Action Construction Equipment Limited
NSE: ACEConstruction Vehicles
Share price
₹1,179.80
-5.61% close of 8 Oct 2026
Price-based ratios (P/B, dividend yield, EV/EBITDA) are as of 7 Oct 2026, the close above is 8 Oct 2026.
Business score
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67
out of 100 · worked out 8 Oct 2026
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Market cap
₹14,158 Cr
P/E ratio
32.5
P/B ratio
7.0
ROCE
31.6%
ROE
22.8%
Dividend yield
0.2%
Price & valuation chart
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Answers
Simple answers to the questions investors ask most, from the company's own numbers.
How fast it has been growing
Sales grew 5.2% over the past year, and 13.0% a year over its longer record. Meanwhile what it keeps of every 100 rupees of sales improved from 9.0% to 15.4% over the last four years.
Whether it grew faster than its sector
It grew 13.0% a year against a sector median of 10.6% — 2.3 percentage points faster.
Room to re-rate, or risk of de-rating
At 32.5× earnings against a market that pays 23.9× across 2199 companies we can price. Its own industry sits at 27.6×, across 3 companies. It is against its own five-year median of 31.7×, the 52nd percentile of its own range.
Whether growth justifies the valuation
Priced at 0.9 times its growth rate, on earnings growth of 38%.
| Profit growth | Price per ₹1 profit | Per 1% growth | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Action Construction Equipment Limited — this one | 38%/yr | 32.5× | ₹0.85 |
| BEML Limited | -3%/yr | 89.7× | — |
| Ajax Engineering Limited | 19%/yr | 27.6× | ₹1.5 |
| TIL Limited | 20%/yr | — | — |
| Indo Farm Equipment Limited | 17%/yr | 25.9× | ₹1.5 |
Compared with companies filed under the same label. That grouping comes from the exchange's filing category, so some of them may not be real rivals.
How it compares with its peers
Against companies the exchange files under the same label (Construction Vehicles), it ranks 1 of 5 on returns, 1 of 5 on growth, 1 of 5 on margin. That grouping comes from the exchange's filing category, so some of them may not be real rivals.
What makes it hard to beat — and is that still true?
A wide advantage: it earns 31.6% on capital, ahead of 80% of companies filed under the same label. That grouping comes from the exchange's filing category, so some of them may not be real rivals.
Whether its growth pays for itself
Yes — Over the last five years it made ₹1640 crore of cash from the business, spent ₹538 crore on plant and equipment, and returned ₹90 crore to lenders and shareholders. And the profit is real: of every 100 rupees it reported over 12 years, about 124 arrived as cash (before interest, which is why it can exceed the profit). Its cash comes back faster than it used to: it went from being waiting 18 days for its cash to paid 26 days before it paid its own suppliers.
Profit reality check
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Key numbers & peers
The main numbers grouped by topic, and how the company compares with similar ones.
Price
- Market cap
- ₹14,158 Cr
- Prev close
- ₹1,179.80
- 52w High
- ₹1,268
- 52w Low
- ₹745
- Enterprise value
- ₹14,001 Cr
- Beta
- 1.2
- Price CAGR 1y
- 16.0%
- Price CAGR 3y
- 21.0%
- Price CAGR 5y
- 36.0%
- Price CAGR 10y
- 40.0%
Ratios
- Return on assets
- 12.8%
- PEG ratio
- 0.8
- P/E ratio
- 32.5
- P/B ratio
- 7.0
- EV / EBITDA
- 27.9
- Industry P/E
- 30.2
- ROCE
- 31.6%
- ROCE 5y average
- 32.2%
- ROE
- 22.8%
- Debt / Equity
- 0.0
- Interest coverage
- 26.3
- Dividend yield
- 0.2%
- ROE 3y average
- 27.0%
- ROE last year
- 23.0%
Annual P&L
