In a BSE filing, Cyient said Colonial First State Asset Management (Australia) Ltd, First State Investments International Ltd, First State Investments Management (UK) Ltd and First State Investments (Singapore) increased their stake in the company to 9.45 per cent on April 20.
"Cyient Inc., USA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100 per cent equity in Certon Software Inc., Melbourne, Florida, USA, in an all cash transaction," Cyient Ltd said in a BSE filing.
Cyient's revenue stood at Rs 815.8 crore in the said quarter as against Rs 730 crore in the year-ago period, up 11.8 per cent.
Hyderabad-based engineering, network and operations solutions company (earlier known as Infotech Enterprises) on Wednesday reported a 31.7 percent (sequential) growth in second quarter net profit at Rs 90.2 crore led by strong revenue and operational performance.
Revenue during the quarter grew by 8.15 percent to Rs 672.4 crore compared to Rs 621.7 crore in previous quarter while dollar revenue growth was 6.7 percent at USD 111 million during the same period (as against forecast of USD 107.8 million).
Analysts expect dollar revenue growth to appear lower than the 7.8 percent growth reported in Q1 as Q1 had a USD 3.56 million revenue contribution from its acquisition Softential.
Ajay Bodke of Prabhudas Lilladher feels that Motherson Sumi Systems may touch Rs 260-270.
Krishna Bodanapu, President & COO, Infotech said Softential's 2013 revenue stands at USD 17-18 million. The price paid for the buyout includes 1.1 times of its 2013 revenue plus another performance-based payout component based on EBITDA over the 12 months.
Krishna Bodanapu, President & COO, Infotech said Softential buyout will allow Infotech to provide better services to its telecom clients and add to its margins.
According to Ajay Bodke, Prabhudas Lilladher one should clearly watch out for the forthcoming events of the week that is the Crimean referendum on March 16 and IIP numbers that are slated to come out later in the week, which could be a disappointing for the month of January
According to CNBC-TV18‘s research team following are the stocks to focus on Dr Reddy's, BPCL, Ranbaxy, Dishman Pharma, Bank of Baroda, Ashok Leyland, Jaiprakash Assoc, Crompton Greaves, Eicher Motors and Infotech Ent.
Infotech Enterprises enters into definitive agreement to acquire Softential in an all cash deal. The payment for this stands at USD 18.7 million plus an earnings-based payout.
IOC| Reliance Industries | Godrej Consumer | Mahindra and Mahindra | Tata Motors | Tech Mahindra | India Infoline | Vascon Engineers | Infotech Enterprises | MERCK | Dishman Pharma | Hotel Leela Venture | Financial Technologies and Shree Ganesh Jewellery are stocks, which are in news today.
According to Sandeep Muthangi, VP Research at IIFL Institutional Equities, Tech Mahindra and Persistent Systems are the top picks in the IT space.
Infotech Enterprises has reported a consolidated sales turnover of Rs 578.35 crore and a net profit of Rs 69.39 crore for the quarter ended Dec '13
Infotech Enterprises is quite confident of its order backlog and pipeline and aims to delivering strong results going forward.
HCL Technologies | TCS | Axis Bank | Bajaj Auto | Sasken Communication | Lovable Lingerie | DCB Bank | Cairn India | IOC and Exide Industries are stocks, which are in the news today.
Jaideep Goswami, Head of Equity at ICICI Securities is of the view that one may see decent upside in Shree Cements.
From the IT pack, Infosys remains one of his top picks from the sector. He sees the company posting 13 percent denominated growth in US dollar terms in FY15.
Ravi Menon, IT Analyst at Centrum Broking is of the view that eClerx Services may test Rs 1260.
Pankaj Jain of Sunteck Wealthmax advises buying Apollo Hospital for a target price of Rs 907 and Apollo Tyres for a target price of Rs 108.
Dipan Mehta, member of BSE and NSE is of the view that one may pick Tech Mahindra from technology space and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries within the pharma space.
Nirmal Jain, chairman of IIFL recommends buying Infotech Enterprises, HCL Technologies, Ipca Laboratories, Torrent Pharma and Dr Reddys Laboratories.
New Zealand-based Lavender Investments raised its stake in the company by 1.2 percent to 5.69 percent by buying 13.6 lakh shares at Rs 240 apiece. It had purchased 49.9 lakh shares (or 4.47 percent stake) of Infotech Enterprises at Rs 165 apiece on May 2013.
Brokerage house Angel Broking has maintained a 'Neutral' rating on Infotech Enterprises in its October 17, 2013 research report.