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Mphasis (MPHL) REDUCE

IT Services
CMP(₹): 2,331 Fair Value(₹): 2,100 Sector View: Neutral NIFTY-50: 19,745 July 23, 2023

BFS takes a beating; deals spark better outlook Company data and valuation summary
Mphasis reported a weak quarter with revenue decline of 3.5% qoq driven by Stock data
sharp 9% qoq decline in the banking vertical. Near-term revenue outlook has
CMP(Rs)/FV(Rs)/Rating 2,331/2,100/REDUCE
improved courtesy of (1) record high deal TCV and (2) likely bottoming out of
52-week range (Rs) (high-low) 2,445-1,660
mortgages business and demand downturn in BFS. The stock has run up
Mcap (bn) (Rs/US$) 439/5
sharply in the past month driving valuations to 22X FY2025E earnings,
ADTV-3M (mn) (Rs/US$) 1,114/14
expensive. We stay cautious on downside risks in certain large accounts and
a still weak discretionary spending environment. In-quarter miss leads to 0- Shareholding pattern (%)
2% cut in FY2024-26E EPS. Our Fair Value of Rs2,100 is based on 19X June
2025E EPS (March 2025E EPS earlier).
4.12.1
7.4
BFS shocker; stable margins at 15.4%
13.1
Mphasis revenue of US$398 mn declined 3.4% in reported terms and 3.5% in 55.6
c/c qoq, missing our estimate of decline of 2%. Revenue declined by US$14 mn 17.7
in absolute terms due to decline in Digital Risk (US$3 mn), DXC (US$1 mn) and
BFS ex-DR (US$16 mn), offset by growth in hi-tech, insurance and other
Promoters FPIs MFs BFI s Retail Others
verticals. Sharp decline in BFS ex-DR is due to weak discretionary spending by

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banks due to uncertainty from regional banking crisis and uncertain macro. Price performance (%) 1M 3M 12M
Sequential revenue decline was higher onsite (5.9% qoq) compared to offshore Absolute 24 32 3
(0.5%). EBIT margin increased 10 bps to 15.4%. EBIT missed our estimate by Rel. to Nifty 19 20 (16)
2.3%. Net profit declined 2.3% qoq and increased 1.4% yoy to Rs3.97 bn, which Rel. to MSCI India 19 18 (11)

beat our estimate by 0.4% on higher-than-expected other income.

Forecasts/Valuations 2023 2024E 2025E
EPS (Rs) 86.9 88.2 105.5
Record high TCV of US$707 mn drives better near-term outlook
EPS growth (%) 14.1 1.4 19.7
Mphasis won seven large deals (TCV > US$20 mn) with four above US$100 mn+
P/E (X) 26.8 26.4 22.1
TCV. Five out of seven including three US$100 mn+ deals are in non-BFS
P/B (X) 5.5 5.2 4.8
verticals. In a way deal wins have been bunched up—Mphasis won 10 and 12
EV/EBITDA (X) 17.3 16.8 14.3
large deals in entirety of FY2022 and FY2023, respectively. The pipeline is still
RoE (%) 22.0 20.3 22.5
strong and grew 6% qoq despite record conversion, a positive. Div. yield (%) 2.1 2.6 2.8
Sales (Rs bn) 138 137 159
Bottom in sight for BFS including DR; speed of recovery is uncertain and the key
EBITDA (Rs bn) 24 25 29
Mortgage activity is picking up from record lows in the US given stability of rates
Net profits (Rs bn) 16 17 20
after a period of rapid increase providing tailwind to DR business. In rest of BFS,
clients have capacity to spend given strong profits from higher NII. As caution on Source: Bloomberg, Company data, Kotak Institutional Equities estimates

banking crisis recedes amid better clarity on macro, willingness to spend can pick Prices in this report are based on the market close of
up and drive increase in discretionary spends in 2HFY24. While DR and rest of BFS July 21, 2023

will bottom out in 1QFY24, the speed of recovery is uncertain and will be dictated
by (1) US macro variables and decision on rate cycle and (2) decision of clients on
excess profits (budget flush or just let it flow through P&L).

