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RESULT UPDATE INFOSYS Good all-round show; bonus a pleasant surprise India Equity Research| IT Infosys’ Q2FY15 revenue of USD2.2bn (up 3.2% QoQ) and EBITDA margin of 28.3% (up 140bps QoQ) came in line with our expectations. The company has maintained its FY15 revenue guidance of 7-9%. It has also announced bonus issue in 1:1 ratio. Dr. Vishal Sikka, CEO, stressed the importance of automation and innovation (using technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning data science, etc.) and the need for acquisitions to augment organic growth. We cut our FY15E USD revenue growth to 9% from 10% earlier (cross currency impact), but maintain FY16E of 12.5%. Revision of USD/INR assumption from INR58/56 to INR60/59 for FY15/16 leads to 2.7% /9.3% upward revision in our FY15/16E EPS, respectively. Maintain ‘BUY’ with a TP of INR4,569. Broad-based growth across segments EDELWEISS 4D RATINGS Absolute Rating BUY Rating Relative to Sector Outperformer Risk Rating Relative to Sector Low Sector Relative to Market Underweight MARKET DATA (R: INFY.BO, B: INFO IN) CMP : INR 3,889 Target Price : INR 4,569 52-week range (INR) : 3,909 / 2,880 Share in issue (mn) : 574.2 M cap (INR bn/USD mn) : 2,233/ 36,439 Avg. Daily Vol.BSE/NSE(‘000) : 1,195.6 Growth was driven by key geographies and services—while Europe and America grew 4.2% and 3.1%, ADM, IMS and Consulting and system integration grew 4.7%, 3.2% and 3.5%, respectively. The pipeline has also improved significantly QoQ. The company won 7 large deals with TCV of USD600mn during the quarter. SHARE HOLDING PATTERN (%) Current Q4FY14 Q3FY14 Promoters * 15.9 15.9 15.9 MF's, FI's & BK’s 14.1 13.7 15.4 Automation and innovation: Foundation of future growth FII's 41.6 42.1 40.6 Dr. Sikka articulated his strategy in brief, wherein he mentioned automation, innovation and training as key focus areas. He stressed that new technologies like AI, machine learning, data science, etc., need to be incorporated in existing services to make them relevant to clients. He mentioned ‘do more-with less-for more’ will be Infosys’ new mantra. The use of these technologies, particularly AI, will significantly reduce dependence on manpower (thereby improving efficiencies) and at the same time will be relevant for clients in gaining insights based on certain automated triggers. Hence, clients across verticals are increasingly using these technologies to renew and reshape their existing businesses as well as to enter new ones, build new models and systems. Others 28.4 28.3 28.1 : * Promoters pledged shares (% of share in issue) NIL PRICE PERFORMANCE (%) Stock Nifty EW Technology Index 1 month 6.0 (2.8) 3.4 3 months 18.1 3.6 15.5 12 months 26.8 29.7 29.4 Outlook and valuations: In the right direction; maintain ‘BUY’ We cut our FY15E USD revenue growth to 9% from 10%, but maintain our FY16 estimate of 12.5%. Revised USD/INR assumption of INR60/59 (INR58/56 earlier) for FY15/16, respectively leads to 2.7% /9.3% upward revision in our FY15/16E EPS. We maintain ‘BUY/SO’ with target price of INR4,569 (18x FY16E EPS, INR4,180 earlier). Financials FY14 FY15E (INR mn) FY16E 2.9 501,330 540,037 596,404 Sandip Agarwal 19.0 134,150 106,480 152,653 129,053 161,706 145,054 +91 22 6623 3474 sandip.agarwal@edelweissfin.com 186.3 20.9 225.9 17.2 253.9 15.3 14.3 3.8 12.1 3.4 10.9 3.0 Year to March Q2FY15 Q1FY15 Growth (%) Q2FY14 Growth (%) Revenue 133,420 127,700 4.5 129,650 EBITDA 37,730 34,410 9.6 31,710 Net profit 31,000 28,860 7.4 24,070 28.8 54.3 50.5 7.4 42.1 28.8 Dil. EPS (INR) Dil. P/E (x) EV/EBITDA (x) EV/Revenues (x) Edelweiss Research is also available on www.edelresearch.com, Bloomberg EDEL <GO>, Thomson First Call, Reuters and Factset. Omkar Hadkar +91 22 6620 3147 omkar.hadkar@edelweissfin.com October 10, 2014 Edelweiss Securities Limited IT Infosys concall highlights Dr. Vishal Sikka’s comments • Focus will be on driving a culture of automation and innovation within the company. • Driving higher productivity through usage of automation technologies and innovation. ‘Do more-with less-for more’ will be the mantra. • Will invest in training employees in new technologies like artificial intelligence, data science, machine learning so that the organisation will cater to the needs of clients. • Businesses have a dual focus of renewing existing systems at the same time enter new businesses, develop new models. Hence, Infosys’ focus will be on renewing and rethinking the way in which services are being rendered and how automation and innovation technologies can be incorporated in the services being offered and at the same time build new skills and capabilities. • Career mobility and learning for employees will be focus areas. • Embark on acquisition, but not for growth but to achieve automation, collaboration which would amplify skill set or expand presence in key geographies. • Allainces with partners (recently with Microsoft, Hitachi, etc) and also with start ups to augment growth. • Any good next gen technology service company can grow at 15-18% with 25-28% margin and hence our endevour will be to achieve that (no timeline given). • Focus will be on achieving disproportionate growth, expand and deepen relationship with clients, achieve operational efficiencies and win large annuity related deals. Financial services • Budget challenges, clients restricting spend; however, the company expects to grow in balance quarters. • Spend in the sector driven by risk and regulatory projects, digital and infra modernisation. • Capital market is driven by mid and back office cost optimisation. • Decision cycles are faster. Insurance • Spends continue to remain robust. • Spends related to regulatory, security, cards and payments. • Better pipeline than Q1FY15. • Spend in areas like testing, IMS and digital. Retail & CPG 2 • Retail environment remains challenging. • Spend in areas of e-commerce , analytics, enhancing customer experience. • Deal pipeline healthy. • Cost cutting and vendor consolidation key trends. • CPG industry top line struggling and bottom line shrinking. Edelweiss Securities Limited Infosys Manufacturing • Hitech traction strong driven by ISVs, telcos and OEMS. • Auto is flat while aero is seeing reduction in spend. • Demand driven by ERP implementation, analytics, enhance customer experience. • US: Both discretionary and non-discretionary is improving. • Expect Q3 to be slow due to holidays. Telecom • Although Q2 was healthy, budget cuts seen across clients. • Seeing consolidation in the vertical which could create opportunities. Energy and utilities • Energy: Spend seen in areas of oilfields and improvement of efficiencies. • Increased focus on infra and app rationalisation and cost optimization. Healthcare & life science • Divestment and M&A activities leading to slower decision making. • Deal pipeline improving. • Cost reduction, ERP transformation and digital solutions key areas of spend. BPO • Clients focusing on transformation of processes. • 3 Clients expect vendors to take ownership of end-to-end systems. Edelweiss Securities Limited IT Key highlights • Reported revenue of USD2,201mn (up 3.2% QoQ) versus our estimate of USD2,199mn. While IT services’ volume grew 3.0%, pricing