What’s working now
Hot Themes
AI data-centre & fibre build-out
In focusA ~$700bn global hyperscaler capex wave is re-rating India's fibre and compute suppliers; optical-fibre and AI-server names are guiding to data-centre-led demand visibility that didn't exist a year ago.
Avg read 7.18 covered · scores as of Q2 FY27 · 1 provisional
Electronics manufacturing (EMS)
In focusThe split has happened: Syrma's Q1 FY27 print jumped to 8.2 and it now expects to beat its 35%+ growth and 10.5-11% margin guide; Avalon raised FY27 growth to 26-30%; Aimtron guides a 40-50% CAGR with a Rs 112 cr data-centre UPS order; Vinyas sees FY27 inflows 25-30% above FY26. Centum (flat at 6.1) and the below-cut names are the laggards. The watch item is component supply: West Asia disruptions and the AI-driven memory-chip shortage.
Avg read 6.79 covered · scores as of Q2 FY27
Defence order inflows
In focusDAC approvals hit a record ~Rs 6.7 lakh crore in FY26, but the big contracts (P-75I, QRSAM, next-gen corvettes) were still unsigned into Q2 FY27 and PSU order inflows fell last year. Watch conversion, not announcements.
Avg read 7.38 covered · scores as of Q2 FY27
Jewellery & gold retail
In focusGold near record prices has not broken demand: Kalyan held its FY27 plan of 84 Kalyan and 50 Candere showrooms with wedding demand resilient through a 20% price dip, and Goldiam's US lab-grown share sits at 40-60% of major retailers with double-digit finished-jewellery growth. Organised jewellery and luxury-watch retail (Ethos, KDDL) keep taking share from the unorganised trade; watch margins (Kalyan guided flat PBT margin) and lab-grown pricing.
Avg read 6.96 covered · scores as of Q2 FY27
Transmission & grid capex
In focusCEA's March 2026 plan maps ~Rs 7.9 lakh crore of transmission spend to FY36 with HVDC rising to ~120 GW; 400 kV-plus transformers and reactors stay capacity-constrained. Q1 FY27 tenders slowed on raw-material inflation and HVDC packages slipped, so watch awards, not the pipeline.
Avg read 7.29 covered · scores as of Q2 FY27 · 1 provisional
- 1KSH International Limitedbest7.98.4—7.8
- 2Yash Highvoltage Limitedunofficial7.88.25.37.7
- 3Advait Energy Transitions Limited7.68.15.97.6
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- 4Bhagyanagar India Limited7.66.8—6.9
- 5Quality Power Electrical Equipments Limited7.96.71.86.6
- 6Transrail Lighting Limited6.96.45.96.6
- —Transformers and Rectifiers (India) Limitedbelow cut6.16.82.05.9
- —APAR Industries Limitedbelow cut6.35.90.65.4
- —Schneider Electric Infrastructure Limitedbelow cut5.45.30.64.8
Specialty-chemicals rebound
In focusQ1 FY27 was a chemicals beat, but driven by refrigerant-gas pricing, crude-linked pass-through and new capacity at specific names, not a cycle turn; Chinese oversupply still caps agro and commodity-specialty pricing. Company-by-company, not sector-wide.
Avg read 6.77 covered · scores as of Q2 FY27
Renewables build-out
In focusWaaree's Q1 FY27 print rose to 8.1 on an FY27 EBITDA guide of Rs 7,000-7,700 cr and a cell ramp to 1.5 GW a quarter by Q3; Suzlon's fell to 5.4 as 10-20% of Q1 deliveries slipped, with the 17-18% margin guide held and the street still at 73% upside (Motilal, 12 Oct 2026). Bondada guides 60-70% growth off a Rs 7,147 cr book (a Rs 1,154 cr October order = 38% of mcap). Demand is not the question here; execution and margins are.
Avg read 7.34 covered · scores as of Q2 FY27
CDMO & CRAMS
In focusPharma earnings lagged in Q1 FY27 even as the sector led the year's rally; CDMO/CRAMS names are the reason, converting innovator deal wins in biologics, peptides, ADCs and GLP-1 intermediates on capacity already built. Risk is execution on fresh capacity.
Avg read 6.69 covered · scores as of Q2 FY27
What's working now
Hot Themes
A ~$700bn global hyperscaler capex wave is re-rating India's fibre and compute suppliers; optical-fibre and AI-server names are guiding to data-centre-led demand visibility that didn't exist a year ago.
Riding it · 8HFCL, MTAR Technologies, E2E Networks, Sterlite Technologies, KRN Heat Exchanger and Refrigeration, TD Power Systems, Aeroflex Industries, Netweb Technologies India
Open theme →Scores as of Q2 FY27 · 1 provisional
The split has happened: Syrma's Q1 FY27 print jumped to 8.2 and it now expects to beat its 35%+ growth and 10.5-11% margin guide; Avalon raised FY27 growth to 26-30%; Aimtron guides a 40-50% CAGR with a Rs 112 cr data-centre UPS order; Vinyas sees FY27 inflows 25-30% above FY26. Centum (flat at 6.1) and the below-cut names are the laggards. The watch item is component supply: West Asia disruptions and the AI-driven memory-chip shortage.
DAC approvals hit a record ~Rs 6.7 lakh crore in FY26, but the big contracts (P-75I, QRSAM, next-gen corvettes) were still unsigned into Q2 FY27 and PSU order inflows fell last year. Watch conversion, not announcements.
Gold near record prices has not broken demand: Kalyan held its FY27 plan of 84 Kalyan and 50 Candere showrooms with wedding demand resilient through a 20% price dip, and Goldiam's US lab-grown share sits at 40-60% of major retailers with double-digit finished-jewellery growth. Organised jewellery and luxury-watch retail (Ethos, KDDL) keep taking share from the unorganised trade; watch margins (Kalyan guided flat PBT margin) and lab-grown pricing.
CEA's March 2026 plan maps ~Rs 7.9 lakh crore of transmission spend to FY36 with HVDC rising to ~120 GW; 400 kV-plus transformers and reactors stay capacity-constrained. Q1 FY27 tenders slowed on raw-material inflation and HVDC packages slipped, so watch awards, not the pipeline.
Riding it · 9KSH International, Yash Highvoltage, Advait Energy Transitions, Bhagyanagar India, Quality Power Electrical Equipments, Transrail Lighting, Transformers and Rectifiers (India), APAR Industries, Schneider Electric Infrastructure
Open theme →Scores as of Q2 FY27 · 1 provisional
Q1 FY27 was a chemicals beat, but driven by refrigerant-gas pricing, crude-linked pass-through and new capacity at specific names, not a cycle turn; Chinese oversupply still caps agro and commodity-specialty pricing. Company-by-company, not sector-wide.
Waaree's Q1 FY27 print rose to 8.1 on an FY27 EBITDA guide of Rs 7,000-7,700 cr and a cell ramp to 1.5 GW a quarter by Q3; Suzlon's fell to 5.4 as 10-20% of Q1 deliveries slipped, with the 17-18% margin guide held and the street still at 73% upside (Motilal, 12 Oct 2026). Bondada guides 60-70% growth off a Rs 7,147 cr book (a Rs 1,154 cr October order = 38% of mcap). Demand is not the question here; execution and margins are.
Pharma earnings lagged in Q1 FY27 even as the sector led the year's rally; CDMO/CRAMS names are the reason, converting innovator deal wins in biologics, peptides, ADCs and GLP-1 intermediates on capacity already built. Risk is execution on fresh capacity.