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Retain REDUCE on expensive valuations

We incorporate the revenue miss in the quarter leading to cut in revenue estimates by 0-2% and EPS
estimates cut of 0-2% for FY2024-26E. We expect DR to bottom out and grow in the next few quarters.
Our growth estimate of 14.6% for FY2025E bakes in the uptick in DR. We like the scalability of the
business model and efforts to create a growth engine beyond the top accounts. Expensive valuations of
22X FY2025E keep us cautious. Our Fair Value increases on rollover to Rs2,100, valuing the stock at 19X
(from 18X earlier) June 2025E earnings.

Acquires eBECS from DXC and strikes comprehensive partnership with Kore.ai
Mphasis acquired eBECS, a Microsoft Dynamics partner in the UK and Ireland region and a subsidiary of
DXC UK. Consideration was offset by receivables from unutilized DXC MRC. The acquisition will
contribute to revenue in 2QFY23. Revenue from the acquisition was not disclosed and may not be
meaningfully large. Mphasis will cull out some of less strategic engagements as part of the takeover.

In another transaction, Mphasis has formed a three-year comprehensive 360 degrees partnership with
Kore.ai, a conversational AI platform provider. Mphasis will also take over professional services team of
Kore.ai. Financial statements indicate consideration of US$60 mn over a period of 3-years as a part of
the transaction. Partnership is a comprehensive involves certain joint commitments on both sides and
might include revenue commitments.

Margin guidance band of 15.25-16.25%

Mphasis does have typical levers of utilization and pyramid to defend margins. The company has
managed to keep margins in 15.3-15.4% range despite negative operating leverage in the past few
quarters. We believe costs have been tightened to a reasonable extent to enable margin performance.
As such, growth acceleration will not immediately lead to margin accretion as tightening of spends
normalizes. We expect gradual margin improvement to ~16% in the next two years.

Growth model does have risks

Wallet share gains from key clients is a key driver of growth in Mphasis, especially in BFS. Gains are not
easy even though some level of complacency exists among incumbents due to well mature outsourcing
and vendor management practices in the vertical, especially in the critical North America and UK
markets. We note that displacement opportunities require a combination of a complacent incumbent
and appropriate timing of the opportunity, which may not always be available.

Downside risks in large accounts can pose headwinds to strong growth of past years
Top 10 clients contribute 58% of revenue and has been a source of strength in the past few years. The
company has done a good job is scaling them up and super-sizing accounts. However, there are
downside risks. Mphasis’ largest client in logistics is cutting spends due to cost-efficiency focus, which
reflects in the revenue decline in the vertical for Mphasis. While there could be revenue recovery through
natural spending pickup and vendor consolidation wins, there is insourcing risk as well. Top client is
orienting towards higher insourcing. Another large client in BFS has indicated greater scrutiny on costs
after strong spending in lieu of M&A integration.

New organization structure with verticalized go-to-market

The company has reorganized organization structure from account-based to vertical-based. Mphasis is
expanding its client base and has won multiple F-500 logos in the past 3-4 years, with many in banking
and some in other verticals as well. Focus is on scaling them up following the template of strategic
accounts. The company has been institutionalizing best practices in delivery, governance and others
across a wider range of accounts in the past 1-2 years. Progress is slower than expected, especially in
segments such as insurance and Europe in FY2023.

 Insurance. The performance continues to be heavily tied to the fortunes of the largest client.
 Europe. Europe’s performance has been a drag and needs improvement. The geo has done well in
FY2018-22, but performed poorly in FY2023. Peers, including Tier 1 IT, have grown this geo at a faster
pace in FY2023.

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Key highlights of earnings call

 Healthy growth outlook in 2HFY24. Deals along cloud, digital transformation, cost optimization and
consolidation cut across pipeline. Mphasis expects strong sequential growth going forward with
acceleration ahead. Mphasis indicated sequential growth in 2QFY24 over 1QFY24 which will
accelerate in 3QFY24 and 4QFY24. TCV to revenue conversion in some of the deals won in 1QFY24
occurred in latter part of 1QFY24 and will continue to play out in 2QFY24. Mphasis will focus on wallet
share in clients and expansion of TAM within key clients.

 Drivers of sequential growth in upcoming quarters. DR is bottoming out, early signs of pickup in top
banking clients and record high TCV will enable growth in other quarters of FY2024.

 Signs of DR bottoming out. Digital Risk is at 6.3% of overall revenue in 1QFY24. Incremental stability
and capacity building in other segments in mortgage business by clients points to business bottoming
out.

