Mumbai: Share buybacks are usually a signal by company managements that its capital is undervalued.But after India’s largest software business trader Tata Consultancy Service, one of the best-performing and richly-valued blue-chip in recent months, announced plans to repurchase shares, market participants are going beyond the traditional presentation of the move.Analysts and investors are wondering whether the country’s second-largest company by market value is buying back shares at this point exclusively to indicate a rosy outlook or to pump coin into its mother, Tata Sons, in a more tax-efficient way.The timing of the buyback, coming as it does on the heels of the conflict between Tata Group and its biggest minority stockholder Shapoorji Pallonji( SP) Group, has triggered speculation that the move could be aimed at transferring money from the cash-rich TCS to Tata Sons, the group’s holding company, to bolster its money chest.With the Pallonji Mistry family offering to sell its 18.4 per cent of cases stake in Tata Sons back to the working group, a section of the market has been are concerns that the Tata Group might sell a portion of its stake in TCS — the conglomerate’s cash cow. After falling 5.5 per cent on September 24 after the SP Group’s announcement, TCS shares have remained almost flat since then till the announcement of the buyback on Monday when it rallied 7.3 per cent.TCS could announce a share buyback of as much as Rs 18,000 -2 0,000 crore in its card fit on Wednesday, said consultants. The corporation can repurchase shares worth up to Rs 22,000 crore with shareholders’ approval.“One of the reasons why TCS is doing a buyback be guaranteed cash flows back to the proponents who at this phase seem to be in need of monies because they want to invest in Tata Motors and a knot of interesting thing, ” said Deepak Shenoy, benefactor, Capital Mind. As of June 30, TCS had net money of Rs 51,100 crore. In 2017 and 2018, the company had carried out buybacks of Rs 16,000 crore through the tender process. Commentators said the share buyback price is likely to be around 15 per cent over the Tuesday closing price of Rs 2,718. Analysts said buyback through the tender route is essentially an alternative form of dividend deployment. But after the authorities concerned announced taxes on dividends received, business favor buybacks over gain payouts. “From Tata Sons’ standpoint, buyback has a lower taxation prevalence to the extent of 6 per cent as we assume that dividend tax incidence for Tata Sons will be about 25.2 per cent, ” said Kawaljeet Saluja, commentator, Kotak Insurance. “Buyback captivates a excise of 23.3 per cent in the pass of the company whereas bonu captivates charge in the entrusts of shareholders.”Some consultants are convinced that the buyback is just a tax-efficient way of should be transferred to its parent rather than signalling strong promises. TCS shares have rallied nearly 19 per cent in last one month compared to the 3 per cent advance in the Nifty. The asset has gained 64 per cent in the past six months compared to the 44 per cent surge in the Nifty during this period.The rally has, however, constituted its valuations rich. TCS is currently trading at a one-year estimated price-to-earnings( PE) fraction of thirty. 73 compared with its five-year average of 21.04. Infosys is trading at an estimated PE of 24.32 while HCL Tech, Tech Mahindra and Wipro are valued between 18.5 and 19.5 ages their FY21 earnings.

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