POWERGRID vs TATAPOWER
Side-by-side comparison of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. and Tata Power Co. Ltd.. Descriptive only — not investment advice.
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.
Power
Quality Score: 52/100
Tata Power Co. Ltd.
Power
Quality Score: 43/100
At a glance
| Metric | POWERGRID | TATAPOWER |
|---|---|---|
| Quality Score | 52/100 | 43/100 |
| P/E (trailing) | 13.3 | 31.5 |
| Forward P/E | 13.7 | 22.7 |
| ROE | — | — |
| Profit margin | +33.8% | +6.1% |
| Debt-to-equity | 150.81 | 168.05 |
| Dividend yield | +4.51% | +0.65% |
| 1Y price return | -1.9% | -0.3% |
| From 52w high | -16.4% | -17.3% |
| Analyst rating1 = Strong Buy, 5 = Strong Sell | 2.20 | 2.39 |
Highlighted value = better on the metric (lower for P/E, D/E, drawdown, analyst rating; higher elsewhere). Descriptive only.
Snapshots
POWERGRID trades at ₹271.6, down 9.92% over 3 months and 16.42% below its 52-week high, sitting below both its 50-day (₹285.36) and 200-day (₹284.67) moving averages with RSI at 32.84. The stock carries a PE of 13.3x against 5-year earnings growth of -0.8%, a dividend yield of 4.51%, and debt-to-equity near 1.51x on a rising trend. Q1 PAT was reported at ₹3,598 crore alongside a Rs 35,000 crore borrowing-limit increase and a Japan-based loan for the Khavda-Nagpur transmission project.
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
- ✓Profit margin of 33.8% and dividend yield of 4.51%, with a PE of 13.3x that ranks 2nd-lowest among 6 tracked Power-sector peers
- ✓ROE above 15% in 4 of the last 5 tracked years and positive free cash flow in 4 of 5 years per persistence tracking
- ✓News sentiment across 8 tracked items skews positive (3 positive, 4 neutral, 1 negative), including Q1 PAT of ₹3,598 crore and a Japan-based loan secured for the Khavda-Nagpur HVDC project
- ✓Mean analyst rating of 2.2 across 25 analysts (1-5 scale, lower = more constructive)
- ✓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 near 1.51x with a rising debt trend, following a reported increase in borrowing limit to Rs 35,000 crore
- ✗5-year earnings growth of -0.8% despite 5-year revenue growth of +2.7%; quality score of 34 ranks 4th of 6 tracked Power-sector peers with a consistency score of 43
- ✗Price sits below both the 50-day (₹285.36) and 200-day (₹284.67) moving averages, down 9.92% over 3 months and 16.42% below its 52-week high, with RSI at 32.84
- ✗No support levels are identified in current technical tracking, and ROE/1-year price-change data is unavailable for all 5 tracked sector peers, limiting like-for-like comparison
- ✗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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