 Deal wins are strong. 33% of TCV are from pure AI deals, which involve implementation and
customization of platforms. Mphasis won 7 large deals with 5 in non BFS verticals. 1 BFS deal is a
US$100+ mn TCV deal. 3 non BFS deals are US$100+ mn TCV deals. 70% of TCV belongs to apps
service line. Mphasis signed a US$40 mn deal in Canada. No change in tenure of large deals. Duration
of 7 large deals is consistent and steady over past 4 quarters. Many of them are wallet share gain
deals.

 Strong pipeline despite record conversions. Pipeline has grown 5X while revenue has grown 2X in
Canada. Overall pipeline is up 6% qoq and 23% yoy despite record conversion. BFS is 40% of pipeline.
Pipeline generation in healthcare is robust and up 63% yoy. 2/3rd of pipeline is application centric.
Pipeline is well distributed across key themes. Pipeline is up across all segments except BPO. Pipeline
is strong in BFS but closures are still left to be done. Consolidation opportunities have shown promise.

 New organization structure is working well. New vertical aligned GTM yet account-centric structure
is working well. Majority of TCV and pipeline from new verticals and beyond top 10 accounts.

 Pressure due to delays is still present but improving. TCV to revenue conversion is still elongated.
Some early signs of improvement in decision making with good deal wins.

 Competitive process in most deals. Won against 6 vendors including incumbents in large deal won in
BFS.

 Commentary on BFS. Pent-up demand can be released. CIB is still stressed. Stable on consumer side.
Wealth and asset management has been healthy. Opening up of discretionary spending in the short
run is possible.

 Weakness in Direct was BFS driven. Direct ex-mortgage was flat yoy due to tightness in discretionary
spends in banking clients and pressure in regional banking clients. TMT grew 6% qoq. TCV wins and
pipeline are healthy in insurance. Expect growth momentum in next quarter.

 Continuing to gain wallet share. Key clients tightened discretionary spends but Mphasis continued to
strengthen wallet share among all of them.

 Upward bias to margins. Margin guidance of 15.25-16.25%. Utilization, pyramid and operating
leverage will help maintain margins.

 Opportunities in AI. No existing revenue reclassified as AI in pure AI deals. Will be proactive in creating
AI propositions to clients. Won wallet share in past 5 years using the strategy. Combining
conversational AI and generative AI is an immediate opportunity. Transformation business operations
is another major opportunity. Significant opportunity in GRC and documentation phase.

 Other highlights. Mortgage business revenue decline impacted client metrics leading to one account
dropping from US$100 mn bucket on sequential basis.

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Exhibit 1: Mphasis' consolidated quarterly performance (Ind-AS)—quarter ending March 2023 (Rs mn)
% chg.
1QFY24 1QFY24E 1QFY23 4QFY23 KIE yoy qoq FY2024E % chg.
Revenues (US$ mn) 398 405 436 412 (1.7) (8.7) (3.4) 1,670 (2.7)
Effective Re/US$ 81.7 82.2 78.3 81.6 82.3
Revenues 32,520 33,274 34,112 33,612 (2.3) (4.7) (3.2) 137,387 (0.4)
Cost of revenues (23,050) (23,375) (23,941) (23,786) (1.4) (3.7) (3.1) (96,508) (1.7)
Gross profits 9,470 9,899 10,171 9,826 (4.3) (6.9) (3.6) 40,879 2.6
SG&A expenses (3,601) (3,960) (4,171) (3,839) (9.1) (13.7) (6.2) (15,993) 3.1
Provision for bad debts —
EBITDA 5,869 5,939 6,000 5,987 (1.2) (2.2) (2.0) 24,886 2.2
Depreciation (874) (829) (796) (835) (3,379) 3.9
EBIT 4,995 5,110 5,204 5,152 (2.3) (4.0) (3.0) 21,507 2.0
Forex gain/(loss), net 50 — 116 59 -
Other income/(loss) 454 400 241 367 13.5 88.4 23.7 1,659 42.4
Interest income / (expense) (241) (250) (232) (237) (1,022) 5.0
PBT 5,258 5,260 5,329 5,341 (0.0) (1.3) (1.6) 22,145 1.9
Provision for tax (1,297) (1,315) (1,310) (1,288) (5,536) 3.5
PAT 3,961 3,945 4,019 4,053 0.4 (1.4) (2.3) 16,609 1.4
Extraordinaries — — — — —
Reported PAT 3,961 3,945 4,019 4,053 0.4 (1.4) (2.3) 16,609 1.4
Recurring EPS (Rs/share) 21.0 20.9 21.4 21.5 0.4 (1.8) (2.3) 188.4 -
Margins (%)
Gross margin 29.1 29.8 29.8 29.2 29.8
EBITDA margin 18.0 17.9 17.6 17.8 18.1
EBIT margin 15.4 15.4 15.3 15.3 15.7
PAT margin 12.2 11.9 11.8 12.1 12.1
SG&A expenses (% of revenues) 11.1 11.9 12.2 11.4 11.6
Tax rate (as % of PBT) 24.7 25.0 24.6 24.1 25.0

Source: Company, Kotak Institutional Equities estimates

Exhibit 2: Key changes to FY2024-26E estimates (Rs mn)

Revised Old Change (%)
Mar-24E Mar-25E Mar-26E Mar-24E Mar-25E Mar-26E Mar-24E Mar-25E Mar-26E
Revenues (US$ mn) 1,670 1,914 2,160 1,704 1,945 2,171 (2.0) (1.6) (0.5)
Revenue growth (%) (2.7) 14.6 12.8 (0.8) 14.1 11.6
Revenue growth (c/c, %) (3.0) 14.6 12.8 (1.1) 13.5 13.5
Revenue growth (organic c/c, %) (3.6) 14.6 12.8 (1.1) 13.5 13.5
Revenues 137,387 158,858 181,406 140,923 162,393 182,389 (2.5) (2.2) (0.5)
EBIT 21,507 25,385 29,196 22,038 25,960 29,589 (2.4) (2.2) (1.3)
Net Profit 16,609 19,878 22,954 17,003 20,077 22,974 (2.3) (1.0) (0.1)
Recurring EPS (Rs/ share) 88.2 105.5 121.8 90.2 106.6 121.9 (2.3) (1.0) (0.1)
EBIT margin (%) 15.7 16.0 16.1 16 16 16

Re/US$ rate 82.3 83.0 84.0 83 84 84 (0.5) (0.6) —

Source: Kotak Institutional Equities estimates

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Exhibit 3: Revenue growth by segments (June 2023 quarter)

Jun-23 Growth (%)
US$ mn (qoq) (yoy) % of total
Total revenues 398 (3.4) (8.7) 100
by geography
Americas 323 (3.0) (10.1) 81.1
EMEA 41 (6.0) (2.4) 10.4
India 23 (0.1) 3.6 5.7
ROW 11 (9.1) (10.8) 2.9
by delivery location
Onsite 207 (5.9) (18.4) 52.1
Offshore 191 (0.5) 5.0 47.9
by verticals- new
Banking and Capital market 196 (8.8) (14.8) 49.3
Insurance 42 3.5 (7.2) 10.5
IT, communication & Entertainment 60 3.9 (3.9) 15.1
Logistics & transportation 56 (0.9) (2.5) 14.2
Emerging industries 44 4.3 8.1 11.0
by Secondary market segment (New)
Direct 378 (3.1) (7.4) 94.9
DXC 14 (10.8) (33.6) 3.5
Others 7 (3.8) (10.0) 1.7
by service line (new)
Application services 283 (3.0) (1.8) 71.0
Business Process Services 65 (4.5) (33.3) 16.2
Infrastructure Services 51 (4.0) (0.9) 12.8
by client concentration (excludes DXC)
Top client 218 (2.2) 19.2 13.0
Top 5 722 (4.4) (3.6) 43.0
Top 10 974 (3.9) (2.5) 58.0
Direct ex-top 10 608 1.5 11.0

Note: Client concentration is on ttm basis

Source: Company, Kotak Institutional Equities

Exhibit 4: Yoy c/c revenue growth trend of DXC/HP channel, Direct segment and gross revenues

DXC/HP Direct International

60

40

20

0
(1.8)
(20) (29.9)
(40)

