RailTel share price today

Railtel Corporation of India Ltd's share price was ₹236.34 at the close on 4 November 2026. It has been falling for 49 weeks. That is 19.9% below its average price over the last 200 trading days. Over the past 13 weeks it has done worse than the NIFTY 500, and it has been behind for 23 weeks running.

A share price tends to move through four phases: moving sideways (stage 1), rising (stage 2), stalling near a high (stage 3) and falling (stage 4). Today Railtel Corporation of India Ltd is in stage 4. The phase helps read everything below.

In the last 52 weeks it traded between ₹222 and ₹378, and at that close it sat 9% of the way up from that low.

Over the last 5.7 years the share price moved +49% while the NIFTY 500 moved +73%, so it is behind the index over that whole period. It was last ahead over 13 weeks in the week of 17 June 2026. The chart above shows the 13-week comparison for every week.

This page treats a rise as over when the price closes below its 200-day average on two Fridays in a row.

One change stood out: revenue up on a year earlier for 21 quarters in a row (every quarter we can compare).

1. Revenue up on a year earlier for 21 quarters in a row (every quarter we can compare)

   In the September 2026 quarter revenue was ₹1,146 crore, +20.5% on a year earlier.

   Why: Revenue rose because the long distance telecom business got a lift from an Armed Forces order and new railway CCTV connections.

   From the earnings call on 29 Oct 2026.

RailTel paid ₹3.25 a share in regular dividends in the 12 months to 5 November 2026 (3 payments), a yield of 1.38% at the ₹236.34 close on 4 November 2026. The last was an interim dividend of ₹1 a share, ex-date 30 October 2026.

RailTel dividends since 1 April 2021

Amounts as the company declared them on the NSE. A dividend goes to whoever owns the shares before the ex-date.

Yes. Railtel Corporation of India Ltd paid out 30% of its profit as dividends in FY26, and it paid a dividend in each of its last 13 reported years.

From the NSE corporate-actions record, read 5 November 2026.

For July to September 2026 (the quarter ended 30 September 2026), RailTel reported revenue of ₹1,146 crore, up 20.5% from ₹951 crore a year earlier, and a profit of ₹69.0 crore, down 9.2% from ₹76.0 crore.

RailTel results: July to September 2026 against a year earlier

The next results, for October to December 2026, are due by 14 February 2027: listed companies must publish quarterly results within 45 days of the quarter's end (60 days for the January to March quarter).

RailTel's management discussed these results on a call held on 29 October 2026; what it said is further down this page.

From the company's reported quarterly results (quarter ended 30 September 2026). Revenue and profit in ₹ crore.

RailTel closed at ₹236.34 on 4 November 2026, down 32.8% from ₹351.65 a year earlier (7 November 2025) and up 91.4% over five years. Its highest weekly close since March 2021 was ₹596.90 on 12 July 2024.

RailTel share price: then and now

Weekly closing prices. Each change is the move from that price to the 4 Nov 2026 close. A day's intraday high or low can go beyond these weekly closes.

302 weekly closes from 5 March 2021 to 4 November 2026.

4 Nov 2026: RailTel closed at ₹236.34, up 6.3% on the week and down 8.1% on the month. 30 Oct 2026: ex-date for an interim dividend of ₹1 a share.

Earlier

• 29 Oct 2026: RailTel held its results call for July to September 2026. Management guided: Project revenue ₹3,500 crore in FY27 reaffirmed against current order-book conversion pace.
• Results for July to September 2026: Revenue up 20.5% and profit down 9.2% on a year earlier.
• 13 Aug 2026: ex-date for a dividend of ₹1.25 a share.
• 13 Mar 2026: ex-date for an interim dividend of ₹1 a share.

On the call for July to September 2026, held on 29 October 2026, RailTel's management guided: Project revenue ₹3,500 crore in FY27 reaffirmed against current order-book conversion pace.

“We have to share the revenue, but I am sure that my margin will be somewhere around 10%. The bottom, I would say, is 8%-10% - Sanjai Kumar”CMD, on the call for July to September 2026

What management guided

• Data centre revenue ₹300 crore in FY27 and ₹500 crore in FY28.
• Kavach revenue ₹50-100 crore in late FY27 centred near ₹80 crore.
• FY28 as major Kavach installation and commissioning year with field activity scaling up.
• Noida 10MW data centre live by mid-May 2027.

