Consolidated net profit rose to 8.76 billion rupees ($105.22 million) for the quarter ended Sept. 30, compared with 8.19 billion rupees a year ago.

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KEY CONTEXT

India's power demand jumped in the September quarter, with coal power output hitting the highest for the month of August in six years, according to a Reuters analysis of government data.

The country's power demand typically peaks in April-June, which coincides with peak summer.

However, power demand surged in the September quarter as India witnessed the driest August in more than a century.

Tata Power's revenue from operations grew 12% to 157.38 billion rupees in the September quarter.

PEER COMPARISON

Valuation (next 12 Estimates (next 12 months) Analysts' sentiment

months)

RIC PE EV/EBITDA Revenue profit growth Mean No of Stock to Div yield (%)

growth rating* analysts price

target**

Tata Power Company -- 11.75 10.00 67.88 HOLD 17 1.07 0.80

Ltd

Torrent Power Ltd 15.08 8.93 3.79 7.69 SELL 8 1.21 1.72

NTPC Ltd 11.27 8.31 5.19 15.57 STRONG 15 0.90 2.79

BUY

CESC Ltd 7.46 6.70 7.60 11.63 BUY 7 0.88 7.76

* The mean of analyst ratings standardised to a scale of Strong Buy, Buy, Hold, Sell, and Strong Sell

** The ratio of the stock's last close to analysts' mean price target; a ratio above 1 means the stock is trading above the PT

JULY-SEPTEMBER STOCK PERFORMANCE

-- All data from LSEG

-- $1 = 83.2550 Indian rupees

(Reporting by Manvi Pant in Bengaluru; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala)