PSBs have benefited from the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) cumulative 100 basis points (bps) repo rate cut in three tranches till June 2025, and liquidity measures that lowered borrowing costs
Motilal Oswal analysts retained their 'Buy' rating on BEL with a target price of ₹490, based on 45 times September 2027 estimated earnings.
Nomura maintains a 'Buy' rating on HAL with a target price of ₹6,100, citing the streamlined delivery process and the bolstered order book as key positives.
The brokerage has assigned an 'Add' rating to HAL and BEL, with target prices of ₹6,325 and ₹459, respectively, while Bharat Dynamics, Astra Microwave, and Data Patterns remain 'Not Rated.'
Antique Broking maintained its 'Buy' rating, with a target price of ₹6,360 per share, the highest target assigned by any analysts under the Bloomberg coverage
The BS Defence stocks surged in the month of May following Operation Sindoor with companies like Astra Engineering and Paras Defence & Space Techno saw over 70 per cent 12 month price to earning ratio
JM Financial also turned underweight on banks, NBFCs and insurance as disbursement growth is likely to remain weak in FY26
BHEL rose over 2 per cent after the company signed a License Agreement for Transfer of Technology with Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory
The average trading volumes on the counter jumped nearly four-fold with a combined 48.46 million equity shares representing 14.52% of total equity of Apollo Micro changed hands on the NSE and BSE.
HAL posted a 4.11 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) decline in net profit at ₹1,377 crore in Q1FY26, compared to ₹1,436 crore in the same quarter last year (Q1FY25).
Domestic brokerage Motilal Oswal noted that Bharat Dynamics delivered a 30 per cent Y-o-Y growth in execution during Q1FY26, aided by a strong order book and easing supply chain challenges.
The board of directors of Rossell Techsys is scheduled to meet on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, to approve and take on record the unaudited financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2025.
Nifty India Defence index declined 2% in Friday's intra-day trade, corrected 17% from its all-time high level of 9,195.15 touched on June 6, 2025.
At 10:30 AM, Astra Microwave share price was trading 3.12 per cent higher at 978.80 per share. By comparison, BSE Sensex was trading flat at 80,702.97 levels.
The defence equipment manufacturer's net profit for the quarter ended June 30, 2025, stood at ₹47.75 crore, down by 38 per cent from ₹76.81 crore recorded in Q1FY25
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On Monday, BEML shares closed the trading session at ₹4,372, down by 0.67 per cent on the National Stock Exchange
PL Capital expects pharma, banks, defence, and staples to outperform in the near term as domestic demand revives
Premier Explosives shares rose 4 per cent after it landed export orders worth ₹105 crore for the supply of defence explosives
MOFSL today initiated coverage on Bharat Dynamics with a 'Neutral' rating and a target price of ₹1,900, indicating a downside of 4 per cent from current levels.