Saturday, 11 May 2013

Cognizant posts 3.7 p.c. growth; pips TCS, Infy & Wipro

Cognizant's Q1 2013 revenues were up by 18.1 per cent compared to the corresponding period last year


BANGALORE, INDIA: Relegating industry peers to secondary and tertiary positions, Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTS) has registered an impressive 3.7 per cent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) growth (in dollar terms) in its first quarter 2013 (FY2013) - fourth quarter 2012-13 for the rest of its major Indian IT competitors, including Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), HCL, Infosys and Wipro.
The revenues of CTS for the first quarter of 2013 rose to $2.02 billion, up 18.1 per cent from $1.71 billion in the first quarter of 2012 (YoY). During the period, its quarterly revenue climbed 3.7 per cent sequentially.


"Our performance during the first quarter was strong, and we are encouraged by the healthy demand for our broad range of services," said Francisco D'Souza, chief executive officer of CTS. "We continue to make solid progress developing emerging offerings in new markets, new SMAC technologies, and new non-linear solutions and services. I'm particularly pleased with the recent launch of our portfolio of Cognizant BusinessCloudSM solutions that enable clients to quickly deploy a range of business and best-in-class IT solutions and to forgo costly capital outlays and lengthy implementation timelines."
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Contrastingly, in the March 2013 quarter, the dollar revenues of HCL Technologies grew by 3.2 per cent, that of TCS - numero uno software exporter from the country - by 3.1 per cent, Infosys's by 1.4 per cent and Wipro's by 0.5 per cent QoQ.


Among the least impressive, Infosys's profits dipped by 4.1 per cent to $444 million in the January-March quarter, but revenues were up by 9 per cent to $1.93 billion and for Wipro, though IT services revenue grew 13 per cent YoY in rupee terms to Rs. 8,554 crore, growth in dollar terms was 3.2 per cent YoY and 0.5 per cent sequentially to $1.59 billion as projected in mid-January.

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