ADANIPOWER vs TATAPOWER
Side-by-side comparison of Adani Power Ltd. and Tata Power Co. Ltd.. Descriptive only — not investment advice.
Adani Power Ltd.
Power
Quality Score: 65/100
Tata Power Co. Ltd.
Power
Quality Score: 43/100
At a glance
| Metric | ADANIPOWER | TATAPOWER |
|---|---|---|
| Quality Score | 65/100 | 43/100 |
| P/E (trailing) | 28.3 | 31.5 |
| Forward P/E | 26.3 | 22.7 |
| ROE | — | — |
| Profit margin | +24.1% | +6.1% |
| Debt-to-equity | 82.33 | 168.05 |
| Dividend yield | — | +0.65% |
| 1Y price return | +85.6% | -0.3% |
| From 52w high | -17.1% | -17.3% |
| Analyst rating1 = Strong Buy, 5 = Strong Sell | — | 2.39 |
Highlighted value = better on the metric (lower for P/E, D/E, drawdown, analyst rating; higher elsewhere). Descriptive only.
Snapshots
Adani Power trades at Rs 210.65, down 6.17% over the trailing 3 months and 17.13% below its 52-week high, though still up 85.61% over the trailing 1 year. Its PE of 28.28 (forward 26.32) ranks 3rd of 6 tracked Power-sector peers, while a quality score of 57 ranks 1st of the same 6 peers.
TATAPOWER trades at ₹382, roughly flat over the past year (-0.31%) but 17.32% below its 52-week high and below both its 50-DMA (₹386.33) and 200-DMA (₹388.99). Trailing PE stands at 31.48x against a forward PE of 22.69x, while fundamentals show zero FCF-positive years, a rising debt trend, and debt-to-equity of approximately 1.68x. News flow over the sampled window skews positive (5 of 8 headlines), with a mean analyst rating of 2.39 across 23 analysts (1-5 scale, lower = more constructive).
Pros
- ✓5-year earnings growth of 44.4% and revenue growth of 34%, alongside a 24.15% profit margin.
- ✓Q1 FY27 profit reported up 42% YoY to Rs 4,806 crore, with board approval of a Rs 15,000 crore fund raise (per news coverage).
- ✓Quality score of 57 ranks 1st among the 6 Power-sector peers tracked (NTPC, POWERGRID, ADANIENSOL, ADANIGREEN, TATAPOWER).
- ✓Stock remains above its 200-DMA (Rs 178.46) and up 85.61% over the trailing 1 year despite the recent pullback.
- ✓Forward PE of 22.69x is well below the trailing PE of 31.48x, alongside 5-year earnings growth of 10.9% that outpaces 5-year revenue growth of 5.6%.
- ✓News sentiment across the sampled 8 headlines is labeled positive (5 positive, 3 neutral, 0 negative), with company-specific items covering Q1 operating-earnings improvement, a solar-equipment export opportunity to Europe, and a targeted first private nuclear plant by 2032.
- ✓RSI of 50.85 sits in neutral territory, with the current price roughly 3.1% above the nearest tracked support level (₹370.10).
- ✓Mean analyst rating of 2.39 is drawn from a relatively broad base of 23 covering analysts.
Cons
- ✗Debt-to-equity of approximately 0.82x is on a rising trend per the persistence dataset.
- ✗Free cash flow was positive in only 3 of the last 5 years despite strong reported earnings growth.
- ✗Price sits below its 50-DMA (Rs 220.44), down 6.17% over the trailing 3 months and 17.13% below its 52-week high.
- ✗ROE, dividend yield, and mean analyst rating fields are unavailable in the current dataset, and priceChange1Y is missing for 4 of the 5 sector peers, limiting some comparisons.
- ✗Zero FCF-positive years and a consistency score of 0, combined with a rising debt trend and debt-to-equity of approximately 1.68x, indicate no demonstrated free-cash-flow buffer over the tracked period.
- ✗Price is below both the 50-DMA (₹386.33) and 200-DMA (₹388.99), down 17.32% from its 52-week high and 5.76% over the past 3 months.
- ✗Quality score of 32 ranks 5th of 6 tracked Power-sector peers, ahead of only NTPC (29), while trailing PE of 31.48x is above 3 of the 5 tracked peers.
- ✗Profit margin of 6.09% is thin, and ROE is not available in the fundamental dataset, limiting direct assessment of return-on-equity efficiency.
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