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Key Conference Call Highlights
Segment Performance
* BFSI: This vertical grew marginally (0.1% QoQ CC), with clients shifting from experimentation to industrialised, business-driven transformation. Demand is focussed on core modernisation, cloud migration and productivity-led operating model transformation.
* Consumer Business Group (CBG): Achieved good growth (2.8% QoQ CC) and recorded an all-time high TCV, propelled by two mega deal wins from Marks & Spencer and a leading American healthcare retailer.
* Manufacturing: Showed good growth (1.2% QoQ CC) despite supply chain impacts. Clients prioritised cost-optimisation and AI-led productivity for predictive maintenance and quality automation.
* Energy, Resources and Utilities (ERU): Demonstrated robust growth (6.1% QoQ CC), led by supply chain modernisation in the Energy & Resources segment, though the Utilities segment remains under stress.
* Communication, Media and Information Services (CMI): While seeing a modest decline (0.4% QoQ CC), there are signs of an IT spending rebound. The company signed its first mega deal in this segment with a UK-based telecom operator.
* Life Sciences and Healthcare: Experienced a marginal growth (0.4% QoQ CC), focusing on data marketplaces and AI for productivity.
Geography Performance
* North America: North America posted a steady 1.4% QoQ CC growth, supported by large transformation deals and improving client addition, although weakness persisted in select consumer segments, such as CPG and TTH.
* Europe: Continental Europe delivered 1.0% QoQ CC growth, supported by vendor consolidation, technology modernisation and rising adoption of GenAIled transformation initiatives across enterprises.
* MEA: Middle East and West Asia (+0.4% QoQ CC growth) continued to face geopolitical volatility, although the management indicated that the direct impact remains largely confined to the region and the travel sector.
Margin Trajectory
* Margin Strength Provides Room for Strategic Investments: EBIT margin stood at a four-year high of 25% and Q4 margin improved sequentially to 25.3%. Margin gains were supported by better realisation and currency tailwinds, partly reinvested into AI capability building, partnerships and strategic growth initiatives.
* Wage Hike: While annual wage hike from April pose a near-term headwind of 150–200 bps, it is expected to offset through operational efficiency and pyramid optimisation.
* Long-term Goal: The management aspires a 26% margin aspiration
Outlook & Guidance
* Order Book: The company delivered a strong USD 12 Bn for Q4 and USD 40.7 Bn for the full year, propelled by five mega deals and a strategic shift towards vendor consolidation and AI-led transformation.
* FY27 Expectation: The management is positive about international growth and expects a strong H1FY27 so as to be in line with typical seasonality.
AI Initiatives
* AI Revenue & Scenario: Annualised AI revenues surpassed USD 2.3 Bn in Q4.
* HyperVault Business: This new business line is building out 1 GW of capacity for large AI workloads, engaging with hyperscalers and semiconductor companies to provide integrated infrastructure and engineering.
* Talent, Internal Use & Partnership: Over 270,000 associates are proficient in AI and machine learning. Strategic AI partnerships have been forged or expanded with OpenAI, AMD, ServiceNow and Google Cloud.
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