TATA IRON AND STEEL COMPANY (TISCO) WAS FOUNDED BY JAMSETJI NUSSERWANI TATA AND ESTABLISHED BY SIR DORABJI TATA ON 26 AUG 1907. TISCO STARTED PIG IRON PRODUCTION IN 1911 AND BEGAN PRODUCING STEEL IN 1912 AS A BRANCH OF JAMSETJI`S JI TATA GROUP. THE FIRST STEEL INGOT WAS MANUFACTURED ON 16 FEB 1912. DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR (1914- 1918) THE COMPANY MADE RAPID PROGRESS.
TATA STEEL LIMITED IS AN INDIAN MULTINATIONAL STEEL MAKING COMPANY, BASED IN JAMSHEDPUR JHARKHAND. ITS HEADQUARTERS’ IS IN MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA. IT IS A PART OF TATA GROUP.
IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS TATA IRON AND STEEL COMPANY LIMITED (TISCO). TATA STEEL IS THE LARGEST STEEL PRODUCING COMPANIES IN THE WORLD. IT IS ONE OF THE WORLDS MOST GEO-GRAPHICAL DIVERSIFIED STEEL PRODUCERS WITH OPERATIONS AND A COMMERCIAL PRESENCE ACROSS THE WORLD. TATA STEEL, SAIL AND JINDAL STEEL ARE ONLY THREE INDIAN STEEL COMPANIES THAT HAVE CAPTIVE IRON ORE MINES, WHICH GIVES THE THREE COMPANIES PRICE ADVANTAGES.
TATA STEEL OPERATES IN 26 COUNTRIES WITH KEY OPERATIONS IN INDIA, THE NETHELAND AND UNITED KINGDOM.
IN 1920, THE TATA IRON AND STEEL COMPANY ALSO INCORPORATED THE TINPLATE COMPANY OF INDIA LTD (TCIL), AS A JOINT VENTURE WITH THE BURMAH SHELL TO MANUFACTURE TINPLATE. TCIL IS NOW TATA TINPLATE AND HOLDS 70 PERCENTAGE SHARE IN INDIA.
THERE HAVE BEEN TWO ATTEMPTS TO NATIONALIZE TATA STEEL, ONE ATTEMPT IN 1971 AND ANOTHER IN 1979, BOTH OF WHICH WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. HOWEVER, UNION PREVENTED SUCH NATIONALIZATION EFFORTS.
TATA STEEL WAS AMONG THE FIRST INDIAN COMPANIES TO PROVIDE VARIOUS LABOUR WELFARE BENEFITS, SUCH AS EIGHT HOURS WORKING DAYS SINCE 1912, FREE MEDICAL CARE SINCE 1915, SCHOOL FACILITIES FOR THE CHILDREN OF EMPLOYEES SINCE 1917, PAID TIME OFF SINCE 1920, THE INFORMATION OF A PROVIDENT FUND AND ACCIDENT COMPENSATION SINCE 1920, VOCATIONAL TRAINING SINCE 1921, MATERNITY BENEFITS SINCE 1928, PROFIT SHARING BONUSES SINCE 1934 AND RETIRING GRATUITY SINCE 1937.
IPO:-
TATA STEEL IS ENTERING THE CAPITAL MARKET ON 19 JAN 2011 WITH A FURTHER PUBLIC OFFER (IPO) OF 5.7 CRORE EQUITY SHARES OF EACH RS 10/- EACH IN THE PRICE BAND OF RS 594 TO RS 610 PER SHARE, THROUGH A 100 % BOOK BUILDING PROCESS.
MARKET CAP: –
RS 176455/- CRORE
CURRENT PRICE :-
RS 141/-
HIGH / LOW :-
RS 185 / 126
STOCK P / E :-
57.9
BOOK VALUE:-
RS 72.2
DIVIDEND YIELD :-
2.53%
FACE VALUE:-
RS 1.00
CONS:-
THE COMPANY HAS DELIVERED A POOR SALES GROWTH OF 7.77 % OVER PAST FIVE YEARS.
DIVIDEND HISTORY
| EX-DATE | DIVIDEND AMOUNT | DIVIDEND TYPE |
| 21 Jun 2024 | 3.60 | FINAL |
| 22 Jun 2023 | 3.60 | FINAL |
| 15 Jun 2022 | 12.75 | FINAL |
| 15 Jun 2022 | 51.00 | FINAL |
| 17 Jun 2021 | 6.25 | FINAL |
| 17 Jun 2021 | 25.00 | FINAL |
| 06 Aug 2020 | 2.50 | FINAL |
| 06 Aug 2020 | 10.00 | FINAL |
| 04 Jul 2019 | 3.25 | FINAL |
| 04 Jul 2019 | 13.00 | FINAL |
| 05 Jul 2018 | 2.50 | FINAL |
| 05 Jul 2018 | 10.00 | FINAL |
| 20 Jul 2017 | 10.00 | FINAL |
| 28 Jul 2016 | 8.00 | FINAL |
| 23 Jul 2015 | 8.00 | FINAL |
| 14 Jul 2014 | 10.00 | FINAL |
| 15 Jul 2013 | 8.00 | FINAL |
| 16 Jul 2012 | 12.00 | FINAL |
| 04 Jul 2011 | 12.00 | FINAL |
| 12 Jul 2010 | 8.00 | FINAL |
| 06 Jul 2009 | 16.00 | FINAL |
| 18 Jul 2008 | 16.00 | FINAL |
| 08 Jun 2007 | 15.50 | FINAL |
| 26 May 2006 | 13.00 | FINAL |
| 07 Jun 2005 | 13.00 | FINAL |
| 08 Jun 2004 | 10.00 | FINAL |
| 09 Jun 2003 | 8.00 | FINAL |
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