- Annual revenue
- ₹3,280 Cr
- Annual profit
- ₹415 Cr
- Operating margin
- 15.0%
- Net profit margin
- 12.7%
- EBITDA margin
- 15.4%
- Sales growth 3y
- 14.9%
- Sales growth 5y
- 21.7%
- Profit growth 3y
- 38.0%
- Profit growth 5y
- 40.0%
- EPS
- ₹34.9
- Sales growth TTM
- 5.0%
- Profit growth TTM
- 3.0%
- Dividend payout
- 137.0%
Quarter P&L
- Sales latest quarter
- ₹786 Cr
- Profit latest quarter
- ₹119 Cr
- YoY quarterly sales growth
- 20.5%
- YoY quarterly profit growth
- 21.4%
- OPM latest quarter
- 15.0%
Balance Sheet
- Book Value
- ₹168
- Face Value
- ₹2.0
- Total debt
- ₹8 Cr
- Total cash
- ₹77 Cr
- Borrowings
- ₹8 Cr
- Reserves / Equity
- 82.8
Cash Flow
- Operating cash flow
- ₹417 Cr
- Free cash flow
- ₹330 Cr
- FCF yield
- 2.2%
- Net cash flow
- ₹15 Cr
Shareholding
- Promoter holding
- 65.4%
- FII holding
- 7.8%
- DII holding
- 2.6%
- Public holding
- 24.1%
Peer comparison
| Company | Price ₹ | P/E | Mkt cap ₹ Cr | Div yield % | Profit qtr ₹ Cr | Profit var % | Sales qtr ₹ Cr | Sales var % | ROCE % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEML Ltd | 2,006.20 | 93.5 | 16,687 | 0.85 | -27.0 | 57.9 | 819.6 | 29.3 | 7.7 |
| Action Const.Eq. | 1,249.90 | 34.1 | 14,907 | 0.16 | 119.5 | 22.3 | 785.7 | 20.5 | 31.6 |
| Ajax Engineering | 582.75 | 29.0 | 6,666 | 0.00 | 55.6 | 5.1 | 474.6 | 1.7 | 23.9 |
| TIL | 239.90 | 1,947 | 0.00 | -4.8 | 19.0 | 117.1 | 86.2 | 2.9 | |
| Indo Farm Equip. | 139.92 | 26.9 | 670 | 0.00 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 110.2 | 14.5 | 7.7 |
| Brady & Morris | 675.00 | 31.6 | 152 | 0.00 | 0.8 | -50.0 | 17.5 | -12.1 | 14.1 |
| Median | 628.88 | 31.6 | 4,306 | 0.00 | 3.2 | 12.1 | 295.9 | 17.5 | 10.9 |
Competes with: Ajax Engineering Limited, BEML Limited, Indo Farm Equipment Limited, TIL Limited
Quarterly results
Sales and profit for each of the last 13 quarters. Newest on the right. ₹ crore.
| Line item | Jun 2023 | Sep 2023 | Dec 2023 | Mar 2024 | Jun 2024 | Sep 2024 | Dec 2024 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Sep 2025 | Dec 2025 | Mar 2026 | Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 652 | 673 | 753 | 836 | 734 | 757 | 875 | 961 | 652 | 744 | 855 | 1,029 | 786 |
| Expenses | 570 | 584 | 650 | 706 | 636 | 648 | 740 | 797 | 559 | 635 | 725 | 857 | 668 |
| Material Cost | 668 | 454 | 517 | 555 | 715 | 600 | |||||||
| Change in Inventories | -19 | -23 | -18 | 18 | -4.60 | -70 | |||||||
| Purchases of Stock-in-Trade | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Employee Cost | 36 | 36 | 37 | 47 | 40 | 39 | |||||||
| Other Expenses | 112 | 92 | 98 | 105 | 106 | 99 | |||||||
| Operating Profit | 82 | 89 | 103 | 130 | 99 | 109 | 135 | 164 | 93 | 109 | 130 | 172 | 118 |
| OPM % | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 15 |
| Other Income | 16 | 17 | 23 | 21 | 28 | 34 | 30 | 8 | 51 | 29 | 36 | -6 | 55 |
| Exceptional items (within Other Income) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Interest | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Depreciation | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| Profit before tax | 90 | 97 | 114 | 133 | 112 | 127 | 149 | 161 | 128 | 124 | 152 | 153 | 158 |
| Tax % | 25 | 24 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 23 | 27 | 23 | 28 | 25 |
| Net Profit | 68 | 74 | 88 | 98 | 84 | 95 | 112 | 119 | 98 | 90 | 116 | 111 | 119 |
| EPS in Rs | 5.67 | 6.21 | 7.41 | 8.27 | 7.07 | 7.96 | 9.38 | 9.96 | 8.21 | 7.56 | 9.78 | 9.31 | 10 |
| Diluted EPS in Rs | 9.96 | 8.21 | 7.57 | 9.78 | 9.31 | 10 |
Profit & loss
Yearly sales, costs and profit for 12 years, plus the last 12 months (TTM). ₹ crore.
