Why isInfosy’s share price falling?


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Over the years, there have been several ups and downs throughout the Indian equity market. But all this time, investors have continuously received profits on their Infosys shares. Over the past five years, investor returns on Infosys shares have exceeded 200%. However, the returns are harmful if you look at Infosys’s share price in 2022. The NIFTY IT index has decreased by around 35% since 2022, while the share price of Infosys has reduced by more than 25%.

Q1FY23 results

• Reported revenues at Rs. 34,470 crores, a growth of 23.6% YoY; revenues in CC terms increased by 21.4% YoY and 5.5% QoQ.

• Digital sales represented 61.0% of all sales, with a YoY CC growth of 37.5%.

• Operating margin fell from 21.1% to 20.1%, a 3.6% YoY and 1.4% QoQ drop.

• Basic EPS at Rs12.78, up 4.4% year over year

• FCF conversion is 95.2% of net profit at Rs. 5,106 crores.

Reasons

Valuation: The value of IT shares has significantly decreased since last November. IT company values are often trading between 30x and 35x PE. Investors see potential in other businesses with 18x to 20x P/E or higher prices. IT sectors used to sell 18x one year forward P/E ten years ago. The price is currently 24x, one year ahead of PE. Investors are avoiding Infosys shares and other IT firms as a result.

Increasing Interest Rates: Increasing interest rates and one of the leading causes of the recent decline in Infosys’ share price is geopolitical and macroeconomic issues. The central banks are raising interest rates because of rising inflation. The performance of IT companies’ businesses is impacted as interest rates rise and have an impact on numerous economies. The US is a significant market for Infosys. Infosys can experience issues because of the rising interest rates in the US.

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Attrition rate: Infosys has had the worst attrition rate in recent quarters (28.4% in Q1FY23), so they must pay more to bring in top talent or keep the ones they already have.

Margins under pressure: Supply-side concerns, rising travel expenses, and salary increases affect Infosys. In Q21FY23, the operating margins decreased by 3.7% yearly to 20.1%.

Cut employee variable pay: Following news that Infosys had reduced the variable payout for all its employees to roughly 70% for Q1FY23, the company’s share price plummeted in August. Following the Q1FY23 results, they revised the recommendation from BUY to HOLD and provided a target price of Rs. 1510 per share. They claimed that several areas of retail and mortgage difficulty would have a long-term negative impact on revenues. Another dampener is the decrease in margin guidance.


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