Tamilnadu Telecommunications Limited

Technology — Communication Equipment · NSE

₹9.06+₹0.13 (+1.46%)

DalalBaazaar Score

24 / 100

🔴 Weak

Verdict

HIGH RISK

Risk

Very High

Driven by negative shareholders' equity — the company owes more than it owns, short-term liabilities exceed short-term assets, the company is currently loss-making.

In simple words: The company owes more than it owns — years of losses have wiped out its net worth. Solvency — whether it can keep funding itself at all — is the main factor to watch.

Decision support, not a buy or sell call.

As of 18 Oct 2026, 7:02 pm

Understanding the Business

Company site ↗

The 60-second version of Tamilnadu Telecommunications Limited — what it does, how it earns, and who it competes with, before any of the numbers below.

What does this company do?

Tamilnadu Telecommunications Limited engages in the manufacture and sale of optical fiber cables for telecommunications in India.

IndustryCommunication Equipment

SectorTechnology

Employees57

Who are its competitors?

The closest listed comparisons in its industry are TATA CONSULTANCY SERV LT, INFOSYS LIMITED, HCL TECHNOLOGIES LTD, WIPRO LTD. These are the companies its valuation and returns are measured against elsewhere in this report.

Compared side by side in Peers ↓

DalalBaazaar Score

24/ 100

Weak

Weighted across six categories. Every point is explained below.

✗ Shareholders' equity is negative — accumulated losses exceed the capital in the business

Quality vs. Valuation

Company Quality

25/ 100

Weak

How good the business is, ignoring the share price entirely.

Valuation

30/ 100

Expensive

What you are being asked to pay, ignoring how good the business is.

Weak on business quality and not cheap enough to compensate.

vs. its own history

Not enough price and earnings history

vs. sector peers

Not enough peers with a usable P/E

vs. generic bands

N/A

Multiples unreliable — equity base is negative

EV/EBITDA

—

PEG

—

Red Flags

6 items require attention · 5 high · 1 watch

🔴Negative shareholders' equityFinancial
Liabilities exceed assets — accumulated losses have wiped out the company's net worth.
🔴Thin interest coverageFinancial
Operating profit covers interest only -0.2x — little room if earnings dip.
🔴Free cash flow negative for 4 yearsFinancial
The business has not covered its capital spending from operations for several years running, which has to be funded externally.
🔴Profit up while operating cash flow fallsFinancial
Reported profit rose but cash generated by operations declined — worth checking whether earnings are being supported by non-cash items or working capital.
🔴The company is lossmakingFinancial
Net profit of -₹15 Cr in the latest reported year.
🟡Short-term liquidity is tightFinancial
Current ratio of 0.04 — near-term obligations exceed near-term assets.

Investment Thesis

🟢 Bull CaseWhat could make this work?

No clear supporting case emerges from the available numbers.

🔴 Bear CaseWhat could go wrong?

Solvency comes before everything else
Liabilities exceed assets. Until net worth is rebuilt, the equity is a claim on a business that owes more than it owns, and further losses or a funding squeeze can leave shareholders with nothing.
Size brings its own risk
Micro Cap businesses are thinly traded, so exits are harder in a falling market and single events move the price more than they would for a larger company.
Several serious flags at once
5 high-severity checks triggered. Individually each has an explanation; together they raise the chance that something structural is wrong rather than a one-off.

🟡 Key Things to WatchMeasurable tripwires, set against where this company stands today

1Free cash flow remains positive✗ -₹5 Cr
Profit that never becomes cash eventually stops being profit.
2Interest cover stays above 3x✗ -0.2x
How much operating profit can fall before interest stops being comfortably covered.

Investment Checklist

5 / 8 checks passed

✗ Shareholders' equity is positive (assets exceed liabilities)
✗ Healthy net margin (≥ 10%)
✓ Generates positive free cash flow
✗ Adequate short-term liquidity (Current Ratio ≥ 1.0)
✓ Profit growing year-over-year
✓ Not trading at an extreme valuation (P/E < 40x)
✓ Not buying right at the 52-week high
✓ Short-term technical trend isn't bearish

Price history

Quick Metrics

1 good · 6 neutral · 4 weak

Market Cap

₹41 Cr

Micro Cap

Smaller company — thin liquidity and deep drawdowns are normal here

P/E (Trailing)