| Line item | Mar 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 | TTM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 599 | 637 | 751 | 1,087 | 1,343 | 1,156 | 1,227 | 1,630 | 2,160 | 2,914 | 3,327 | 3,280 | 3,414 |
| Expenses | 580 | 607 | 712 | 995 | 1,245 | 1,065 | 1,108 | 1,478 | 1,939 | 2,510 | 2,821 | 2,776 | 2,885 |
| Material Cost | 2,249 | 2,242 | |||||||||||
| Change in Inventories | 25 | -27 | |||||||||||
| Purchases of Stock-in-Trade | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Employee Cost | 138 | 160 | |||||||||||
| Other Expenses | 409 | 402 | |||||||||||
| Operating Profit | 19 | 31 | 39 | 92 | 98 | 92 | 119 | 151 | 221 | 404 | 506 | 504 | 529 |
| OPM % | 3.10 | 4.80 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 |
| Other Income | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 41 | 77 | 100 | 110 | 114 |
| Exceptional items (within Other Income) | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Interest | 13 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 22 | 19 |
| Depreciation | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 23 | 28 | 35 | 36 |
| Profit before tax | 8 | 15 | 19 | 74 | 84 | 68 | 108 | 137 | 234 | 434 | 549 | 557 | 587 |
| Tax % | 35 | 42 | 27 | 30 | 33 | 23 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 25 | |
| Net Profit | 5 | 9 | 14 | 52 | 56 | 52 | 80 | 105 | 173 | 328 | 409 | 415 | 437 |
| EPS in Rs | 0.67 | 0.85 | 1.31 | 4.44 | 4.78 | 4.63 | 7.03 | 8.82 | 14 | 28 | 34 | 35 | 37 |
| Diluted EPS in Rs | 34 | 35 | |||||||||||
| Dividend Payout % | 30 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 139 | 137 |
Compounded growth
Average yearly growth over different spans, as stored. A span can cross a demerger or an acquisition.
Compounded sales growth
- 10 years
- 18%
- 5 years
- 22%
- 3 years
- 15%
- TTM
- 5%
Compounded profit growth
- 10 years
- 48%
- 5 years
- 40%
- 3 years
- 38%
- TTM
- 3%
Stock price CAGR
- 10 years
- 40%
- 5 years
- 36%
- 3 years
- 21%
- 1 year
- 16%
Return on equity
- 10 years
- 21%
- 5 years
- 24%
- 3 years
- 27%
- Last year
- 23%
Balance sheet
What the company owns and what it owes, at the end of each year. ₹ crore.
| Line item | Mar 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equity Capital | 20 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| Reserves | 272 | 259 | 311 | 359 | 414 | 420 | 501 | 730 | 895 | 1,206 | 1,591 | 1,987 |
| Borrowings | 138 | 154 | 114 | 78 | 53 | 82 | 55 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 8 |
| Other Liabilities | 180 | 183 | 229 | 356 | 396 | 429 | 477 | 497 | 674 | 934 | 1,079 | 1,232 |
| Minority Interest | 1.71 | 0.07 | ||||||||||
| Total Liabilities | 609 | 620 | 677 | 817 | 887 | 954 | 1,055 | 1,282 | 1,600 | 2,169 | 2,710 | 3,251 |
| Fixed Assets | 283 | 315 | 346 | 337 | 341 | 412 | 429 | 452 | 487 | 580 | 716 | 781 |
| CWIP | 7 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 13 | 24 | 24 | 44 | 29 | 49 |
| Investments | 14 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 45 | 28 | 31 | 179 | 349 | 594 | 918 | 1,283 |
| Other Assets | 305 | 286 | 305 | 439 | 493 | 494 | 582 | 627 | 739 | 951 | 1,048 | 1,138 |
| Total Assets | 609 | 620 | 677 | 817 | 887 | 954 | 1,055 | 1,282 | 1,600 | 2,169 | 2,711 | 3,252 |
Cash flows
Real money coming in and going out each year — from the business, from investments and from loans. ₹ crore.