was up 0.6% QoQ. • EBITDA margin expanded 140bps QoQ to 28.3% owing to better utilisation and currency benefit. • Net profit, at INR31.0bn, grew 7.4% QoQ, primarily due to higher operating profit. Net margin for the quarter stood at 23.2%, up 60bps QoQ. Chart 1: QoQ volume growth 6.0 Chart 2: QoQ change in pricing 4.0 2.4 2.8 0.8 (%) (%) 4.4 (0.8) 1.2 (2.4) (0.4) Offshore rate Q215 Q115 Q414 Q314 Q214 Q114 Q413 Q313 Q215 Q115 Q414 Q314 Q214 Q114 Q413 Q313 Q213 Q213 (4.0) (2.0) Onsite rate Source: Company • FY15 guidance: Infosys has maintained its annual guidance of 7-9% USD revenue growth for FY15. This guidance implies CQGR of 1.4% at lower end and growth of 3.8% at the higher end in the balance 2 quarters of FY15. Table 1: FY15 revenue guidance Guidance (USD mn) Lower band Upper band FY15 8,826 8,991 FY14 8,249 8,249 Y-o-Y growth (%) 7.0 9.0 Source: Company, Edelweiss research 4 • The company secured 7 large deals with TCV of USD600mn. • Performance across client categories: Infosys’ top client and top-5 clients grew 3.2% and 2.4% QoQ; top-10 surged 3.2% QoQ. Beyond top-10 clients too posted 3.2% QoQ growth (in USD). • Pricing: In constant currency, onsite pricing inched up 3.4% QoQ, while offshore pricing grew 0.4% QoQ. On blended basis, pricing was up 1.3% QoQ. • Horizontals: CSl (32.4% of revenue) and ADM (35.0% of revenue) grew 3.5% and 4.7% QoQ, respectively. IMS and testing grew 3.2% and 2.1% QoQ, while products and platforms fell 1.1% QoQ. Edelweiss Securities Limited Infosys Client addition: New client addition continued to be decent with 49 additions during the quarter (61 in Q1FY15). Total active clientele now stands at 912 (910 in Q1FY15). • Table 2: Trend in client brackets More than 1 mn USD More than 5 mn USD More than 10 mn USD More than 25 mn USD More than 50 mn USD More than 75 mn USD More than 100 mn USD More than 200 mn USD More than 300 mn USD Q214 469 221 146 77 40 24 15 3 Q314 495 226 148 77 41 25 15 4 1 Q414 501 232 148 78 42 24 13 3 1 Q115 520 235 148 78 43 24 12 3 1 Q215 526 237 150 83 43 27 13 3 - Source: Company, Edelweiss research Vertical-wise performance: Retail and CPG (RCL) and manufacturing grew 1.5% and 3.6% QoQ, respectively. While telecom grew 5.6%, FSI, the largest vertical, grew 1.2% QoQ. Energy, utilities and communication (ECS) moved up 7.8% QoQ. • Chart 3: Vertical-wise QoQ revenue growth on reported basis 10.0 8.0 (%) 6.0 4.0 2.0 0.0 FSI RCL Q2FY15 Total revenues Manufacturing ECS Q1FY15 Source: Company, Edelweiss research Table 3: Vertical-wise QoQ revenue growth in constant currency Constant currency growth (%) Q2FY15 FSI 2.0 MFG 4.5 RCL 2.0 ECS 8.8 Q1FY15 1.8 2.6 2.1 1.6 Source: Company, Edelweiss research • 5 Geo-split: North America (60.8% of revenue) was up 3.1% QoQ, Europe grew a robust 4.2% QoQ. RoW grew 2.8% and India dipped 5.1% QoQ. Edelweiss Securities Limited IT Chart 4: Geography-wise QoQ revenue growth in reported currency 5.0 2.6 (%) 0.2 (2.2) (4.6) (7.0) Europe North America ROW Q2FY15 India Q1FY15 Table 4: Geography-wise QoQ revenue growth in constant currency Constant currency growth (%) North America Europe ROW Q2FY15 Q1FY15 3.2 3.7 6.5 (1.1) 2.8 (0.8) Source: Company, Edelweiss research Utilisation: Including trainees, utilisation increased 40bps QoQ to 75.2%; utilisation (extrainees) at 82.3% improved 220bps QoQ. Attrition stood at 20.1% (19.5% in Q1FY15). • Chart 5: Utilisation sees an uptick QoQ 85.0 80.0 (%) 75.0 70.0 65.0 60.0 Q213 Q313 Q413 Q114 Including trainees Q214 Q314 Q414 Q115 Q215 Excluding trainees Source: Company 6 Edelweiss Securities Limited Infosys Financial snapshot Year to March Net