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The company lost 8% during the worst moments of the session

Indra plunged 4.19% in the stock market as he feared the government would force his president to resign

The company lost 8% in the worst moments of the session

Indra is having trouble in the stock market.Shares of the defense company fell 4.19% to 57.1 euros this Tuesday after falling 8% in the afternoon.Red frames at a bargain price make the Ibex-35 a great value.After blowing up the stock market, the CEO of the company Ángel Escribano can leave at the request of the public Sociedad Estado de Participaciones Industriales (SEPI), which owns 28 percent of the capital.

The stock market fall that was experienced on Tuesday was sometimes reminiscent of what happened on February 4, when the company lost more than 8% of its value in one day and more than 13% if you take into account the previous day. All in all, Indra's stock is still up 16.5% so far this year, still the most bullish in all of 2025, with a cumulative increase of 184%.

To be fair, February 4 coincides with similar news today: the intention of the government to leave the company and the current president Angel Escribano.According to El Confidential, Monclov is pushing for the departure of his chief executive to take effect before the next meeting of the company, scheduled for March 25.

After SEPI, which controls the government of the time, it is the second shareholder in Escribano Mechanical & Engineering (EM&E), a company owned by Ángel Escribano and directed by his brother Javier, with 14.3% of the capital stock.This potential conflict between the two largest shareholders is in line with Indra's intention to buy EM&E.This possible purchase is what caused the controversy with Moncloa, which after initially promoting it is now reluctant to join the two companies.

In particular, according to sources familiar with the situation, the government prefers to operate through the purchase of most of the capital and not through mergers through absorption, which would increase Escribano brothers' weight in Indra to near or even higher than SEPI.Monclova demanded that the economic and financial interests of the company should be protected but the public interest should also be protected.Especially in a company called Strategic in a field like defense.

The Minister of Digital Transformation and Public Services, Óscar López, avoided commenting on Ángel Escribano's continuation on Tuesday.

Apart from the potential conflict of interest that the operation may entail and is overseen by an interim committee within the company, the formula used is crucial to understanding what the future Indra will look like and how power will be distributed within it.In 2025, it became clear that the acquisition route was through mergers and acquisitions.In other words, to avoid the cash payment and use the capital increase that the new shares went to the Escribano brothers to align their interests 100% with Indra.

From the beginning of the year 2026, however, this process is no longer evident and the managers have different views, as the general manager José Vicente de los Mozos has always assured and informed the National Market Commission (CNMV).

Indra aims to become the national champion that attracts the rest of the sector amid the defense boom in Europe and take on European giants Rheinmetall or Leonardo.With this position, the company will increase its net profit by 57% in 2025, to 436 million.The technology company, for its part, increased its income by 12.7%, for 5,457 million euros.

Of particular note is the strong growth of Indra's order book, which more than doubled compared to 2024 to 16,883,000 euros, benefiting mainly from large public districts won in 2025 under the Special Modernization Program (PEM).A dispute that has not yet been decided in court.