All cloud, no silver lining for Infosys
Mint Mumbai|April 17, 2023
There are no silver linings in Infosys Ltd's results for the March quarter. Constant currency (CC) revenue fell by 3.2% sequentially, against the widely-held expectation of a marginal growth. For perspective, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) had seen 0.6% CC sequential revenue growth.
Harsha Jethmalani & Pallavi Pengonda
All cloud, no silver lining for Infosys

Both information technology (IT) services firms saw business activity slowdown in the key market of North America. Unplanned project ramp downs, delays in decision making and one-off impact due to certain cancellations hit revenue growth, the Infosys management said. Demand weakness was broad-based across financial services, telecom and high-tech verticals.

Remember, just in January, Infosys had raised its FY23 CC revenue growth guidance to 16-16.5% from 15-16% earlier. But evidently, the scenario didn't pan out as expected with the company missing its guidance after clocking 15.4% CC revenue growth. "While the US macro had been deteriorating all through CY22, Infosys's management was holding out hope likely on its interactions with clients and deal flow. In a sudden turn of events, worse than that for TCS, March ¹23 quarter has seen deferments and cancellation of projects," Girish Pai, head of research at Nirmal Bang Institutional Equities wrote in a report.

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