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Infosys' (INFO) had another quarter of an all-round beat to ours and consensus forecast. Q3FY21 revenue grew by 5.3% QoQ in CC and 6.2% QoQ in US$ vs. our forecast +2.4% in CC. EBIT margin improved by 7bps QoQ to 25.4% vs. our forecast of 24.6%. EPS of Rs12.2, +7.2%/+16.5% QoQ/YoY was also a beat to our forecast. Q3FY21 saw an all-time high large-deal TCV of US$7.13 bn (net-new being ~73%). Further, the increase in FY21 guidance was also a beat. INFO has now guided for CC revenue growth of 4.5-5% vs. 2-3% earlier and EBIT margin of 24-24.5% vs. 23-24%. Further, it is confident of a double-digit revenue growth in FY22....
Wipro's (WPRO) Q3FY21 IT service revenue growth of 3.4% QoQ in CC was in-line with our forecast. However, IT services EBIT margin of 21.7%, +245bps QoQ was a big beat to our forecast. This resulted in consolidated EBIT margin improving by ~270bps QoQ to...
West Coast Paper Mills Ltd (WCPL), incorporated in 1955 is the flagship company of S.K. Bangur group. The company is among India's top five paper & paper board's manufacturer in terms of total capacity of 320000 mtpa. WCPL operates in two business segments; Paper/Paperboard (including Duplex Board) at Dandeli and Telecommunication Cables at Mysore. The company also has Wind Mills of 1.75MW capacity in Tamilnadu for power generation. WCPL has a share of 10% in the domestic uncoated paper market. WCPL has derived 95.39% of its revenue...
Wipro's revenue grew at 3.4% QoQ CC (Ple: 3%, Cons: 3.2%) & 3.9% QoQ in USD terms. Revenue growth was broad based growth led by 5.6% QoQ rise in E&U;, 5.2% QoQ in Consumer BU and 5.5% QoQ growth in Health BU (all in...
Infy reported phenomenal revenue growth of +5.3% QoQ CC, beating our expectations by 2.4%. Growth beat was driven by revenue gains by strong deal TCV of 1HFY21 and earlier quarters. Digital revenues grew by 31.3% YoY CC and contributing to 50.1% to total revenues (vs 47.3% in 2Q21 and 44.5% in 1Q21). Revenue growth was broad based led by 9.8% QoQ USD rise in BFSI (led by ramp up of Vanguard deal) 10.8% QoQ USD rise in Life Sciences and 8.5% QoQ rise in Manufacturing. Infy posted a strong margin of 25.4% (Ple: 24.9%, Cons:25.1%). Improving onsite pyramid, offshore and nearshore mix,...
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Asian markets are trading mixed as investors await Chinas trade data for December. Nikkei is trading higher by 1.38%, Hang Seng is trading higher by 0.23% and Shanghai is trading lower by 0.38%. Indian indices are expected to open in the green. Sgx Nifty is trading higher by 0.11%.
Wipro (WPRO) reported better-than-expected revenue growth of 3.4% QoQ CC, on the higher end of the guidance band (1.53% QoQ CC). Growth was broad-based across verticals, with five of seven verticals showing good QoQ growth. WPRO's continued margin improvement (+250bp QoQ / +330bp YoY) and strong cash generation (FCF/PAT at 133%) were the key positives in 3Q. In 9MFY21, IT Services reported revenue (USD)/EBIT/PAT of 3.2%/10.2%/6.9%. Wipro reported 12 deal closures and deal TCV of USD1.2b in 3Q, including USD700m from Metro AG. It further guided for USD CC revenue growth of...
Infosys (INFO) reported constant currency (CC) USD revenue growth of 5.3% QoQ (v/s our estimate of 3.2%) in 3QFY21. This is its best QoQ growth in the last eight years. Growth was broad-based across verticals and regions. In 9MFY21, revenue (USD)/EBIT/PAT grew by 3.8%/26%/16.4%. The company reported its best ever TCV of USD 7.1b (net new wins of 73%), 2x book-to-bill, and above the combined TCV of the last three quarters....
FIL has enhanced its focus on value added products like FDY, DTY which provide better margins than chips, POY. The share of value added products in Q3FY21 was ~ 85% of revenues. We expect the share of value added products to increase from 65% in FY20 to ~ 82% in FY22E. This would provide a fillip to the margin profile of the company. Also, the company's 30 MW thermal power plant is expected to be operational from April 2021, which is expected to result in annual power cost saving to the tune of | 4045 crore, thereby further aiding improvement in EBITDA margins. From a longer term perspective, the company is planning to foray into recycled...
Restructuring of business, large deals to drive growth We believe Wipro possesses all the key ingredients of robust growth in the long run. The company has strong full services capabilities across applications, infra, BPS and engineering, which should help it as integrated deals gain prominence. Further, the induction of a new CEO with focus on profitable growth make us positive on its future growth. This, coupled with the new CEO's focus on simplification of organisation, improving client mining, focus on fewer verticals and geographies to drive growth are...
Energy sold in Q3FY21, in the standalone business, grew 1.8% to 215.7 crore units vs. our estimate of 221.7 crore units while realisation was at | 7.69/kWHR vs. our expectation of 7.8 kWHR. Total generation was down 1.2% YoY at 120.9 crore units. PLF of the Budge Budge and southern plants for Q3FY21 was at 71% (69% in Q3FY20) and 13% (26% in Q3FY20), respectively. Revenues came in at | 1659 crore vs. our estimate of | 1729.3 crore, mainly on account of lesser-than-expected energy sold. On a consolidated basis, revenues came in at | 2539 crore, up 8.3%, which was...
Food inflation in December is down sharply at 3.4% compared to 9.5% in November and 11.0% in October. Within food, almost all items witness decline in growth led by de-growth in vegetables (10.4% in December vs. 15.5% growth in November). In food, only...
Digital acceleration, large deal continue to be growth drivers We believe the technology sector will witness multi-year growth in coming years led by traction in digital technologies. Infosys is in a sweet spot to capture this growth considering the investment it has made in digital technologies. This, coupled with increase in outsourcing in the US and Europe, vendor consolidation opportunities, captive carve outs and cost take out deals will further boost its revenues. In addition, Infosys has executed well on large deal conversion and is expected to be a key driver of...
Tata Consultancy Services, a division of Tata Sons Limited, is a global IT services organization that provides a comprehensive range of IT services to its clients in diverse industries. The Company, caters to finance and banking, insurance, telecommunication, transportation, retail, manufacturing,...