(60)
Jun-19

Jun-20

Jun-21

Jun-23
Jun-18

Jun-22
Sep-18

Sep-20

Sep-21
Sep-19

Sep-22
Dec-17

Dec-18

Dec-21

Dec-22
Dec-19

Dec-20
Mar-19

Mar-20

Mar-22

Mar-23
Mar-18

Mar-21

Source: Company, Kotak Institutional Equities

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Exhibit 5: Record high TCV of US$707 mn powered by seven large deals

800 TCV (US$ mn)

707
700

600
505
500
401
400 360
335347
302302 309
300 259 247245 241
210 189201
183
200 153 151174
146
123130116 122
76 90 61 76 96 83 96 90
100

0
Jun-15

Jun-16

Jun-17

Jun-18

Jun-19

Jun-20

Jun-21

Jun-22

Jun-23
Sep-15

Sep-16

Sep-17

Sep-18

Sep-19

Sep-20

Sep-21

Sep-22
Dec-21

Dec-22
Dec-15

Dec-16

Dec-17

Dec-18

Dec-19

Dec-20
Mar-17

Mar-18

Mar-19

Mar-20

Mar-21

Mar-22

Mar-23
Mar-16

Source: Company, Kotak Institutional Equities

Exhibit 6: Seven large deals in 1QFY24 compared to 10 and 12 in the past couple of years

# of large deal wins in Direct business (RHS)

14

12 12

10 10
9
8
7
6 6
5
4

0
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 1QFY24

Source: Company, Kotak Institutional Equities

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Exhibit 7: Comparison of revenue growth across DR, Direct and Direct ex-DR for available quarters
Dec-19 Mar-20 Dec-20 Mar-21 Dec-21 Mar-22 Dec-22 Mar-23 Jun-23
Revenue (US$ mn)
Total revenue 318 320 334 342 414 431 429 412 398
Digital Risk revenue 31 31 65 53 61 59 38 28 25
Direct ex-DR revenue 205 210 218 241 323 342 364 362 373
Direct revenue 236 241 283 294 384 401 402 390 378
YoY growth (%)
Total revenue 5.0 7.0 24.0 25.9 3.7 (4.3)
Digital Risk revenue 109.9 68.2 (5.3) 12.6 (38.4) (53.2)
Direct ex-DR revenue 6.3 14.8 48.2 41.9 12.7 5.8
Direct revenue 19.9 21.7 35.9 36.7 4.6 (2.9)
DR contribution to revenues (%)
Total revenue 9.7 9.8 19.4 15.3 14.8 13.7 8.8 6.7 6.3
Direct 13.1 12.9 22.9 17.9 15.9 14.7 9.4 7.1 6.6

Source: Company, Kotak Institutional Equities

Exhibit 8: Mphasis’ trends in client metrics in Direct International business

FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 1QFY24

50 4647
45 42
40 37
35 31
30 27 27
25 25
25 22
20 18
151515
15 1313
9 10
10 7 7 7 7 7 7
4 4 3 5 6 5 5 5 4 5 5
5 3
1 1 2 2 1 2
0
>US$100 mn >US$75 mn >US$50 mn >US$20 mn >US$10 mn >US$5 mn

Source: Company, Kotak Institutional Equities

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Exhibit 9: Sharp decline in overall BFS to 14.8% yoy

BFS vertical revenue (US$ mn) Growth (yoy %, RHS)

260 34.7 40
240 28.6
25.3 24.8 23.8 30
23.1
220 20.2
15.5 16.1 17.5
12.912.3 13.7 20
200 9.6 11.5 10.1
7.7
180 3.8 3.6 5.0 10
0.6
160
(6.9) 0
140
(14.8)
(10)
120
120 125 126 127 125 129 133 140 145 146 149 175 178 172 186 210 229 231 230 239 230 215 196
100 (20)
Jun-18

Jun-19

Jun-20

Jun-23
Jun-21

Jun-22
Sep-18

Sep-19

Sep-20

Sep-21

Sep-22
Dec-19

Dec-20

Dec-21

Dec-22
Dec-17

Dec-18
Mar-18

Mar-22

Mar-23
Mar-19

Mar-20

Mar-21
Source: Company, Kotak Institutional Equities

Exhibit 10: Strong revenue growth in the top client in FY2023

Revenues from top client (US$ mn, ttm)

240
223
218
220 207 208
200
183
175
180
165
161 165 157 161 157
160 150 152 150
142
140 131

