Solar shines on Waaree Energies as tariff clouds clear

Shares of Waaree Energies, the nation’s largest photo voltaic module producer, have surged practically 28% over the previous two weeks, together with an 11% bounce on Tuesday, after India and the US agreed to a commerce deal. The rebound has narrowed the inventory’s three-month decline to 10%. The US contributed 15–20% of Waaree’s income within the December 2025 quarter in contrast with 57% within the March 2024 quarter. With tariffs now set to ease, the corporate’s exports to the US have vital room to recuperate.

Other than the commerce deal, traders have reacted positively to the corporate’s sturdy third-quarter outcomes. The administration expects to exceed its earlier steerage for working revenue earlier than depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) of ₹5,500–6,000 crore for FY26, backed by strong execution and increasing order guide.

As a part of its backward-integration technique, the corporate is establishing a ten Gigawatt (GW) ingot and wafer facility and increasing cell capability by one other 10GW, each focused to be operational by FY27. This may give it a completely built-in photo voltaic worth chain protecting polysilicon, ingots, wafers, cells and modules, decreasing dependence on imports and bettering margins.

The corporate’s order guide grew 28% sequentially to ₹60,000 crore within the December quarter, supported by an order pipeline exceeding 100 GW that gives multi-quarter income visibility. Round 65% of the order guide is worldwide, whereas home orders are more and more skewed in direction of highermargin segments, together with home content material requirement (DCR) modules, that are photo voltaic panels manufactured in India utilizing domestically sourced elements and command a pricing premium.

The corporate additionally plans to broaden into associated areas resembling battery vitality storage techniques (BESS), inverters, and inexperienced hydrogen. It’s establishing a 20-gigawatt-hour BESS manufacturing facility that’s anticipated to be prepared by FY28. Within the December quarter, it raised round ₹1,000 crore in fairness to fund lithium-ion cell and battery-pack plant.

In inexperienced hydrogen, the corporate intends to construct a 1GW electrolyser manufacturing facility supported by production-linked incentives of ₹444 crore. The venture, with deliberate capital expenditure of ₹676 crore, is predicted to be commissioned by FY27.To adjust to US non-Chinese language sourcing necessities, the corporate has invested $30 million in an Oman-based polysilicon facility, with manufacturing anticipated to start within the present quarter. That is anticipated to offer it a completely traceable, non-Chinese language provide chain, a key differentiator for its US enlargement.

For the Dember quarter, the corporate posted its highest-ever consolidated income of ₹7,565 crore, doubling year-on-year, whereas Ebitda surged threefold to ₹1,928 crore. Module manufacturing rose by 94% to succeed in a report 3.5GW and cell output touched 0.75GW from a near-zero base.

Following sturdy quarterly efficiency, PL Capital has raised the earnings estimate by 5.7% and 1.2% for FY27 and FY28 respectively. The broking agency has maintained a ‘Purchase’ ranking on the inventory with the next goal worth of ₹3,600 in contrast with ₹4,084 earlier implying an FY28 anticipated price-earnings (P/E) a number of of 21.