TCS Q4 net profit rises 64 percent, beats estimates

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MUMBAI (Reuters) - Tata Consultancy Services Ltd reported a 64.4 percent increase in quarterly profit, beating estimates, on improving margins and strong revenue growth.
The country's largest IT services firm reported net profit of 63.41 billion rupees ($952.82 million) for its fiscal fourth quarter to March end, as compared with 38.58 billion rupees a year earlier.
Analysts were expecting the company to report 62.80 billion rupees in profit for the three-month period, according to Thomson Reuters data.
TCS results come three days after the company was ordered to pay $940 million to Epic Systems in a trade secret lawsuit in the United States.
($1 = 66.5500 rupees)
(Reporting by Himank Sharma; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)
First Published: Apr 18 2016 | 5:30 PM IST