eClerx Services (eClerx) has reported another underwhelming performance in 3QFY18, with its USD revenue rising by just 1% QoQ (1.1% QoQ in CC terms) to US$48.9mn, missing our estimate by 1.9%. However, eClerx's INR revenue grew by 2.7% QoQ to Rs3.34bn, beating our estimate by 5.3%, owing to higher currency realisation. The company reported a major underperformance on operating margin front, with its EBIT margin crashing by a steep 264bps QoQ to the lowest-ever 22.8%, missing our estimate by a substantial 268bps owing to low revenue growth, and higher employee and SG&A; cost. Notably, new business in areas like Managed Services, Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Analytics having lower initial...