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Power

India's 500 GW build-out spans generation, grid, and manufacturing

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Theme price path

Power 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 +0.3%
80899710611531 Oct 2025 | Power 100.0 | Nifty 500 100.0 | In line 0.0% | breadth 48% | coverage 100%07 Nov 2025 | Power 96.9 | Nifty 500 99.2 | Underperforming -2.3% | breadth 14% | coverage 100%14 Nov 2025 | Power 97.8 | Nifty 500 100.5 | Underperforming -2.7% | breadth 62% | coverage 100%21 Nov 2025 | Power 95.4 | Nifty 500 100.3 | Underperforming -4.9% | breadth 24% | coverage 100%28 Nov 2025 | Power 95.1 | Nifty 500 100.9 | Underperforming -5.7% | breadth 38% | coverage 100%05 Dec 2025 | Power 92.4 | Nifty 500 100.5 | Underperforming -8.1% | breadth 14% | coverage 100%12 Dec 2025 | Power 92.8 | Nifty 500 100.1 | Underperforming -7.3% | breadth 67% | coverage 100%19 Dec 2025 | Power 91.9 | Nifty 500 99.9 | Underperforming -8.0% | breadth 19% | coverage 100%26 Dec 2025 | Power 92.3 | Nifty 500 100.3 | Underperforming -8.0% | breadth 57% | coverage 100%02 Jan 2026 | Power 94.3 | Nifty 500 101.6 | Underperforming -7.2% | breadth 81% | coverage 100%09 Jan 2026 | Power 88.1 | Nifty 500 99.0 | Underperforming -11.0% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%16 Jan 2026 | Power 87.3 | Nifty 500 99.1 | Underperforming -11.9% | breadth 48% | coverage 100%23 Jan 2026 | Power 82.9 | Nifty 500 95.8 | Underperforming -13.5% | breadth 10% | coverage 100%01 Feb 2026 | Power 87.7 | Nifty 500 95.4 | Underperforming -8.1% | breadth 86% | coverage 100%06 Feb 2026 | Power 92.6 | Nifty 500 98.8 | Underperforming -6.3% | breadth 81% | coverage 100%13 Feb 2026 | Power 91.8 | Nifty 500 98.3 | Underperforming -6.6% | breadth 38% | coverage 100%20 Feb 2026 | Power 93.1 | Nifty 500 98.7 | Underperforming -5.7% | breadth 76% | coverage 100%27 Feb 2026 | Power 93.4 | Nifty 500 97.7 | Underperforming -4.4% | breadth 48% | coverage 100%06 Mar 2026 | Power 90.2 | Nifty 500 94.8 | Underperforming -4.9% | breadth 14% | coverage 100%13 Mar 2026 | Power 91.1 | Nifty 500 90.2 | Outperforming +1.0% | breadth 62% | coverage 100%20 Mar 2026 | Power 92.5 | Nifty 500 90.0 | Outperforming +2.8% | breadth 57% | coverage 100%27 Mar 2026 | Power 90.3 | Nifty 500 88.7 | Outperforming +1.8% | breadth 19% | coverage 100%02 Apr 2026 | Power 90.7 | Nifty 500 88.3 | Outperforming +2.7% | breadth 52% | coverage 100%10 Apr 2026 | Power 99.0 | Nifty 500 94.2 | Outperforming +5.1% | breadth 91% | coverage 100%17 Apr 2026 | Power 105.8 | Nifty 500 96.5 | Outperforming +9.6% | breadth 100% | coverage 100%24 Apr 2026 | Power 109.0 | Nifty 500 95.2 | Outperforming +14.5% | breadth 76% | coverage 100%30 Apr 2026 | Power 109.7 | Nifty 500 95.7 | Outperforming +14.6% | breadth 57% | coverage 100%08 May 2026 | Power 111.3 | Nifty 500 97.5 | Outperforming +14.2% | breadth 62% | coverage 100%15 May 2026 | Power 106.1 | Nifty 500 95.0 | Outperforming +11.7% | breadth 10% | coverage 100%22 May 2026 | Power 106.9 | Nifty 500 95.5 | Outperforming +11.9% | breadth 52% | coverage 100%29 May 2026 | Power 110.9 | Nifty 500 95.6 | Outperforming +16.0% | breadth 71% | coverage 100%05 Jun 2026 | Power 109.7 | Nifty 500 94.8 | Outperforming +15.7% | breadth 29% | coverage 100%12 Jun 2026 | Power 107.2 | Nifty 500 95.3 | Outperforming +12.5% | breadth 24% | coverage 100%19 Jun 2026 | Power 111.7 | Nifty 500 97.7 | Outperforming +14.3% | breadth 95% | coverage 100%26 Jun 2026 | Power 109.7 | Nifty 500 97.5 | Outperforming +12.5% | breadth 19% | coverage 100%03 Jul 2026 | Power 107.9 | Nifty 500 98.3 | Outperforming +9.8% | breadth 29% | coverage 100%10 Jul 2026 | Power 107.8 | Nifty 500 98.5 | Outperforming +9.4% | breadth 38% | coverage 100%17 Jul 2026 | Power 106.4 | Nifty 500 98.4 | Outperforming +8.1% | breadth 24% | coverage 100%24 Jul 2026 | Power 105.2 | Nifty 500 96.7 | Outperforming +8.8% | breadth 38% | coverage 100%31 Jul 2026 | Power 104.6 | Nifty 500 98.9 | Outperforming +5.8% | breadth 43% | coverage 100%07 Aug 2026 | Power 105.2 | Nifty 500 100.0 | Outperforming +5.2% | breadth 52% | coverage 100%14 Aug 2026 | Power 104.6 | Nifty 500 99.5 | Outperforming +5.1% | breadth 38% | coverage 100%21 Aug 2026 | Power 103.3 | Nifty 500 99.1 | Outperforming +4.2% | breadth 24% | coverage 100%28 Aug 2026 | Power 102.0 | Nifty 500 99.2 | Outperforming +2.8% | breadth 29% | coverage 100%04 Sept 2026 | Power 101.2 | Nifty 500 98.1 | Outperforming +3.2% | breadth 29% | coverage 100%11 Sept 2026 | Power 100.5 | Nifty 500 96.4 | Outperforming +4.3% | breadth 29% | coverage 100%18 Sept 2026 | Power 100.2 | Nifty 500 96.3 | Outperforming +4.0% | breadth 43% | coverage 100%25 Sept 2026 | Power 97.9 | Nifty 500 95.3 | Outperforming +2.7% | breadth 10% | coverage 100%01 Oct 2026 | Power 94.8 | Nifty 500 92.2 | Outperforming +2.8% | breadth 5% | coverage 100%09 Oct 2026 | Power 93.1 | Nifty 500 92.2 | Outperforming +1.0% | breadth 24% | coverage 100%16 Oct 2026 | Power 94.5 | Nifty 500 93.9 | Outperforming +0.6% | breadth 71% | coverage 100%19 Oct 2026 | Power 93.3 | Nifty 500 93.0 | Outperforming +0.3% | breadth 5% | coverage 100%Outperforming +0.3%31 Oct 202524 Apr 202619 Oct 2026
Theme return
-6.7%
Nifty 500
-7.0%
Vs Nifty 500
+0.3%
Latest coverage
21/21
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
35
Stretched
Quality
28
Valuation
36
Momentum
50
Positive MoS
33%
P/E 45.3 · ROCE 19%
Curated research view

