TCS Q4 Results: From dividend to attrition to hiring — five key takeaways as Tata group IT giant kicks off earnings season
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) — the Tata group IT major which is the country's largest software exporter — on Friday reported its financial results for the quarter ended March 2023. Here's a lowdown on some of the key highlights of the IT bellwether's quarterly performance report.
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10:27 PM IST
TCS Q4 results, dividend: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) — the Tata group IT major which is the country's largest software exporter and its second most valuable company — on Friday reported a five per cent sequential increase in net profit to Rs 11,392 crore for the quarter ended March 2023. Its revenue grew 1.6 per cent to Rs 59,162 crore for the three-month period compared with the previous quarter, according to a regulatory filing. Both of Tata Consultancy Services' top-line and bottom-line missed analysts' estimates by a thin margin. TCS announced a dividend of Rs 24 per share.
Here's a lowdown on five key takeaways from the IT bellwether's quarterly report:
TCS Q4 Results: Revenue growth
TCS also met analysts' estimates on the dollar revenue front. Its revenue in dollar terms grew 1.7 per cent on a quarter-on-quarter basis to $7,195 million, according to a company statement. According to Zee Business research, the company's quarterly revenue was pegged at $7,202 million.
Revenue in constant currency terms — or revenue arrived at minus the impact of currency fluctuations — grew 10.7 per cent on a year-on-year basis for the March quarter, as against 13.5 per cent for the previous three months. The rupee appreciated by 0.8 per cent against the US dollar in the final three months of the last financial year.
TCS Q4 Results: Margin
The Tata group IT bellwether reported a steady margin at 24.5 per cent on a sequential basis. However, the margin — a key measure of a business's profitability — fell short of analysts' expectations.
Zee Business analysts had estimated the company's margin to improve by 30 basis points compared with the previous three months.
TCS Q4 Results: Dividend
The TCS board announced a dividend of Rs 24 per share.
TCS Q4 Results: Attrition
Attrition in IT services cooled down by 120 basis points to 20.1 per cent on a last-twelve-months basis, according to TCS. The company net added 821 employees in the final quarter of 2022-23, and 22,600 in the year.
TCS said its workforce remains diverse, comprising 150 nationalities and with women making up 35.7 per cent of the base.
TCS Q4 Results: Deal wins
TCS said the count of large deals reached a record level in the year ended March 2023, taking the total contract value — or an estimate of the revenue associated with deals — to $34.1 billion.
For the March quarter, the company's total deal value stood at $10 billion.
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