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The rally in mid- and small-cap stocks has spilled over into the IT sector as well. Second and third-tier IT stocks, which historically traded at a discount to the big five IT companies, are now trading at nearly 25 per cent premium to their large-cap peers. The smaller IT companies have a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple of nearly 38 times against the big five's current P/E multiple of around 31x.
At the end of June, 2016, TCS had a total headcount of 3.62 lakh.
The words 'industry', 'industrial development', 'jobs', and 'employment' have been ringing with higher frequency since Mamata Banerjee stepped into her third term with landslide victory after a high-octane election last year. "Our government's next target is industrial development," the chief minister (CM) had been heard stating at different public meetings in the past few months - perhaps setting the tone for the sixth edition of the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) slated for later this month. Investor summits by any state are about intent, big numbers, and tall claims. Yet in competitive federalism, its importance as a marketing tool is undeniable.
Seasonal weakness may result in modest sequential revenue growth for large Indian IT firms in the January-March 2016 quarter, analysts said.
Most of the large mid-caps share similar business model as the large-caps and have more of less similar set of clients.
Though a weak dollar will lend some support to revenues and margins in FY21, the demand environment will outweigh any gain.
Nearly 150 companies visited the campus this year.
In the mid-tier space, clients with weak balance sheets are likely to ask for price revision apart from delay in payment.
The Zee saga will see a long-drawn-out court battle before shareholders get any chance to vote on any proposal by the management or Invesco, says Prosenjit Datta.
According to Nasscom, engineering services exports had grown at 13 per cent in 2017 compared to six per cent rise in IT services exports and eight per cent in business process management (BPM). It had also recorded the highest growth in the last three years, reports Debasis Mohapatra.
Currently, Deloitte, EY and KPMG with their associates work as statutory auditors of most of the top league domestic IT services firms. Owing to many alleged auditing lapses, the regulators have either imposed restrictions on the audit firms or are seeking to do so.
It has been also revealed that V G Siddhartha had written a letter to the Board of Directors and employees of Coffee Day Enterprises, saying he had 'failed as an entrepreneur'.
Shares of Tata Consultancy Services on Wednesday plunged almost 4 per cent, wiping out about Rs 16,000 crore (Rs 160 billion) in investor wealth, after the IT major indicated to analysts that weak India business and lower working days could drag down March quarter growth rate.
Apart from Infosys, players like Tata Consultancy Services and Mindtree have also pointed towards weakness in the financial services sector and project delays and cancellations that could impact the growth of the USD 110 billion IT services sector in the near term.
The surge in IT, auto and FMCG stocks were led by investors seeking safety against market volatility.
Karnataka-based IT professional Prabha Arun Kumar who was stabbed to death in Australia was on Sunday cremated amid poignant scenes at her native Amtoor.
The tragedy has sent an alert to outbound Indian IT professionals on how important it is to monitor your personal safety while abroad.
Revenues, profit margins will be hit in the next one year, but more demand in the longer run.
Shares of IT major TCS on Friday tumbled over 8 per cent after its September quarter numbers failed to meet market expectations.
Analysts are of the opinion that given the change in the business model, which is resulting in smaller deals spreading across the whole year, clients may be already renegotiating prices.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Sikka ranks 35th in the list.
IT stocks have dropped about 3 per cent in the days since the Donald Trump administration took first steps toward visa reform and all of India's highest-profile technology tycoons have seen their net worth eroded. Saritha Rai reports.
Even as government projects aren't lucrative from a revenue perspective, companies fight with each other to bag the contracts
Sensex closed over 118 points down on Thursday.
Gaurav Garg, Head of Research, CapitalVia answers readers' stock market queries.
A company with a size exceeding $1 billion finds it really hard to innovate.
Credit Suisse thinks it possible for the company to narrow its forecast ('guidance') range.
There has also been a shift from hiring freshers to those with two to five years' experience.
First sequential decline in a decade as 8 of top 15 software firms report drop in manpower
Large and small businesses alike have delivered low-key performances.
A new motivation needs to spread through the existing ranks to upskill and reskill themselves in the 55 new job roles for digital, says Ganesh Natarajan.
Infosys, TCS, HUL and Reliance Industries were the top gainers of the day.
The recovery was led by information technology exporters.
ONGC was the top gainer which surged over 4% followed by Axis, SBI, CIL
It is expected growth will primarily be driven by continued demand from the US, a revival in the European market, especially continental Europe, and increased momentum in the adoption of new technologies.
The companies experienced a drop of 5,436 approved petitions (37 per cent) in 2016 as compared to previous year, a report by the National Foundation for American Policy, a Washington-based non-profit think-tank, said.
Detectives in Sydney have spoken to more than 2,000 people, taken almost 250 statements. They have considered the possibility that someone in India was involved in, or helped organise, Prabha Arun Kumar's murder.