Management’s own plans and goals, from our notes of the call. A plan is not a result.

Source: the call transcript.

From the call for July to September 2026, 29 October 2026.

When RailTel reports October to December 2026, these are the 4 checks that show whether the story is still on course. First: Second-half project conversion pace against full-year ambition - check whether historic acceleration closes the gap.

RailTel is on 2 of our India lists: 52 week high & low and AI & data centre stocks.

Railtel Corporation of India Ltd earned ₹69.0 Cr of net profit in the Sep 2026 quarter, −9.2% on the same quarter a year earlier. Full-year FY26 profit was ₹346 Cr. Over 10 years profit has grown 13.0% a year on average. That is 6.0% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned ₹76.0 Cr.

Net profit is what is left after every cost, interest and tax. Earnings per share, dividends and book value all grow from it.

For the full year, FY26 profit was ₹346 Cr (+15.3% on the year before).

Why profit moved: revenue changed +20.5% on a year earlier and the margin moved −1.0 percentage points. Sales did the work, and the margin was about flat.

On average over the last four quarters, profit changed +3.0% and revenue +21.8%. Profit is growing slower than sales: rising costs are taking part of the growth.

Railtel Corporation of India Ltd reported ₹1,146 Cr of revenue in the Sep 2026 quarter, +20.5% on the same quarter a year earlier. That is the 12th quarter in a row with growth on the year before. Over 10 years it has grown 22.3% a year on average. The last full year, FY26, came in at ₹4,277 Cr.

Revenue is everything the company billed its customers in the period.

The last four reported quarters add to ₹4,621 Cr.

FY26 revenue was ₹4,277 Cr, +23.0% on the year before.

Recent pace: the last four quarters grew +21.8% on average, against 22.3% a year over the longer run, so this year is growing at about the same pace as its own long-run rate.

Is growth speeding up? Revenue over the last 12 months grew +22.5%, against +26.2% a year over the last 8 quarters (rolling over); profit over the last 12 months grew +5.9%, against +13.7% a year (rolling over).

Railtel Corporation of India Ltd's operating margin was 15.0% in the Sep 2026 quarter, 1.0 percentage points lower than the same quarter a year ago. Across 13 years it has been between 15.0% and 38.0%. The latest quarter is within that range.

Operating margin is what is left from every ₹100 of sales after the costs of running the business, before interest and tax. It shows pricing power and cost control.

Why the margin moved: operating margin changed −0.9 percentage points on the year while gross margin changed +0.0 points. So the drop came mostly from costs below the gross margin, such as staff and overheads, measured against sales.

Over the last 3 years, 126% of Railtel Corporation of India Ltd's reported profit came in as cash from its operations, so the profit is backed by cash. In FY26 it brought in ₹316 Cr of operating cash against ₹346 Cr of profit.

The profit and loss account shows what was earned. The cash-flow statement shows the cash that actually came in. Comparing operating cash flow with profit is one of the best checks that a profit is real.

After ₹346 Cr of spending on assets, free cash was −₹30.0 Cr: it spent more than its operations brought in.

Cash-flow figures here are yearly, because quarterly cash statements are not published, so this section changes once a year.

Why 126% of profit came in as cash: the cash cycle got 33 days shorter between FY21 and FY26, so cash that used to wait in the business now arrives sooner.

What to look at next: the bigger use of cash is spending on new assets, at 1.7× depreciation over three years. The next section checks what that spending is building.

Railtel Corporation of India Ltd's cash cycle, the days between paying suppliers and getting paid by customers, was 175 days in FY26, down from 208 days in FY21. It spent ₹911 Cr on assets over the last 3 years.

Working capital is the cash tied up between paying suppliers and getting paid. Debtor days: how long customers take to pay. Inventory days: how long stock sits. The cash cycle: the whole loop, in days of sales.

At FY26 sales of ₹4,277 Cr, each day of that cycle ties up about ₹11.7 Cr, so roughly ₹2,051 Cr is tied up in the business at any time.

Spending on assets: ₹911 Cr over the last 3 years, against ₹527 Cr of depreciation (the yearly wear and tear on existing assets). So it is building well beyond replacing what wears out. Work still in progress is ₹81.0 Cr (FY26): assets paid for that are not earning yet.

