Tata Motors Limited (ADR) (TTM)

I bought some stock in Tata on March 9 2009, the day the market hit the bottom, for $3.38 per share! I still love this company. I think it has a lot of upside potential left. India has the 2nd largest labor force in the world and one of the fastest growing economies. Average per capita income is less than China, so plenty of growth potential there. They have plans to sell the Nano in Europe, US, Thailand and maybe even Africa. India's small car exports increased 5 times in 5 years. That will get them name recognition, but the real profits come from their trucks. Their trucks and buses are sold in many countries, including the fast growing Middle East. The Indian Stock Market is rising because the Monsoon rains have returned. Lack of rain would have hurt their economy since 28% of GDP is based on agriculture. I think everything is looking up for India and Tata stock!

India is doing well, good competion for the rest of them...

Indian car manufacturer.

> Price gone up around 200% during past few months. Most of the expectations are too high to get

> Nano booking received far less money. Will face cash flow issues

> Nano is likely to haunt profits for next 2-3 years

> Demand pickup in domestic market is short-lived.

> JLR bleeds heavily and likely to continue for next few months.

Tata Motors is solid Indian automaker

TTM owns a large chunk of a huge growth industry. Indian demand for commercial vehicles is going nowhere but up, and that alone would be enough to recommend the stock. The interesting upside story is TTM's play to win the lower-end consumer market with a $2500 car.

When I asked my Indian colleagues about Tata, I got nothing but positive responses across the board.

That you can buy such an interesting growth story at a lower PE ratio than Toyota makes no sense at all.

TaTa is in to everything, and its still an emerging consumer market

indian economy will make this company go up

Gas price is going up and up. This company making some really gas friendly car. The sale should do good and so does its stock price.

I believe the revenue stream of this Co. will follow the growth in the asian auto market and to some extent the increase in chinese auto use and auto parts consumption.

I found out about this stock from the Fool so I won't go into detail here. How can you not like an Indian car company? According to the Fool these folks are making quality products and you know it has got to be cheap. I'm betting on these guys to be the next Toyota.

Tata Motors is buying premium brands Jaguar and Land Rover while pushing its $2500 Nano. The Indian market is saturated with all sorts of vehicles, but the monopoly in local short distance public transport taken by Bajaj Auto's Rickshaws, the rickety dangerous three wheelers. I expect Nano to snatch that segment in local transport to go from home to bazzar and back. It may not make a huge dent in personal car market but the public transport segment is huge. Nano is more stable, made by a company with a good heritage, led by Ratan Tata who is very conscious of global image compared to Rahul Bajaj. In trucks, Tatas export globally, especially to mid-east, africa and south america. they have tie-ups with Fiat for manufacturing giving them added edge where fiat is dominant. TTM aims to achieve pollution control based on EU norms so that will be good for low price, good quality segments. The purchase of Jag and LR will help use good research and design for lower end models.

More people = more vehicles.

efficient low price cars will be popular in today's economy, improving India economy will spur sales

Pride of India.

The Nano will be India's model T.

My daughter-in-law says Tata autos are flooding the India market. With a big head start, it will be difficult for other manufacturers to get into their niche.

India > USA

the future of the auto industry is not in the US or Europe.. it is in high growth Asia,... a market that TTM understands... by diversifying its offerings , from the cheapie Nano to the Jag's and LR's they are positioning themselves for an all out assault on the market across all niches... the Indica has been a good seller for them, and the TATA name is worth its weight in gold to anyone familiar with the Indian Economy.. too bad TTM and TCS are the only TATA ADR's out there....