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| Importantly, two of the highest increases in satisfaction were for the degree to which our services are valued and for the level of innovation we introduced into our engagement |
| Adjusted net earnings were up 12.9% year-over-year, or margin of 11.8%, up 20 basis points |
| In closing, the combination of our strong performance in fiscal 2023, the actions we initiated in Q4 and the initiatives embedded in our business plan underscore our continued confidence for fiscal 2024 to deliver double-digit EPS accretion, incremental margin expansion and revenue growth consistent with the current IT services demand environment |
| CGI's resilience and positioning strategically, operationally and financially enable us to be one of the few leading global firms with the scale, reach, insights, capabilities, and commitment to remain a partner and expert of choice for clients and empowering environment for our consultants and professionals, and engage ethical and responsible corporate citizen and investment of choice for our shareholders |
| Our pipeline reflects this positioning as the value of new opportunities grew by more than 20% on a year-over-year basis, with managed services up nearly 40% |
| And so, we're doing quite well |
| We've seen you had very strong bookings, obviously, not exactly the same trend as we're seeing the revenue and we've seen it for or some of the global peers as well |
| This merger strengthens our position in the U.S |
| CGI, IP provides recurring revenue with a higher margin profile expanding our overall profitability |
| We once again add the strong quarter of overall contract wins booking $4 billion in the quarter, up 10% year-over-year for a robust book-to-bill ratio of 114% led by U.S |
| So I think, we're feeling pretty good about the outlook and the other is that they're bigger deals |
| Second half managed services bookings were nearly $4.9 billion up by more than $900 million compared to the first half of the year, driven by continued strong opportunities in CGI's largest industry sectors, of government and financial services |
| Given the current geopolitical environment, we saw particular strength in government bookings across our end-to-end offerings |
| And so, if you look at the outlook then, those are the tailwinds are some of what I just mentioned, kind of built into our model and our approach are really those strong 12-month bookings, trailing 12-month bookings and expanding pipeline, particularly in managed services, government and health and IP |
| Our managed services value proposition provides clients with ability to generate cost savings and drive forward the digital transformation agenda |
| CGI's overall bookings for the all payment solutions were up this year by more than 13% |
| In the quarter, we continue to deliver a strong return on invested capital at 16% up 30 basis points year-over-year demonstrating our proficiency and discipline on deployment of capital |
| Net earnings improved to $414 million, up 14.4% when compared to Q4 last year for a margin of 11.8% up 60 basis points year-over-year |
| I think the back half of the year will be stronger than the front half of the year here that regarding all everything I talked about |
| It's a pretty strong value proposition |
| When excluding specific items, net earnings improved to $421 million, up 12.9% when compared to Q4 last year for a margin of 12%, up 50 basis points |
| So, again, I think you're going to see these are traditionally very strong, well-managed organizations with a good diverse portfolio of clients |
| CGI's end-to-end services and solutions continue to position us well in this environment, particularly with our managed services offering, which helps clients achieve cost savings and drive transformation |
| I'm feeling very good about the bookings outlook given some of the opportunity set as I mentioned, some of the discussions we've had with clients, the visits that we've taken with them to our operations around the globe, because it's not just offshore |
| We delivered strong margins in the following segments |
| Moving forward, CGI has the strength and cash all resources to continue to execute on both our build and buy profitable growth strategy |
| That's a good benchmark quarter for us, twice as many client visits to our India offices |
| Our team's performance in the quarter contributed to a strong fiscal 2023 |
| CGI's strong results this year would not be possible without the trust of our clients |
| Earnings before income taxes were $558 million, up 14.8% year-over-year for a margin of 15.9%, up 90 basis points year-over-year |
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| commercial and the western and southern Europe segment, saw a decline in revenues |
| Having said that, I think we'll still see some softness in SI&C, particularly in the financial services area, those furloughs I mentioned in the year, we'll still head us this next quarter |
| In short, is a complicated operational and strategic challenge |
| Clients indicate that they are facing significant pressure from simultaneous and overlapping market dynamics |
| But, there are still some headwinds, particularly in Q1 |
| We're still seeing some slower decision making even on those managed services, discretionary spending given some of the uncertainty from the clients as a headwind |
| And of course, that's at the same time that that shorter term revenue is under some pressure |
| That's our anecdote, but it's still a little bit slowness there |
| CSG, we had some bookings that actually slipped from the fourth quarter to the first quarter |
| Unfortunately, what we're going to see, I think, a bit of is that, at the end of the year kind of slow down temporary shutdowns of various clients where they just slow down all the projects, until the beginning of the next year |
| And remember, it's not every industry that SI&C has not remained strong |
| At the same time, of course, hiring has eased in the difficulty of getting the hires |
| At the same time, like prior downturns, of course, cost and spending comes under scrutiny |
| Schindler Yes, well look the turnover continues to be below the industry average, but our turnover is also well below just looked at these numbers, well below the pre-pandemic levels |
| But now we're back below where we started even before the pandemic |
| Similar story a bit in western and southern Europe, maybe one caveat, the one day probably hit them a little harder in the quarter |
| I don't think we're past it yet, just given the dynamics that we see going on and a little bit of the slowness not just even in making a decision, but then going from decision to starting the projects, it's just taking a little bit longer |
| I think that's where you see probably the most pronounced weakness in SI&C and strength in IP and managed services, is really in the banking space |
| But, with the model that CGI has being ROI led, that's kind of our antidote to some of that slowness because we put that business case right in front of the client and we all align on it |
| But yes, it has eased, our value proposition, particularly in India, like I said, I was just there |
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