Tata Chemicals Share Price

Tata Chemicals Limited (TCL) is the third-largest soda ash and the 6th largest sodium bicarbonate manufacturer globally. The company's history can be traced to Okhamandal Salt Works, set up in 1927. It became part of the Tata Group in 1939 after being overtaken by JRD Tata. Starting from industrial salt and soda ash, the company has diversified its product portfolio to various science-based products.

Tata Chemicals’ global footprint covers markets in Asia, North America, Europe and Africa. In 2008, the company through its wholly owned subsidiary Tata Chemicals Asia Pacific Pte Ltd entered into a joint venture with Singapore-based JOil (Singapore) Pte Ltd, a jatropha seeding company.

Business Operations

Tata Chemicals Limited operates in two verticals – basic chemistry and speciality chemical products. The company has its manufacturing facilities in India, the United Kingdom, Kenya and the United States.

The basic chemistry product range includes soda ash, sodium bicarbonate and other key chemical ingredients used to produce glass, detergent and other industrial products. Tata Chemicals is a market leader in the iodised salt segment and a leading manufacturer of urea and phosphatic fertilisers.

The speciality chemical product range covers four verticals – agri science, nutritional science, material science solution and energy science businesses.

Tata Chemicals’ agri science business is covered through a subsidiary – Rallis India – which has a presence in 80% of districts in India. Rallis India's portfolio has seven brands in crop protection and agri-input solutions.

The medical science solution business of the company includes products like Nano zinc oxide, highly dispersible silica and other grades of silica. The energy science business focuses on various domains of Lithium-ion technology – under the brand name InsperiCo.

Tata Chemicals' nutritional sciences vertical offers an innovative range of good-for-health nutritional solutions and prebiotics under the brand name Tata NQ.

The company;s consumer products include brands like Tata Salt and the dal brand Tata Sampann. The consumer products business was since demerged into Tata Consumer Products Limited in 2019.

As of December 18, 2023, Tata Chemicals Limited's market capitalisation stood at over ₹26, 323 crore. Tata Chemicals share price has surged over 111% in the last three years.

Tata Chemicals Innovation Centre has set up research and development (R&D) capabilities in the material sciences, nutritional sciences, nanotechnology, biotechnology and agriculture sciences.

Tata Chemicals Limited Financial Highlights

The consolidated revenue of the company for FY 2022-23 stood at ₹ 16,789 crore, an increase of 33% over ₹ 12,622 crore in FY 2021-22. The company reported a profit after tax (PAT) of ₹2,452 crore in FY23 as against ₹1,400 crore in FY22. Its EBITDA (Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation) surged 67% year-on-year to ₹ 3,822 crore in FY23. The company’s operating profit margin improved to 23%. The company made a total capital expenditure of ₹1,578 crore in FY23. Tata Chemicals’ earnings per share (EPS) increased to ₹90.95 in FY23 from ₹49.37 in the last financial year.