120

100
Jun-20

Jun-21

Jun-23
Jun-19

Jun-22
Sep-20

Sep-21
Sep-19

Sep-22
Dec-19

Dec-21

Dec-22
Dec-20
Mar-20

Mar-22

Mar-23
Mar-21

Source: Company, Kotak Institutional Equities

Exhibit 11: Key model assumptions

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024E 2025E 2026E
INR/USD rate 69.1 71.4 74.3 75.2 80.4 82.3 83.0 84.0
Revenues (US$ mn) 1,118 1,239 1,309 1,590 1,717 1,670 1,914 2,160
% growth 4.2 11.6 26.3 55.2 302.4 76.9 106.7 141.7
C/c revenue growth (%) 4.2 11.6 26.3 55.2 302.4 76.9 106.7 141.7
C/c revenue growth (organic %) 4.2 11.6 26.3 55.2 302.4 76.9 106.7 141.7
EBITDA margin (%) 17.1 18.7 18.5 17.7 17.6 18.1 18.3 18.2
EBIT margin (%) 16.1 16.0 16.1 77.0 15.3 15.7 16.0 16.1
SG&A (%) 10.8 10.2 11.8 11.5 11.2 11.6 11.5 11.9
Headcount 24,485 26,398 29,473 36,534 34,042 34,042 40,170 44,187
Headcount addition 2,246 1,913 3,075 7,061 (2,492) — 6,128 4,017

Source: Company, Kotak Institutional Equities estimates

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Exhibit 12: Key operating metrics

Sep-21 Dec-21 Mar-22 Jun-22 Sep-22 Dec-22 Mar-23 Jun-23
Revenues (US$ mn) 385 414 431 436 441 429 412 398
Revenues by verticals (%)- old
Banking and Capital market 54.6 55.3 53.6 52.8 54.2 53.6 52.2
Insurance 8.8 8.8 9.5 10.4 8.3 8.3 9.8
IT, communication & Entertainment 12.5 13.2 13.3 14.3 12.9 12.9 14.0
Logistics & transportation 13.1 12.7 12.8 13.3 12.7 13.0 13.8
Emerging industries 11.0 10.1 10.7 9.3 11.8 12.2 10.2
Revenues by verticals (%)- new (a)
Banking and Capital market 52.8 53.6 52.9 52.2 49.3
Insurance 10.4 10.0 10.3 9.8 10.5
IT, communication & Entertainment 14.3 13.9 14.0 14.0 15.1
Logistics & transportation 13.3 12.9 13.2 13.8 14.2
Emerging industries 9.3 9.6 9.6 10.2 11.0
Revenues by delivery location (%)
Onsite 58.2 58.7 58.4 58.3 56.8 55.2 53.5 52.1
Offshore 41.8 41.3 41.6 41.7 43.2 44.8 46.5 47.9
Revenues by project type (%)
Time and Material 58.1 54.9 54.7 54.5 56.0 56.8 58.1 57.7
Transaction based 16.0 16.1 15.6 15.6 13.9 12.7 11.1 10.2
Fixed Price 25.9 29.0 29.7 29.9 30.0 30.5 30.8 32.0
Revenues by Secondary market segment- new (%)
Direct International 91.8 92.8 93.1 93.6 93.7 93.6 94.6 94.9
DXC 6.5 5.4 5.2 4.8 4.6 4.8 3.8 3.5
Others 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7
Revenues by geography (%)
Americas 78.0 80.3 81.5 82.3 82.2 81.8 80.8 81.1
EMEA 12.1 11.3 10.7 9.7 9.8 10.1 10.7 10.4
India 5.4 5.1 4.9 5.0 4.9 5.1 5.5 5.7
ROW 4.5 3.3 3.0 2.9 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.9
Revenues by service line- new (%)
Application services 61.1 62.7 65.4 66.0 67.4 69.4 70.7 71.0
Business Process Services 26.1 24.8 23.3 22.2 20.5 17.9 16.4 16.2
Infrastructure Services 12.8 12.6 11.3 11.8 12.1 12.6 12.9 12.8
Client metrics - new (excludes DXC)
Top client contribution to revenues (%) 11 11 11 11 12 12 13 13
Top 5 client contribution to revenues (%) 42 43 44 45 45 45 44 43
Top 10 client contribution to revenues (%) 57 58 59 60 60 59 59 58
US$100 mn clients 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3
US$75 mn clients 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 5
US$50 mn clients 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
US$20 mn clients 9 9 10 11 12 13 13 13
US$10 mn clients 19 21 22 24 24 23 25 27
US$5 mn clients 41 42 42 44 45 46 46 47
US$1 mn clients 88 97 104 105 104 107 112 113
Headcount mix - new (%)
Onsite billable 24.9 24.1 24.0 22.0 22.7 21.9 21.4 20.6
Onshore billable 75.1 75.9 76.0 78.0 76.2 78.1 78.6 79.4
Total billable employees 28,143 28,711 29,843 30,784 31,490 30,264 29,307 28,288
Total headcount 32,295 34,915 36,534 36,899 36,876 35,450 34,042 33,961
Utilization - new (%) (Applications + Infra)
Including trainees
-Onsite 91 89 89 90 87 87 89 89
-Offshore 80 73 68 70 68 70 75 75
Excluding trainees
-Offshore 82 79 77 74 72 74 79 80

