Shares of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Tuesday fell by nearly 2 per cent, a day after the firm announced its September quarter earnings. The results were announced post market hours on Monday. The stock of the IT services exporter declined 1.67 per cent to settle at Rs 3,068.95 apiece on the BSE. During the day, it fell 2.12 per cent to Rs 3,054.75. On the NSE, it went lower by 1.74 per cent to end at Rs 3,064 apiece. In volume terms, 14.29 lakh shares of the company were traded on the BSE and over 47.30 lakh shares on the NSE during the day. Its market valuation fell by Rs 19,118.43 crore to Rs 11,22,944.57 crore. The 30-share BSE benchmark ended 843.79 points or 1.46 per cent lower at 57,147.32. On Monday, TCS reported an 8.4 per cent growth in its September quarter net profit at Rs 10,431 crore, crimped by a dent on margins. The Tata group company, however, said the operating environment is "challenging" and warrants "vigilance", even though the headwinds posed by fact
There is an "Inverse Head and Shoulder" pattern getting established on the daily chart. Technically, this pattern breakout over Rs 3,150 levels would add aggressive bets on the stock.
Stocks to watch today: TCS reported an 8 per cent rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 10,431 crore in Q2FY23; AU SFB re-appointed R V Verma as its non-executive chairman.
Net profit has crossed the Rs 10,000-crore mark for the first time
Analysts expect TCS to post a sequential revenue growth of 3-4.6 per cent in constant currency terms, while its net profit may rise in the range of 6-10.7 per cent from the last quarter
On Wednesday, shares of TCS, Infosys, Coforge, Tech Mahindra, Larsen & Toubro Infotech, L&T Technology Services and Mindtree were down in the range of 3 per cent to 5 per cent
Earlier in May, analysts at JP Morgan had downgraded the Indian IT sector citing growth concerns. Rising margin headwind in the near-term, JP Morgan had said then, was one of the key concerns.
The company has indicated that the near-term demand outlook remains strong, but senior-level client executives have started discussing a potential recession, said Nomura.
TCS's demand commentary could be strong even as margin may be hit due to wage hikes, according to Motilal Oswal
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Analysts expect EBIT margin to decline sequentially due to higher retention costs, wage revision, and increased travel costs. They peg margins in the range of 100 to 150 basis points (bps).
In the last few weeks alone, analysts at JP Morgan, Kotak Institutional Equities and Nomura had sounded caution on the IT sector, suggesting that the heydays may be over, at least for now
The demand outlook continues to be strong as clients continue to spend on cloud transformation programs.
The stock needs to create a strong base and momentum in the range of Rs 4,000 to Rs 3,800 levels, which the stock has been unable to conquer with ease.
Analysts say the company's margins are likely to be flat to slightly negative on QoQ basis due to supply side pressures and high employee costs.
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The NSE IT index has been moving in a tight range, a breakout in either direcion can trigger a 2,000 points movement.
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The nervousness in the IT stocks, analysts believe, is on account of rising employee costs at a time the business growth has been modest year-on-year in the December 2021 quarter (Q3FY22)