Thursday, January 19, 2012

WIPRO LTD=RESULTS Q3FY2012 = Q/E DEC,2011 = TOTAL REVENUES UP28%YoY; NET INCOME UP 10%YoY


Wipro Limited
NSE Symbol        WIPRO

Results for the quarter ended December 31, 2011
under IFRS

Wipro Records 28% YoY Revenue Growth in the quarter

Highlights of the Results

                Ø IT Services Revenue was $1,505 million, a sequential increase of 2.2% and YoY increase of 12%.
                Ø Non-GAAP constant currency revenue growth was 4.5% sequentially,  exceeds the guidance range.
                Ø Total Revenues were Rs.99.97 billion ($1.89 billion1), an increase of 28% YoY.
                Ø Net Income was  Rs.14.56 billion ($275 million1), an increase of 10% YoY and sequential growth of 12%.
                Non-GAAP Adjusted Net Income was `14.57 billion ($275 million1), an increase of 11% YoY.
                Ø IT Services Revenues were `76.08 billion ($1,435 million1), an increase of 28% YoY.
                Ø IT Services Earnings Before Interest and Tax (EBIT) was `15.83 billion ($299 million1), an increase of 20% YoY.
                Ø Our Operating Income to Revenue for IT Services was 20.8% for the quarter.
                Ø Wipro declares an interim dividend of `2 ($0.041) per share /ADS.

Performance for the quarter
ended December 31, 2011 :

Suresh Senapaty, Executive Director & Chief Financial Officer of Wipro, said – “Our client mining strategy continues to show progress with 6 customers contributing more than $100 million of revenues. We have improved operating margins through improved revenue productivity and currency benefits.”

T K Kurien, Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer, IT Business, said – “We saw broad based growth with 5 of the 6 verticals growing upwards of 4% in constant currency. Revenues in constant currency exceeded the guidance range. We have seen positive feedback from customers and employees on our restructuring approach.”

Outlook for the Quarter ending March 31, 2012
We expect Revenues from our IT Services business to be in the range of $1,520 million to $1,550 million, a sequential growth of 1% to 3%*.

* Guidance is based on the following exchange rates: GBP/USD at 1.57, Euro/USD at 1.33, AUD/USD at 1.00, USD/INR at 51.75.

IT Services

(76% of Total Revenue and 92% of Operating Income for the quarter ended December 31, 2011)

The IT Services segment had 136,734 employees as of December 31, 2011, an increase of 5,004 people this quarter.

Wipro added 39 new customers for the quarter.

To gain operational flexibility in this uncertain environment, enterprises continue to variabilize their IT and operations.

Wipro continues to see growth in the Cloud enablement business, outcome based and service based pricing models.

Wipro won a multi-year transformational deal with a leading player in the Chemical industry. Wipro will help the client become more agile in the chemical transportation, logistics and warehouse management space by implementing cloud based solutions, modernization and upgrades of legacy applications and migrating to an on-demand model for custom applications.

Wipro has been chosen as a partner by a large financial institution for a Digital Transformation Program that spans across all its digital assets and channels. The objective of the initiative is to integrate the company’s marketing and sales channels to improve customer experience.

A company belonging to a US based private equity firm has selected Wipro as the sole partner for its „Process Transformation initiative.

Wipro won a multi-year total outsourcing engagement with a leading global provider of engineering services in the manufacturing sector.

AstraZeneca, a leading global biopharmaceutical company has selected Wipro for a multiyear engagement to enhance its „SIAM (Service Integration and Management) and „EUC (End User Computing) infrastructure.

In India, the government vertical continued to build traction due to large planned investments in the e-governance space under the national e-governance program (NeGP). Wipro won a deal for supply of infrastructure and enrollment services for UID in Karnataka. This quarter also witnessed Wipro becoming the first Enrolment Agency across India, to achieve over one crore Aadhaar IDs within a short time span.

Wipro also won a strategic deal from Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited (BHEL) spread over 5 years for refreshing the companys datacenter infrastructure of IBM servers.


