Investment Memo: INFY

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Our Rating:

Mehabe score: 6
G Factor: 4
Piotski Score: 8
The stock has a rating . The mehabe team score is reflective of its fundamental and technical merits. A rating above 8 is considered good buy. The stock has a G-Factor of 4 and Piotski score of 8.

Description

Infosys (the Company or Infosys) is a leading provider of consulting, technology, outsourcing and next-generation digital services, enabling clients to execute strategies for their digital transformation. Infosys strategic objective is to build a sustainable organization that remains relevant to the agenda of clients, while creating growth opportunities for employees and generating profitable returns for investors. Infosys strategy is to be a navigator for our clients as they ideate, plan and execute on their journey to a digital future.Site: INFY

Market Cap: Rs 590,444 cr Price: 1386.0 Trading pe: 30.6x
Book-value: 179/share Div yield: 1.95 % Earning yield: 4.68%
Face-value: 5.00/share 52week high: 1480.00 52week low: 675.05

Technical Analysis

  • Stock trades at 1386.0, above its 50dma 1357.04. It also trades above its 200dma 1212.37. The stock remains bullish on techicals
  • The 52 week high is at 1480.00 and the 52week low is at 675.05

Price Chart

P/E Chart

Sales and Margin

Strengths

– is almost debt free.
– has a good return on equity (ROE) track record: 3 Years ROE 25.39%
– has been maintaining a healthy dividend payout of 54.63%

Weakness

– Stock is trading at 7.73 times its book value
-The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 9.98% over past five years.
-Promoter holding is low: 12.95%

Competition

– The industry trades at a mean P/E of 29.7x. Mindtree trades at the industry’s max P/E of 35.16x. INFY trades at a P/E of 30.6x
– Industry’s mean G-Factor is 3.4 while the mean Piotski score is 8.0. INFY has a G-Factor of 4 and Piotski scoreof 8.
– Average 1 month return for industry is 3.3%. The max 1- month return was given by Mindtree: a return of 6.72 %

Quarterly Results

  • Sales for period ended Mar 2021 is Rs 26311.0 cr compared to Rs 23267.0 cr for period ended Mar 2020, a rise of 13.1%
  • Operating Profits reported at Rs 7271.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis 5676.0 for period ended Mar 2020 .
  • Operating Margins expanded 324.0 bps for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis Mar 2020 .
  • The EPS for Mar 2021 was Rs 11.91 compared to Rs 12.2 for previous quarter ended Dec 2020 and Rs 10.15 for Mar 2020

Profit & Loss Statement

Profit&Loss Comments

  • Company reported sales of Rs 100472.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis sales of Rs 90791.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2020, a growth of 9.6%. The 3 year sales cagr stood at 12.5%.
  • Operating margins expanded to 28.0% for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis 25.0% for period ended Mar 2020, expansion of 300.0 bps.
  • Net Profit reported at Rs 19351.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis sales of Rs 16594.0 cr for the period ended Mar 2020, rising 14.2%.
  • Company recorded a Net Profit CAGR of 6.5% over the last 3 years

Balance Sheet Statement

Cash Flow Statement

Cash Flow comments

  • CashFlow from operating activities was positive.
  • CashFlow from operating activities: Rs 23224.0 cr for period ended Mar 2021 vis-vis Rs 17003.0 cr for period ended Mar 2020

Sales Growth

Profit Growth Statement

Profit Growth Statement

Stock Price CAGR

Return of Equity

General Comments

– The company has had stable/constant Return on Equity (RoE) metric. The RoE on Last Year basis was 27.0% compared to 25.0% over the last 3 Years.
– The stock has given a return of 97% on a 1 Year basis vis-vis a return of 30% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded sales growth on a TTM bassis is 11% vis-vis a compounded sales growth of 13% over the last 3 Years.
– The compounded profit growth on a TTM basis is 17% vis-vis a compounded profit growth of 7% over the last 3 Years.

Ratios

Shareholding Pattern

– FII shareholding has remained largely constant. The Mar 2021 fii holding stood at 32.67% vis-vis 32.26% for Dec 2020
– Public shareholding has remained largely constant. The Mar 2021 public holding stood at 30.92% vis-vis 30.66% for Dec 2020

Conclusion

– is almost debt free.
– has a good return on equity (ROE) track record: 3 Years ROE 25.39%
– has been maintaining a healthy dividend payout of 54.63% – Stock is trading at 7.73 times its book value
-The company has delivered a poor sales growth of 9.98% over past five years.
-Promoter holding is low: 12.95%

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