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Company profile is the section through which you can know more about good companies which are listed in Indian Stock exchanges. This section is more like a company Wikipedia and through this section you will get to know about the company genesis, full form , company profile , about its founders, customers & segments, financial information like revenue , profits etc and many other relevant information.This week, we are focusing on TCS ( Tata Consultancy Service ). Read below the detailed information about TCSCompany Genesis & Profile: Brief Company Profile: TCS aka Tata Consultancy Service is one of the most reputed and oldest IT companies of India. It was established in 1968 and has its headquarter in Mumbai. TCS is the largest IT employer in India and 3rd largest IT employer in the world just behind IBM and HP, employing roughly around 400,000 lakhs people across the globe. The non-indian employees are around 7% , whereas 31% employees are women.Inception & Founders: TCS was founded in 1960s in India by JRD Tata and FC Kohli under the aegis of TATA sons limited. Initially it used to cater the needs of TISCO and then later on expanded it services to non TATA companies.Chairman & Directors: Natarajan Chandrasekaran is the chairman & Rajesh Gopinathan is the CEO & MD of TCS.Customer Segment & Area of Operations: TCS mainly provides services in IT, business consulting, business solutions & outsourcing services to clients in more than 42 different countries across continents. TCS delivers services in segments like BFSI, energy, telecommunication, media & information service, government, resources & utilities, life sciences , healthcare , travel , transportation and hospitality, many more.Confidence Booster of Investors: Following pointers will boost the confidence of any stock market analyst. As these highlight the favourable business outcomes for TCS.

• TCS is debt free
• Tata Consulting Services has recorded a ROE of 36.45% for about 3 years
• The IT giant has been able to maintain the dividend payout of 47.3%

Quick Financial Information(Last Updated on 07/02/2018): Following table highlights Key ratios and financial variables which will help investors a lot.

TCS Quick Financial Information	Information
Market Cap.	₹ 5,73,759.85 Cr.
Current Price	₹ 2,997.25
Book Value	₹ 549.39 Cr.
Stock P/E	22.43
Dividend Yield	1.61%
Face Value	₹ 1.00
52 Week High/Low	₹ 3,259.05 / ₹ 2,214.95
Return on equity	32.80%
Debt to equity	0
Current ratio	2.71
Return on invested capital	78.47%
Return on assets	35.86%
Operating cash flow 3 years	₹ 63,700.78 Cr.
Cash from operations last year	₹ 25,223.00 Cr.
PEG Ratio	1.12
Price to Earning	22.43
Price to book value	5.46
EPS	₹ 133.61

Shareholding Pattern:The table below highlights the approximate shareholding pattern of TCS.

Holder's Name	% Shareholding
Promoters	73.57
Foreign Institutions	16.26
Financial Institutions	4.81
General Public	3.6
Banks & Mutual Funds	1.27
Others	0.45
Central Govt	0.05

Peer Comparison(Last Updated on 07/02/2018): The table below highlights the Top 7 companies in the same business therefore giving the easy benchmark for comparing TCS with other 6 companies in the same business.

S.No.	Name	CMP (in ₹ )	P/E	Mar Cap (in Cr.)	Div Yld %	NP Qtr (in Cr.)	Qtr Profit Var %	Sales Qtr (in Cr.)	Qtr Sales Var %	CMP / BV
1	TCS	2997.25	22.43	5,73,759.85	1.61	6545	-3.95	30904	3.93	5.46
2	Infosys	1107.75	15.32	2,41,942.80	2.44	5129	38.32	17794	3.02	2.98
3	HCL Technologies	953.85	14.81	1,32,791.94	2.58	2075	0.58	12809	8.42	3.37
4	Wipro	294.65	15.74	1,33,286.22	0.36	1930.1	-8.73	13669	-0.14	2.3
5	Tech Mahindra	606.7	18.89	59423.34	1.48	924.36	9.41	7775.96	2.89	3.13
6	Oracle Fin.Serv.	4173.85	27.47	35640.6	4.06	341.91	17.15	1189.53	11.66	8.96
7	L & T Infotech	1176.9	18.78	20234.91	1.4	282.8	14.03	1883.8	13.03	5.1

Annual & Quarterly Results: Below is the Quarterly and Annual Results of TCS.

