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India · INR·FMCG›Food: Specialty/Candy

Tata Group's consumer staples arm, selling Tata Tea, Tetley tea, Tata Salt and packaged foods, expanding into new FMCG categories.

≈ India's Kraft Heinz/Hain Celestial hybridMomentum strong 65
Mkt cap
$11.4B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
66%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$20.7M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
55.5×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
-7.9 pp
WACC 15.4%
Hurdle
+31 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
88 days
2 Feb 2027
Close · INR₹1,086
1D+0.8%
1W+5.9%
1M+12.2%
3M-0.3%
6M-5.7%
YTD-8.9%
1Y-7.7%
ATR %2.3%
Beta0.62
52w lowhigh15.3% off high

What Tata Consumer Products does

Tata Group's consumer staples arm, selling Tata Tea, Tetley tea, Tata Salt and packaged foods, expanding into new FMCG categories.

Sells packaged staples through distributors and retailers, with India the main market and Tetley carrying tea sales in the UK and US. Formed in 2020 when Tata Global Beverages absorbed Tata Chemicals' consumer-products arm, which brought Tata Salt, then added Capital Foods and Organic India. Tata Sons and Tata group companies are the controlling holders.

In one line: India's Kraft Heinz/Hain Celestial hybrid.

Products and services

  • Tea (Tata Tea, Tetley)
  • Salt (Tata Salt)
  • Packaged foods/spices (Tata Sampann)
  • Coffee (Tata Coffee/Starbucks JV)

Customers

  • Retail consumers in India and internationally (Tet

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Consumer staples
  • Packaged foods & beverages
  • Tea, salt & foods - India

What could go right

  • Category expansion into packaged foods
  • Premiumization of tea/coffee portfolio

What could go wrong

  • Commodity (tea leaf, salt) input cost swings
  • Intense FMCG competition

Moat: narrow (brand, distribution, scale). Trusted Tata brand plus market-leading positions in tea and salt built over decades of distribution investment.

Headquarters: Mumbai, India · Founded: 1964 · Employees: 23,639

Named competitors

Tata Consumer Products at a glance

Size Tata Consumer Products (TATACONSUM.NS) is an India Consumer Staples company (Food: Specialty/Candy) with a market value of $11.4B, the 107th largest of 1,058 India companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at ₹1,086 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 5.7%, against +1.2% for the median peer and 0.0% for the India market (cap-weighted) — 8th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 14.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.9%); the operating margin is 11.0% (peer median 11.2%).

Valuation It trades at 55.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 17.6× (most expensive of 21).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 43% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +12%, so the hurdle is +31 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 7.9 points below its cost of capital (15.4% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 2 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

809010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 102TATACONSUM.NS 92
Six months, rebased to 100: Tata Consumer Products against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Tata Consumer Products financials

Reported figures in INR; fiscal year ends 2026-03-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue₹216B₹202B₹176B₹151B₹137B
Revenue growth—+15%+16%+10%—
Gross profit₹66.3B₹55.9B₹50.4B₹44.8B₹38.5B
EBITDA₹30.2B₹27.2B₹23.5B₹22.2B₹17.9B
Net income₹17.0B₹15.4B₹12.8B₹11.5B₹12.0B
Free cash flown/a₹19.7B₹14.5B₹16.7B₹11.9B
Capital expendituren/a₹4.49B₹4.60B₹3.35B₹3.12B
Total debt₹25.0B₹28.2B₹23.9B₹34.8B₹16.0B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Tata Consumer Products competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%0%+20%-20%0%+20%2801ORKBRITANNIAMKCSJMBARNDARLW2269CPB2875INGR2897BCPCLISN28022212SXT600298AAKTATACONSUM.NS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Tata Consumer Products is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+5%+10%+15%20×40×2801ORKBRITANNIAMKCSJMBARNDARLWCPB2875INGR2897BCPCLISN2802600298AAKTATACONSUM.NSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Tata Consumer Products is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%0%20%40%2801ORKBRITANNIAMKCSJMBARNDARCPB2875INGRBCPC2802AAKTATACONSUM.NSGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Tata Consumer Products is the large dot.

