TCS vs WIPRO
Side-by-side comparison of Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. and Wipro Ltd.. Descriptive only — not investment advice.
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
IT
Quality Score: 67/100
Wipro Ltd.
IT
Quality Score: 54/100
At a glance
| Metric | TCS | WIPRO |
|---|---|---|
| Quality Score | 67/100 | 54/100 |
| P/E (trailing) | 17.8 | 14.7 |
| Forward P/E | 15.1 | 13.3 |
| ROE | +47.7% | +16.1% |
| Profit margin | +18.1% | +13.9% |
| Debt-to-equity | 10.21 | 27.40 |
| Dividend yield | +2.68% | +4.31% |
| 1Y price return | -16.4% | -21.0% |
| From 52w high | -25.6% | -29.9% |
| Analyst rating1 = Strong Buy, 5 = Strong Sell | 2.05 | 3.35 |
Highlighted value = better on the metric (lower for P/E, D/E, drawdown, analyst rating; higher elsewhere). Descriptive only.
Snapshots
TCS trades at ₹2,445.70, up 10.09% over the trailing 3 months and 10.88% above its 50-DMA (₹2,205.77), but remains 6.21% below its 200-DMA (₹2,607.64), down 16.4% over the trailing 12 months and 25.6% below its 52-week high. ROE of 47.74% ranks 1st among 6 tracked IT peers and PE of 17.78 (forward PE 15.06) ranks 3rd-lowest of the group. Mean analyst rating is 2.05 across 42 analysts (1-5 scale, lower = more constructive).
Wipro trades at ₹184.60, about 12.1% below its 200-DMA of ₹210.03 and 29.87% below its 52-week high, having declined 20.96% over the past year while staying roughly flat over the last 3 months (-1.73%). At a trailing PE of 14.65x — the cheapest among the 6 tracked IT peers — it carries an ROE of 16.13%, free cash flow positive in 4 of the tracked years, and a mean analyst rating of 3.35 across 40 analysts (1-5 scale, lower = more constructive).
Pros
- ✓ROE of 47.74% ranks 1st among 6 tracked IT peers, ahead of the next-highest (Infosys at 32%).
- ✓ROE stayed above 15% in 4 of the last 5 years and free cash flow was positive in 4 of the last 5 years, per the persistence dataset.
- ✓PE of 17.78 (forward PE 15.06) ranks 3rd-lowest of 6 tracked IT peers, below Tech Mahindra (28.38) and LTM (27.48).
- ✓Price is up 10.09% over the trailing 3 months and sits 10.88% above the 50-DMA (₹2,205.77), with RSI at 61.89 (neutral).
- ✓Trailing PE of 14.65x is the lowest among the 6 tracked IT peers (HCLTECH 21.27x, INFY 15.44x, TCS 17.78x, TECHM 28.38x, LTM 27.48x).
- ✓Dividend yield of 4.31%, among the more visible cash-return profiles in the tracked IT peer set.
- ✓Free cash flow was positive in 4 of the tracked years despite a rising debt trend.
- ✓Composite quality score of 58 ranks 3rd of 6 tracked IT peers, ahead of HCLTECH (53) and TECHM (45).
Cons
- ✗Stock trades 6.21% below its 200-DMA (₹2,607.64), down 16.4% over the trailing 12 months and 25.6% below its 52-week high.
- ✗Five-year earnings growth (4.6%) trails five-year revenue growth (13.9%), and persistence data records a rising debt-to-equity trend, though the absolute D/E level (~0.10x) remains low.
- ✗Two of the 8 most recently tracked headlines (Aug 10) flagged alerts about possible employee data exposure; TCS said it found no evidence of a systems breach.
- ✗Persistence consistencyScore of 59 out of 100 reflects ROE staying above 15% in only 4 of the last 5 tracked years, not all 5.
- ✗ROE exceeded 15% in only 1 of the tracked years (consistency score 30/100), and 5-year earnings growth of 0.9% trails 5-year revenue growth of 10.6% by close to 10 percentage points.
- ✗Price is 12.1% below the 200-DMA (₹184.60 vs ₹210.03) and 29.87% below the 52-week high, with a 12-month price change of -20.96%.
- ✗News flow over the tracked period skews negative (5 of 8 headlines), including BSE's announcement (Aug 10, 2026) that Wipro will be replaced in the Nifty 50 index, and two reports (Aug 3, 2026) that Meta scaled back its Wipro outsourcing engagement amid AI-led restructuring.
- ✗ROE of 16.13% ranks last among the 4 IT peers with ROE data available (TCS 47.74%, INFY 32%, HCLTECH 24.07%, LTM 21.97%).
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