| Line item | Mar 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from Operating Activity | 40 | 57 | 76 | 89 | 72 | 48 | 86 | 104 | 274 | 433 | 412 | 417 |
| Cash from Investing Activity | -14 | -25 | -17 | -35 | -27 | -20 | -16 | -201 | -218 | -368 | -382 | -350 |
| Cash from Financing Activity | -26 | -33 | -57 | -53 | -44 | -33 | -40 | 71 | -41 | -39 | -29 | -52 |
| Net Cash Flow | -1 | -0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 30 | -27 | 16 | 27 | 1 | 15 |
| Free Cash Flow | 26 | 32 | 61 | 59 | 49 | 10 | 70 | 59 | 238 | 268 | 206 | 330 |
Ratios
How fast customers pay, how long stock sits, and how well capital earns — year by year.
| Line item | Mar 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debtor Days | 49 | 47 | 51 | 57 | 39 | 47 | 67 | 42 | 29 | 21 | 29 | 32 |
| Inventory Days | 119 | 102 | 78 | 69 | 79 | 124 | 113 | 104 | 99 | 100 | 83 | 100 |
| Days Payable | 98 | 93 | 102 | 112 | 105 | 147 | 141 | 129 | 119 | 124 | 130 | 151 |
| Cash Conversion Cycle | 70 | 56 | 27 | 14 | 14 | 24 | 39 | 18 | 9 | -4 | -18 | -20 |
| Working Capital Days | -17 | -19 | -10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 18 | -2 | -17 | -21 | -26 |
| ROCE % | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 26 | 42 | 40 | 32 |
Price trend
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Industry numbers
The numbers that matter most in this industry, from the company's own filings.
1 when an audit qualification is filed as repetitive
0.00flag
2026-03-31
the company's own unlisted debt securities in default at period end
0.00cr
2026-06-30
exports as % of revenue
3.00pct
2026-06-30
the company's own loans / revolving facilities in default at period end (standalone filing)
0.00cr
2026-06-30
guarantees / comfort given for promoter, promoter group, directors and KMP
0.00cr
2026-03-31
loans outstanding to promoter, promoter group, directors and KMP (governance filing)
0.00cr
2026-03-31
security given for the borrowing of promoter, promoter group, directors and KMP
0.00cr
2026-03-31
FY revenue / permanent employees + workers, same basis (calc)
2,18,24,533inr
2026-03-31
News
News and filings about Action Construction Equipment Limited. Open one to see why it matters.
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Supply chain
Who it buys from, sells to and competes with — as recorded in our map of company links.
Depends on the price of
- copper
- rubber
- steel
Buys from
- Bharat Gears Limited · ring gears, pinions, transmission gears, shafts and differential gears for construction eq…
- Carraro India Limited · axles & transmission systems for construction vehicles (backhoe loaders)
- Gulf Oil Lubricants India Limited · OEM-approved construction-equipment lubricants (ACE Genuine Oil)
- ZF Steering Gear (India) Limited · mechanical steering gears
Sells to
- Bharat Heavy Electricals · cranes and material-handling equipment
- Coal India · construction and material-handling equipment
- Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited · cranes and material-handling equipment
- Indian Ministry of Defence / defence forces · cranes and specialised material-handling equipment (defence order book, ~6-9% of revenue)
- Indian Oil Corporation · cranes and material-handling equipment
- Larsen & Toubro · cranes, construction and material-handling equipment for EPC/infrastructure
- NCC Limited · cranes, construction and material-handling equipment for infrastructure projects
- NTPC Limited · cranes, construction and material-handling equipment
- Reliance Industries · cranes, construction and material-handling equipment
About
What the company is, from our own records: where it sits, where it makes things, and what it is made of.
