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Defence & Marine Engineering

Atmanirbharta mandates reshoring 60-70% of defence capex

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Theme price path

Defence & Marine Engineering 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 +24.4%
789110311512731 Oct 2025 | Defence & Marine Engineering 100.0 | Nifty 500 100.0 | In line 0.0% | breadth 24% | coverage 81%07 Nov 2025 | Defence & Marine Engineering 96.5 | Nifty 500 99.2 | Underperforming -2.7% | breadth 14% | coverage 81%14 Nov 2025 | Defence & Marine Engineering 100.7 | Nifty 500 100.5 | Outperforming +0.2% | breadth 86% | coverage 81%21 Nov 2025 | Defence & Marine Engineering 98.3 | Nifty 500 100.3 | Underperforming -2.0% | breadth 14% | coverage 81%28 Nov 2025 | Defence & Marine Engineering 96.5 | Nifty 500 100.9 | Underperforming -4.4% | breadth 10% | coverage 81%05 Dec 2025 | Defence & Marine Engineering 92.9 | Nifty 500 100.5 | Underperforming -7.6% | breadth 5% | coverage 81%12 Dec 2025 | Defence & Marine Engineering 90.0 | Nifty 500 100.1 | Underperforming -10.1% | breadth 19% | coverage 81%19 Dec 2025 | Defence & Marine Engineering 88.9 | Nifty 500 99.9 | Underperforming -11.0% | breadth 32% | coverage 85%26 Dec 2025 | Defence & Marine Engineering 93.7 | Nifty 500 100.3 | Underperforming -6.6% | breadth 96% | coverage 85%02 Jan 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 92.7 | Nifty 500 101.6 | Underperforming -8.8% | breadth 32% | coverage 85%09 Jan 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 92.4 | Nifty 500 99.0 | Underperforming -6.7% | breadth 50% | coverage 85%16 Jan 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 90.6 | Nifty 500 99.1 | Underperforming -8.6% | breadth 9% | coverage 85%23 Jan 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 85.5 | Nifty 500 95.8 | Underperforming -10.8% | breadth 14% | coverage 85%01 Feb 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 95.6 | Nifty 500 95.4 | Outperforming +0.2% | breadth 96% | coverage 85%06 Feb 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 90.0 | Nifty 500 98.8 | Underperforming -8.9% | breadth 18% | coverage 85%13 Feb 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 90.8 | Nifty 500 98.3 | Underperforming -7.6% | breadth 50% | coverage 85%20 Feb 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 92.0 | Nifty 500 98.7 | Underperforming -6.8% | breadth 73% | coverage 85%27 Feb 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 91.5 | Nifty 500 97.7 | Underperforming -6.3% | breadth 36% | coverage 85%06 Mar 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 94.2 | Nifty 500 94.8 | Underperforming -0.6% | breadth 64% | coverage 85%13 Mar 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 87.8 | Nifty 500 90.2 | Underperforming -2.7% | breadth 5% | coverage 85%20 Mar 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 85.3 | Nifty 500 90.0 | Underperforming -5.2% | breadth 23% | coverage 85%27 Mar 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 82.5 | Nifty 500 88.7 | Underperforming -7.0% | breadth 22% | coverage 89%02 Apr 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 85.5 | Nifty 500 88.3 | Underperforming -3.2% | breadth 87% | coverage 89%10 Apr 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 94.2 | Nifty 500 94.2 | In line 0.0% | breadth 96% | coverage 89%17 Apr 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 101.8 | Nifty 500 96.5 | Outperforming +5.5% | breadth 87% | coverage 89%24 Apr 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 104.1 | Nifty 500 95.2 | Outperforming +9.3% | breadth 70% | coverage 89%30 Apr 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 106.9 | Nifty 500 95.7 | Outperforming +11.7% | breadth 71% | coverage 92%08 May 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 112.1 | Nifty 500 97.5 | Outperforming +15.0% | breadth 79% | coverage 92%15 May 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 105.4 | Nifty 500 95.0 | Outperforming +10.9% | breadth 17% | coverage 92%22 May 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 107.3 | Nifty 500 95.5 | Outperforming +12.4% | breadth 54% | coverage 92%29 May 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 109.9 | Nifty 500 95.6 | Outperforming +15.0% | breadth 54% | coverage 92%05 Jun 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 111.2 | Nifty 500 94.8 | Outperforming +17.3% | breadth 54% | coverage 92%12 Jun 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 111.7 | Nifty 500 95.3 | Outperforming +17.2% | breadth 38% | coverage 92%19 Jun 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 122.2 | Nifty 500 97.7 | Outperforming +25.1% | breadth 96% | coverage 92%26 Jun 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 117.1 | Nifty 500 97.5 | Outperforming +20.1% | breadth 8% | coverage 92%03 Jul 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 120.9 | Nifty 500 98.3 | Outperforming +23.0% | breadth 75% | coverage 92%10 Jul 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 120.4 | Nifty 500 98.5 | Outperforming +22.2% | breadth 42% | coverage 92%17 Jul 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 117.5 | Nifty 500 98.4 | Outperforming +19.4% | breadth 21% | coverage 92%24 Jul 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 118.1 | Nifty 500 96.7 | Outperforming +22.1% | breadth 46% | coverage 92%31 Jul 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 116.7 | Nifty 500 98.9 | Outperforming +18.0% | breadth 42% | coverage 92%07 Aug 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 121.5 | Nifty 500 100.0 | Outperforming +21.5% | breadth 71% | coverage 92%14 Aug 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 122.9 | Nifty 500 99.5 | Outperforming +23.5% | breadth 58% | coverage 92%21 Aug 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 123.0 | Nifty 500 99.1 | Outperforming +24.1% | breadth 38% | coverage 92%28 Aug 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 122.4 | Nifty 500 99.2 | Outperforming +23.4% | breadth 46% | coverage 92%04 Sept 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 120.9 | Nifty 500 98.1 | Outperforming +23.2% | breadth 25% | coverage 92%11 Sept 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 121.4 | Nifty 500 96.4 | Outperforming +25.9% | breadth 58% | coverage 92%18 Sept 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 117.1 | Nifty 500 96.3 | Outperforming +21.6% | breadth 17% | coverage 92%25 Sept 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 117.2 | Nifty 500 95.3 | Outperforming +23.0% | breadth 42% | coverage 92%01 Oct 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 116.8 | Nifty 500 92.2 | Outperforming +26.7% | breadth 38% | coverage 92%09 Oct 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 115.2 | Nifty 500 92.2 | Outperforming +24.9% | breadth 38% | coverage 92%16 Oct 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 117.3 | Nifty 500 93.9 | Outperforming +24.9% | breadth 67% | coverage 92%19 Oct 2026 | Defence & Marine Engineering 115.7 | Nifty 500 93.0 | Outperforming +24.4% | breadth 21% | coverage 92%Outperforming +24.4%31 Oct 202524 Apr 202619 Oct 2026
Theme return
+15.7%
Nifty 500
-7.0%
Vs Nifty 500
+24.4%
Latest coverage
24/26
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.