revenues Software development exp. Gross profit Selling & marketing exp General & admin exp Overhead expenditure EBITDA Depreciation EBIT Other income Profit before tax Tax Core profit Diluted EPS (INR) As % of net revenues Gross profit Selling & marketing exp Admin exp EBITDA Adjusted net profit Reported net profit Tax rate Q2FY15 133,420 79,110 54,310 7,690 8,890 16,580 37,730 2,900 34,830 8,770 43,600 12,600 31,000 54.3 Q1FY15 127,700 78,160 49,540 6,660 8,470 15,130 34,410 2,300 32,110 8,290 40,400 11,540 28,860 50.5 40.7 5.8 6.7 28.3 23.2 23.2 28.9 38.8 5.2 6.6 26.9 22.6 22.6 28.6 % Change 4.5 1.2 9.6 15.5 5.0 9.6 9.6 26.1 8.5 5.8 7.9 9.2 7.4 7.4 Q2FY14 129,650 80,500 49,150 7,570 9,870 17,440 31,710 3,340 28,370 5,100 33,470 9,400 24,070 42.1 % Change 2.9 (1.7) 10.5 1.6 (9.9) (4.9) 19.0 (13.2) 22.8 72.0 30.3 34.0 28.8 28.8 37.9 5.8 7.6 24.5 18.6 18.6 28.1 YTD15 261,120 157,270 103,850 14,350 17,360 31,710 72,140 5,200 66,940 17,060 84,000 24,140 59,860 104.8 FY15E 540,037 325,133 214,903 29,550 32,700 62,250 152,653 11,143 141,510 34,748 176,258 47,204 129,053 225.9 (INR mn) FY16E 596,404 369,542 226,862 32,354 32,802 65,156 161,706 10,598 151,108 42,298 193,406 48,351 145,054 253.9 39.8 5.5 6.6 27.6 22.9 22.9 28.7 39.8 5.5 6.1 28.3 23.9 23.9 26.8 38.0 5.4 5.5 27.1 24.3 24.3 25.0 Change in estimates FY15E FY16E Net revenue New 540,037 Old % change 530,307 1.8 New 596,404 Old 571,894 % change 4.3 EBITDA 152,653 150,741 1.3 161,706 152,452 6.1 27.1 26.7 2.7 145,054 132,682 24.3 23.2 18,405 16,381 EBDITA margin (%) PAT PAT margin (%) Capex 28.3 28.4 129,053 125,693 23.9 23.7 19,992 14,249 7 40.3 Comments Revision of USD/INR rate from INR58/56 to INR 60/59 for FY15/16 respectively leads to revsion in INR growth. Revision of currency assumptions and better margin profile in H1FY15 and expected improvement in operational metrics lead to higher EBITDA 9.3 12.4 Edelweiss Securities Limited IT Company Description Infosys is the second-largest IT services company in India providing consulting and IT services to clients globally. It is also among the fastest growing IT services organization in the world and a leader in the offshore services space with a pioneer in Global delivery model. Infosys provides business consulting, application development and maintenance and engineering services to 910 active clients spread across Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, Retail, Manufacturing, and Utilities verticals and 50 countries. The company has also its own proprietary core banking software - Finacle used by some of the leading banks in India, Middle East, Africa and Europe. Infosys’ total employee force stands at 165,411 and the company’s TTM revenues stood at INR520.1bn (USD8.5bn). Investment Theme Infosys, in the recent past, lost market share to peers like TCS and HCL Technologies due to lack of strong presence in Infrastructure management services, lack of presence in emerging geographies and its aversion to provide flexibility in structuring contracts and offer discounted pricing to clients. The restructuring exercise also led to some distractions which led to slower growth compared to peers. We believe, on the back of the investments made it is likely to reduce the gap in revenue growth with peers and is best placed to expand its margins due to current low level of utilization and possibility of increase in offshore execution coupled with higher contribution from non-linear business. Key Risks Key risks to our investment theme include – slower pick up in IT spend particularly on the discretionary side, appreciation of INR against USD, Euro and GBP. 8 Edelweiss