L & T-owned digital transformation company Mindtree reported 28.7 per cent sequential growth in consolidated profit at Rs 327 crore for the quarter ended December 2020 as compared to Rs 254 crore in Q2 FY21.Consolidated revenue grew by 5.1 per cent quarter-on-quarter to Rs 2,024 crore and dollar revenue increased by 5 per cent to USD 274.1 million during the October to December period 2020.The bounce in numbers was backed by growth across verticals and robust margin expansion with a strong order book."The third quarter has by far been the best performing in recent years, backed by broad-based revenue growth of 5 per cent across verticals and service lines, robust margin expansion of 350 basis points and a healthy order book of USD 312 million (against USD 303 million in Q2FY21)," said Debashis Chatterjee, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director."We are witnessing strong business momentum across all verticals with significant demand for cloud, data and analytics capabilities.
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We are very confident that the growth momentum will continue, said CEO Chatterjee
Its ability to support current margin may support the valuation
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For the quarter under review, Mindtree posted a net profit of Rs 253.7 crore, up 87.9 per cent year-on-year (YoY) and 19.1 per cent sequentially.
The firm's revenues remained flat year-on-year at Rs 1,926 crore during the period under review and witnessed a marginal 1 per cent gain sequentially
The Bengaluru-based company saw its revenue grow marginally to Rs 1,926 crore in the quarter under review from Rs 1,914.3 crore in the year-ago period
The growth outlook of the top client and margin outlook are the key monitorables.
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The transactions were carried out by Krishnakumar N, wife Akila Krishnakumar and son Siddarth in multiple tranches between September 15-23, Mindtree said in a regulatory filing on Saturday
This was the best day-one performance for an IPO since IRCTC in October last year, when the shares of the state-owned company gained 127 per cent
Krishnakumar Natarajan sold 1.7 million equity shares, amounting to Rs 207 crore, on September 14, 2020 through open market, Mindtree said
The company had posted a net profit of Rs 21.06 crore in the April-June quarter a year ago
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Revenue of the firm grew 4.1 per cent year-on-year to Rs 1,908.8 crore during this period though it declined 6.9 per cent sequentially