23 April 2018
Update
| Sector:
Technology
Infosys
Buy
BSE SENSEX
34,451
S&P CNX
10,585
CMP: INR1,183
TP: INR1,330(+13%)
Stability (FY19)
Momentum
Accelerate (FY21)
Granular strategy articulated around Digital, Core, Sales and Talent
Stock Info
Bloomberg
Equity Shares (m)
52-Week Range (INR)
1, 6, 12 Rel. Per (%)
M.Cap. (INR b)
M.Cap. (USD b)
Avg Val, INRm
Free float (%)
INFO IN
2,184
1220 / 862
-4/22/11
2,570.8
38.9
5446.0
87.1
On its Analyst Day, INFO’s new CEO Mr Salil Parekh shed more light on the four
pillars of its strategic plan: [1] scaling agile digital, [2] energizing the core, [3] re-
skilling people and [4] expanding localization of talent.
INFO’s well-articulated strategy in digital, sales, talent re-skilling and localization,
coupled with the USD2.79b base of digital revenues, provides a good base to kick-off
its next innings. With previous distractions behind, INFO’s focus is back on execution.
The company cited that FY19 will be a year of stabilization, FY20 a year of
momentum building, and FY21 a year of acceleration. It, however, refrained from
divulging any further details about the implications of this strategy on its
absolute/relative financial performance.
With the benefits from productivity levers such as automation becoming visible,
INFO indicated that pricing is not as big a concern and that the margin guidance cut is
a function of ~USD100m worth of investments made to build capabilities imperative
for the execution of its strategy.
INFO’s USD2.79b revenue base puts it in a strong position in the USD160b+ market,
which is growing at more than 15%. It cited that knowledge of clients’ core
technology environment is a huge advantage, which, combined with energizing the
core, means that firms such as INFO are best placed to drive Digital story.
Its investments in sales & marketing will focus on six imperatives: [1] branding, [2]
injecting digital specialists into accounts, [3] scaling large accounts, [4] shaping large
deals, [5] acquiring new accounts and [6] enabling sales via continuous anytime-
anywhere learning.
We maintain our Buy rating on INFO with a price target of INR1,330 (16x FY20E
earnings).
Financials Snapshot (INR b)
2018 2019E 2020E
Y/E Mar
705.2 779.6 861.4
Net Sales
190.1 202.6 220.7
EBITDA
161.0 151.0 162.7
PAT
64.8
70.1
77.7
EPS (INR)
3.1
8.3
10.8
Gr. (%)
286.5 319.3 303.9
BV/Sh (INR)
24.1
22.9
24.9
RoE (%)
24.1
22.9
24.9
RoCE (%)
17.4
16.0
14.5
P/E (x)
3.9
3.5
3.7
P/BV (x)
Shareholding pattern (%)
As On
Mar-18 Dec-17 Mar-17
Promoter
12.9
12.9
12.8
DII
21.6
21.7
20.3
FII
35.7
35.4
38.8
Others
29.8
30.0
28.1
FII Includes depository receipts
Stock Performance (1-year)
Infosys
Sensex - Rebased
1,240
1,120
1,000
880
760
1.
Articulates the granular execution focus of the strategy
INFO divulged further details about the four pillars of its execution, articulating
the focus areas of its strategy under the new leadership. Its five-dimensional
digital service architecture comprises: [1] Insights, [2] Innovate, [3] Accelerate,
[4] Assure and [5] Experience.
INSIGHT
– Data is one of the biggest opportunities in Digital. INFO is driving
this through both IP-led differentiation (Genome, Hawkeye) and bundled
solutions built with new-age partners.
ACCELERATE
– Transitioning Enterprise workloads. Digital workloads were
always on the cloud.
INNOVATE
- Value of Digital is in interface of Digital and Physical objects.
INFO is building platforms to drive that. It is co-creating IPs with clients
leveraging its NIA framework.
ASSURE
– New-age assurance capabilities, cyber defense centers, security
architecture capabilities are some of the aspects of Assure.
It showcased examples of some of the work done with its large accounts,
such as Telstra and Adecco, where one or many of these five tenets were
put to practice.
Ashish Chopra – Research Analyst
(Ashish.Chopra@MotilalOswal.com); +91 22 6129 1530
Sagar Lele – Research Analyst
(Sagar.Lele@MotilalOswal.com); +91 22 6129 1531
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