Securities Limited Infosys Financial Statements Key Assumptions Year to March Income statement FY13 FY14 FY15E FY16E Macro GDP(Y-o-Y %) Inflation (Avg) 5.0 7.4 4.7 6.2 5.4 5.5 6.3 6.0 Repo rate (exit rate) 7.5 8.0 8.0 7.3 54.5 60.5 60.0 59.0 Year to March (INR mn) FY13 FY14 FY15E FY16E Net revenue Cost of revenues 403,520 241,580 501,330 307,670 540,037 325,133 596,404 369,542 Gross profit 161,940 193,660 214,903 226,862 Total SG&A expenses 46,430 59,510 62,250 65,156 S&M expenses 20,340 26,250 29,550 32,354 Company G&A expenses 26,090 33,260 32,700 32,802 Employee Addition (nos) EBITDA 115,510 134,150 152,653 161,706 USD/INR (Avg) Gross additions Freshers Added (BPO -Trainees) 37,036 39,985 40,000 40,000 7,737 7,596 6,500 5,000 Employees Added (BPO - Sales and Support) Employees Added (Banking Product group) Average attrition 440 438 750 750 3,783 4,125 3,800 3,500 19.4 22.6 16.8 10.5 Efforts Depreciation & Amortization EBIT Other income 11,220 13,740 11,143 10,598 104,290 120,410 141,510 151,108 23,554 26,690 34,748 42,298 Profit before tax 127,844 147,100 176,258 193,406 Provision for tax 33,660 40,620 47,204 48,351 Net profit 94,184 106,480 129,053 145,054 IT Services - Onsite efforts 23.4 25.9 25.9 25.5 Profit After Tax 94,184 106,480 129,053 145,054 IT Services - Offshore efforts 76.6 74.1 74.1 74.5 Profit after minority interest 94,184 106,480 129,053 145,054 5.1 6.4 7.4 7.3 164.8 186.4 225.9 253.9 94.9 93.6 92.6 92.7 571 571 571 571 164.8 186.3 225.9 253.9 Products + BPO - Onsite efforts Products + BPO - Offshore efforts Utilisation Basic EPS (INR) Shares outstanding (mn) Diluted EPS (INR) IT Services - Onsite utilization 93.0 93.0 93.0 94.0 Dividend per share (INR) 50.0 63.0 70.0 78.2 IT Services - Offshore utilization 64.7 73.8 79.1 79.5 Dividend payout (%) 30.3 33.8 31.0 30.8 Products + BPO - Onsite utilization 93.0 93.0 93.0 93.0 Products + BPO - Offshore utilization 80.5 83.1 88.6 87.0 Year to March FY13 FY14 FY15E FY16E Services-onsite (1.6) 2.1 3.6 2.6 Services-offshore (4.8) (0.4) 0.5 (0.3) Cost of revenues Gross margin 59.9 40.1 61.4 38.6 60.2 39.8 62.0 38.0 6.5 6.6 6.1 5.5 Pricing change Cost assumptions Common size metrics G&A expenses Salary hike - Onsite 6.7 4.9 5.5 (1.0) S&M expenses 5.0 5.2 5.5 5.4 Salary hike - Offshore 1.8 11.8 14.5 0.5 SG&A expenses 11.5 11.9 11.5 10.9 Travelling cost 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.4 EBITDA margins 28.6 26.8 28.3 27.1 Other costs 3.4 0.6 2.9 5.1 EBIT margins 25.8 24.0 26.2 25.3 S&M expenses (% of revenue) 5.0 5.2 5.5 5.4 Net profit margins 23.3 21.2 23.9 24.3 G&A expenses (% of revenue) 6.5 6.6 6.1 5.5 8.5 8.5 9.5 10.5 Year to March FY13 FY14 FY15E FY16E 26.3 27.6 26.8 25.0 Revenues EBITDA 19.6 7.8 24.2 16.1 7.7 13.8 10.4 5.9 6.8 Growth ratios (%) Financial assumptions Yield on cash & cash equivalents (%) Tax rate as % of PBT Capex (INR mn) 21,810 27,930 19,992 18,405 Debtor days 59 56 60 60 EBIT 6.6 15.5 17.5 Payable days 43 48 60 62 PBT 9.4 15.1 19.8 9.7 Cash conversion cycle (days) 15 8 1 (2) Net profit 13.3 13.1 21.2 12.4 EPS 13.3 13.1 21.2 12.4 9 Edelweiss Securities Limited IT Balance sheet (INR mn) Cash flow metrics FY13 FY14 FY15E FY16E FY13 FY14 FY15E FY16E 2,860 30,900 2,860 30,900 2,860 30,910 2,860 30,910 Operating cash flow Investing cash flow 94,780 (50,510) 121,870 (50,030) 147,255 (26,492) 155,270 (17,575) Reserves & surplus 364,210 441,540 514,502 608,107 Financing cash flow (31,860) (30,660) (55,641) (52,279) Shareholders funds 397,970 475,300 548,272 641,877 Net cash flow 12,410 41,180 64,992 85,415 Deferred tax liability (14,760) (21,140) (21,400) (21,400) Capex (32,470) (27,450) (19,812) (17,575) Other term liabilities 1,490 3,230 3,910 3,910 Dividends paid (32,120) (31,430) (55,511) (52,279) 384,700 457,390 530,782 624,387 23,440 64,680 24,990 78,870 23,980 87,719 23,980 95,526 Profitability & efficiency ratios Year to March FY13 FY14 FY15E FY16E Investments 3,940 12,520 13,160 13,160 Other non current assets 2,370 2,200 2,720 2,720 ROAE (%) ROACE (%) 25.7 29.7 24.4 29.2 25.2 29.4 24.4 26.8 60 As on 31st March Equity capital Share premium account Sources of funds Goodwill Total net fixed assets Year to March 235,710 290,060 363,362 448,777 Debtors days 59 56 60 Sundry debtors 70,830 83,510 95,409 100,302 Payable days 43 48 60 62 Unbilled revenue 24,350 28,110 29,480 29,480 Cash conversion cycle (days) 15 8 1 (2) Current ratio 5.6 4.7 4.6 5.2 Cash and equivalents Loans and advances 22,240 28,510 28,060 28,060 Total current assets 353,130 430,190 516,310 606,619 54,590 78,050 98,847 103,358 8,270 13,330 14,260 14,260 62,860 91,380 113,107 117,618 Net current assets 290,270 338,810 403,203 Uses of funds 384,700 457,390 696.5 831.8 Sundry creditors and others Provisions Total current liabilities & Book value per share (INR) Operating ratios Year to March FY13 FY14 FY15E FY16E 489,001 Total asset turnover Fixed asset turnover 1.1 6.8 1.2 7.0 1.1 6.5 1.0 6.5 530,782 624,387 Equity turnover 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.0 959.5 1,123.3 Valuation parameters Free cash flow Year to March (INR mn) FY13 FY14 FY15E FY16E Net profit Depreciation 94,184 11,220 106,480 13,740 129,053 11,143 145,054 10,598 Others (1,184) (4,160) (1,850) (1) 104,220 116,060 138,346 155,652 Less: Changes in WC 9,440 (5,810) (8,909) 383 Operating cash flow 94,780 121,870 147,255 155,270 Less: Capex 21,810 27,930 19,992 18,405 Free cash flow 72,970 93,940 127,263 136,865 Gross cash flow Year to March FY13 FY14 FY15E FY16E Diluted EPS (INR) Y-o-Y growth (%) 164.8 13.3 186.3 13.1 225.9 21.2 253.9 12.4 CEPS (INR) 184.5 210.4 245.4 272.4 23.6 20.9 17.2 15.3 Price/BV (x) 5.6 4.7 4.1 3.5 EV/Sales (x) 4.9 3.8 3.4 3.0 EV/EBITDA (x) 17.2 14.3 12.1 10.9 EV/EBITDA (x)+1 yr forward Dividend yield (%) 14.8 1.3 12.6 1.6 11.4 1.8 2.0 Diluted PE (x) Peer comparison valuation Market cap (USD mn) Name Diluted PE (X) FY15E FY16E Infosys CMC 36,439 1,103 17.2 19.2 15.3 16.2 Cyient 819 13.6 ECLERX SERVICES 681 15.3 HCL Technologies 19,884 Hexaware Technologies Info Edge Persistent Systems Tata Consultancy Services Tech Mahindra Wipro EV/EBITDA (X) FY15E FY16E ROAE (%) FY15E FY16E 12.1 14.1 10.9 11.3 25.2 26.2 24.4 27.2 11.3 9.7 7.9 21.3 21.5 13.1 10.3 9.2 42.5 42.1 17.9 15.8 12.5 10.8 30.0 27.0 936 17.7 14.5 11.8 10.2 24.7 26.3 1,734 54.2 42.9 40.6 29.9 23.8 24.1 942 17.5 15.3 10.5 8.1 24.3 23.2 85,613 24.3 20.2 18.0 15.7 35.6 34.7 8,987 18.2 15.8 11.4 9.7 28.5 25.2 23,546 17.4 15.6 12.7 11.3 22.2 21.0 Source: Edelweiss research 10 Edelweiss Securities Limited Infosys Additional Data Directors Data Prof Jeffrey S Lehman Ravi Venkatesan B G Srinivas K V Kamath S D Shibulal Narayana Murthy Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Independent Director Independent Director President and Whole-time Director Lead Independent Director CEO and MD Executive Chairman Independent Director Dr Omkar Goswami Srinath Batni R Seshasayee S Gopalkrishnan Ann M Fudge Carol M. Browner U. B. Pravin Rao Independent Director Whole-time Director Independent Director Executive Vice Chairman Independent Director Independent Director President and Whole-time Director Auditors - BSR & Co., Chartered Accountants *as per last annual report Holding – Top10 Perc. Holding Perc. Holding Aberdeen