HCL Technologies Ltd

IT - Software Services

CMP
Rs. 824.70
Rating:
Buy
November 12, 2020

Stock Info

BSE
532281
NSE
HCLTECH
Bloomberg
HCLT:IN
Reuters
HCLT.NS
Sector
IT - Software Services
Face Value (Rs)
2
Equity Capital (Rs cr)
543
Mkt Cap (Rs cr)
224162.31
52w H/L (Rs)
910.70 - 375.25
Avg Daily Vol (BSE+NSE)
4,900,157

Shareholding Pattern

(as on 30-Sep)
%
Promoter
60.33
FIIs
24.92
DIIs
10.62
Public & Others
4.13
Source: Ace equity, StockAxis Research

Price performance

Return (%)
1m
3m
12m
Absolute
-4.65
20.85
44.15
Sensex
7.39
13.50
8.05
Source: Ace equity, StockAxis Research

Indexed Stock Performance

HCL Technologies Ltd Sensex
HCL Technologies Ltd
Source: Ace equity, StockAxis Research

Muhurat pick

Profile
HCL Technologies (HCL) is a leading global technology company. HCL offers its services and products through three business units - IT and Business Services (ITBS), Engineering and R&D Services (ERS) and Products & Platforms (P&P).

Investment Rationale

  • Structural changes in the IT industry: We believe that to navigate businesses through the current crisis, digitization and use of technology will be of prime importance. There is high demand for services like i) digital transformation, ii) cyber security, iii) cloud.
  • Strong order booking and pipeline with Margin improvement: For Q2FY21, order booking was 35% higher than the preceding quarter which led to order pipeline growth of 20% QoQ and currently is at all-time high. HCL witnessed strong renewals and signed 15 new transformational deals. HCL delivered 21.6% EBIT margins in Q2 FY2021, which is an expansion of 108 bps QoQ.
  • Improved Revenue and Margin guidance: Revenue guidance for Q3 and Q4 stands at 1.5 to 2.5% in constant currency terms. This translates into 0.5 to 0.7% revenue growth for FY21, as against earlier guidance of contraction in range of 0.8 to 2.3%. The EBIT guidance has been revised to 20-21% from 19.5-20.5% earlier.
  • Dedicated cloud business unit to drive future growth: To accelerate enterprise cloud adoption, HCL tech has launched a dedicated cloud business unit. The new extensive and strategic partnership with Google cloud will help organizations accelerate their digital transformation.

Outlook & Valuation
We believe HCL is a key beneficiary of increasing IT spends globally. The business is seeing significant traction in cloud, workplace transformation, digital, and cyber security. The deal pipeline is robust with healthy large deal wins. We believe HCL valuation should expand and the P/E difference as compared to Infosys & TCS should narrow. HCL is currently trading at 15.4x FY22 earnings.