Tata Motors said that the increase in net profit was led by a mark-to-market gain on investments in Tata Capital.
The company’s revenue from operations came in at Rs 20,667 crore, up 19% from Rs 17,324 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year, the Tata Group company said post-market hours.
For the quarter under review, the company’s EBITDA rose to Rs 2,300 crore, up 10% year-on-year, while the EBITDA margin stood at 10.9%, down 90 basis points. The drop in margins comes on the back of a 13% year-on-year increase in total expenses.
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What are experts saying?
Nomura has upgraded Tata Motors to Buy from Neutral and assigned a target price of to Rs 554 from Rs 402, implying an upside of 21% from current levels. Nomura expects TMCV to benefit from its focus on EVs and a strong export orderbook.While commodity costs remain inflationary, TMCV expects the impact to be mitigated through price actions, including the 2.5% price hike taken in July, along with ongoing cost reduction measures. On demand, TMCV said underlying momentum remains healthy and expects CV industry demand to remain robust, with 2QFY27 volumes likely to post double-digit growth.
Motilal Oswal has maintained a Neutral rating on Tata Motors with a target price of Rs 434, implying a downside of 5%. Following the better-than-expected Q1 performance, the brokerage has raised its earnings estimates by 6% for FY27 and 2% for FY28.
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It now expects TMCV to deliver a CAGR of 12% in revenue, 10% in EBITDA and 12% in PAT over FY26-28E. At 23.5x FY27E and 20x FY28E EPS, the stock appears fairly valued, according to the brokerage. Motilal Oswal values the core business at 12x FY28E EV/EBITDA, in line with peers, and assigns Rs 15 per share to Tata Motors' stake in Tata Capital.
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