- Sector
- Capital Goods
- Industry
- Construction Vehicles
- Classification
- Capital Goods › Construction Vehicles
- ISIN
- INE731H01025
Business segments
- Cranes, Material Handling and Construction Equipment · 90%
- Agriculture Equipment · 8%
- Others · 2%
Plants
- Action Construction Equipment Dudhola Complex
News impact
Big market events that reach Action Construction Equipment Limited, and how the effect spreads.
29 Sept, 12:50 IST · Market event · high impact
NCC shares rally 5% after securing Rs 1,076 crore Andhra Pradesh drinking water project
NCC won a Rs 1,076.71 crore Andhra water job, helping it and its suppliers, while rival builders who missed the tender gain nothing.
Who it hits first
- NCC Limited won a Rs 1,076.71 crore drinking water order, excluding GST, for the Yeleru Reservoir multi-village scheme in Anakapalli, Andhra Pradesh.
- Shares rallied 5% as the win adds clear revenue visibility for the construction firm.
- The job will be built over coming quarters, turning into billed sales as villages get connected.
Who may gain
- NCC Limited, a construction firm, as it bills the Rs 1,076.71 crore water contract over time.
- ACE, a Capital Goods supplier to NCC, as site machines and equipment get ordered.
- APL Apollo and Jindal Saw, suppliers to NCC, as pipes and materials are procured for the network.
- Local villages in Anakapalli, as the multi-village scheme brings piped drinking water.
Along the supply chain
Downstream
Downstream, the Andhra Pradesh Rural Water Supply Department, the government buyer, pays NCC as work completes, and village households receive the drinking water.
Upstream
Upstream vendors such as Electrosteel Castings and Jindal Steel, both suppliers to NCC, plus pipe and steel makers, get a chance at project orders, though NCC may split buying across many vendors. Note: SIGIND and CROWN also supply to NCC per the graph but have no fundamentals row, so no signal was emitted for them.
Where demand moves
Business
NCC orders pipes, steel, cement and machines to build the network, so its suppliers see fresh purchase orders while villagers gain water.
Capital
Investors bid up NCC 5% on the win and look at its suppliers, while rivals without new orders stay flat.
How it spreads across sectors
Capital Goods
Makers of pipes and site equipment see a chance for fresh project orders.
Construction
Order-book sentiment improves as a Rs 1,076.71 crore water win shows state spending is flowing.
When it plays out
Immediate
NCC shares hold the 5% gain while the market checks order terms and margin scope this week.
Medium term
Billing builds over quarters as the Yeleru network is laid; state payment pace decides cash flow.
Short term
NCC mobilises men and machines in Anakapalli and starts placing pipe and material orders.
22 Aug, 04:30 IST · Market event · medium impact
India readies a $1.2 billion incentive scheme for construction-equipment manufacturing, targeting tunnel boring machines and fire-fighting gear to cut Chinese imports
The government plans to pay companies to build heavy construction machines in India instead of importing them from China, which over several years should mean more orders for firms like BEML and Action Construction Equipment.
Who it hits first
- BEML is the most directly named beneficiary because tunnel boring machines are called out explicitly and it is the only listed Indian maker of them.
- Action Construction Equipment and Escorts Kubota make the broader range of cranes, loaders and compaction machines the scheme is designed to localise.
- Thermax picks up the fire-fighting-equipment element, a narrow fit against its diversified industrial business.
- Chinese equipment exporters lose share by design - import substitution from China is the scheme's stated purpose.
Who may gain
- Castings, forgings and hydraulics suppliers, because a local value-addition target on a machine is meaningless unless its components are also made in India.
- Bearings and precision-component makers, for the same reason - rotating parts are among the highest-value imported inputs in heavy machinery.
- Equipment-finance non-bank lenders, whose loan book grows if more machines are sold domestically at shorter lead times.
- Infrastructure contractors, who get shorter procurement cycles and less currency risk on machinery purchases.
