Bharat Electronics Q2 Results: Standalone PAT up 18% YoY to Rs 1,286 crore, revenue rises 26%

Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) on Friday reported an 18% year-on-year rise in standalone profit after tax (PAT) to Rs 1,286.13 crore for the July–September quarter of FY26, compared with Rs 1,091.27 crore in the same period last year.

The Navratna defence PSU’s revenue from operations rose 25.75% year-on-year to Rs 5,763.65 crore from Rs 4,583.41 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal.

Profit before tax (PBT) for the second quarter ended September stood at Rs 1,734.30 crore, marking a growth of 19.53% over Rs 1,450.88 crore a year earlier.

For the first half of FY26, BEL reported revenue from operations of Rs 10,180.48 crore, up from Rs 8,782.18 crore in the same period last year. Half-yearly PAT rose to Rs 2,255.26 crore from Rs 1,867.41 crore a year ago.

As of October 1, 2025, the company’s order book stood at Rs 74,453 crore.

Following the results, shares of Bharat Electronics climbed as much as 3.3% to Rs 423.60 on the BSE. The stock is up 7% so far in 2025 and has gained 6% over the past year.Earlier in the day, the defence PSU’s stock was in the positive after the state-run defence electronics major announced fresh orders worth Rs 732 crore, expanding its strong order book and reinforcing its position as a key player in India’s indigenous defence manufacturing push.The Navratna company said the latest contracts cover a wide range of high-tech defence and strategic systems, including Software-Defined Radios (SDRs), tank subsystems, communication equipment, missile components, financial management software, cybersecurity solutions, upgrades, spares, and associated services.

From a technical standpoint, the stock is currently trading above eight of its eight key simple moving averages (SMA), including the 5-day, 10-day, 20-day, 30-day, 50-day, 100-day, 150-day, and 200-day SMAs — indicating bullish undertones in the short-term to long-term charts.

The Relative Strength Index (RSI) stands at 51.6, suggesting the stock is neither overbought nor oversold. Meanwhile, the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) is at 3.8 and remains above both the center line but below the signal line.

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