Titagarh Rail Systems Share Price

Titagarh Rail Systems Ltd is a Kolkata-based manufacturer of passenger coaches, freight wagons, metro coaches, components and ships. Titagarh, earlier known as Titagarh Wagons Ltd, is a leading player in the Indian rail manufacturing sector. In addition to rail and freight coach manufacturing, the company also makes electric propulsion equipment such as traction motors and vehicle control systems. It also provides engineering services such as design, development and manufacturing of railway rolling stock components.

Titagarh started its journey as a rolling stock foundry unit in the 1980s in Titagarh to supply railway castings and couplers to the Indian Railways. Titagarh produced the first rail freight wagon in 1997. The company, in 2015, bought Italian company Titagarh Firema SpA, which is a major passenger rolling stock manufacturer.

In 2022, Titagarh Firema entered into an agreement with the Italian government to infuse equity into TFA. Titagarh and TFA have set up a joint venture in India to provide research and development services for transit and propulsion business.

Titagarh has also formed a consortium with Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd for the manufacturing and maintenance of 80 Vande Bharat trainsets. The JV will also undertake upgradation of the Government Manufacturing Units & Trainset Depot. The consortium will form a special purpose vehicle as it bagged the contract to provide maintenance services for Vande Bharat trainset for 35 years.

The rail company has also formed a JV with Ramkrishna Forgings Limited to supply forged wheels under the government’s Atmanirbhar scheme. The JV will supply around 15.4 lakh wheels over 20 years period.

As of January 30, 2024, Titagarh Rail Systems' market capitalisation is valued at over ₹14,600 crore. Titagarh Rail Systems' share price has grown over 1850% in the last three years.

Business operations

Freight Rolling Stock: Titagarh is a leading end-to-end solutions provider for the freight rail systems industry. The segment is the major revenue contributor of the company. After making a foray into freight wagon manufacturing in 1997, the company has diversified into other areas of tolling stock. It supplied more than 350 units (EMU/MEMU) to Indian Railways. The company has also supplied coaches to Pune metro project, Gujarat Metro and Bangalore Metro rail.

Under the Freight Rolling Stock, the company also houses its shipbuilding, defence and bridges units.

Titagarh has manufactured defence equipment for India and supplied specialised ships for the Indian Navy.

Passenger Rolling Stock: Titagarh is leading private train producer in India. It has delivered 350 transit systems to Indian Railways since 2007. Passenger rolling stock division received a boost after the acquisition of Italian firm Firema in 2015 which was later renamed as Titagarh Firema SpA. Titagarh Firema SpA offers products such as high-speed, semi-high speed, single-decker and double-decker trains and metros.

The passenger rolling stock division also houses propulsion & electrical equipment segment and manufacturing services unit.

Financial highlights

– The company's total revenue from operation in FY23 was ₹2779.6 crore as compared to ₹1467.5 crore in FY22. – The net profit was ₹125.7 crore in FY23 as against a loss of ₹0.7 crore in FY22. – The EBITDA for the company for FY23 was reported at ₹306.1 crore over ₹182.6 crores reported for FY22. – The earnings per share (EPS) was ₹10.89 in FY23 compared to a negative ₹0.03 in the last financial year.