Tata Communications was incorporated on March 19, 1986 as VSNL. In February 2002, the Government of India, as per their disinvestments plan, sold 25% of their holding in the company to the strategic partner. Consequently, the company was taken over under the administrative control of TATA.[1]It is the leading global digital ecosystem enabler. It has a leadership position in emerging markets, and an infrastructure that spans the globe. It delivers managed solutions to multinational companies and service providers. It partners with 300 of the Fortune 500 companies with their state-of the-art solutions, including a wide range of communication, collaboration, cloud, mobility, connected solutions, network and data center services.[2]
Overview & History[1]The company was incorporated in 1986, as VSNL (a wholly owned government entity). TATA group acquired 50% stake in the company in 2002 and changed its name to TCL in 2008. In FY21, Government of India divested its entire shareholding of 26.12%, of which 16.12% was sold to the general public, while the balance 10% was sold to PFL (a WOS of TSPL) through an off-market inter se transfer of shares between the promoters. As of FY23, TS holds a 58.86% stake. TCL owns and operates the world’s only wholly owned fibre optic sub-sea network ring around the globe and is the world’s largest wholesale voice provider. It offers international and national voice and data transmission services, selling and leasing of bandwidthon undersea cable systems, Internet dial up, and broadband services and other value-added services comprising mainly mobileglobal roaming and signalling services, transponder lease, telex and telegraph, and television up linking.TCL’s businesses are primarily divided into the following segments: DMS, Voice Services (VS), transformation services, paymentsolutions, and real estate.
| S.No. | Name | Current Price (Rs.) | Price to Earning | Market Capitalization (Rs.Cr.) | Dividend yield (%) | Net Profit latest quarter (Rs.Cr.) | YOY Quarterly profit growth (%) | Sales latest quarter (Rs.Cr.) | YOY Quarterly sales growth (%) | Return on capital employed (%) | Sales (Rs.Cr.) | OPM (%) | Profit after tax (Rs.Cr.) | Profit after tax latest quarter (Rs.Cr.) | Price to book value | Return on assets (%) | Debt to equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bharti Airtel | 2016.60 | 37.72 | 1212831.27 | 0.80 | 8650.80 | 65.11 | 52145.40 | 25.73 | 13.48 | 194613.50 | 56.01 | 32200.30 | 6791.70 | 9.72 | 5.35 | 1.77 |
| 2. | Vodafone Idea | 10.80 | – | 117010.49 | 0.00 | -5524.20 | 22.49 | 11194.70 | 2.40 | -1.93 | 44348.00 | 42.10 | -25945.30 | -5561.80 | – | -14.36 | – |
| 3. | Bharti Hexacom | 1616.00 | 50.36 | 80800.00 | 0.63 | 421.20 | 66.42 | 2317.30 | 10.47 | 17.44 | 9120.00 | 51.41 | 1604.91 | 421.20 | 12.99 | 7.04 | 1.06 |
| 4. | Tata Comm | 1745.00 | 92.91 | 49732.55 | 1.43 | 210.94 | 26.62 | 1802.60 | 0.47 | 6.39 | 7300.74 | 21.79 | 535.04 | 154.87 | 4.87 | 3.29 | 0.55 |