IT Products
(9% of Total Revenue and
3% of Operating Income for the quarter ended December 31, 2011)

                Ø Our IT Products segment recorded Revenue of `9 billion ($170 million1) for the quarter ended December 31, 2011 an increase of 2% YoY.
                Ø EBIT was `475 million ($9 million1) for the quarter, an increase of 16% YoY.
                Ø The ratio of our Operating Income to Revenue for this segment was 5.3% for the quarter.

Consumer Care and Lighting

(9% of Total Revenue and 6% of Operating Income for the quarter ended December 31, 2011)

                Ø Our Consumer Care and Lighting business segment recorded Revenue of `8.79 billion ($166 million1) for the quarter ended December 31, 2011, representing an increase of 26% YoY.
                Ø EBIT was `1.04 billion ($20 million1) for the quarter, an increase of 22% YoY.
                Ø Operating Income to Revenue for this segment was 11.9% for the quarter.

Wipro Limited

                Ø Total Revenue for the quarter ended December 31, 2011 was `99.97 billion ($1.89 billion1) representing an increase of 28% over the same period last year.
                Ø Net Income for the quarter ended December 31, 2011 was `14.56 billion ($275 million1) representing an increase of 10% over the same period last year.
                Ø Non-GAAP Adjusted Net Income (excluding impact of accelerated amortization of stock based compensation) for the quarter ended December 31, 2011 was `14.57 billion ($275 million1) representing an increase of 11% over the same period last year.
                 

WIPRO LIMITED AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(Rupees in millions, except share and per share data, unless otherwise stated)
                                                                                                                                     Three months ended December 31,
                                    Nine months ended December 31,
                                                                                                                                                          
2010
2011
                          2010    
2011
2011


Gross revenues………………………
78,202
98,808

227,827
273,807
5,165
Cost of revenues………………………
(53,530)
(69,704)

(155,405)
(194,704)
(3,673)
Gross profit……………………………
24,672
29,104

72,422
79,103
1,492
Selling and marketing expenses………
(5,485)
(7,459)

(16,622)
(20,253)
(382)
General and administrative expenses….
(4,921)
(5,570)

(13,055)
(14,531)
(274)
Foreign exchange gains/(losses), net…
91
1,164

136
2,750
52
Results from operating activities……
14,357
17,239

42,881
47,069
888
Finance expenses……………………….
(427)
(1,017)

(1,297)
(3,027)
(57)
Finance and other income…….……….
1,751
2,149

4,525
6,454
122
Share of profits of equity accounted investee..
160
117

509
326
6
Profit before tax…
15,841
18,488

46,618
50,822
959
-
Income tax expense…………
(2,582)
(3,810)

(7,110)
(9,748)
(184)
Profit for the period…..
13,259
14,678

39,508
41,074
775
Attributable to:
Equity holders of the company………
13,188
14,564

39,222
40,921
772
Non-controlling interest………………
71
114

286
153
3
Profit for the period………………….
13,259
14,678

39,508
41,074
775
Earnings per equity share:
Basic………………………………………
5.41
5.94

16.10
16.71
0.32
Diluted……………………………………
5.39
5.93

16.03
16.67
0.31













Awards and accolades

Wipro and Diversey, a leading global provider of commercial cleaning, sanitation and hygiene solutions, jointly won the „IT Outsourcing Project of the Year at UKs 8th annual National Outsourcing Association (NOA) Awards for a transformational project wherein technology was used to proactively address Diverseys future business needs.

Wipro has been ranked as a global leader in testing services by Ovum, an independent technology analyst firm, in a report titled „Services Guide: Outsourced Testing – Benchmarking Software and Systems Testing Service Vendors. The report benchmarked 13 software and systems testing services providers against 20 key criteria and rated Wipro top for its cost and value, a key differentiator for companies looking to outsource testing services.

Wipro was the only Indian IT company to be ranked in the prestigious Aon Hewitt 'Top Companies for Leaders' global list.

Wipro was also awarded the prestigious NASSCOM Award for Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion, in the Best IT Services and Product Companies category at the NASSCOM Diversity and Inclusion Summit 2011.

Wipro was conferred the “People Choice Award” as the “Most Admired IT Company of the Year Amongst CIOs” at the Bloomberg UTV – CXO Awards 2011. Wipro was chosen through a countrywide Public Survey.

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