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ITI Limited: Company Overview, Financial Analysis, and Investment Insights

ITI Limited: Overview 

ITI Limited specializes in manufacturing, trading, and servicing telecommunication equipment, along with offering associated and ancillary services. Its primary revenue streams include turnkey projects (78%), service offerings (19%), and manufacturing/trading (3%). Major projects under the turnkey segment include BharatNet, ASCON, and e-governance initiatives, with notable clients such as BSNL, MTNL, and Indian Defense Services. The company’s service offerings encompass contract manufacturing, equipment testing, and IT solutions, while its product range includes energy meters, rugged telephones for defense, Wi-Fi equipment, and solar panels. ITI maintains strong ties with government agencies, PSUs, and state governments, which accounted for 76% of its FY20 revenues. With an order book of ₹12,000 crores, including BharatNet Phase 2 and ASCON Phase 4, the company is executing large-scale projects worth ₹4,800 crores and₹7,800 crores, respectively. Backed by a ₹4,150 crore government-approved revival plan, ITI has received substantial equity and grants to support its operations and new projects. 

Latest Stock News (6 Jan 2025)

Past two trading sessions the stock surged with upper circuit with high volumes showed a great signs earlier but on January 07, 2025 stock suddenly hit the lower circuit of 10%, sensing the quick profit booking and a case of pump and dump situation creating a panic situation for investors and worrying about the stock’s future. But, the company clarified to public that there was no manipulation from their side and it random abnormal trade happened in stock. 

Shareholding Pattern as on September 2024 

Key Stats 

Market Cap ₹47048 Crore 
Revenue ₹2396 Crore 
Profit ₹-474 Crore 
ROCE -8.43% 
P/E – 

Peer Comparison 

Amt in ₹ Cr MCap Sales PAT ROCE Asset Turn. EV/EBITDA D/E P/E 
ITI Ltd 47048 2396 -474 -8.43% 0.13 -258 1.07 – 
Astra Microwave 7454 969 130 18.7% 0.72 32.03 0.31 57.1 
Avantel 3655 229 62 47.5% 1.19 38.3 0.08 59.3 
BEML Ltd 15959 4054 286 15.25% 0.76 32.9 0.24 55.9 

Financial Trends 

Amount in ₹ Cr 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 
Revenue 2059 2362 1861 1395 1264 
Expenses 1914 2313 1753 1549 1582 
EBITDA 144 50 107 -154 -318 
OPM 7% 2% 6% -11% -25% 
Other Income 184 161 255 53 43 
Net Profit 146 119 -360 -569 
NPM 7.1% 0.4% 6.4% -25.8% -45.0% 
EPS 1.58 0.1 1.27 -3.79 -5.92 

Stock Price Analysis 

In terms of performance, ITI has shown a return of -9.99% in one day, 33.15% over the past month, and 109.49% in the last three months. Over the past 52 weeks, the shares have seen a low of ₹210.2 and a high of ₹548.7. The stock has experienced fluctuations today, with a low of ₹491.25 and a high of ₹592.85, The volatility is very high in this month which has also raised suspicion on company’s management for stock price manipulation, but is resolved now by the company.

ITI Limited Results
ITI Limited Results: Revenue Surge, Loss Reduction & BharatNet Phase-3 Project Wins

ITI Ltd: Overview 

ITI is a government-owned company under the ministry of Communications which was established in 1948. Full form of ITI is India Telephone Industries. And it provides diverse range of telecom products and services. The revenue bifurcation of company is 78% Turnkey projects, 19% service projects and 3% manufacturing projects. The Company’s order book is filled with government tenders for network distribution and connection over full area under its state. Its clientele is BSNL, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd and Indian Defence services. The 74% of company’s revenue is accounted from PSUs. It has total 1600+ employees working under its company. And it has no export revenue, and no outside Indian company is its client. Whole revenue is from PSUs or Ministry of government. 

Shareholding Pattern as on September 2024 

ITI Ltd Key Stats 

Market Cap ₹36,459 Crore 
Revenue ₹1264 Crore 
Profit -₹569 Crore 
ROCE -8.35% 
P/E – 

Peer Comparison 

Amt in ₹ MCap Sales PAT ROE Asset Turn. EV/EBITDA D/E FCF 
ITI Ltd 36459 Cr 2396 Cr (474 Cr) -27.30% 0.13 -201.3 1.05 937 Cr 
Astra Microwave 7155 Cr 969 Cr 130 Cr 15% 0.72 30.7 0.31 (229 Cr) 
Tejas Network 20133 Cr 6260 Cr 454 Cr 2.06% 0.42 20.5 0.78 (2445 Cr) 
Avantel 3692 Cr 229 Cr 61.7 Cr 39.20% 1.19 38.67 0.08 39.5 Cr 
ADC India Comm. 752 Cr 179 Cr 21 Cr 33.70% 1.96 17.9 19.4 Cr 

Financial Trends 

Amount in ₹ Cr FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 
Revenue 2059 2362 1861 1395 1264 
Expenses 1914 2313 1753 1549 1582 
EBITDA 144 50 107 -154 -318 
OPM 7% 2% 6% -11% -25% 
Net Profit 146 119 -360 -569 
NPM 0.07 0.00 0.06 -0.26 -0.45 
EPS 1.58 0.1 1.27 -3.79 -5.92 

ITI Ltd Analysis 

The share price of ITI was in consolidation phase from 2018 to 2023, but now it broke that phase and it’s at all time high levels. And on 30th December 2024 the share price rose by 15.5% reaching at ₹379 per share. Its 52 week High/Low is ₹404/210. The volatility very high in the stock, because in about 15 months the stock has given 3 times returns to its investors, showing a sign of high risk and volatility in future. Volumes in past months and in history were less than 2 million trades per day but since past 2 months the volumes have increased to 70-90 million trades per day. 

News

ITI Limited has significantly improved its operational efficiency, reducing working capital requirements from 196 days to 15.1 days.

For Q2FY25, the company reported consolidated revenue of ₹1,016.20 crore, a substantial increase from ₹246.47 crore in the same quarter last year. Losses were also reduced to ₹70.10 crore, compared to ₹125.81 crore in Q2FY24.

The company, in partnership with its consortium, secured the lowest bidder position (L1) for two packages worth ₹3,022 crore under BharatNet Phase-3. These packages cover Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands, focusing on designing, supplying, constructing, and maintaining the Middle Mile Network funded by the USOF.

ITI is already executing optical fiber projects worth ₹5,400 crore across Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and Gujarat under earlier BharatNet phases and serves as the Project Implementation Agency for MahaNet-I and Gujarat Fiber Grid Network Ltd.