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Birlasoft Q3 profit at Rs 161 cr, revenue rises by 10% to Rs 1,342.5 cr

IT company Birlasoft on Wednesday reported Rs 161 crore consolidated profit after tax for the third quarter ended December 2023, the company said in a regulatory filing. The company had posted a loss of Rs 16.36 crore in the same quarter a year ago. The revenue from operations of Birlasoft grew by about 10 per cent to Rs 1,342.5 crore in the December 2023 quarter from Rs 1,221.89 crore in the December 2022 quarter. "We have delivered a strong and well-rounded operating performance, with a 1.9 per cent sequential growth in revenue to USD 161.3 million in a seasonally soft quarter and an expansion in EBITDA margin even after absorbing the full impact of compensation hikes," Birlasoft, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Angan Guha said in a statement. The headcount of the company slightly increased to 12,356 during the December 2023 quarter from 12,322 in the previous quarter, with the attrition rate falling to 12.6 per cent during the reported quarter. "Our sharp focus on

Persistent Systems aims to expand margins, to hire fewer freshers

Mid-tier IT services company Persistent Systems aims to visit fewer campuses for hiring freshers, a senior official said on Monday. Over the next three years, the company is also targeting to expand its operating profit margin by about 3 percentage points above the levels of about 14.5-15 per cent it aims to exit FY23, its chief financial officer Sunil Sapre told PTI. Speaking two days after the Pune-based company announced its December quarter earnings, Sapre said it is already carrying candidates who have been trained for 18 months in some cases and are yet to be deployed on projects, which is making it circumspect about fresher hiring in the new year. "We will be there at campuses, but we will do it (hire) more judiciously," Sapre said. When asked if he meant that the company will visit fewer campuses when he says judiciously, Sapre replied in the affirmative. He said that for the company, which added about 500 people to take its overall strength to 23,336, all the hiring is do

LTIMindtree Q3 results: Net profit rises 17% to Rs 1,169 cr, revenue up 5%

Chatterjee said in a post-earnings media call that the demand environment continues to be "cautionary" and client spends are now more focused on return on investment

IT services emerge as top segment in global IT industry spending: Gartner

Indian IT spending to record a double-digit growth of 11.1% in 2024

LTIMindtree Q3 results: Profit rises 16.8% to Rs 1,169 cr, misses estimates

Consolidated net profit of India's sixth-largest IT company rose 16.8% to 11.69 billion rupees ($140.63 million) for the three months ended Dec. 31, 2023

Fund flows in IT stocks set to rise on positive earnings surprise: Report

Shares of India's IT companies, which earn a significant share of their revenue from the U.S., surged 16.13% in the final two months of 2023, exceeding the benchmark Nifty 50's 13.9% gain

Accenture, TCS, Infosys, HCLTech continue to rule the IT brand list

Accenture has maintained its position as the world's most valuable IT services brand, with a brand value of $40.5 billion

Earnings-equity valuation gap of Indian IT companies widens, shows data

The combined net profit of TCS, Infosys, Wipro, and HCL Technologies was down 1.5 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) in the December quarter

TCS to diversify to other markets amid US weakness: CEO Krithivasan

"We believe it (fiscal 2025) could be a better year than fiscal 2024," Krithivasan said

Valuations stretched and time or price correction likely, says Ajay Tyagi

Tyagi says private banks, consumer services and consumer discretionary look attractive even as the market has turned expensive across most of the segments

India exchange-traded fund debuts on Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange

S&P India Shariah Liquid 35/20 Capped Index has rallied nearly 20 per cent in the past one year in AED terms

IT leaders Infosys, TCS kick off Q3 earnings season with weak numbers

Infosys cuts growth guidance as net drops 7.3%; TCS profit up 2%

IT firms may report soft Q3 as higher furloughs to weigh on revenue growth

Indian IT companies are expected to report a "soft" third quarter with higher-than-usual furloughs weighing on revenue growth, industry watchers said cautioning that demand outlook commentary is likely to be unchanged as clients continue to scrutinise discretionary spends and prioritise cost optimisation. The big earnings week for tech heavyweights is up ahead, with the top tier IT companies slated to announce their December quarter numbers this week. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Infosys will declare their Q3FY24 report card on January 11 (Thursday) and Wipro and HCL Technologies on January 12 (Friday). All eyes will be on management commentary from the IT pack on prevailing customer sentiments across BFSI, and technology services, as well as demand scenario panning out in key markets of the US and Europe. "We expect IT companies to report soft quarter-on-quarter constant currency revenue growth in Q3FY24 due to higher-than-usual furloughs for most companies in our coverage

Q3 continues to be slow quarter for IT sector due to curtailed spending

Analyst firms are expecting the large-cap IT services firms-TCS, Infosys, HCLTech, Wipro, and LTIMindtree-to clock revenue growth in the range of negative 1.5 per cent to a positive 4.6 per cent

Bengaluru-based IT company Mphasis appoints new Europe & GBPS head

Mphasis specialises in cloud and cognitive services and is based in Bengaluru. It has recently launched a dedicated AI Business unit

Black Box eyes 3x growth to $2 bn by 2027 with focus on critical infra

Indian IT company Black Box is expecting a threefold increase in revenue to USD 2 billion over the next three years, driven by demand for critical technological infrastructure. Black Box President and CEO Sanjeev Verma told PTI that focusing on digital infrastructure, connectivity, networking, modern workplace cybersecurity, along with artificial integration, is going to provide a huge runway to the company. "I think we see the future for digital infrastructure business ramping up on the back of hybrid activity on the data centre side, requirement for people to collaborate across continents and cultures, hybrid workplaces that have become a norm post-Covid." "We are looking at double-digit growth organically over the next few years and expect to push towards USD 2 billion (Rs 16,632 crore) revenues in the next three years," Verma said. The company had reported a consolidated revenue of Rs 6,233 crore in FY23, as per a BSE filing. Black Box works with big tech companies like Amazon

$245 bn IT sector sees tougher terms amid scramble for contracts: Report

The tougher contracts are likely to add pressure on an industry that is already struggling

Top execs exit at Infosys, Wipro underscores importance of talent creation

To mitigate attrition of senior leaders industry experts say companies must prioritise providing challenging projects that align with aspirations, skill sets of these seasoned professionals

IT hiring easier than last year; founders hopeful of resumption in funding

Even as the technology sector witnessed a decline in funding across the globe, founders are hopeful that a 'warmer funding season' is on its way in 2024

Infy hands out salary revision letters to employees, hikes effective Nov 1

Traditionally, Infosys rolls out its annual salary hikes for employees below the senior management in April, with other people in the organisation receiving their share of hikes in July