Rakesh Jhunjhunwala portfolio stock: Tata Motors share price plunged 10% as JLR sees negative EBIT in Q2

Tata Motors shares: This Rakesh Jhunjhunwla backed Tata Group stock plunged by 10 per cent to Rs 311.45 per share on the BSE intraday trade today, as the company issues concerns over negative EBIT of JLR in Q2 as well as the shortage over semi-conductor shortage for the premium vehicles of the company.

At around 03:00 pm, the shares of Tata Motors were trading near eight per cent lower to Rs 320.50 per share as compared to a 0.17 per cent rise in the S&P BSE Sensex.

Tata Motors in its filing to exchanges said its UK subsidiary Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) expects an operating cash outflow of about £1 billion, with negative earnings before interest tax (EBIT) margin in the second quarter ended September 2021 (Q2FY21), due to supply constraints.

However, the premium vehicles arm sees a substantial improvement in underlying operating cash flow in the second half of the financial year as chip supply improves.

JLR retail sales for the first quarter ending June 30, 2021 (Q1FY22) were at 1,24,537 units, up 68.1 per cent as compared to 74,067 units sold in the same period a year ago.

JLR had about £3.7 billion of cash and short-term investments (unaudited) at the end of the period. Based on this, and broadly in line with expectations given the supply constraints, the company expects to report a cash outflow of about £1 billion with a negative EBIT margin for the quarter.

It expects chip supply shortages in the Q2FY22 to be greater than in the first quarter, potentially resulting in wholesale volumes to be about 50 per cent lower than planned, however, it said it is working to mitigate this and expects the situation would improve in the second half of fiscal 2022.

As of March 2021, an ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala holds 42,750,000 shares, comprises a 1.3 per cent stake in the auto major, as per the data available on BSE shows.