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Theme
29
Stretched
Quality
26
Valuation
20
Momentum
51
Positive MoS
19%
P/E 119.8 · ROCE 21%

Thesis

The Ministry of Defence has published multiple negative import lists covering 500+ systems, and the positive-indigenisation policy mandates that 60-70% of new capex value be sourced domestically. The structural effect: the listed DPSUs (HAL, BEL, BDL, the three shipyards) hold multi-year order books at historical peaks, while Tier-1 private suppliers (Data Patterns, Paras, Astra) and defence tech names (Zen, ideaForge) have emerged as high-margin IP-led plays. Within the cohort the sub-theme distinctions matter — shipbuilding is an order-book play, electronics is a margin / IP story, drones are a growth-at-a-price bet, missiles depend on government procurement cycles.

  • ▸Positive-indigenisation lists cover 500+ defence systems
  • ▸DPSU order books at historical peaks (HAL, BEL, BDL, shipyards)
  • ▸Tier-1 private suppliers gaining share — IP moats vs build-to-print
  • ▸Drones + electronics are the high-margin software-heavy sub-themes

Sub-themes · pick a specific angle

Top picks across the cohort · ranked by U-Score within all sub-themes

Full cohort

KRISHNADEFMicro
Krishna Defence And Allied Industries Limited
Consumer
FAIR VALUE

Naval engine components + specialised steel products

MoS: -18.9%Piotroski: 7/9ROCE: 31%P/E: 41.5D/E: 0.01
59
U-Score
₹1148.30
Open →
APSISAEROMicro
Apsis Aerocom Ltd.
Industrials
FAIR VALUE

