spend 30-40% of project value on sensors, radars, communication, and EW systems. BEL is the Tier-1 integrator (de-facto monopoly), while Data Patterns and Astra Microwave have built high-IP niches in radars and RF/microwave components. Apollo Micro Systems plays a smaller but strategic role in on-board computers for missiles and aircraft.

  • ▸Electronic content rising to 30-40% of platform value
  • ▸BEL dominates Tier-1 integration; private Tier-2 margins expanding
  • ▸IP-led margins — software-heavy products rerate vs build-to-print
  • ▸Order books supported by multi-platform modernisation

Top picks · ranked by U-Score within this cohort

Full cohort

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.