Tech Mahindra on the rise

By Research Desk
about 10 years ago

The market is very obviously enthused with the performance of Tech Mahindra. The stock is currently the top gainer on the bourses, breaching the 10% UC briefly at Rs.527.15 and is now at Rs.524 levels, up over 9%. Volumes have jumped up over 5 times. Its 52-week high is at Rs.653.80.

The company for Q4Fy16 posted a 18% (QoQ) rise in consolidated net profit at Rs.897 crore and this jump was thanks to the forex gain, higher other income and lower tax outgo. The company made a forex gain of Rs.64 crore v/s a forex loss of Rs.10 crore in Q3. Other income showed a smart 38% jump at Rs.102 crore while tax outgo reduced by 32% (QoQ).

The company topline showed a marginal 3% jump at Rs.6884 crore while dollar revenue rose by just 0.75% to $1023 million. Its EBIT was down 2% at Rs.944 crore and margins showed a decline from 14.3% to 13.7%.

Meanwhile the company announced that it has decided not to go ahead with plans of setting up a payment bank. The company had received an approval from RBI for setting up the bank in August’15. The company has declared a total dividend of Rs.12/share which includes the special dividend of Rs.6/share for FY16.