TechMahindra reports 1.0% QoQ growth in Revenues at Rs. 13,005crores; PAT rises 28.8% to 851 crores; EBIT margins expand 110 bps

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Mumbai, July, 2024.

TechMahindra (NSE: TECHM), a leading global provider of technology consulting and digital solutions to enterprises across industries announced the audited consolidated financial results for its quarterended June 30th, 2024.

Financial highlights for the quarter (USD)

·         Revenue at USD 1,559mn; up0.7% QoQ, down 2.6% YoY

o    Revenue grew by 0.7% QoQ, and declined by 1.2% YoY in constant currency terms

·         EBITDA at USD 188mn; up 10.8% QoQ,15.3% YoY; Margin at 12.0%, up 110bps QoQ,190 bps YoY

·         Profit after tax (PAT) at USD 102mn; up 28.6%QoQ, up21.3% YoY

·         Free cash flow at USD 106mn

Financial highlights for the quarter (₹)

·         Revenue at 13,005crores; up1.0% QoQ, down 1.2% YoY

·         EBITDA at 1,564crores; up 11.1% QoQ, up16.9% YoY; Margin at 12.0%, up 110 bps QoQ,190 bps YoY

·         Consolidated PAT at 851crores; up 28.8% QoQ,up23.0% YoY

·         Earnings per share (EPS) at ₹ 9.62

 

Other Highlights

·         Total headcount at 147,620 up2,165 QoQ, down 677 YoY

·         Cash and Cash Equivalent at INR 8,055cr as of June 30, 2024 

Mohit Joshi, Chief Executive Officerand Managing Director, Tech Mahindra,said,

It is encouraging to see positive momentum in most industry verticals which has led to revenue growth and margin expansion in an otherwise seasonally weak quarter. We continue to focus on execution and are on track to achieve our stated goals for FY27.

Rohit Anand, Chief Financial Officer, Tech Mahindra, said,

The Q1 results are a positive start both for current turnaround year as well as for our medium-term strategy. As we mentioned in our strategic priorities, our focus continues to be on investing in the business for long-term sustainable performance.”

Key Wins

·         Tech Mahindra was selected by UK’s leading network services provider to build, operate, support, and maintain a strategic platform for their combined global and enterprise business units. TechM will deliver a platform for connectivity, cloud, and CPE devices along with ecosystem partners and provide operational support by migrating the customers from legacy to the new platform and enable optimization of the operations process. TechM will leverage its ADMS, Digital Enterprise Applications, Next-Gen Services and Network Services competencies. TechM was also selected to assist the customer in efficient fiber planning and running customer management programs by leveraging its Network Services and BPS competencies by providing managed services for planning thecountry-wide fiber rollout and in managing customer interactions with CPs and Field Engineers. The deal also encompasses digital transformation through implementation of curated solutions predicated on AI-ML, OCR, and Hyper Automation.

·         Tech Mahindra was selected by a leading US based Telecom company to build, modernize, and operate various front and back-office applications for its wireless network services portfolio of products. The ADMS deal encompasses developing a unified customer 360 view for customer information management, customer experience and API integrations, case management, development, testing, support, and maintenance for a dealer access portal and back - office operations across database, ETL and BI management services.

·         Sharecare selected Tech Mahindra to design and develop a personalized digital wellness platform for Medicaid members. This user-friendly mobile app platform was launched for Health Plan's Medicaid members, equipping them with essential tools to manage their health and navigate benefits with ease. Demonstrating exceptional collaboration and agility, Tech Mahindra and Sharecare successfully progressed from ideation and design to product launch in a record time of just seven months.

·         Tech Mahindra was selected by a Japanese Automotive Manufacturer for the global rollout of its company-wide SAP implementation as part of its digital transformation program. As per the program, TechM will migrate over 130 global sites from legacy ERP systems to SAP S/4HANA in four waves by leveraging its Digital Enterprise Applications competencies.

·         TechM has signed a strategic partnership deal with Australia's healthcare company, marking a significant win in the APJ region. As a preferred digital transformation partner, TechM will collaborate to create a new operating model, addressing the client's challenges with legacy applications, sub-optimal customer experience, and business agility. This partnership will enhance client's IT efficiency, business agility, and customer experience through continuous innovation and strategic collaboration.

·         Tech Mahindra was selected by a key ministry in the Middle East region for the implementation and support of their digital transformation program aimed at redefining the way it delivers its services to the country’s residents through a standardized and future proof landscape. TechM will setup the Services Delivery Platform and implement services andprocesses built on a low-code platform in partnership with ecosystem partners, combined with TechM’s competencies across Digital Enterprise Applications, Next-Gen Services, and Cloud & Infra Services.

·         Tech Mahindra was selected by a leading developer and operator of shopping malls, retail, and leisure establishments in the Middle East for the digital transformation of their IT processes. The scope of work includes NexGen AI-Ops enabled digital transformation & integrated managed services by TechM along with an ecosystem partner to optimize and modernize customer’s IT landscape involving infrastructure, cloud and applications across all group companies covering six countries in the region, by leveraging TechM’s Cloud & Infra Services competencies.

