Buy Tata Consultancy Services; target of Rs 4040: Prabhudas Lilladher

Prabhudas Lilladher is bullish on Tata Consultancy Services has recommended buy rating on the stock with a target price of Rs 4040 in its research report dated January 13, 2026.

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January 13, 2026 / 10:24 IST

Buy

Prabhudas Lilladher's research report on Tata Consultancy Services

The revenue performance (+0.8% QoQ CC) exceeded our estimates (+0.5% QoQ CC), aided by broad-based growth, international business was up 0.4% QoQ CC. Beyond furloughs, the growth momentum within BFS was steady and should rejoin the positive growth trajectory from Q4. The pockets of weakness is visible in certain sub-segments of Retail and Manufacturing, while essential and non-Automotive delivered healthy performance. The slowdown in legacy offerings is partly compensated against strong uptick in AI revenue stream, which reported annualized revenue run-rate of USD1.8bn (+17.3% QoQ CC). The management was confident of sustaining international revenue growth in the coming year on the back improving visibility in North America and continued momentum within key pockets. Given the low base of revenue in FY26 and steady recovery within international business, we expect 5.4% USD revenue CAGR over FY26-28E.

Outlook

On the margins, the compensation revision is behind, while we also anticipate the residual headcount trimming exercise to be executed in Q4. Hence, we are revising FY26E/FY27E/FY28E, adjusting operating margin up by 10bps/20bps/10bps respectively. We assign 23x to FY28E EPS that translates a TP of 4,040. Maintain BUY.

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