"Infosys is aware of the lawsuit. We deny all allegations and will defend our position in the court,” Infosys stated in response.
TCS, Infosys Wipro: Nirmal Bang said valuations for most IT stocks are expensive in relation to their 5-year or 10-year histories and it sees no material upside to FY25/FY26 earnings for its coverage in the next 12 months.
Cognizant's results and commentary were weaker than most large-cap Indian IT Services companies, which have started talking about bottoming out (TCS) and green-shoots (Wipro).
Cognizant's margins currently stand at 14.6 per cent, which is comparable to Tech Mahindra, and is among the lowest in the IT industry
Nirmal Bang Institutional Equities said doing a read-through for the Indian IT services industry from Cognizant's guidance and commentary has not been a fruitful exercise in the past, but things have been changing.
Debashis Chatterjee, appointed as the Mindtree CEO for a period of five years, is the first individual outside the 7-member founding team to hold the office
The timing of the bank freeze has raised concerns around tax terrorism.
The share buyback, is the first in the company's 36-year long history, and will see Infosys buying back over 11.30 crore shares at Rs 1,150 apiece. At 11:36 am, the stock was trading 0.36 percent higher at 986.50 level in an otherwise weak market.
Shares of India's third largest IT company Wipro surged over 5.5 per cent on the bourses today on the back of the company's decision to consider a buyback of equity shares in their board meeting next week.
The stock which is listed on both NSE and BSE, rose to yearly high of 879 level intraday. It opened at Rs 870 level and hit intra-day low of Rs 864 on the BSE.
'Share buyback' has become the buzz word after the recent announcements of IT majors Cognizant and TCS to buy back shares. In fact, recent reports have suggested that Infosys may follow a similar strategy and announce a share buy back of $2.5 billion (Rs 17,000 crore) in April.
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