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ITC Ltd

NSE: ITC BSE: 500875

313.15

(-1.11)%

Wed, 04 Feb 2026, 08:40 am

Analysis

dividend

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Pros

  • Dividends per share have increased over the past 10 years.
  • Dividends paid are well covered by earnings (2.1x coverage).
  • Dividends after 3 years are expected to be covered by earnings (1.4x coverage).
  • Dividends per share have been stable in the past 10 years.
  • ITC's pays a higher dividend yield than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in India (0.76%).
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Cons

  • ITC's dividend is below the markets top 25% of dividend payers in India (3.08%).

future

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Pros

  • ITC is expected to efficiently use shareholders’ funds in the future (Return on Equity greater than 20%).
  • Performance (ROE) is expected to be above the current IN Tobacco industry average.
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Cons

  • Cash flow for ITC is expected to increase but not above the 50% threshold in 2 years time.
  • ITC's earnings are expected to grow by 4.8% yearly, however this is not considered high growth (20% yearly).
  • ITC's earnings growth is positive but not above the India market average.
  • ITC's earnings growth is positive but not above the low risk savings rate of 7.2%.
  • ITC's earnings are expected to decrease over the next year.
  • ITC's net income is expected to increase but not above the 50% threshold in 2 years time.
  • A decline in ITC's performance (ROE) is expected over the next 3 years.
  • ITC's revenue is expected to increase but not above the 50% threshold in 2 years time.
  • ITC's revenue is expected to grow by 5.3% yearly, however this is not considered high growth (20% yearly).
  • ITC's revenue growth is positive but not above the India market average.

health

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Pros

  • ITC is able to meet its short term (1 year) commitments with its holdings of cash and other short term assets.
  • ITC is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
  • ITC is profitable, therefore cash runway is not a concern.
  • Debt is well covered by operating cash flow (126650.1%, greater than 20% of total debt).
  • Debt is covered by short term assets, assets are 3496.3x debt.
  • ITC's cash and other short term assets cover its long term commitments.
  • The level of debt compared to net worth has been reduced over the past 5 years (0.9% vs 0% today).
  • ITC earns more interest than it pays, coverage of interest payments is not a concern.
  • ITC's level of debt (0%) compared to net worth is satisfactory (less than 40%).
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Cons

  • High level of physical assets or inventory.

management

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Pros

  • The tenure for the ITC board of directors is about average.
  • Sanjiv's remuneration is about average for companies of similar size in India.
  • Sanjiv's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year, both up more than 20%.
  • The tenure for the ITC management team is about average.
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Cons

  • ITC individual insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.

past

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Pros

  • ITC's 1-year earnings growth exceeds its 5-year average (22.2% vs 9.3%)
  • ITC's year on year earnings growth rate has been positive over the past 5 years.
  • ITC used its assets more efficiently than the IN Tobacco industry average last year based on Return on Assets.
  • ITC has efficiently used shareholders’ funds last year (Return on Equity greater than 20%).
  • ITC's earnings growth has exceeded the Asia Tobacco industry average in the past year (22.2% vs -1.2%).
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Cons

  • ITC's use of capital deteriorated last year versus 3 years ago (Return on Capital Employed).

value

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Pros

  • BSE:500875 is up 12.4% along with the Tobacco industry (13.1%) over the past month.
  • BSE:500875 is up 12.4% outperforming the market in India which returned 8% over the past month.
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Cons

  • ITC's share price is above the future cash flow value, it's not available at a moderate discount (< 20%).
  • ITC's share price is above the future cash flow value, it's not available at a substantial discount (< 40%).
  • ITC is overvalued based on assets compared to the IN Tobacco industry average.
  • ITC is poor value based on expected growth next year.
  • ITC is overvalued based on earnings compared to the IN Tobacco industry average.
  • ITC is overvalued based on earnings compared to the India market.
  • 500875 underperformed the Tobacco industry which returned -29.8% over the past year.
  • 500875 underperformed the Market in India which returned -14.5% over the past year.

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