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Solar Module Manufacturing

ALMM + Rs. 24,000 cr PLI reshoring the solar supply chain

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Theme price path

Solar Module Manufacturing 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: Underperforming -20.6%
6877869510531 Oct 2025 | Solar Module Manufacturing 100.0 | Nifty 500 100.0 | In line 0.0% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%07 Nov 2025 | Solar Module Manufacturing 97.3 | Nifty 500 99.2 | Underperforming -1.9% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%14 Nov 2025 | Solar Module Manufacturing 97.1 | Nifty 500 100.5 | Underperforming -3.4% | breadth 67% | coverage 100%21 Nov 2025 | Solar Module Manufacturing 91.9 | Nifty 500 100.3 | Underperforming -8.4% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%28 Nov 2025 | Solar Module Manufacturing 90.9 | Nifty 500 100.9 | Underperforming -9.9% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%05 Dec 2025 | Solar Module Manufacturing 84.1 | Nifty 500 100.5 | Underperforming -16.3% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%12 Dec 2025 | Solar Module Manufacturing 85.4 | Nifty 500 100.1 | Underperforming -14.7% | breadth 67% | coverage 100%19 Dec 2025 | Solar Module Manufacturing 85.4 | Nifty 500 99.9 | Underperforming -14.5% | breadth 67% | coverage 100%26 Dec 2025 | Solar Module Manufacturing 84.9 | Nifty 500 100.3 | Underperforming -15.4% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%02 Jan 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 82.2 | Nifty 500 101.6 | Underperforming -19.1% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%09 Jan 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 72.5 | Nifty 500 99.0 | Underperforming -26.8% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%16 Jan 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 75.4 | Nifty 500 99.1 | Underperforming -23.9% | breadth 100% | coverage 100%23 Jan 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 72.2 | Nifty 500 95.8 | Underperforming -24.6% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%01 Feb 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 74.8 | Nifty 500 95.4 | Underperforming -21.6% | breadth 67% | coverage 100%06 Feb 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 80.2 | Nifty 500 98.8 | Underperforming -18.8% | breadth 100% | coverage 100%13 Feb 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 79.0 | Nifty 500 98.3 | Underperforming -19.6% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%20 Feb 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 76.8 | Nifty 500 98.7 | Underperforming -22.2% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%27 Feb 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 72.6 | Nifty 500 97.7 | Underperforming -25.7% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%06 Mar 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 70.6 | Nifty 500 94.8 | Underperforming -25.5% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%13 Mar 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 71.8 | Nifty 500 90.2 | Underperforming -20.4% | breadth 67% | coverage 100%20 Mar 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 79.0 | Nifty 500 90.0 | Underperforming -12.2% | breadth 100% | coverage 100%27 Mar 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 77.1 | Nifty 500 88.7 | Underperforming -13.1% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%02 Apr 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 79.5 | Nifty 500 88.3 | Underperforming -10.0% | breadth 67% | coverage 100%10 Apr 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 86.4 | Nifty 500 94.2 | Underperforming -8.3% | breadth 100% | coverage 100%17 Apr 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 91.6 | Nifty 500 96.5 | Underperforming -5.1% | breadth 100% | coverage 100%24 Apr 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 90.2 | Nifty 500 95.2 | Underperforming -5.3% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%30 Apr 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 88.3 | Nifty 500 95.7 | Underperforming -7.7% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%08 May 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 92.6 | Nifty 500 97.5 | Underperforming -5.0% | breadth 67% | coverage 100%15 May 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 86.4 | Nifty 500 95.0 | Underperforming -9.1% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%22 May 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 86.7 | Nifty 500 95.5 | Underperforming -9.2% | breadth 67% | coverage 100%29 May 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 89.9 | Nifty 500 95.6 | Underperforming -6.0% | breadth 67% | coverage 100%05 Jun 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 91.0 | Nifty 500 94.8 | Underperforming -4.0% | breadth 67% | coverage 100%12 Jun 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 90.7 | Nifty 500 95.3 | Underperforming -4.8% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%19 Jun 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 95.9 | Nifty 500 97.7 | Underperforming -1.8% | breadth 100% | coverage 100%26 Jun 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 94.8 | Nifty 500 97.5 | Underperforming -2.8% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%03 Jul 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 93.4 | Nifty 500 98.3 | Underperforming -5.0% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%10 Jul 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 97.1 | Nifty 500 98.5 | Underperforming -1.4% | breadth 100% | coverage 100%17 Jul 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 93.5 | Nifty 500 98.4 | Underperforming -5.0% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%24 Jul 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 88.8 | Nifty 500 96.7 | Underperforming -8.2% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%31 Jul 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 87.4 | Nifty 500 98.9 | Underperforming -11.6% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%07 Aug 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 88.1 | Nifty 500 100.0 | Underperforming -11.9% | breadth 67% | coverage 100%14 Aug 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 88.4 | Nifty 500 99.5 | Underperforming -11.2% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%21 Aug 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 88.0 | Nifty 500 99.1 | Underperforming -11.2% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%28 Aug 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 84.0 | Nifty 500 99.2 | Underperforming -15.3% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%04 Sept 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 83.4 | Nifty 500 98.1 | Underperforming -15.0% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%11 Sept 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 82.4 | Nifty 500 96.4 | Underperforming -14.5% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%18 Sept 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 77.7 | Nifty 500 96.3 | Underperforming -19.3% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%25 Sept 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 76.6 | Nifty 500 95.3 | Underperforming -19.6% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%01 Oct 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 74.2 | Nifty 500 92.2 | Underperforming -19.5% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%09 Oct 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 73.4 | Nifty 500 92.2 | Underperforming -20.4% | breadth 33% | coverage 100%16 Oct 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 76.0 | Nifty 500 93.9 | Underperforming -19.1% | breadth 67% | coverage 100%21 Oct 2026 | Solar Module Manufacturing 73.1 | Nifty 500 92.1 | Underperforming -20.6% | breadth 0% | coverage 100%Underperforming -20.6%31 Oct 202524 Apr 202621 Oct 2026
Theme return
-26.9%
Nifty 500
-7.9%
Vs Nifty 500
-20.6%
Latest coverage
3/3

