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Employees: 917
Size RailTel Corp. of India (RAILTEL.NS) is an India Communication Services company (Major Telecommunications) with a market value of $817M, the 659th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹241.05 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 30.8%, against -17.8% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 5th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 22.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +1.9%); the operating margin is 10.2% (peer median 9.6%).
Valuation It trades at 18.8× forward earnings against a peer median of 13.8× (6th most expensive of 14).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 31% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +25%, so the hurdle is +6 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 2.0 points below its cost of capital (19.6% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 2 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹46.2B | ₹42.8B | ₹34.8B | ₹25.7B | ₹19.6B |
| Revenue growth | — | +23% | +35% | +31% | — |
| Gross profit | ₹5.27B | ₹5.10B | ₹4.15B | ₹3.58B | ₹2.74B |
| EBITDA | ₹6.74B | ₹6.20B | ₹5.19B | ₹4.43B | ₹3.84B |
| Net income | ₹3.38B | ₹3.46B | ₹3.00B | ₹2.46B | ₹1.88B |
| Free cash flow | n/a | ₹380M | -₹169M | ₹3.80B | ₹1.23B |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | ₹3.26B | ₹3.25B | ₹2.10B | ₹1.76B |
| Total debt | ₹601M | ₹637M | ₹445M | ₹456M | ₹418M |
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| Measure | RAILTEL.NS | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -5.3% | +1.4% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -30.8% | -17.8% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -38.4% | -33.4% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +22.6% | +1.9% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 10.2% | 9.6% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 18.8× | 13.8× | 6th most expensive of 14 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 31.3% | 5.0% | most demanding of 15 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +25.4% | +4.6% | 3rd highest of 15 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +5.8 pp | -0.2 pp | 6th most demanding of 15 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -2.0 pp | -1.8 pp | 9th lowest of 18 |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.9× | 8.0× | 6th most expensive of 16 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -0.5× | 2.1× | 4th least indebted of 16 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RailTel Corp. of India RAILTEL.NS | India | $817M | -31% | +23% | 10% | 18.8× | 31.3% | +25.4% |
| Bahnhof BAHN-B.ST | Sweden | $681M | +12% | +8% | 11% | 25.2× | 10.9% | +8.5% |
| HKBN 1310.HK | Hong Kong | $1.02B | -25% | +6% | 3% | 10.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Hicon Network Technology (Shandong) 301262.SZ | China | $1.21B | +1% | +2% | 38% | 30.8× | 5.4% | +0.1% |
| Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. Sponsored ADR TV | United States | $1.24B | -18% | +6% | 11% | 9.9× | 1.1% | -7.5% |
| Shenandoah Telecommunications SHEN | United States | $534M | -40% | +6% | -3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Uniti UNIT | United States | $1.27B | -54% | +200% | 10% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Gamma Communications GAMA.L | United Kingdom | $1.32B | +23% | +7% | 15% | 11.9× | -0.4% | +10.4% |
| NOVA Technology 300921.SZ | China | $504M | -32% | +2% | 5% | n/a | 23.9% | +2.2% |
| Ooma OOMA | United States | $497M | -7% | +17% | 5% | 13.0× | 22.7% | +10.1% |
| Guangdong South New Media 300770.SZ | China | $1.37B | +7% | -6% | 37% | 13.8× | -1.5% | +5.9% |
| ATN International ATNI | United States | $432M | -1% | +2% | 8% | 31.5× | 4.5% | +9.8% |
| Ovzon OVZON.ST | Sweden | $417M | -26% | +77% | 26% | 18.0× | 13.1% | +35.6% |
| Liberty Latin America LILA | United States | $1.73B | +72% | +1% | 17% | n/a | 0.5% | +3.4% |
| Cogeco CGO.TO | Canada | $349M | -20% | -4% | 26% | 5.5× | -11.3% | +2.1% |
| China Changbaishan International 0989.HK | Hong Kong | $318M | -27% | -71% | -48% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| IDT IDT | United States | $2.18B | +54% | +5% | 9% | 19.5× | 5.7% | -2.2% |
| Route Mobile ROUTE.NS | India | $301M | -22% | +1% | 9% | 7.7× | -8.0% | +25.7% |
| Eutelsat Communications ETL.PA | France | $2.40B | -40% | -1% | -6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| ITI ITI.NS | India | $2.53B | -18% | -41% | -1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| NetLink NBN Trust CJLU.SI | Singapore | $2.87B | -7% | 0% | 22% | 44.5× | 16.0% | +2.3% |