Business Highlights

·         Tech Mahindra announced a collaboration with Dell Technologies and Intel to implement TechM’s indigenous foundational large language model (LLM) Project Indus’s ‘GenAI in a box’ framework globally. This solution will simplify the deployment of advanced AI models for enterprises.

·         Tech Mahindra announced a collaboration with IBM to help businesses worldwide responsibly accelerate the adoption of generative AI (GenAI). The partnership enables TechMamplifAI suite of AI offerings and solutions, to integrate with IBM watsonx AI and data platform with AI Assistants to bring new GenAI and governance capabilities to enterprises. This can provide the foundation for customers to build trustworthy AI models and drive explainability to help mitigate risk and bias.

·         Tech Mahindra announced an expansion of its strategic partnership with Cisco to deliver a next-generation firewall (NGFW) modernization solution for their shared global customers. This partnership elevates standard firewall functions with sophisticated features such as unified policy management across on-premise and cloud environments.

·         Tech Mahindra announced a collaboration with Microsoft to launch a unified workbench on Microsoft Fabric. The collaboration combines the best of TechM’s Intellectual Properties (IPs) with Microsoft Fabric capabilities, to help customers fast-track their data-to-insight journey and improve business agility by further streamlining workflows, optimizing data, automating processes, and enhancing operational efficiency by 30-40%, thereby reducing costs associated with traditional data management.

·         Tech Mahindra announced a strategic partnership with AVEVA, to establish a Center of Excellence (CoE) at TechM's campus in Pune, India. The CoE will create digital transformation solutions for industry-specific use cases. This CoE will combine TechM's expertise in process manufacturing, Industry 4.0 capabilities, and AVEVA's deep industry knowledge and software applications.

·         Tech Mahindra announced a strategic partnership with Atento, a leading CRM and business transformation outsourcing (BTO) company in Latin America to deliver end-to-end business transformation solutions and services that leverage Gen AI-powered technologies. The partnership combinesAtento’s leadership in nearshore CX capabilities and Tech Mahindra’s global footprint.

·         Tech Mahindra announced a strategic partnership with Fuji TV, a leading broadcaster in Japan. As part of the partnership, both organizations will co-develop and produce content across genres for the global entertainment industry by combining Fuji TV’s original content with Tech Mahindra's localization and animation services. Additionally, Tech Mahindra will help Fuji TV license Indian content IP (Intellectual Property) and leverage its animation expertise to create fresh and captivating Japanese content.

·         Tech Mahindra announced a strategic partnership with TM Forum, the worldwide consortium of over 800 entities driving digital innovation. The partnership will cultivate a powerhouse workforce that drives global operational excellence and digital transformation for Communication Service Providers (CSPs). The partnership will meet the critical need for skilled workforce as CSPs develop new operating models by leveraging TM Forum's expertise in setting industry benchmarks & Tech Mahindra's deep domain expertise as the world's largest CSP IT services provider.

·         The Global Chess League, a joint initiative between the International Chess Federation (FIDE) and Tech Mahindra announced Chess.com as its Official Platform Partner. This partnership will provide fans with new and innovative ways to experience the league.

Awards and Recognitions

·         Tech Mahindra was recognized as one of the World’s Most Sustainable Companies of 2024 by TIME magazine and Statista. We achieved the prestigious number one position among all Indian companies and 111th position globally.

·         Tech Mahindra was recognized amongst ‘The Leading Sustainable Organisations in 2024’ at the Times Now 3rd edition of Sustainable Organisations 2024.

·         Tech Mahindra recognized amongst the ‘Most Preferred Workplaces for 2024-25’ by TeamMarksmen.

Analyst Ratings& Recognitions

·         Tech Mahindra was recognized as a Leader / Rising Star in ServiceNow Ecosystem Partners 2024' ISG Provider Lens™ Study - U.S by ISG.

·         Tech Mahindra was recognized as a Leader / Rising Star in Life Sciences Digital Services 2024 by ISG.

·         Tech Mahindra was recognized as a Leader in Applied AI Services 2024 RadarView by Avasant.

Analyst Testimonials

“Tech Mahindra's vision and passion to deliver technology(s) and services via the mantra Scale at Speed will help clients and potential buyers address their industry's fundamental challenge today which is the evolution from a business-as-usual organization into an augmented enterprise, leveraging next-gen technologies and process that will make them future ready.”

-          TJ Singh, Third Eye Advisory

 

“Organizations are eager to reap the benefits of implementing emerging technologies.  Initiatives, such as Tech Mahindra’s Scale at Speed, which help enterprises augment their existing expertise and resources to achieve greater agility, will be well received.”

-          Rena Bhattacharya, Research Director, GlobalData

“Enterprises are increasingly looking to get rapid business outcomes from their technology initiatives. They want these initiatives to be scaled entirely, rather than piecemeal, to drive transformative value for their organization. Tech Mahindra is aiming to address this growing need.”

-          Yugal Joshi, Partner, Everest Group