๐ค Indiaโs AI Enablers - Goldman Sachs narrowed 1,800 listed Indian companies down to 42 final AI Enablers using a multi-stage filter:
โช๏ธ Size & Liquidity: 1,800 โ 500
โช๏ธ Growth, Capex & R&D: 500 โ 460
โช๏ธ AI News/Management Commentary: 460 โ 70
โช๏ธ Cross-Validation: 70 โ 42 Final Enablers (selected for visible revenue, order pipelines, capex, or key partnerships)
Key Market Insights
โช๏ธ Outperformance: The 42-stock basket gained ~60% in 2026, while the Nifty fell 12%.
โช๏ธ Earnings-Driven Rally: Since 2025, total returns reached +53% - driven by +65 percentage points of earnings growth, offsetting a 12 percentage point valuation compression.
โช๏ธ Strong Earnings Horizon: Projected earnings growth stands at 53% (2026E), 39% (2027E), and 29% (2028E).
โช๏ธ Upward Revisions: CY27 earnings forecasts were revised up by +22% for AI Enablers (+95% for Data Center Hardware specifically), compared to -2% for the Nifty 500.
๐ 3 Infrastructure Pillars & 42 Companies
1๏ธโฃ Power (20 Companies)
โช๏ธ Generation & Renewables: Adani Green, Tata Power, NTPC Green, ACME Solar, CleanMax Enviro, Waaree Renewable
โช๏ธ Transmission & Equipment: Power Grid Corp, Adani Energy Solutions, KEC International, ABB India, Cummins India, Siemens, Hitachi Energy, GE Vernova T&D, APAR Industries, Kirloskar Oil Engines, Schneider Electric, TD Power Systems, MTAR Tech, Diamond Power
2๏ธโฃ Semiconductors (9 Companies)
โช๏ธ Specialty Chemicals & Materials: Gujarat Fluorochemicals, Navin Fluorine, Himadri Speciality Chemical
โช๏ธ Hardware, OSAT & Components: Netweb Tech, CG Power, Waaree Energies, Sansera Engineering, Kaynes Tech, Paras Defence
3๏ธโฃ Data Centers (13 Companies)
โช๏ธ Cabling & Telecom Hardware: Polycab, KEI Industries, Sterlite Tech, HFCL
โช๏ธ Cooling & Mechanical Systems: Blue Star, Craftsman Automation, Syrma SGS
โช๏ธ Conglomerates, Infra & Developers: Reliance Industries, Bharti Airtel, Larsen & Toubro, Adani Enterprises, Anant Raj, Brigade Enterprises
Source: Goldman Sachs
๐ซ No Recommendation.
๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎโ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ | ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐
GS started with ๐ญ,๐ด๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ๐ and screened them on ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ & ๐น๐ถ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐, ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ต, ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐
& ๐ฅ&๐, followed by AI-related management commentary/news flow.
๐ญ,๐ด๐ฌ๐ฌ โ ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ฌ โ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฌ โ ๐ณ๐ฌ โ ๐ฐ๐ฎ
โช๏ธ 1,800 listed companies
โช๏ธ 500 passed size & liquidity filters
โช๏ธ 460 passed growth/investment filters
โช๏ธ 70 identified through AI-related news/management discussions
โช๏ธ ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ after cross-validation
These 42 have visible ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ, ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐, ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ๐ across AI infrastructure.
The opportunity sits across ๐ฏ ๐ฝ๐ต๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐:
โช๏ธ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ - Generation, Transmission, Equipment
โช๏ธ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ - Developers, Operators, Hardware
โช๏ธ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ - OSAT, Materials, Hardware
- While ๐ก๐ถ๐ณ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ญ๐ฎ% ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ, this basket gained around ๐ฒ๐ฌ%.
- But this is where it gets interesting.
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ-๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
Since 2025, the basket returned +๐ฑ๐ฏ%:
โ +๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฝ๐ฝ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ต
โ โ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐, ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
- And the earnings cycle is still moving.
- Consensus expects AI Enabler earnings growth of ๐ฑ๐ฏ% / ๐ฏ๐ต% / ๐ฎ๐ต% ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ / ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ / ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ด๐.
CY27 earnings revisions tell the same story:
- ๐๐ ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐: +๐ฎ๐ฎ%
- ๐ก๐ถ๐ณ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ฌ: -๐ฎ%
- ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ: +๐ต๐ฑ%
That connects the dots.
๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ต๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐
๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ
1. Adani Green Energy
2. Tata Power
3. NTPC Green Energy
4. ACME Solar Holdings
5. CleanMax Enviro Energy
6. Power Grid Corp
7. Adani Energy Solutions
8. KEC International
9. ABB India
10. Cummins India
11. Siemens
12. Hitachi Energy India
13. GE Vernova T&D India
14. APAR Industries
15. Kirloskar Oil Engines
16. Schneider Electric Infrastructure
17. TD Power Systems
18. MTAR Technologies
19. Diamond Power Infrastructure
20. Waaree Renewable Technologies
๐ฆ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐
21. Gujarat Fluorochemicals
22. Navin Fluorine
23. Himadri Speciality Chemical
24. Netweb Technologies
25. CG Power
26. Waaree Energies
27. Sansera Engineering
28. Kaynes Technology
29. Paras Defence
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐
30. Polycab India
31. KEI Industries
32. Sterlite Technologies
33. HFCL
34. Blue Star
35. Craftsman Automation
36. Syrma SGS Technology
37. Reliance Industries
38. Bharti Airtel
39. Larsen & Toubro
40. Adani Enterprises
41. Anant Raj
42. Brigade Enterprises
Source : Goldman Sachs
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