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.

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Theme
73
Healthy
Quality
87
Valuation
66
Momentum
50
Positive MoS
67%
P/E 19.6 · ROCE 32%
Curated research view

Capital Goods

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.

72/100
Theme score
High Conviction
Investability
62.3
Live avg U
-8.6%
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.

0/12 live eligible
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Investment thesis

India is in an infrastructure and manufacturing capex cycle. Government spending, private industrial capex, power transmission, defence, automation, and data-centre demand create long order books for high-quality capital goods companies.

1-2 year outlook: Very positive for diversified and power-equipment leaders. Expect sustained order inflow and operating leverage, but avoid names where valuation already assumes perfect execution.
Recommended allocation: 10-15% for growth-oriented portfolios.

Key triggers

  • Government infra and power capex
  • Private-sector capex revival
  • Strong order books across T&D and industrial automation
  • PLI-linked manufacturing expansion

Major risks

  • High valuations in quality names
  • Project execution delays
  • Commodity cost volatility
  • Export slowdown risk
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 Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM) excludes Chinese-made modules from utility-scale projects. Paired with Rs. 24,000 crore of PLI for integrated solar manufacturing, this is rebuilding a supply chain that was 80% Chinese. Pure-plays are thin — most listed names are at the module / glass layer, with polysilicon + wafer capacity still being built.

  • ▸ALMM excludes Chinese modules from utility tenders
  • ▸Rs. 24,000 cr PLI anchors integrated manufacturing
  • ▸Vertical integration (poly → wafer → cell → module) still building
  • ▸Expensive on trailing — valuation depends on ramp quality

Top picks · ranked by U-Score within this 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.