Along the supply chain
Downstream
Infrastructure and mining contractors are the buyers. Domestic manufacturing gives them shorter delivery times, local service support and no import currency risk, which lowers project execution risk. It does not obviously lower the machine price - an incentive to the maker is not a discount to the buyer unless competition forces it through.
Upstream
Steel castings, forgings, hydraulic cylinders, bearings and diesel engines all see pulled-forward demand, because the local value-addition targets are what force an assembler to source them in India rather than import a complete kit. Steel input cost is drifting up - the tracked steel price is $1,192 per short ton, 3.47% higher over one month - which slightly offsets the incentive at the margin.
Where demand moves
Business
The scheme creates demand at the machine level and pulls it backwards. A local value-addition target means an assembler cannot just screwdriver-assemble an imported kit; it must buy Indian castings, hydraulics, bearings and engines to qualify. So the order flow goes from infrastructure contractors, to domestic equipment makers such as BEML, Action Construction Equipment and Escorts Kubota, and then upstream into the component tier. The demand that is destroyed is Chinese machinery imports, which is the explicit design intent.
Capital
Money rotates within Capital Goods rather than into it. The scheme is small - $1.2 billion of incentive against India's total infrastructure capex - so it will not lift the sector as a block; it rewards the specific names with the right product range. The clean split here is between Action Construction Equipment, which has both the product fit and the returns to use the demand, and BEML, which has the best product fit but converts shareholder money into only 4.84% return.
How it spreads across sectors
Capital Goods
A new multi-year order pipeline for the specific makers with the right product range.
Construction
Shorter machinery procurement cycles and less foreign-exchange exposure on equipment purchases.
Metals & Mining
More domestic demand for steel castings, forgings and plate feeding heavy-machinery assembly.
codex additions
- Equipment Finance & NBFCs
- Bearings & Precision Components
- Industrial Automation & Electrical Equipment
- Engines, Powertrains & Commercial Vehicle Components
- Infrastructure EPC & Tunneling Contractors
- Logistics & Industrial Warehousing
- Ports & Import-Linked Logistics
- Cement & Building Materials
- General Insurance
A pattern seen before
Cascade chain
- Government funds domestic construction-machinery manufacturing
- Equipment makers add capacity and win import-substitution orders
- Castings, forgings, bearings and hydraulics demand pulls through
- Infrastructure contractors get shorter procurement cycles
Pattern name
Govt Capex Cascade
Sectors queried
- Capital Goods
- Construction
- Metals & Mining
When it plays out
Immediate
Muted. This is sourced reporting ahead of formal cabinet approval, and the comparable March 2024 semiconductor-policy catalyst moved these same names by only -1.9% to +1.9% on day one.
Medium term
Over one to six months, and really over the seven-year investment horizon the scheme sets out, watch for capacity announcements from the equipment makers and for the first orders that displace Chinese imports. On the March 2024 precedent this group's one-month returns ranged from +3.0% to +24.5%, so the payoff came weeks after the announcement, not on the day.
Short term
Over one to four weeks the cabinet decision and the published scheme guidelines are the catalysts. The eligible machinery list and the local value-addition percentage are what decide who actually benefits.
