Emkay Global Financial's research report on Wipro
Wipro reported mixed operating performance in Q2, wherein revenue growth was a tad better than expectations, while margins disappointed. Management remain cautiously optimistic on growth prospects, and are closely monitoring the possible impact of macro uncertainties on demand. Company signed 11 large deals with combined TCV of USD0.7bn in Q2. Overall order book in TCV terms grew 23.8% YoY in Q2. The company has guided to 0.5-2% QoQ CC revenue growth in IT Services for Q3, broadly in line with our expectations of 0-2%. EBITM has expanded 10bps to 15.1% in Q2, but came in lower than our expectations and is likely to remain in the narrow range in Q3. Commentary by Management remains fairly confident on double-digit revenue growth in FY23. However, it shied away from giving any timeline on the margin returning to the medium-term target range of 17-17.5% which remains an irritant. We cut our earnings by 0.2% to 3.9% for FY23E-25E, factoring-in the Q2 performance. Lack of clarity on margin recovery is expected to weigh on valuation, in our view.
Outlook
We maintain BUY on the stock, with TP of Rs460/share at 17x Sep-24E EPS (earlier Rs470).
More Info
At 14:52 hrs Wipro was quoting at Rs 380.00, down Rs 27.75, or 6.81 percent.
It has touched an intraday high of Rs 392.25 and an intraday low of Rs 378.30.
It was trading with volumes of 1,597,379 shares, compared to its thirty day average of 587,571 shares, an increase of 171.86 percent.
In the previous trading session, the share closed up 0.85 percent or Rs 3.45 at Rs 407.75.
The share touched its 52-week high Rs 739.80 and 52-week low Rs 384.60 on 14 October, 2021 and 26 September, 2022, respectively.
Currently, it is trading 48.63 percent below its 52-week high and 1.2 percent above its 52-week low.
Market capitalisation stands at Rs 208,454.31 crore.
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