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Market Cap:$7.3B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$7.6B
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Tata Motors Limited is India's largest automobile company, with revenues of Rs. 35651.48 crores (USD 8.8 billion) in 2007-08. It is the leader in commercial vehicles in each segment, and among the top three in passenger vehicles with winning products in the compact, midsize car and utility vehicle segments. The company is the world's fourth largest truck manufacturer, and the world's second largest bus manufacturer. The company's 23,000 employees are guided by the vision to be "best in the manner in which we operate, best in the products we deliver, and best in our value system and ethics." Established in 1945, Tata Motors' presence indeed cuts across the length and breadth of India. Over 4 million Tata vehicles ply on Indian roads, since the first rolled out in 1954. The company's manufacturing base in India is spread across Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), Pune (Maharashtra), Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) and Pantnagar (Uttarakhand). Following a strategic alliance with Fiat in 2005, it has set up an industrial joint venture with Fiat Group Automobiles at Ranjangaon (Maharashtra) to produce both Fiat and Tata cars and Fiat powertrains. The company is establishing two new plants at Dharwad (Karnataka) and Singur (West Bengal). The company's dealership, sales, services and spare parts network comprises over 3500 touch points; Tata Motors also distributes and markets Fiat branded cars in India. ...
Number of Employees 36,364
Contact Information
Bombay House 24 Homi Mody Street
Mumbai 400 001
(91) 22 5665 7219
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing: 336211
Recent Events
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Tata aims to buy stake in India truck maker Swaraj
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Analyst Upgrades for December 1st
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Tata Motors Declines Comment on Swaraj Mazda
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Indian shares drop 0.3 pct; Reliance, ITC ease
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Indian automaker Tata posts 3Q profit
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GE Caps-JLR $250 mn financing deal first of its kind
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Renault hopes to crack India market with cheap car
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GM CEO in Germany to talk about fixing Opel
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GM exec Forster may join Tata Motors
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Tata Motors acquires remaining 79% stake in Hispano Carrocera
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Electric Cars: A Wide-Open Race
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Technical snag hits Nano? Tata Motors recalls two cars
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Tata Motors Launches the Next Generation All-New Indigo Manza in India
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Tata Indigo Manza launched in India
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Tata Motors: License to Dive
Paul Price submits: Tata TTM is India’s largest automobile manufacturer and the world’s 5th largest medium and heavy commercial vehicle maker. They are #2 in medium to heavy bus manufacturing as well. They also provide financing for many of their buyers through their TML Financial Services unit. Tata acquired Jaguar...
Tata Motors: Time to Hit the Brakes?
Shiv Kapoor submits: In looking at Tata Motors TTM, the first thing that jumps out is the poor condition of the balance sheet. On 31 March 2009, the debt on the balance sheet was Rs 392.134 billion ($8.7 billion); that is an astounding Rs 763 per share ($17)....
Tata Motors: Value in India's Emerging Markets
Tata Motors TTM is an Indian car manufacturer who recently came out with Nano Car that cost less than $2500. A lot has been written about its design innovation, supply chain, and execution. by Dividend Tree
Indian Motorists Moving On Up
Tom Lindmark submits: I guess car buyers are pretty much the same all over the world. From the NYT: The chairman of Tata Motors TTM, Ratan Tata, had 500 engineers work for four years designing the world’s lowest-cost car, convinced that cost-conscious Indian drivers could live without air-conditioning...
Tata's Nano: How'd They Do It?
Justin Fogarty submits: Last year, Tata Motors' TTM plan to produce a car for approximately 1 lakh (approx. 2,500 USD) was greeted with equal parts excitement, envy...and skepticism that they could deliver the shockingly inexpensive car. 14 months later, the Tata Nano has arrived. As you can see in the...
Tata Motors: Will the Nano Go Ballistic?
Alex Salkever submits: Will the Nano go ballistic? That's the big question for Tata Motors Ltd. TTM, India’s largest automobile manufacturer. The pint-sized vehicle goes on sale in two weeks and it could either be a collossal flop or an entry level phenomenon for Developing World buyers. As background...
Indian Capital Goods and the Tata Nano: Volume or Margins?
Equitymaster submits: The launch of the Tata Nano has been well received by all. The vehicle has created a big hype and as a result, bookings are expected to fly off the charts. However, a few days back a leading business daily reported that dealers of Tata Motors’ TTM...
Thinking Small: The $2,230 Tata Nano Goes on Sale in India
The tiny, $2,230 Tata Nano “People’s Car†was unveiled this week at Mumbai’s Taj Mahal Hotel, the same stately and venerable edifice, near the Gateway to India arch, which was horrendously invaded by terrorists last November. It was perhaps not the best setting to emphasize India’s stability, since Tata itself...
Tata Motors Facing the Perfect Storm?
Asif Suria submits: The shocking terrorist attacks in Mumbai last month that targeted The Taj Mahal Palace hotel amongst various other locations were unlike any other India has experienced in recent years and deeply affected the psyche of a nation. These attacks are going to have a direct impact...
Tata Motors and the Rumble in Singur
Stephanie Grimmett submits: India's Tata Motors TTM is still slugging it out in Singur, but with the debut for its Nano looming, it could pull out any day now. Tata Motors was planning to construct its Nano vehicle, billed as "the world's cheapest car", at a factory in Singur, but...
| Volume | 600 |
| Shares Outstanding | 479.7M |
| Market Cap | 7.3B |
| Year High | 16.010 |
| Year Low | 3.050 |
| Earnings Per Share | 0.52 |
| P/E Ratio | 29.5962 |
| Dividend | 0.1212 |
| Yield | 0.787524 |
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