In short: the cash is going into new capacity, not getting stuck in the daily cycle. The question is whether the new capacity earns.

Railtel Corporation of India Ltd's P/E is 20.4×, near the low end of its own history: it has been lower only 16% of the time. Its usual P/E (the middle reading) is 28.8×, over 5.7 years of weekly prices. This compares the share price with the company’s own past. It does not say what the business is worth.

P/E is the share price divided by a year's profit per share: how many rupees the market pays for each rupee of yearly profit.

The P/E here, and its history, use a profit figure that can leave out one-off items, so it can differ from a P/E worked out on the quarterly results. Those results' earnings per share for the four quarters to Sep 2026 add up to ₹10.55.

Why the multiple is where it is: over the past year earnings per share moved +15.5% while the price moved −32.8%. Earnings did better than the price, which pulled the multiple down within its own range.

Where the price move came from: over 5 years the price moved +13.9% a year; about +20.7% a year came from earnings growth and about −6.8 percentage points from the multiple (the market paying less). The split is approximate (price return minus earnings growth). It shows how much of the move came from the market paying a different multiple.

In short: the multiple is low against its own past, so the earnings trend underneath matters more than the multiple.

Railtel Corporation of India Ltd's business is slowing from a peak. Profit and EPS growth have slowed sharply (profit growth from +46.1% at its peak to +5.9% now), while ROCE is still 18.2%. This is based on 12 quarters of 4 measures.

Every business is somewhere on a path of getting better or worse, and this section names where. The last 12 quarters of growth in revenue, profit and earnings per share, plus the return the business earns on its capital, are read as lines. Getting worse: the lines are falling. Turning around: a low point has just formed and the last few quarters are rising from it. Getting better: the rise from the low has lasted. Growing steadily: steady growth with healthy returns. Slowing from a peak: still high, but slowing. When the lines disagree the result is mixed; too little history means no reading. CAGR (compound annual growth rate) is the steady yearly rate that would turn the starting value into the latest one. It is the fairest way to compare growth over different periods. If the 1-year figure is much bigger than the 10-year one, recent growth is running faster than the long-run trend. A dash means there is no figure for that period, or the starting year was a loss, where a growth rate means nothing.

Why it matters: slowing from a peak is where good stories often end quietly.

Compound annual growth rate (%)

Compound annual growth rate over each period, %. Revenue, profit and EPS come from yearly figures; the share price row is price growth over the same periods. A dash means no figure for that period, or the starting year was a loss.

Railtel Corporation of India Ltd earned a ROCE of 23% in FY26. That is up from a low of 14% in FY21. Its return on capital used (ROIC) is 7.6 percentage points above its cost of capital, so growth here adds value, not just size. It comes from a 8.1% net margin and 0.73× asset turnover (sales divided by assets).

Return on capital employed (ROCE) is the profit the whole business earns on all the money in it, from shareholders and lenders together. It is the best single test of whether growth adds value or just size.

Why the return is what it is (FY26): a 8.1% net margin × 0.73× asset turnover × 2.58× leverage (assets divided by equity) ≈ 15.3% on equity. The margin does its share; borrowing is a big part of it.

The key test, return on capital used minus the cost of capital: 19.6% − 12.0% = +7.6 percentage points. The 12.0% is a standard assumption for the cost of capital in India, not an estimate for this company. Read the sign and size of the gap, not the decimals. A gap this wide means each rupee put back into the business creates more than a rupee of value.

The 19.6% ROIC above is the latest reading, as reported. The yearly chart below shows FY26 at 23.5%, and the quarterly chart works out each 12-month window from the quarterly figures, so the readings differ by date, not by method.

Railtel Corporation of India Ltd has total debt of ₹60.0 Cr against shareholder equity of ₹2,359 Cr as of Sep 2026, so its debt is 0.03× its equity, which is very little. Year by year, that ratio went from 0.02 in FY22 to 0.03 in FY26. So the returns on this page come from the business, not from borrowed money.

Debt-to-equity shows how much of the business is paid for with borrowed money. Lower is safer, and the direction matters as much as the level.

No group of Railtel Corporation of India Ltd's owners changed its stake by a full percentage point over the last two years. Domestic institutions moved +0.4 points over the same period, to 1.0%. This uses the four owner groups that companies report every quarter; nothing is guessed between filings.

