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| are resonating well with clients, resulting in benefits, with vendor consolidation in turn leading to stronger deal signings |
| We had an excellent outcome in our large deal wins thanks to our strong client relationships and the relevance of our service offerings |
| As mentioned, the total large deal TCB was $7.7 billion with a strong 48% net new |
| The quarter itself was great in terms of sequential growth and operating margin |
| ROE was 20.9%, an improvement of over 8% under the current capital allocation policy started in FY20 |
| We see that with our large deal wins in the past two quarters, we are winning market share in the area of cost efficiency, automation, and AI |
| This is a testament to our strong position as partner of choice for clients |
| First, we had an incredible quarter in large and mega deals, really, with $7.7 billion, the largest we’ve seen in the company for a quarter, and this gives us a good foundation for the future |
| These large and mega deal wins help us to build a strong foundation for our future |
| The adoption of Topaz, our generative AI capability set, is helping us deliver more value and to increase market share |
| Our deal signings and strong pipeline lays the foundation for acceleration in growth beyond FY24 |
| We have a very good capability set on automation and clients are appreciating that, so that seems to be the reason why we believe or we think that it looks like we’re gaining market share in those areas |
| We have a good program over the next 18 months to see where we end up, and of course our aspirations continue to be to improve margins from where we are presently |
| These don’t appear from our interactions to be a consolidation of smaller discretionary work, these are large independent programs, and that’s why we feel, first, that in that space, which is today really more active, this cost efficiency space, we seem to be gaining market share, and that those, with the way they’re being set up and what we see, give us a good foundation for our future |
| We’ve had a strong quarter in Q2 |
| Free cash flow for the quarter was robust at $670 million and the conversion to net profit for Q2 was robust at 89% |
| Do you expect to be above or below that as you go through the second half? Nilanjan Roy Yes, so like I said, we had a good quarter two, and then as I explained in my margin walk, we had a 50 basis point improvement from our Project Maximus on cost optimizations, and that gives us comfort for the rest of the year, and that the program is--of course this is a much longer program, which will take not only this year but into next year as well |
| Our focus on improving operating efficiency has resulted in improvements in utilization, excluding trainees, from 81.1% to 81.8%, which we believe has room for further optimization |
| Client metrics remain strong with the number of $50 million clients increasing to 80 and $100 million clients at 29, reflecting our strong ability to manage top clients while providing them multiple relevant services |
| This program has been well received across the organization and we have been able to identify certain new opportunities across the pillars |
| The recent deal with Liberty Global reinstates our positioning as a leader in partnering with clients to provide significant savings, as well as innovative ways to transform the landscape |
| Our strong large deal signings and pipeline will help support growth in the medium term |
| We remain confident that this program will create a more meaningful impact on operating margins in the future |
| There’s a good interest in consolidation, which is where some of those deals have come in, and we continue to gain market share in that, so we feel good about it |
| As announced in the previous quarter, we have launched Project Maximus, which is a margin improvement plan across five pillars and over 20 tracks |
| A highlight for Q2 was the large deal TCB of $7.7 billion, of which a sizeable 48% was net new; consequently, our H1 large deal TCB is at $10 billion, which has already exceeded the total large deal signings for FY23 |
| While we saw continued softness in underlying volumes, revenue for the quarter was supported by stronger growth in the balanced portfolio and improved realizations from one-timers |
| EPS grew by 1.7% in dollar terms and 4.6% in rupee terms on a year-on-year basis |
| which is resulting in a stronger pipeline |
| On the pipeline or deal activity, as Nilanjan was sharing, we see a good pipeline |
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| Growth challenges in the communication sector continued, coupled with increasing opex pressures |
| Coming to vertical segment performance, the outlook continues to remain uncertain in the financial services sector with slowdown in areas like mortgages, asset management, investment banking, cards and payments |
| Utilities, especially in North America, continue to feel the press from high interest rates, resulting in delays in capital intensive programs |
| Delays in decision-making continue |
| Then my last question is as you think of--Infosys and TCS and Accenture and other IT services organizations are experiencing challenges with growth, so it’s an industry-wide issue |
| While we had a very strong sequential growth in Q2, the underlying softness in volumes and discretionary spend continues |
| We continue to see an overall environment where digital transformation programs and discretionary spends are low and decision making is slow |
| having a--third party costs having a downward impact on margins |
| In energy, spending remains cautious due to the economic slowdown, with focus on cost take-out and ROI |
| There was also--as we were assigning these deals, the cycle was a bit longer in closing them, so that had a bit of slowness, and we are seeing discretionary spend which is coming down, and we saw that continuing on--transformation programs being slowed, that continuing on in this quarter, so it was a combination of those projects |
| There, we saw the volume constrained from the first part of that in this quarter |
| Like I said, this will set us up well for FY25 fundamentally, and as Salil said, in the near term, in the quarter there was of course the underlying volume sluggishness, and of course we have to recognize that part as we [indiscernible] for this year |
| There is a lot of constraints with clients, whether it’s on transformation programs or discretionary projects, which are significantly reduced or slowed down, so that thinking is continuing on |
| I think everybody is calling out these three verticals as being soft |
| There is--the way the large programs start off, there is delays in starting them |
| This is impacting our volumes |
| The second question was the underlying assumption on the guidance, if I understand right, is that the revenue accretion from these large deals will be very miniscule this year, and you have headwinds on the discretionary side |
| Risk of inflation, high interest rates and supply-demand imbalances are creating near term uncertainties |
| You did talk about that it is under pressure, and last quarter also you had talked about it, so during the quarter, how was the volume performance you saw through the quarter? Was it further deteriorating since where we saw last quarter, and is your guidance implying that there will be further deterioration outside of the seasonality in the coming two quarters? Salil Parekh The volume specifics, I did share, I mentioned that there was continued constraints or pressure on that |
| Headcount at the end of the quarter stood at 328,000 employees, a decline of 2.2% from the previous quarter |
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