Other sectors it reaches
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- {"causal_chain":"Higher local value-addition targets require more domestic sourcing of rotating parts, bearings, seals and precision assemblies for excavators, cranes, tunnel boring machines and firefighting systems.","direction":"positive","example_tickers":["SKFINDIA","TIMKEN","SCHAEFFLER"],"magnitude":"medium","notes":"Likely supplier-level beneficiary if OEM localization targets are enforced. (Suggested by Codex Layer 5.5)","sector":"Bearings \u0026 Precision Components","time_horizon":"1_to_6_months"}
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- {"causal_chain":"Construction machinery localization increases demand for engines, transmissions, axles, hydraulics-adjacent components and emission-compliant powertrains.","direction":"positive","example_tickers":["CUMMINSIND","ASHOKLEY","EICHERMOT"],"magnitude":"medium","notes":"More relevant if scheme covers high-local-content heavy equipment rather than simple assembly. (Suggested by Codex Layer 5.5)","sector":"Engines, Powertrains \u0026 Commercial Vehicle Components","time_horizon":"1_to_6_months"}
- {"causal_chain":"Local tunnel boring machines and heavy equipment can reduce import dependence, shorten procurement cycles and lower project execution risk for metro, road, rail and hydro tunneling projects.","direction":"positive","example_tickers":["NCC","KEC","PNCINFRA"],"magnitude":"small","notes":"Second-order benefit through equipment availability and cost, not direct revenue support. (Suggested by Codex Layer 5.5)","sector":"Infrastructure EPC \u0026 Tunneling Contractors","time_horizon":"1_to_6_months"}
- {"causal_chain":"New manufacturing investment creates inbound component movement and outbound equipment distribution; import substitution may reduce finished-equipment import logistics but raise domestic freight flows.","direction":"mixed","example_tickers":["CONCOR","TCI","DELHIVERY"],"magnitude":"small","notes":"Net impact depends on whether imported finished machines are replaced by local assembly with imported components. (Suggested by Codex Layer 5.5)","sector":"Logistics \u0026 Industrial Warehousing","time_horizon":"1_to_6_months"}
- {"causal_chain":"Policy goal to cut dependence on imported machinery, especially from China, could reduce high-value finished-equipment imports, partly offset by imports of components and factory machinery.","direction":"mixed","example_tickers":["ADANIPORTS","JSWINFRA","GPPL"],"magnitude":"small","notes":"Potential negative for finished machinery cargo, positive for component and capital-goods cargo. (Suggested by Codex Layer 5.5)","sector":"Ports \u0026 Import-Linked Logistics","time_horizon":"1_to_6_months"}
- {"causal_chain":"Manufacturing plants and supplier ecosystem expansion require civil construction, factory buildings and industrial infrastructure, supporting incremental demand for cement and building materials.","direction":"positive","example_tickers":["ULTRACEMCO","SHREECEM","JKCEMENT"],"magnitude":"small","notes":"Diffuse capex-linked effect; not as direct as machinery or components. (Suggested by Codex Layer 5.5)","sector":"Cement \u0026 Building Materials","time_horizon":"1_to_6_months"}
- {"causal_chain":"New factories, heavy machinery fleets and fire-fighting equipment adoption increase demand for property, engineering, marine, liability and equipment insurance covers.","direction":"positive","example_tickers":["ICICIGI","NIACL","GICRE"],"magnitude":"small","notes":"Ancillary beneficiary through insured capex and equipment deployment. (Suggested by Codex Layer 5.5)","sector":"General Insurance","time_horizon":"1_to_6_months"}
Dividends, splits & big trades
Money paid out, share splits and buybacks, and big buys or sells by funds and insiders.
Dividends
| 3 Sep 2026 | unspecified | ₹2 |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Aug 2025 | unspecified | ₹2 |
| 19 Aug 2024 | unspecified | ₹2 |
| 17 Aug 2023 | unspecified | ₹1 |
| 9 Sep 2022 | unspecified | ₹0.6 |
| 25 Aug 2021 | unspecified | ₹0.5 |
| 18 Sep 2019 | unspecified | ₹0.5 |
| 18 Sep 2018 | unspecified | ₹0.5 |
Splits, bonuses & buybacks
- daily-prices repair: 9 rows from NSE's archive (replace 1, delete 1, insert 7), 2016-10-30..2026-02-01 (docs/flat_day_repair.md)1× · 30 Oct 2016
Insider trades
| Disclosed | Who | Type | Shares | Value ₹ Cr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2026 | VYOM AGARWAL · Designated Person | SELL | 4,059 | 0.49 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | AJAY MALIK · Designated Person | SELL | 6,333 | 0.79 |
Documents
Annual reports, results presentations and earnings calls, straight from the source.
- Annual report · 2025-2624 Aug 2026
- Earnings call · Q1FY2721 Jul 2026
- Results presentation30 Jun 2026
- Annual report · 2024-255 Aug 2025
Facts from company filings and exchange data. Not investment advice: nothing here tells you to buy or sell.