Power Sector

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.

74/100
Theme score
Selective
Investability
43.6
Live avg U
-53.4%
Live avg MoS

Investment thesis

India is in a major power capacity addition cycle. Generation, transmission, renewable integration, grid equipment, and data-centre demand create a broad opportunity set. The investable edge is separating steady cash-generating utilities from leveraged or execution-heavy names.

1-2 year outlook: Constructive. Transmission and equipment companies should have steadier visibility, while renewable-linked generators offer higher growth with volatility.
Recommended allocation: 6-10% depending on risk appetite.

Key triggers

  • Transmission capex and green corridors
  • Thermal revival plus pumped-storage projects
  • Renewable integration orders
  • Data-centre power demand growth

Major risks

  • Regulatory uncertainty in PPAs
  • Coal and fuel availability
  • High leverage in some generators
  • Long project gestation cycles
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

The Indian power sector is in a multi-year capex cycle driven by the 500 GW non-fossil capacity target for 2030. That single target cascades into distinct investable sub-themes — renewable generators taking market share, transmission utilities rebuilding the grid to handle intermittent supply, solar module makers reshoring a Chinese-dominated supply chain, thermal generators holding baseload until storage scales, and distribution utilities benefiting from efficiency reforms. Each sub-theme has a different driver and different risk profile — which is why they are broken out rather than lumped into one "Power" basket.

