TCS Q1 results: From net profit to dividend record date - 5 key highlights from TCS earnings
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) reported a 9% year-on-year (YoY) rise in net profit for Q1FY25 on Thursday, July 11. This performance aligns with market expectations and marks a strong start to the new fiscal year.
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Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) reported a 9% year-on-year (YoY) rise in net profit for Q1FY25 on Thursday, July 11. This performance aligns with market expectations and marks a strong start to the new fiscal year.
Key Numbers
Net Profit: TCS's consolidated net profit rose 8.72% YoY to ₹12,040 crore for Q1FY25, compared to ₹11,074 crore in the same quarter last year. Sequentially, profit decreased by 3.2% from ₹12,434 crore in Q4FY24.
Revenue: Revenue from operations increased by 5.4% YoY to ₹62,613 crore, up from ₹59,381 crore in Q1FY24. Sequentially, revenue grew by 2.2%. In constant currency (CC) terms, revenue saw a 4.4% YoY growth.
Operating Margin: Expanded by 1.5% YoY to 24.7%.
Growth in Key Domains
Regional Markets and Others: Showed a 37.7% YoY growth in CC terms.
Manufacturing: Grew by 9.4% YoY in CC terms.
Energy, Resources, and Utilities: Increased by 5.7% YoY.
Life Sciences and Healthcare: Rose by 4% YoY.
Communication and Media: Declined by 7.4% YoY.
Technology and Services: Fell by 3.9% YoY.
BFSI: Decreased by 0.9% YoY.
Consumer Business: Dropped by 0.3% YoY.
Performance of Key Markets
India: Led the growth with a 61.8% YoY increase.
MEA (Middle East and Africa): Grew by 8.5% YoY.
Asia Pacific: Increased by 7.6% YoY.
Latin America: Rose by 6.3% YoY.
UK: Grew by 6% YoY.
North America: Saw a decline of 1.1% YoY in CC terms.
Key Deals
Xerox: Partnership to develop a new agile, cloud-first operating model.
IIT-Bombay: Collaboration to develop India's first Quantum Diamond Microchip Imager.
American Educational Services Provider: Selected TCS for Infrastructure Managed Services.
Burgan Bank: Chosen to create a modern core banking solution.
Global AI Center of Excellence in Paris: Focusing on brain-machine interface and developing empathy in machines.
American Home Improvement Retailer: Partnership to establish a next-generation technology and data architecture landscape.
Human Resources
Workforce: Stood at 606,998 as of June 30, 2024.
Attrition Rate: IT services attrition was 12.1% over the last twelve months, slightly improving from 12.5% in Q4FY24.
Dividend
Interim Dividend: Announced an interim dividend of ₹10 per equity share.
Record Date: July 20, 2024.
Dividend Payment Date: August 5, 2024.
TCS's CEO and MD, K Krithivasan, highlighted the all-round growth across industries and markets, and the company's focus on expanding client relationships and investing in innovation, such as the new AI-focused TCS PacePort™ in France and an IoT lab in the US.