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Indian IT giant Infosys slashes yearly growth outlook
Agence France-Presse . Mumbai, India | Published: 12:22, Jul 21,2023Indian information technology giant Infosys sharply cut its revenue growth outlook on Thursday as it reported softer-than-expected profits during the April-June quarter on the back of global economic headwinds.
Infosys, India’s second-largest software firm, slashed its revenue growth guidance for the financial year ending March 2024 to 1.0-3.5 per cent in constant currency terms, down from its previous estimate of four to seven per cent.
The Bengaluru-headquartered firm said net profit came in at 59.45 billion rupees ($725.5 million) in the three months to June 30, an increase of 10.9 per cent from the same period last year.
But net profit fell by 3.0 per cent compared to the January-March period, a reflection of the tough conditions facing the sector amid a slowing global economy.
The results were slightly below analysts’ expectations.
‘The way a lot of the transformation programmes that are running today, they are funded from cost efficiency that comes through that programme itself. So overall, the decision-making sometimes is slowing down,’ Infosys chief executive Salil Parekh said at a media briefing.
‘And we’re seeing the start dates -- in terms of where some of these programmes are likely to start -- more towards the back end of the year, and that’s the reason we’re seeing the revenue impact through the year.’
Revenue grew 4.2 per cent year-on-year and rose by 1.0 per cent quarter-on-quarter in constant currency terms.
The company said it won large deals worth $2.3 billion in the quarter, up from $2.1 billion in the first three months of the year.
Employee attrition, a closely watched metric in the tech sector, eased to 17.3 per cent from 20.9 per cent in the previous quarter. Its overall headcount fell by almost 7,000 during the period.
Rival Indian software firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) reported last week a slightly better-than-expected net profit of 110.7 billion rupees ($1.35 billion) for the months of April to June, up 16.8 per cent year-on-year but down 2.79 per cent from the March quarter.
TCS had been boosted by a robust order book and said it was building capabilities in newer technologies such as generative artificial intelligence.
Both firms gained from an IT boom that saw India become the world’s back office for subcontracted work.
A boom during the Covid pandemic, which had boosted demand for digital services, has since waned amid an uncertain global environment.
Numerous headwinds, including persistently elevated inflation levels that have triggered higher interest rates and financial sector turmoil, have turned clients cautious.
Infosys earns more than 85 per cent of its revenue from North American and European markets.
Shares in Infosys were 1.73 per cent lower at the close of trading in Mumbai on Thursday ahead of the earnings announcement
