YES Bank, Suzlon, Tata Motors, Vodafone Idea: How retail favs fared in 2025

Tata Steel, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and YES Bank are three of top 15 retail favourite stocks that delivered double digit returns in 2025 so far. ITC, Indian Railway Finance Corporation Ltd (IRCTC) and Suzlon Energy Ltd disappointed investors, tumbling over 10 per cent each. A total of eight of 15 stocks managed to match or exceed returns offered by fixed deposit with tenure of less than a year, data compiled from corporate database AceEquity suggested. Advertisement

Tata Motors, which has the highest number of retail investors at 66,25,734, delivered a negative return of 3 per cent in 2025 so far against 4 per cent rise in the NSE Nifty. Tariff impact, recent cyberattack and some liquidity hit expected due to production halt at JLR, weighed on stock. Despite geo-political issues,