Asset Management Plc 4.07 Life Insurance Corp Of India 3.82 Oppenheimerfunds Incorporated 2.87 Abu Dhabi Investment Authority 2.51 Vanguard Group Inc 2.21 GIC Private Ltd 2.07 Prudential Plc 1.97 Capital Group 1.69 Blackrock 1.69 HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd 1.56 *as per last available data Bulk Deals Data Acquired / Seller B/S Qty Traded Price No Data Available *in last one year Insider Trades Reporting Data 14 Mar 2014 21 Feb 2014 21 Jan 2014 11 Nov 2013 Acquired / Seller K. Muralikrishna Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Limited Srinath Batni Ms. Shweta Balakrishnan B/S Sell Sell Sell Sell Qty Traded 15000.00 110000.00 20000.00 50000.00 *in last one year 11 Edelweiss Securities Limited RATING & INTERPRETATION Company Absolute Relative Relative reco reco risk BUY SO L ECLERX SERVICES HOLD SP Hexaware Technologies CMC Company Absolute Relative Relative reco reco Risk Cyient BUY SP H M HCL Technologies BUY SO H M HOLD SP M Info Edge BUY SP Infosys BUY SO L Persistent Systems BUY SO L Tata Consultancy Services BUY SP L Tech Mahindra BUY SO M HOLD SP L Wipro ABSOLUTE RATING Ratings Expected absolute returns over 12 months Buy More than 15% Hold Between 15% and - 5% Reduce Less than -5% RELATIVE RETURNS RATING Ratings Criteria Sector Outperformer (SO) Stock return > 1.25 x Sector return Sector Performer (SP) Stock return > 0.75 x Sector return Stock return < 1.25 x Sector return Sector Underperformer (SU) Stock return < 0.75 x Sector return Sector return is market cap weighted average return for the coverage universe within the sector RELATIVE RISK RATING Ratings Criteria Low (L) Bottom 1/3rd percentile in the sector Medium (M) Middle 1/3rd percentile in the sector High (H) Top 1/3rd percentile in the sector Risk ratings are based on Edelweiss risk model SECTOR RATING Ratings Criteria Overweight (OW) Sector return > 1.25 x Nifty return Equalweight (EW) Sector return > 0.75 x Nifty return Sector return < 1.25 x Nifty return Underweight (UW) Sector return < 0.75 x Nifty return 12 Edelweiss Securities Limited Infosys Edelweiss Securities Limited, Edelweiss House, off C.S.T. 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Board: (91-22) 4009 4400, Email: research@edelweissfin.com Vikas Khemani Head Institutional Equities vikas.khemani@edelweissfin.com +91 22 2286 4206 Nischal Maheshwari Co-Head Institutional Equities & Head Research nischal.maheshwari@edelweissfin.com +91 22 4063 5476 Nirav Sheth Head Sales & Strategy nirav.sheth@edelweissfin.com +91 22 4040 7499 Coverage group(s) of stocks by primary analyst(s): IT CMC, Cyient, ECLERX SERVICES, HCL Technologies, Hexaware Technologies, Infosys, Info Edge, Persistent Systems, Tata Consultancy Services, Tech Mahindra, Wipro Recent Research Date Company Title Price (INR) 01-Oct-14 IT 24-Sep-14 Accenture Inline quarter; demand uptick in key geographies; Global Pulse 15-Sep-14 IT Cognizant acquires TriZetto for USD2.7bn; Sector Update Recos Growth momentum to continue; Q2FY15 result preview Distribution of Ratings / Market Cap Rating Interpretation Edelweiss Research Coverage Universe Rating Distribution* * 1 stocks under review > 50bn Market Cap (INR) 144 Buy Hold 151 44 Reduce Total 9 205 Between 10bn and 50 bn < 10bn 56 Rating Expected to Buy appreciate more than 15% over a 12-month period Hold appreciate up to 15% over a 12-month period Reduce depreciate more than 5% over a 12-month period 5 13 Edelweiss Securities Limited IT DISCLAIMER General Disclaimer: This report has been prepared by Edelweiss Securities Limited (Edelweiss). 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