Beating its Nifty peers by a wide margin, Dalal Street’s old warhorse Bajaj Finance has emerged as the undisputed star of 2025, delivering a 36% year-to-date return and adding Rs 1.5 lakh crore to investor wealth so far this calendar year. The blue-chip stock’s market capitalization is now nearing the Rs 6 lakh crore mark, after surging to a fresh 52-week high of Rs 9,315 on Monday—marking a multi-year breakout. Brokerages have likened its performance to that of Sachin Tendulkar, with some calling it the “dance of an elephant.”