Not meaningful

Loss-making

Earnings are negative, so a P/E multiple can't be read here

P/B Ratio

Not available

No data

Source didn't return this field

EPS (TTM)

₹-3.26

Loss-making

Negative earnings per share — the business is losing money

ROE

Not meaningful

Negative equity

Return on equity can't be read when equity itself is negative

ROCE

Not available

No data

Source didn't return this field

Debt/Equity

Not meaningful

Negative equity

Shareholders' equity is negative, so this ratio can't be read

Revenue Growth (YoY)

Not available

No data

Source didn't return this field

Profit Growth (YoY)

3.8%

Modest

Slow profit growth

Dividend Yield

None

No dividend yield reported — usually means no payout, but verify if one was recently initiated

Free Cash Flow

₹5 Cr

Cash generative

Generates cash even after funding its capex

More Metrics

ROA

-13.4%

Weak

Assets generate little profit

Operating Margin

0.0%

Weak

Thin margins leave little room for error

Net Margin

0.0%

Weak

Very little revenue reaches the bottom line

Current Ratio

0.04

Tight

Tight short-term liquidity

Beta (vs Nifty)

-0.01

Defensive

Steadier than the market

52W Range Position

19%

Mid-range

Technical Snapshot

SMA 20 / SMA 50

10.1 / 9.4

Bullish alignment (short > long)

Price vs SMA 200

Below

Long-term downtrend

RSI (14)

46.0

Neutral momentum

Financial Trend (4-Year)

Metric	FY23	FY24	FY25	FY26	3Y CAGR
EBITDA	-₹2 Cr	-₹4 Cr	-₹4 Cr	-₹3 Cr	—
PAT (Net Profit)	-₹12 Cr	-₹15 Cr	-₹15 Cr	-₹15 Cr	—
EPS	₹-2.59	₹-3.2	₹-3.39	₹-3.26	—
Total Debt	₹32 Cr	₹33 Cr	₹34 Cr	₹38 Cr	+6.3%
Free Cash Flow	-₹1 Cr	-₹1 Cr	-₹2 Cr	-₹5 Cr	—

🔴 Total Debt has grown at 6.3% a year over 3 years.

Balance Sheet & Cash Flow — FY2026

Total Assets

₹17 Cr

Total Liabilities

₹210 Cr

Cash & Equivalents

₹0 Cr

Operating Cash Flow

-₹5 Cr

Capex

—

Shareholding (proxy)

Institutional Holding

0.0%

Insider Holding

82.2%

Peer Comparison

Company	P/E	ROE
TATA CONSULTANCY SERV LT	17.3x	45.6%
INFOSYS LIMITED	15.8x	32.0%
HCL TECHNOLOGIES LTD	20.4x	24.6%
WIPRO LTD	14.5x	15.9%

Recent News

6 general

Tamil Nadu Telecom shareholders approve all resolutions at 38th AGM

scanx.trade, 25 Sept

Tamilnadu Telecommunications Share Price Outlook: Where It Could Be in 3 Years

Univest, 03 Aug

Tamilnadu Telecommunications Ltd (NSE: TNTELE) Gains 19.93% as Stock Draws Market Attention

Kalkine India, 29 Sept

Tamil Nadu Telecommunications Ltd leads gainers in 'B' group

Business Standard, 29 Sept

Tamilnadu Telecommunications Ltd. Financials – Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss, Cash Flow

Value Research, 31 Aug

Momentum Stocks: Inox Wind, Bombay Burmah, Vishal Mega Mart, Power Grid Corp hit 52-week low

Moneycontrol.com, 08 Oct

Watch Items

Cross-check against the company's latest quarterly filing / investor presentation before acting.
3 metrics couldn't be retrieved for this stock — this is more common for smaller or thinly-covered listings.

DalalBaazaar Thesis

MiddlingGrowth

WeakBusiness Quality · Financial Health · Profitability · Valuation · Risk

Points for each in the Score ↑

Avoid until solvency is resolved

Tamilnadu Telecommunications Limited owes more than it owns. Whatever the operating numbers show, the equity is a residual claim on a business with negative net worth, and that question has to be settled before any of the rest is worth weighing. 5 high-severity red flags sit above this conclusion and should be read first.

2 of 2 tripwires tripped — Free cash flow remains positive; Interest cover stays above 3x · see Key things to watch ↑