Infosys Q2 Results Preview: CC revenue growth seen at 3%, co likely to maintain FY25 margin guidance – CNBC TV18

Infosys Q2 Results Preview: CC revenue growth seen at 3%, co likely to maintain FY25 margin guidance – CNBC TV18

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Bengaluru-headquartered technology services giant Infosys Ltd. will announce its results for the July to September 2024 quarter on Thursday, October 17. Analysts polled by CNBC-TV18 expect India’s second largest IT services firm to register a 3.6% quarter-on-quarter growth for its US Dollar revenue.

In rupee terms, the company’s topline is likely to grow by 4% quarter-on-quarter to ₹40,878 crore from ₹39,315 crore in the preceding three-month period, as per the CNBC-TV18 poll.

  Q3FY23 Q4FY23 Q1FY24 Q2FY24 Q3FY24 Q4FY24 Q1FY25
$ Rev

4659

4554

4617

4718

4663

4564

4714

$ Rev % QOQ

2.28%

-2.25%

1.40%

2.2%

-1.2%

-2.10%

3.3%

The company’s EBIT or Earnings Before Interest and Tax may come in at ₹8,723 crore, compared to ₹8,288 crore in the previous June quarter. Margins, meanwhile, may see an expansion of just over 20 basis points.

As per poll estimates, Infosys’ profit after tax is expected to rise 6.1% quarter-on-quarter to ₹6,755 crore as against ₹6,368 crore earlier.

The company’s constant currency revenue growth is seen at 3% quarter-on-quarter.

Strong growth reported after 5 weak quarters.

  Q3FY23 Q4FY23 Q1FY24 Q2FY24 Q3FY24 Q4FY24 Q1FY25
CC Qoq %

2.40%

-3.20%

1%

2.30%

-1%

-2.20%

3.60%

CC YoY %

13.70%

8.80%

4.20%

2.50%

-1%

0%

2.50%

 

  Q3FY23 Q4FY23 Q1FY24 Q2FY24 Q3FY24 Q4FY24 Q1FY25
EBIT

21.50%

21%

20.80%

21.20%

20.50%

20.10%

21.10%

 
PAT

6586

6128

5945

6212

6113

5998

6368

 

In case this happens, this would be the second consecutive quarter for Infosys with strong revenue growth as the June quarter also saw revenue increase by 3.6%.

Infosys is also expected to maintain FY25 margin guidance of 20-22%.

Domestic brokerage firm Kotak Institutional equities expects Infosys to raise its financial year 2025 revenue growth guidance to between 4% and 5% from 3% to 4% earlier. Citi too expects the company to raise its guidance to 4% to 4.5%.

Kotak expects a significant total contract value (TCV) of over $3 billion for Infosys in major deals.

The BFSI sector showed continued recovery, with sequential revenue growth of 7.6% quarter-on-quarter in Q1.

The discretionary spending is on the rise again.

Out of the 45 analysts that have coverage on Infosys, 30 of them continue to have a ‘Buy’ rating, 10 say ‘Hold’, while five of them have a ‘Sell’ recommendation.

At the current market price, Infosys has a market capitalisation of ₹7.97 lakh crore.

Shares of Infosys closed 2.05% lower at ₹1,918.95. The stock is up about 24% so far this year. Shares have delivered negative annual returns only twice in the last decade, once in 2016 and the other in 2022.

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