Bharat Electronics shares rise as defence firm bags new order worth ₹871 crore; all you need to know

BEL has secured additional orders worth ₹871 crore since its last disclosure on November 10, 2025. “Major orders received include fire control systems, thermal imagers, ground support equipment, upgrades, spares, services, etc.,” the company said in a regulatory filing.

This week, on November 10, the Navratna Defence PSU had secured additional orders worth ₹792 crore. Major orders include defence network upgrades, radio communication systems, radars, communication equipment, drones, combat management systems, and gun sighting systems, as well as various upgrades, spares, and services.

Following this, BEL shares gained 1.2% to an intraday high of ₹425 apiece on NSE. At 2:10 PM, the stock was trading at ₹423.40 per share, rising 0.86%.

In a month, shares of the firm have gained 5%, while for six months’ time, they have risen 23%.

Since the beginning of 2025, BEL shares have zoomed 44%. The company has a market capitalisation of ₹3.09 lakh crore.

Shares of the company had touched their one-year high of ₹436 apiece on July 1, 2025, while their 52-week low of ₹240 was hit on February 19, 2025.

BEL Q2 earnings

The country's leading defence equipment maker had reported a net profit of ₹1,286 crore in the second quarter of the current financial year, marking an increase of 18% from ₹1,091 crore in the same period last year.

The company's revenue from operations rose 26% to ₹5,764 crore in the July-September period from ₹4,583 crore a year earlier.

Bharat Electronics reported stable operational performance in the September quarter, as its EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortisation), also known as operating profit, advanced 22% to ₹1,695 crore, but its operating profit margin contracted by 90 basis points to 29.41%.

The company's total order book at the end of the September quarter came in at ₹74,453 crore.

During the first half of the current financial year, Bharat Electronics clocked revenue from operations of ₹10,180.48 crore as against ₹8,782.18 crore recorded in the corresponding period of the previous year.

In the first half, Bharat Electronics' net profit stood at ₹2,255.26 crore as against ₹1,867.41 crore in the first half of last financial year.