Quarters	Sep 2016	Dec 2016	Mar 2017	June 2017	Sep 2017	Dec 2017
Sales	29,284.00	29,735.00	29,642.00	29,584.00	30,541.00	30,904.00
Expenses	21,171.00	21,506.00	21,510.00	22,171.00	22,377.00	22,617.00
Operating Profit	8,113.00	8,229.00	8,132.00	7,413.00	8,164.00	8,287.00
OPM	27.7	27.67	27.43	25.06	26.73	26.82
Other Income	1,057.00	1,192.00	997	959	819	870
Depreciation	496	496	505	499	504	506
Interest	5	7	8	27	7	6
Profit before tax	8,669.00	8,918.00	8,616.00	7,846.00	8,472.00	8,645.00
Tax	2,066.00	2,104.00	1,994.00	1,896.00	2,012.00	2,100.00
Net Profit	6,603.00	6,814.00	6,622.00	5,950.00	6,460.00	6,545.00

 

Years	Mar 2013	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017	TTM
Sales	62,989.48	81,809.36	94,648.41	1,08,646.00	1,17,966.00	120671
Expenses	44,949.57	56,656.57	70,166.70	77,969.00	85,655.00	88675
Operating Profit	18,039.91	25,152.79	24,481.71	30,677.00	32,311.00	31996
OPM	28.64	30.75	25.87	28.24	27.39	26.51
Other Income	1,178.23	1,636.74	3,719.66	3,084.00	4,221.00	3645
Interest	48.49	38.52	104.19	33	32	48
Depreciation	1,079.92	1,349.15	1,798.69	1,888.00	1,987.00	2014
Profit before tax	18,089.73	25,401.86	26,298.49	31,840.00	34,513.00	33579
Tax	4,014.04	6,069.99	6,238.79	7,502.00	8,156.00	8002
Net Profit	13,917.31	19,163.87	19,852.18	24,270.00	26,289.00	25577
EPS (unadj)	67.29	93.63	87.9	115.65	124.39	-
Dividend Payout	30.94	32.71	77.95	35.32	35.23	-

Cash Flow statement:Readers will find the cash flow statements of TCS of past 6 years.

Years	Mar 2012	Mar 2013	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017
Cash from Operating Activity	7,127.44	11,614.96	14,751.41	19,368.78	19,109.00	25,223.00
Cash from Investing Activity	-2,727.45	-6,037.61	-9,451.67	-1,807.14	-5,010.00	-16,895.00
Cash from Financing Activity	-3,955.09	-5,729.48	-5,673.24	-17,167.61	-9,666.00	-11,026.00
Net Cash Flow	444.9	-152.13	-373.5	394.03	4,433.00	-2,698.00

Balance Sheet: The below table highlights the balance sheet position for the past 6 years.

Years	Mar 2012	Mar 2013	Mar 2014	Mar 2015	Mar 2016	Mar 2017
Share Capital	295.72	295.72	195.87	195.87	197	197
Reserves	29,283.51	38,350.01	48,998.89	50,438.89	70,875.00	86,017.00
Borrowings	126.55	232.27	296.87	357.7	245	289
Other Liabilities	11,724.71	13,389.87	17,646.15	22,668.42	17,814.00	17,056.00
Total Liabilities	41,330.49	52,167.87	67,137.78	73,660.88	89,131.00	1,03,559.00
Fixed Assets	8,662.06	9,828.01	9,544.33	11,638.17	11,774.00	11,701.00
CWIP	1,446.37	1,895.36	3,168.48	2,766.37	1,670.00	1,541.00
Investments	1,350.33	1,897.34	3,433.74	1,661.78	22,822.00	41,980.00
Other Assets	29,871.73	38,547.16	50,991.23	57,594.56	52,865.00	48,337.00
Total Assets	41,330.49	52,167.87	67,137.78	73,660.88	89,131.00	1,03,559.00

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