For FY23, Infosys’ fourth-quarter earnings were more disappointing than positive. This IT conglomerate’s overall operating performance fell short of the public’s expectations. However, a positive factor was a significant decrease in attrition rates and a high intake of deals.
Infosys saw sequential declines in revenue and PAT, and it also cut 3,611 jobs during the quarter. The verticals showed the most weakness.
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On Thursday, the company released its Q4 results after market hours. Infosys stock fell 2.8% before the Q4 earnings report, closing at 1,388.60 per share on the BSE. On the NSE, the stock lost more than 3%. On both exchanges, Infosys emerged as the largest bear.
It should be noted that the Ambedkar Jayanti celebration will prevent stock market trading on Friday. As a result, trading will resume on Monday of the following week, and the share price of Infosys will eventually respond.
Infosys announced a final dividend of 17.50 per share for FY23, which pleased investors. A dividend of 16.50 per equity share had been paid by the business previously. In FY23, Infosys paid out a total of 34 yen per equity share, an increase of 9.7 percent from FY22.
In Q4FY23, the IT monster’s PAT came in at ₹6,128 crores somewhere around almost 16% QoQ however up by almost 6% YoY. Also, income from tasks plunged by 2.2% QoQ yet was higher by 16% YoY to ₹37,441 crore in the quarter.
In addition, the sequential decline was 3.2% and the year-over-year growth was 8.8% in constant currency terms in the fourth quarter. The working edge for the quarter was 21.0%. Q4 saw a 95.3 percent conversion of free cash flow. Attrition fell to 20.9% in the fourth quarter, continuing the recent trend. Infosys diminished its labor force by 3,611 representatives to 3,43,234 headcounts as of March 31, 2023.