Tata Consumer Products competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (TATACONSUM.NS vs HINDUNILVR.NS vs NESTLEIND.NS vs MARICO.NS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Tata Consumer Products TATACONSUM.NS$11.4B-6%+15%11%55.5×42.8%
Hindustan Unilever HINDUNILVR.NS$49.6B-12%+6%21%41.5×27.2%
Nestle India NESTLEIND.NS$26.0B-13%+22%21%59.4×36.6%
Marico MARICO.NS$12.3B+8%+20%16%51.8×28.0%

How Tata Consumer Products compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Tata Consumer Products against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureTATACONSUM.NSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+12.2%+4.8%3rd highest of 21
6-month return-5.7%+1.2%8th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-15.3%-18.2%9th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+14.7%+5.9%3rd highest of 21
Operating margin11.0%11.2%10th lowest of 21
Forward P/E55.5×17.6×most expensive of 21
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)42.8%3.2%most demanding of 18
Growth delivered (Del g)+11.8%+8.1%4th highest of 18
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+30.9 pp-8.5 ppmost demanding of 18
ROIC minus cost of capital-7.9 pp+3.6 pplowest of 21
EV / EBITDA35.8×11.4×most expensive of 20
Net debt / EBITDA-0.2×1.1×4th least indebted of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Tata Consumer Products TATACONSUM.NSIndia$11.4B-6%+15%11%55.5×42.8%+11.8%
Kikkoman 2801.TJapan$10.9B+24%+9%11%24.8×8.8%+11.2%
Orkla ORK.OLNorway$10.8B-6%0%10%15.5×-1.1%+8.7%
Britannia Industries BRITANNIA.NSIndia$12.1B-18%+7%17%41.7×28.9%+7.8%
McCormick & MKCUnited States$13.0B0%+13%17%15.9×3.2%+4.1%
J.M. Smucker Company (The) SJMUnited States$13.9B+33%+5%19%12.9×-7.1%+2.5%
Barry Callebaut BARN.SWSwitzerland$8.33B+5%+9%5%23.7×-8.4%+16.5%
Darling Ingredients DARUnited States$7.92B-20%+16%9%7.3×9.0%+11.4%
Lamb Weston LWUnited States$7.61B+31%+3%10%16.6×4.0%+12.5%
Meiji 2269.TJapan$7.35B+14%+4%8%17.2×n/an/a
Campbell's CPBUnited States$6.90B+11%-5%11%13.7×-3.6%+2.8%
Toyo Suisan Kaisha 2875.TJapan$6.74B-4%+7%17%14.5×-5.0%+9.5%
Ingredion INGRUnited States$5.78B-15%-1%12%9.7×-7.8%+3.8%
Nissin Foods 2897.TJapan$5.73B+9%+5%6%17.9×n/an/a
Balchem BCPCUnited States$5.54B+8%+9%22%30.9×14.5%+8.1%
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli LISN.SWSwitzerland$24.6B-8%+4%16%28.2×3.4%+8.1%
Ajinomoto 2802.TJapan$25.3B-16%+7%11%29.4×19.2%+8.1%
Yamazaki Baking 2212.TJapan$5.08B+21%+5%5%18.0×-3.3%+5.3%
Sensient Technologies SXTUnited States$5.07B+1%+10%15%25.0×n/an/a
Angel Yeast 600298.SSChina$4.97B+2%+15%11%19.1×4.1%+13.4%
Aak AAK.STSweden$4.88B-30%-1%10%13.6×-6.0%+10.5%

Questions

Who are Tata Consumer Products's main competitors?
Named competitors: Hindustan Unilever (tea, foods) (HINDUNILVR.NS), Nestle India (NESTLEIND.NS), Marico (MARICO.NS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Kikkoman (2801.T), Orkla (ORK.OL), Britannia Industries (BRITANNIA.NS), McCormick & (MKC), J.M. Smucker Company (The) (SJM), Barry Callebaut (BARN.SW).
Is Tata Consumer Products expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 55.5× against a peer median of 17.6×, most expensive of 21 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 43% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +12%, so the hurdle is +31 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.
How has Tata Consumer Products stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -5.7% against +1.2% for the median peer; over one year -7.7%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.