Shiv Nadar’s HCL Technologies has been the third largest IT company in India by revenue for the last four years. But the market never s...
Shiv Nadar’s HCL Technologies has been the third largest IT company in
India by revenue for the last four years. But the market never saw it
so, as Wipro had retained its position as the third-largest IT company
by market cap.
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It’s true no more as HCL Tech sprinted ahead of Wipro by a healthy margin with a market cap of over ₹2.5 lakh crore, compared to Wipro’s ₹2.2 lakh crore.
It’s worth noting that HCL Tech beat Wipro not because its shares surged this year – both the companies’ stocks have seen a massive drawdown this year. It’s just that HCL Tech’s shares have fallen much lower than Wipro.
It’s not just that these two companies have seen a meltdown. All IT stocks fell this year, with Wipro being the worst performer.
#Technology #News #InfoTech
It’s true no more as HCL Tech sprinted ahead of Wipro by a healthy margin with a market cap of over ₹2.5 lakh crore, compared to Wipro’s ₹2.2 lakh crore.
It’s worth noting that HCL Tech beat Wipro not because its shares surged this year – both the companies’ stocks have seen a massive drawdown this year. It’s just that HCL Tech’s shares have fallen much lower than Wipro.
It’s not just that these two companies have seen a meltdown. All IT stocks fell this year, with Wipro being the worst performer.
Young blood – relatively
HCL
Technologies is much younger than Wipro – founded in 1991, it’s a
30-year-old company, while Wipro is almost an octogenarian, as it was
founded in 1945 as a maker of vegetable oils.
It adapted to the changing business environment in the 1970s and 80s and transformed itself into an IT company.
It adapted to the changing business environment in the 1970s and 80s and transformed itself into an IT company.
HCL Tech is also slightly leaner than Wipro in terms of operations, with a headcount of 2.1 lakh as against Wipro’s 2.5 lakh.
Here’s how the two companies stack up:
Source: NSE, company reports
High attrition rates,
supply chain issues, soaring inflation and the Russia-Ukraine war has
poured cold water on the Indian IT sector, which witnessed an
unprecedented boom in the past two years.
This resulted in JP Morgan downgrading the Indian IT sector
to “underweight” – the investment bank said in its report that the
revenue has peaked and margins will continue to be under stress. It also
noted that the slowdown could worsen in FY23 – and the June quarter results reflect this reality too.
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