Who owns the company each quarter: promoters (the founders or controlling owners), foreign institutions, domestic institutions such as mutual funds, and the public. When people close to the business steadily raise their stake, that is worth noticing; a quiet list is also an answer.

Over the last two years: Foreign institutions: +0.9 points over 8 quarters, to 4.0%; Domestic institutions: +0.4 points over 8 quarters, to 1.0%; Promoters: +0.0 points over 8 quarters, to 72.8%.

For Railtel Corporation of India Ltd, the Z-score is 3.39. A Z-score above about 3 is safe and below about 1.8 signals danger, so this is well clear of danger. It estimates how far the balance sheet is from trouble; it is not a forecast of failure.

The Z-score estimates how far a company is from balance-sheet trouble. Above about 3 is safe; below about 1.8 is the danger zone. It was built for manufacturers, so it is not used for banks and lenders.

Why it matters: a Z-score of 3.39 is well clear of the danger zone, so the balance sheet is not the risk here.

61.6 out of 100, rank 2 of 9 in Railways, with 85% of the evidence available.

Railtel Corporation of India Ltd scores 61.6 out of 100 against the 9 companies it is compared with in Railways, ranking 2. The evidence is balanced: no factor stands out, so another reported quarter is needed before the picture is clearer.

The four parts add up to the total exactly: 20.3 + 18 + 15.4 + 7.9 = 61.6. This is the same number shown on the industry page; it is worked out once for the whole group and read here.

What would change it: The score would fall if profit growth turns negative or margins stop improving while the share price lags its sector.

RailTel ranks 2 of 9 Railways companies on the 4-Factor Sector Score, with 61.6 out of 100.

Missing figures are not scored as bad. They lower the confidence and pull the final score toward the middle. Relative strength counts only when the company has a reading for this week; with no reading, that factor is left out and its 20 points are shared across the other three in proportion. PEG is not shown when the ratio cannot mean anything: the company must be making a profit, its price-to-earnings must be positive, and its three-year earnings growth must fall between 5% and 60%. Dividing a price multiple by a loss, or by growth measured off a tiny base, produces a number that looks precise and tells you nothing. Under relative strength, one mark per week shows the last 12 weeks: a mark is filled where the company led NIFTY 500 by 5% or more over the 13 weeks ending that week, which is the same test used everywhere on this site. Price stage places the company on the same six-step path the industry is placed on (basing, turning, breaking out, leader, fading, asleep), read from how many weeks running it has led NIFTY 500 and whether that lead is growing or shrinking. It describes where the share price stands, not the direction of earnings, and it is not a recommendation; it is left blank for a company whose weekly history is too short or too stale to read.

The figures in this ranking come from the industry comparison: results through the Sep 2026 quarter, and the P/E at that quarter's end. The sections above use the latest weekly price, so a P/E or return there can differ a little from the one here. The stage words in this ranking (such as losing its lead or breaking out) describe the lead over the index, not the price phase in the price section.

Related companies: Railways, all 9 compared on one page.

RailTel is the 6th largest of 9 Railways companies on Sector Alpha by market value (scores of 30 October 2026). Just above it: Titagarh Rail Systems, Rites and Jupiter Wagons. Just below it: Texmaco Rail & Engineering, Cosmic CRF and Oriental Rail Infrastructure.

Railways companies close in size

3. Titagarh Rail Systems Ltd ₹9,227 crore
4. Rites Ltd ₹9,049 crore
5. Jupiter Wagons Ltd ₹7,769 crore
6. Railtel Corporation of India Ltd ₹7,138 crore
7. Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd ₹4,218 crore
8. Cosmic CRF Ltd ₹819 crore
9. Oriental Rail Infrastructure Ltd ₹773 crore

All 9 Railways companies, largest first

Companies close in size in other industries

700. Tejas Networks Ltd ₹7,178 crore · Telecom Services
701. ISGEC Heavy Engineering Ltd ₹7,170 crore · Infra - Engineering - General
702. Railtel Corporation of India Ltd ₹7,138 crore
703. Swan Corp Ltd ₹7,126 crore · Diversified
704. Precision Wires India Ltd ₹7,125 crore · Copper Wires

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