| 5. | Tata Tele. Mah. | 46.00 | – | 8992.62 | 0.00 | -320.82 | 2.90 | 286.13 | -16.70 | 50.32 | 1211.42 | 48.68 | -1263.53 | -320.82 | – | -98.17 | – |
| 6. | M T N L | 33.67 | – | 2121.21 | 0.00 | -960.20 | -7.85 | 189.76 | -28.83 | -6.76 | 688.90 | -65.41 | -3567.30 | -960.20 | – | -31.75 | – |
| 7. | Reliance Communi | 1.06 | – | 293.13 | 0.00 | -2701.00 | -174.19 | 87.00 | -1.14 | – | 344.00 | -24.71 | -213.61 | -85.00 | – | -25.62 | – |
| – | Median: 7 Co. | 46.0 | 50.36 | 49732.55 | 0.0 | -320.82 | 22.49 | 1802.6 | 0.47 | 9.94 | 7300.74 | 42.1 | -213.61 | -85.0 | 9.72 | -14.36 | 1.06 |
Standalone figures in ₹ crores
| Sep 2022 | Dec 2022 | Mar 2023 | Jun 2023 | Sep 2023 | Dec 2023 | Mar 2024 | Jun 2024 | Sep 2024 | Dec 2024 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Sep 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sales | 1,775 | 1,844 | 1,897 | 1,975 | 2,008 | 2,005 | 2,004 | 1,809 | 1,794 | 1,815 | 1,860 | 1,823 | 1,803 |
Expenses | 1,325 | 1,382 | 1,432 | 1,485 | 1,558 | 1,514 | 1,532 | 1,404 | 1,385 | 1,393 | 1,499 | 1,466 | 1,352 |
Operating Profit | 450 | 461 | 465 | 490 | 450 | 492 | 472 | 404 | 409 | 421 | 362 | 357 | 451 |
Other Income | 113 | 75 | -226 | 211 | 46 | -121 | 94 | 269 | -268 | 67 | 757 | 125 | 142 |
Profit before tax | 308 | 278 | -76 | 436 | 218 | 55 | 230 | 385 | -168 | 180 | 805 | 168 | 239 |
Tax % | 24% | 25% | 81% | 25% | 24% | 150% | 24% | 11% | -29% | 27% | 13% | 19% | 12% |
Net Profit | 235 | 209 | -138 | 328 | 164 | -28 | 174 | 342 | -120 | 132 | 697 | 136 | 211 |
EPS in Rs | 8.26 | 7.33 | -4.83 | 11.51 | 5.77 | -0.98 | 6.10 | 12.00 | -4.21 | 4.62 | 24.46 | 4.78 | 7.40 |
Standalone Figures in ₹ Crores / Yearly
| Mar 2014 | Mar 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | TTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sales | 4,376 | 4,319 | 4,790 | 5,068 | 5,252 | 5,389 | 5,750 | 6,225 | 6,587 | 7,236 | 7,992 | 7,278 | 7,301 |
Expenses | 3,378 | 3,291 | 3,598 | 3,875 | 3,982 | 4,163 | 4,178 | 4,242 | 4,632 | 5,390 | 6,088 | 5,682 | 5,710 |
Operating Profit | 998 | 1,028 | 1,192 | 1,193 | 1,270 | 1,226 | 1,572 | 1,984 | 1,956 | 1,846 | 1,904 | 1,596 | 1,591 |
Other Income | 545 | 719 | 187 | 807 | 89 | -575 | -166 | 325 | 569 | 221 | 230 | 825 | 1,091 |
Interest | 60 | 25 | 31 | 31 | 40 | 36 | 55 | 107 | 89 | 90 | 156 | 236 | 289 |
Depreciation | 680 | 719 | 743 | 765 | 830 | 891 | 977 | 973 | 916 | 996 | 1,038 | 984 | 1,001 |
Profit before tax | 803 | 1,003 | 605 | 1,205 | 489 | -276 | 374 | 1,229 | 1,520 | 981 | 940 | 1,202 | 1,392 |
Net Profit | 542 | 675 | 393 | 690 | 267 | -442 | 209 | 963 | 1,167 | 666 | 639 | 1,051 | 1,176 |
EPS in Rs | 19.03 | 23.67 | 13.78 | 24.20 | 9.36 | -15.52 | 7.33 | 33.78 | 40.96 | 23.37 | 22.41 | 36.87 | 41.26 |
Dividend Payout % | 24% | 23% | 31% | 25% | 48% | -29% | 55% | 41% | 51% | 90% | 75% | 68% | – |
Standalone figures in ₹ crores
| Mar 2014 | Mar 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | Sep 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Equity Capital | 285 | 285 | 285 | 285 | 285 | 285 | 285 | 285 | 285 | 285 | 285 | 285 | 285 |