  • ▸500 GW non-fossil target by 2030 anchors 20-year demand
  • ▸Rs. 2.2 lakh crore+ of annual sector capex guided over next decade
  • ▸Sub-theme drivers diverge — pick the right one for the right thesis
  • ▸Strong oligopolies in transmission + distribution; fragmented in generation

Sub-themes · pick a specific angle

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

Full cohort

PREMIERENEMid
Premier Energies Limited
Industrials
UNDERVALUED

Integrated cell + module manufacturer with TOPCon technology

MoS: +37.7%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 33%P/E: 24.7D/E: 0.86
64
U-Score
₹899.00
Open →
POWERINDIAMid
Hitachi Energy India Limited
Industrials
FAIR VALUE

Hitachi Energy India — pure-play HVDC transformer leader, majority-owned by Hitachi Energy AG

MoS: -183.3%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 29%P/E: 108.0D/E: 0.02
58
U-Score
₹28730.00
Open →
SIEMENSLarge
Siemens Limited
Industrials
FAIR VALUE

Diversified but power T&D is the fastest-growing segment, benefits from parent's global HVDC backlog

MoS: -0.2%Piotroski: 6/9ROCE: 21%P/E: 89.2D/E: 0.02
49
U-Score
₹3623.00
Open →
ABBLarge
ABB India Limited
Industrials
FAIR VALUE

Power T&D division ~35% of revenue; benefits from parent ABB's grid automation tech

MoS: -25.9%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 30%P/E: 93.5D/E: 0.02
49
U-Score
₹6974.00
Open →
BORORENEWMicro
BOROSIL RENEWABLES LIMITED
Industrials
FAIR VALUE

Pure-play solar glass for modules — key upstream supplier

MoS: -126.0%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 25%P/E: 17.2D/E: 0.11
49
U-Score
₹421.95
Open →
KPILLarge
Kalpataru Projects International Limited
Infra
FAIR VALUE

Kalpataru Projects — transmission EPC across India + international

MoS: +31.1%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 18%P/E: 21.5D/E: 0.46
48
U-Score
₹1346.70
Open →
APARINDSLarge
Apar Industries Limited
Industrials
FAIR VALUE

Conductors + cables — indirect play, highest operating leverage to grid capex

MoS: -36.2%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 32%P/E: 55.7D/E: 0.18
48
U-Score
₹15737.00
Open →
ADANIPOWERLarge
Adani Power Limited
Power
WATCHLIST

Largest private thermal operator — ~15 GW coal capacity

MoS: -0.6%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 17%P/E: 26.5D/E: 0.84
45
U-Score
₹194.08
Open →
INOXWINDSmall
Inox Wind Limited
Industrials
WATCHLIST

Wind turbine OEM — tail-end of the RE-manufacturing theme

MoS: +17.0%Piotroski: 6/9ROCE: 11%P/E: 32.6D/E: 0.25
40
U-Score
₹64.89
Open →
POWERGRIDLarge
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited
Power
WATCHLIST

Controls ~85% of inter-state transmission network — regulated RoE

MoS: -49.6%Piotroski: 7/9ROCE: 9%P/E: 14.6D/E: 1.47
38
U-Score
₹250.35
Open →
TORNTPOWERLarge
Torrent Power Limited
Power
WATCHLIST

Dominant in Ahmedabad, Surat circles — 60%+ efficient ops

MoS: +16.2%Piotroski: 8/9ROCE: 14%P/E: 26.2D/E: 0.73
35
U-Score
₹1210.00
Open →
CESCSmall
CESC Limited
Power
WATCHLIST

Kolkata monopoly discom — stable regulated cash flows

MoS: -28.6%Piotroski: 6/9ROCE: 11%P/E: 11.4D/E: 1.73
35
U-Score
₹133.35
Open →
KECSmall
KEC International Limited
Infra
OVERVALUED

EPC contractor for transmission lines, thin margins but massive order book

MoS: -51.3%Piotroski: 4/9ROCE: 17%P/E: 15.2D/E: 0.87
29
U-Score
₹343.55
Open →
TATAPOWERLarge
Tata Power Company Limited
Power
OVERVALUED

Renewables >40% revenue; leading solar EPC + generation arm

MoS: -11.5%Piotroski: 6/9ROCE: 11%P/E: 28.6D/E: 1.93
26
U-Score
₹352.25
Open →
ADANIENSOLLarge
Adani Energy Solutions Limited
Power
OVERVALUED

Only meaningful private player in interstate/intra transmission at scale

MoS: -79.3%Piotroski: 6/9ROCE: 10%P/E: 57.1D/E: 1.93
24
U-Score
₹1364.90
Open →
JSWENERGYMid
JSW Energy Limited
Power
OVERVALUED

Diversified — hydro + solar + wind portfolio; 5+ GW clean energy

MoS: -66.3%Piotroski: 6/9ROCE: 8%P/E: 44.1D/E: 2.50
23
U-Score
₹482.20
Open →
ADANIGREENLarge
Adani Green Energy Limited
Power
OVERVALUED

Largest private renewable developer — 10+ GW solar/wind capacity

MoS: -358.2%Piotroski: 6/9ROCE: 7%P/E: 111.0D/E: 5.19
22
U-Score
₹1295.20
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.