The Tata Group-company on Tuesday released its quarterly business update for Q4 FY26, announcing an overall 46% YoY surge in its consumer business. The sharp surge in domestic business was led by a 46% surge in jewellery business. This was significantly higher than Motilal Oswal’s 35% growth estimate, supported by higher average ticket size.
Robust jewellery business growth
The company’s Tanishq, Mia, Zoya and newly-launched beYon brands saw a 47% growth, while CaratLane grew by 24%, on a YoY basis. “The steep increase in gold prices notwithstanding, business recorded high-single digit buyer growth in Q4 FY26 after clocking nearly flat buyer growths in the previous three quarters of FY26. The average ticket sizes also moved up considerably contributing to the revenue growth in the quarter,” it said.Tanishq, Mia, Zoya and beYon collectively net added 22 stores during the quarter, taking their total store count to 824. Meanwhile, the company net added 5 new stores of Caratlane, taking its total store count to 270 at the end of March 2026. Overall, Titan reported 27 store additions for its jewellery portfolio, which stood at 1,194 at the end of the quarter.
“Within categories, studded grew strongly in early thirties, gold (plain) clocked growth in the mid-thirties and coins nearly tripled in sales, respectively compared to Q4FY25. The like-to-like growths (secondary) across all the jewellery retail formats (combined) were close to c.48% YoY,” the company further said.
Muted watch business performace
Titan’s watches segment reported a 7% YoY growth, and 30 new store additions that took its total store count to 1,311 at the end of March 2026. Notably, this is lower than Motilal Oswal’s 14% growth estimate.While analog watches grew 16% YoY, the company’s smart watches category declined 53% YoY. “Analog growth was led by Titan, Sonata and International brands reflecting sustained consumer interest in both premium and entry levels alike. Premiumization trends contributed to healthy ticket size increases in the quarter,” Titan said.
EyeCare segment
EyeCare business grew 16% YoY, but saw 20 net store closures during the quarter, reducing its store count to 840. The company said that it continued to build on the the healthy momentum of the previous quarters and powered by growth in International brands across product categories of sunglasses, lenses and frames.
The firm’s emerging businesses grew 17% YoY and added 5 new stores, with the total store count rising to 96 at the end of Q4 FY26. “Fragrances grew c.30% YoY led by double-digit volume growths in Fastrack and Skinn. Women’s Bags grew c.47% YoY led by new store expansion and healthy volume growth in both Irth and Fastrack. Taneira’s sales declined c.1% YoY,” the company added.
Overall, Titan net added 170 new stores to take its total store count for consumer businesses up to 3,603 at the end of the March quarter. In India, the company added 42 new stores with its store count rising to 3,441 during the same period.
Titan share price
Motilal Oswal has a ‘Buy’ call on the shares of Titan Company, with a target price of Rs 5,200 apiece. This implies an upside potential of nearly 23% from the stock’s previous closing price of Rs 4,230.6 apiece on NSE. The stock has gained more than 4% in the past one week, and around 36% in one year. In the longer term, the stock gained 66% in three years, and 170% in five years.
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