profit from every ₹100 of sales.
₹0₹100
Tata Communications
₹1,743.40-0.20% today
-4.6% in 1 year
1-year low ₹1,347.901-year high ₹2,061.70
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2023 to 2026.
0%20% a year
You pay ₹49.63 for every ₹1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Tata Communications sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from ₹178 billion in 2023 to ₹248 billion in 2026, with ₹10.0 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Tata Communications handed back 35% of the cash it generated last year.
₹7.1B
Free cash flow 2026₹20.5B
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends₹7.1B
Cash vs. debt₹6.4B vs. ₹122.5B
Tata Communications vs. similar companies
Tata Communications grows the fastest of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from ₹100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per ₹1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tata Communications | 49.6× · Expensive | ||
 China Mobile | 15.6× · Fair price | ||
 Verizon | 11.2× · Cheap | ||
 T-Mobile US | 16.5× · Fair price | ||
 AT&T | 6.8× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Tata Communications's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of INR | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 178,383 | 207,847 | 231,086 | 248,027 | |
| 114,618 | 127,031 | 130,608 | 134,409 | |
| 21,027 | 19,741 | 19,769 | 19,957 | |
| 47,577 | 44,180 | 54,270 | 50,262 | |
| 17,960 | 9,683 | 18,364 | 10,016 | |
| 63.01 | 33.96 | 64.35 | 35.09 | |
| 64.3% | 61.1% | 56.5% | 54.2% | |
| 11.8% | 9.5% | 8.6% | 8.0% | |
| 10.1% | 4.7% | 7.9% | 4.0% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of INR | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 205,526 | 245,613 | 265,846 | 284,039 |
| Cash | 10,045 | 7,321 | 5,339 | 6,420 |
| Total debt | 85,766 | 112,632 | 123,573 | 122,489 |
| Total liabilities | 190,040 | 227,711 | 235,603 | 247,528 |
| 15,183 | 17,864 | 30,212 | 34,470 | |
| 285 | 285 | 285 | 285 | |
| 18.5% | 11.2% | 13.6% | 10.5% | |
| 118.3% | 54.2% | 60.8% | 29.1% |
Cash flow
| In millions of INR | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43,844 | 31,820 | 29,108 | 44,791 | |
| 14,931 | 20,823 | 22,056 | 24,332 | |
| 28,912 | 10,997 | 7,052 | 20,459 | |
| Dividends paid | 5,900 | 5,985 | 4,760 | 7,125 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 0 | 46 | 284 | 450 |
Valuation
- 49.6×
- –
- –
- 14.5×
- 2.0×
- 24.3×
- 12.2×
- 4.1%
- 2.0%
- 1.4%
Profitability
- 54.2%
- 8.0%
- 4.0%
- –
- 10.5%
- 13.5%
- –
- –
- –
- –
Growth
- +11.6%
- −17.7%
- –
- –
- +0.0%
Financial health
- 2.3×
- 3.55
- –
- 2.9×
- 0.49
- –
- –
How it ranks in Communication Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 31%of 435
Bottom 34%of 437
Bottom 17%of 346
Top 28%of 439
Bottom 38%of 439
1.4%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$14a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
71.1% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 34.8%
News
An intense boardroom battle is brewing at India's giant Tata GroupCNBC · Sep 18, 2026Porsche inks $1.5 billion deal for AI deployment with India’s largest IT services firm Tata ConsultancyCNBC · Aug 25, 2026The newest story we have is from Sep 18, 2026.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
40No pass
Benjamin Graham
16No pass
Philip Fisher
35No pass
Peter Lynch
16No pass
Joel Greenblatt
11No pass
Charlie Munger
33No pass
Terry Smith
39No pass
Questions about Tata Communications
Is Tata Communications a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, but the price is high. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Tata Communications AI analysis
What does Tata Communications do?
Tata Communications Limited operates as a communications technology company worldwide. It is in Telecom Services, based in Mumbai, India.
Does Tata Communications pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.4% a year, about 71% of its yearly profit. In 2026 it paid out ₹7.13 billion in dividends.
Is Tata Communications stock halal?
Yes. Tata Communications passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 25% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Tata Communications stock done over the past year?
Down 4.6% over the past twelve months, to ₹1,743.40. It traded between ₹1,347.90 and ₹2,061.70 and is 15.4% below its high.
Who are Tata Communications's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are China Mobile, Verizon, T-Mobile US and AT&T. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Tata Communications's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 12, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.