Reserves | 7,601 | 8,067 | 8,611 | 8,970 | 8,518 | 7,914 | 7,936 | 8,782 | 9,518 | 9,576 | 9,605 | 10,166 | 9,830 |
Borrowings | 941 | 581 | 684 | 737 | 524 | 451 | 1,012 | 1,032 | 948 | 962 | 3,176 | 3,902 | 5,582 |
Other Liabilities | 2,702 | 2,800 | 2,942 | 3,153 | 3,575 | 3,964 | 4,257 | 4,100 | 3,970 | 4,442 | 4,717 | 4,529 | 4,557 |
Total Liabilities | 11,529 | 11,733 | 12,522 | 13,145 | 12,903 | 12,614 | 13,490 | 14,198 | 14,720 | 15,265 | 17,784 | 18,882 | 20,254 |
Fixed Assets | 4,237 | 4,174 | 3,810 | 3,997 | 4,112 | 4,597 | 5,252 | 5,061 | 5,060 | 5,005 | 5,334 | 5,229 | 5,268 |
Gross Block | 9,397 | 10,082 | 10,267 | 11,231 | 12,090 | 13,377 | 14,907 | 15,511 | 16,277 | 15,302 | 15,345 | 15,027 | – |
Accumulated Depreciation | 5,159 | 5,907 | 6,457 | 7,234 | 7,979 | 8,780 | 9,655 | 10,451 | 11,217 | 10,297 | 10,011 | 9,798 | – |
CWIP | 310 | 236 | 358 | 496 | 376 | 210 | 149 | 205 | 448 | 701 | 731 | 648 | 711 |
Investments | 3,003 | 4,124 | 4,688 | 5,366 | 4,211 | 3,873 | 4,038 | 4,736 | 4,277 | 4,417 | 6,083 | 7,095 | 7,634 |
Other Assets | 3,979 | 3,198 | 3,667 | 3,286 | 4,204 | 3,933 | 4,050 | 4,196 | 4,936 | 5,142 | 5,636 | 5,910 | 6,640 |
Total Assets | 11,529 | 11,733 | 12,522 | 13,145 | 12,903 | 12,614 | 13,490 | 14,198 | 14,720 | 15,265 | 17,784 | 18,882 | 20,254 |
Standalone Figures in ₹ Crores / Yearly
| Mar 2014 | Mar 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cash from Operating Activity | 1,204 | 1,461 | 908 | 971 | 1,029 | 1,248 | 1,108 | 1,647 | 2,173 | 2,087 | 2,106 | 1,597 |
Cash from Investing Activity | -1,014 | -1,278 | -850 | -865 | -61 | -1,450 | -1,093 | -1,454 | -1,708 | -1,224 | -3,500 | -1,381 |
Cash from Financing Activity | 2 | -553 | -127 | -90 | -442 | -263 | 1 | -159 | -563 | -710 | 1,410 | -290 |
Net Cash Flow | 193 | -371 | -69 | 16 | 525 | -466 | 17 | 35 | -99 | 153 | 16 | -74 |
Standalone Figures in ₹ Crores / Yearly
| Mar 2014 | Mar 2015 | Mar 2016 | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2020 | Mar 2021 | Mar 2022 | Mar 2023 | Mar 2024 | Mar 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Debtor Days | 57 | 61 | 64 | 58 | 85 | 88 | 82 | 64 | 61 | 59 | 56 | 60 |
Inventory Days | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Days Payable | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Cash Conversion Cycle | 57 | 61 | 64 | 58 | 85 | 88 | 82 | 64 | 61 | 59 | 56 | 60 |
Working Capital Days | -154 | -131 | -102 | -136 | -122 | -132 | -138 | -109 | -23 | -121 | -142 | -174 |
ROCE % | 8% | 10% | 7% | 4% | 8% | 5% | 9% | 13% | 15% | 12% | 11% | 6% |
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Tata Communications Limited is a global digital ecosystem enabler providing a wide range of communication, collaboration, cloud, and connected solutions to multinational companies and service providers.
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