Aerospace-grade structural components micro-cap

MoS: -142.2%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 32%P/E: 84.4D/E: 0.09
58
U-Score
₹592.95
Open →
BELLarge
Bharat Electronics Limited
Industrials
FAIR VALUE

Tier-1 integrator for all major radar, sonar, communication systems

MoS: -14.3%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 36%P/E: 45.4D/E: 0.00
57
U-Score
₹377.20
Open →
SOLARINDSLarge
Solar Industries India Limited
Chemicals
FAIR VALUE

Industrial explosives + loitering munitions (kamikaze drones)

MoS: -100.0%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 38%P/E: 91.2D/E: 0.24
56
U-Score
₹19803.00
Open →
HALLarge
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Industrials
FAIR VALUE

Sole domestic platform manufacturer — Tejas fighter + helicopters

MoS: +9.5%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 32%P/E: 35.8D/E: 0.00
54
U-Score
₹4959.00
Open →
C2CSME
C2C Advanced Systems Ltd.
Industrials
FAIR VALUE

Software-intensive systems for naval + security platforms

MoS: +61.2%Piotroski: 5/9ROCE: 14%P/E: 15.6D/E: 0.23
48
U-Score
₹164.85
Open →
DATAPATTNSSmall
Data Patterns (India) Limited
Industrials
FAIR VALUE

Pure-play in high-end electronic warfare + radar subsystems

MoS: -115.4%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 22%P/E: 83.9D/E: 0.00
46
U-Score
₹4051.80
Open →
PREMEXPLNSmall
Premier Explosives Limited
Industrials
FAIR VALUE

Solid propellants supplier for Indian missile programs

MoS: -183.0%Piotroski: 5/9ROCE: 23%P/E: 107.0D/E: 0.11
46
U-Score
₹692.85
Open →
ASTRAMICROMicro
Astra Microwave Products Limited
Industrials
WATCHLIST

Specialist in RF/microwave components for radars + satellites

MoS: -106.7%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 20%P/E: 84.1D/E: 0.22
43
U-Score
₹1617.20
Open →
ZENTECLarge
Zen Technologies Limited
Industrials
WATCHLIST

Dominant in drone simulators + anti-drone neutralisation systems

MoS: -107.5%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 16%P/E: 80.9D/E: 0.01
43
U-Score
₹1627.40
Open →
PARASMicro
Paras Defence and Space Technologies Limited
Industrials
WATCHLIST

High-end drone cameras + critical optronic payloads

MoS: -174.7%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 17%P/E: 112.0D/E: 0.04
42
U-Score
₹1265.10
Open →
FWSTCSME
Flywings Simulator Training Centre Ltd.
Services
WATCHLIST

Flight simulator training systems for pilot training cycles

MoS: +7.2%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 20%P/E: 24.8D/E: 0.16
41
U-Score
₹281.95
Open →
APOLLOMicro
Apollo Micro Systems Limited
Industrials
WATCHLIST

Avionics + on-board computers for missiles + aircraft

MoS: -215.3%Piotroski: 6/9ROCE: 15%P/E: 125.0D/E: 0.41
34
U-Score
₹423.80
Open →
AZADSmall
Azad Engineering Limited
Industrials
WATCHLIST

High-precision turbine blades for global aerospace engines

MoS: -217.5%Piotroski: 6/9ROCE: 12%P/E: 139.0D/E: 0.31
34
U-Score
₹2685.30
Open →
AVANTELSmall
Avantel Limited
Industrials
WATCHLIST

Satellite communication (SATCOM) + radio frequency systems

MoS: -503.3%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 10%P/E: 228.0D/E: 0.10
34
U-Score
₹151.74
Open →
BDLMid
Bharat Dynamics Limited
Industrials
WATCHLIST

Sole manufacturer of SAMs (Akash) + torpedoes

MoS: -145.3%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 14%P/E: 76.6D/E: 0.00
33
U-Score
₹1088.00
Open →
MTARTECHMicro
Mtar Technologies Limited
Industrials
WATCHLIST

ISRO rocket engine components + nuclear assemblies

MoS: -320.9%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 15%P/E: 175.0D/E: 0.46
32
U-Score
₹7178.00
Open →
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