Source: Company, Kotak Institutional Equities

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Exhibit 13: Condensed P&L and BS for Mphasis (Rs mn)

Mar-19 Mar-20 Mar-21 Mar-22 Mar-23 Mar-24E Mar-25E Mar-26E
Profit model
Revenues 77,311 88,436 97,223 119,614 137,984 137,387 158,858 181,406
EBITDA 13,240 16,505 18,028 21,175 24,339 24,886 28,997 33,044
Depreciation (incl amortization of intangibles) (759) (2,317) (2,419) (2,906) (3,253) (3,379) (3,612) (3,848)
Other income 1,592 967 696 861 644 637 1,119 1,410
Pretax profits 14,073 15,155 16,305 19,130 21,730 22,145 26,505 30,606
Tax (3,339) (3,306) (4,139) (4,821) (5,351) (5,536) (6,626) (7,651)
Recurring profit after tax 10,734 11,849 12,167 14,309 16,379 16,609 19,878 22,954
Extraordinaries — — — — — — — —
Net income 10,734 11,849 12,167 14,309 16,379 16,609 19,878 22,954
Recurring diluted earnings per share (Rs) 56.1 63.5 65.0 76.2 86.9 88.2 105.5 121.8
Dividend per share (Rs) 27.0 35.0 65.0 46.0 50.0 60.0 65.0 70.0
Balance sheet
Total equity 52,498 58,296 65,267 69,431 79,348 84,653 92,284 102,050
Total borrowings 5,426 12,954 11,811 12,519 10,528 10,528 8,543 8,543
Current liabilities 15,759 16,148 16,569 24,893 25,189 24,045 26,986 30,075
Total liabilities and equity 73,683 87,398 93,647 106,843 115,065 119,225 127,814 140,668
Cash 6,416 11,257 10,622 9,494 10,534 14,741 16,912 22,716
Other current assets 31,462 30,562 33,420 40,475 44,690 44,587 50,646 57,009
Goodwill 19,585 21,405 21,326 27,348 29,586 29,586 29,586 29,586
Investments 13,292 13,257 18,460 18,130 17,526 17,526 17,526 17,526
Tangible fixed assets 2,142 8,897 8,901 10,498 11,336 11,392 11,751 12,439
Deferred tax assets 786 2,020 918 898 1,393 1,393 1,393 1,393
Total assets 73,683 87,398 93,647 106,843 115,065 119,225 127,814 140,668
Ratios (%)
EBITDA margin 17.1 18.7 18.5 17.7 17.6 18.1 18.3 18.2
EBIT margin 16.1 16.0 16.1 15.3 15.3 15.7 16.0 16.1
Cashflow statement
Operating cash flow excl. WC changes 9,475 12,548 14,658 18,658 19,865 19,350 22,371 25,392
Change in WC/other adjustments (1,421) 422 (453) (1,501) (5,779) (1,041) (3,118) (3,274)
Capital expenditure (including acquisitions) (2,513) (1,243) (2,057) (6,411) (1,112) (3,435) (3,971) (4,535)
Free cash flow 5,541 11,727 12,148 10,747 12,974 14,874 15,282 17,583

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70%
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60%
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25.2%
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0%
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