ICICIdirect.com's report on Wipro
Wipro reported a soft quarter with IT services constant currency (CC) revenues growing 3% QoQ (1.7-4% guidance) while $ revenues grew 1.8% QoQ to $1,772 million (2.4% QoQ, $1,782 million estimate)
IT services EBIT margins declined 80 bps QoQ to 22%, in line with our 22% estimate, led by wage hikes. Reported PAT of Rs 2,085 crore was below our Rs 2,133 crore estimate
Wipro gave Q3FY15E revenue guidance of $1,810 million to $1,840 million (2% to 4% QoQ growth)
We estimate Wipro will report revenue, EPS CAGR of 8%, 11% during FY14-16E (average 22.9% IT services EBIT margins in FY15-16E), vs. 14% each, reported during FY09-14 (average 21.9% margins) led by large deal ramp ups, client mining initiatives and a pick-up in discretionary spending. We value Wipro at Rs 610 (15.7x our FY16E EPS estimate of Rs 38.8) and maintain BUY rating on the stock with a target price of Rs 610", says ICICIdirect.com research report.
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