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Leave HAL, BEL, these defense stocks shined after Operation Sindoor, gave up to 96% returns to investors
Sanjeev Kumar | May 7, 2026 2:23 PM CST

These shares did wonders

Today is the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor. On this day, a year ago on 7 May 2025, the Indian Army had started this operation. It was started to avenge the innocent people killed in Pahalgam and under this operation, the army blew up many terrorist camps of Pakistan. After Operation Sindoor, many things changed, especially there was a boom in the defense sector, the country started emphasizing on new technologies. Defense exports increased. Due to all these changes, the sentiment of investors also changed towards defense stocks. During this period, almost all the defense companies of the country made good earnings for their investors, but do you know that more than the big defense companies of the country like HAL and BEL, there are some companies which have given bumper returns of up to 96 percent to the investors in the last one year. Let us tell you about the shares of those companies.

Since the beginning of Operation Sindoor, a spectacular rally was seen in the defense companies of the country. Shares ranging from HAL, BEL to Data Pattern India filled investors' pockets with their returns. Some gave 40 percent returns while some made up to 96 percent profits to their investors.

Bumper return of 96 percent

Among defense companies, Data Patterns India Limited company surprised everyone with its returns. This company has given excellent returns of about 96 percent in the last one year. Apart from this, Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd, a defense sector company, has given returns of about 72 percent to its investors in the last one year. The stocks of this company, which were trading at Rs 1,776 a year ago, have now increased to Rs 3,082.

BEL also did wonders

The country's leading defense company BEL i.e. Bharat Electronics Limited is also not behind in the list of defense stocks giving excellent returns. This company also did not disappoint its investors. While on one hand the Indian Army was shelling Pakistan, on the other hand this company was also pouring money into the pockets of its investors. When Operation Sindoor started, i.e. one year ago from today, on 7th May 2025, the shares of this company were trading at around Rs 310. Today the same shares are trading at Rs 436 with a spectacular rally of almost 41 percent.

Along with BEL, any investor who invested money in the other big defense company HAL also got silver. This stock also maintained a positive stance amidst all the uncertainties on Dalal Street. Last year on May 7, this share was at Rs 4,470, which increased by about 6 percent to Rs 4,715 on May 7, 2026 till the time of writing the news. Whatever the past one year may have been like for the rest of the sector, investors in the defense sector have been in silver during this period.

Devesh Kumar Pandey

Devesh Kumar Pandey

Devesh Kumar Pandey is working as a sub-editor in TV9 Hindi. Devesh, a resident of Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, is interested in history and literature apart from politics. In the year 2024, he studied journalism from Amravati campus of Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Devesh likes travelling, writing, reading and listening to podcasts.

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