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Mphasis Limited th
19 March 2009
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Market Cap: 52 Week Range: Price as of 19 March: Beta: Target Price:
4,025.81 Crores 256.00 / 119.40 193.10 0.73 238.00
Outstanding Shares: Avg. Volume Traded: BSE Code: NSE Code:
BUY Upside:
20.84 Crores INR 2.91 Crores- 30 Days 526299 MPHASIS 45.00
STOCK PERFORMANCE
1m 12m
MPHASIS LIMITED 20.59% 11.31%
SENSEX -8.00% -40.15%
GROWTH (%)
Last Qtr. Last Year Recommendation
Revenue 58.11% 37.62%
Profit 270.34% 41.77% Mphasis Limited has registered a robust growth rate over past few
years. As discussed with the Company Management, we expect
EPS ANALYSIS Applications Services and Infrastructure Technology Outsourcing to
drive growth in the future. The company share is trading at a low PE of
around 6.0X. We expect the company to outperform in the future and
we reiterate “BUY” on the stock with a target of INR 238.00.
Highlights/Recent Updates
Baring Private Equity increases stake in Mphasis
Baring Private Equity Partners has increased its stake in the Mphasis
Limited by 3.6 per cent to 12.2 per cent. Baring bought 7.6 Million
shares in a bulk deal from Merrill Lynch Capital Markets. Baring had
earlier sold 34.73 per cent stake in Mphasis to EDS in 2006, when
EDS acquired a controlling stake in Mphasis.
DIVIDEND ANALYSIS
Mphasis changes it Financial Year Ended to November-October
The company has change the financial year ended from April-March to
st
November-October, effective from 1 November 2008. Hence to facili-
tate the transition, the financial period closed at the end of October
2008 stands for seven month financial period, so it is not directly com-
parable with last year.
Witnessed cancellation & delays in Discretionary Projects
The company has witnessed few cancellations and delays in discre-
tionary projects. Cancellations are mainly in BFSI vertical, although the
company has not lost any client in any of the vertical. The company
has seen considerable vendor consolidation by clients, who demand
volume discounts while preferring to work with fewer vendors.
COMPANY OVERVIEW
During the quarter ended 31st January 2009, In 2006, Electronic Data Systems (EDS) acquired a controlling stake in
the company has added nine new clients Mphasis Limited to become its parent company.
including six relationships through HP. This
Mphasis supports G1000 companies around the world in the improve-
includes clients in Manufacturing, Retail,
Pharma & Healthcare, Banking & Financial ment of their business processes. The company unique strength lies in
Services, Logistics and Airline & Transporta- their ability to provide integrated solutions involving Infrastructure
tion. Technology, Application & Business Process Outsourcing capabilities
across the globe. The convergence of technologies such as web ser-
vices, workflow software and business performance monitoring along
with business intelligence and customer focus drive all the services
offering. The company emphasis on developing flexible platforms to
allow their clients to implement business processes with minimal capi-
The Company has 95 clients with an annual-
tal outlays.
ized run rate of more than a million dollars
including seven clients in excess of USD 20
million. The company is certified with ISO 9001:2000, ISO/IEC 27001:2005
assessed at CMMI v 1.2 Level 5 and is undergoing SAS 70 certifica-
tion. The company also provides SEI CMMI, ISO and Six Sigma re-
lated services support. While the forte is in the BFSI (Banking, Finan-
cial Services, and Insurance) and Technology industries, the rich ex-
perience and knowledge gained in various roles and projects under-
taken has enabled the company to expand their focus to the Health-
care and Telecom industries as well.
The EDS-HP revenue is about 45 per cent of
the company total revenues (~$90 million), The company has a global footprint with delivery centers all over the
world, and has a staff of 29,988 professionals.
which is just 1 per cent of HP total services
revenue.
During the 7 month period ended 31 October 2008, the company has
added 47 new clients including 38 relationships through EDS-HP. The
client relationships have not only grown in size but also become more
broad-based.
PRODUCT OVERVIEW
GROWTH PROSPECT
The company has registered a growth in margin also. The main reason
for growth in margin is mainly due to the current depreciation of Indian
Rupee. Around 68 per cent of revenue comes from USA and around
22 per cent from Europe. This has provided the company an additional
benefit. Even the utilization rate has increased on yearly basis.
SWOT ANALYSIS
Strength
Business concentration risk diversified by different vertical
The company has successfully diversified its business concentration
The company has diversified it risk by diver- risk by broadening its base by serving into Technology, Manufacturing,
Financial Services & Insurance, Transportation, Healthcare, Consumer
sified business concentration vertical
& Retails and Telecom verticals. There is an increase in the area of
technology and healthcare over past few years.
Weakness
Business concentration risk by vertical
The company has around 43 per cent of The Company derived 43 per cent of their revenues for last quarter
revenue coming through BFSI verticals, but from the BFSI, which include banks, brokerages, insurance companies
now the company has entered into different and financial institutions. Due to the current economic crisis, these
verticals to diversified their risk vertical are more porn to downturn.
Opportunity
High Promoter Holding
High Promoter holding indicated the confi- The total share held by the parent company EDS is more than 60 per
dence in the business model cent which in turn is a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard. This gives the
company a better and stable picture.
Foreign Exchange
Recent depreciation of Indian Rupee has More than 90 percent of the company billings are in foreign currency,
resulted in increase in margin hence the company is exposed to currency fluctuations and volatility. A
significant appreciation of the Indian Rupee would affect the company
earnings negatively, but under current scenario where Indian Rupee
has depreciated, the earning of the company has increased.
Threats
Economic Crisis
The company derived 89 per cent of its revenues from US and Europe.
Economic Crisis could have a negative im- The economic crisis in these regions can have an impact on the com-
pact on the company’s revenue and profit pany revenues and profitability.
Competition risk
New competitors may enter in the markets or current competitors
could focus more in the market served by the company hence it inten-
sify the highly competitive conditions.
FINANCIALS
Annual Result
The company has registered an increase in margin. Profit before taxes
and Net Profit margin was higher than Operating Profit, mainly on ac-
counts on rise in Foreign Exchange gain and rise in dividend income.
The company operating income has registered a decent growth rate in
the past, and is expected to perform better in the future too.
Note: The Company has change the financial year ended from April-
March to November-October. To facilitate the transition, the company
financials are for the seven month financial period i.e. April to October.
Hence the financial are not directly comparable with last year.
Quarterly Result
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For the Quarter ended 31 January 2009, Profit before taxes was
higher than Operating Profit, mainly on accounts on rise in Foreign
Exchange gain and rise in dividend income. The company has regis-
tered a growth of ~58 and ~270 per cent in Operating Income and Net
Profit respectively on Y-o-Y basis.
SHARE HOLDING
Holding Pattern
Pledge-O-Meter
Recently Baring PE has hikes their stake in None of the share of the company is pledge.
Mphasis by 3.6 per cent to 12.2 per cent.
EDS has acquired 60.83 per cent shares in the company which be-
come the parent company for Mphasis. And EDS is 100 per cent sub-
sidiary of Hewlett-Packard. Hence the Ultimate parent of Mphasis is
Hewlett-Packard.
Increase in Margin
Diversification into different segments like
APPS, BPO and ITO gives a stable picture to Increase in Income due to ForEx
the company.
Higher Utilization Rate
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