HAL shares at record high; m-cap surpasses ₹2 lakh crore for first time
Live MintHindustan Aeronautics Ltd share price spiked over 4% to hit a record high on Friday with the company’s market capitalisation crossing ₹2 lakh crore for the first time. The rally in HAL shares today comes after UBS initiated coverage on the stock with a ‘Buy’ rating as it believes the company is a credible defence compounder in the making. HAL has a $10 billion-plus order book and UBS thinks it could benefit from $60 billion of more defence aircraft orders from now till FY28E, of which $16 billion have already been approved and $40 billion-plus with higher local content should be awarded in the next 5-7 years. HAL’s order book stood at ₹80,000 crore in FY23 and UBS expects the defence PSU to triple its order book to ₹2.4 lakh crore in FY26 led by increased defence expenditure.