TCS Q1 FY25 Results Preview: Tata group IT giant to kick off earnings season today; PAT likely to drop 3% sequentially, margin may shrink by 150 bps

TCS Q1 FY25 Results Preview: Mumbai-headquartered Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) - the country's largest IT company - is all set to kick off a new earnings season for India Inc as it reports its financial results for the April-June period on Thursday, July 11. With that, TCS will become the first Nifty50 company to report its earnings for the first quarter of the current financial year.

Investors will closely track the Tata group IT giant's upcoming earnigns report for domestic cues, at a time when equity benchmarks Nifty50 and Sensex have broken a series of records. 

TCS Q1 FY25 results due on July 11: Here's what to expect 

According to Zee Business research, TCS is estimated to register a consolidated net profit of Rs 12,050 crore for the quarter ended June 30, translating to a 3.1 per cent decline compared with the previous three months. They peg its revenue to increase 1.7 per cent on a quarter-on-quarter basis to Rs 62,280 crore in rupee terms and 1.4 per cent in dollar terms to $7,463 million.

The IT major is estimated to register growth of 1.6 per cent in the IT firm's revenue in constant currency. It is expected to register Rs 15,280 crore in June-quarter earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), down 4.0 per cent on a sequential basis, according to the research. 

Zee Business analysts peg Tata Consultancy Services' quarterly margin to contract to 24.5 per cent from 26.0 per cent in the January-March period. 

How TCS fared in Q4 FY24

TCS staged a stable financial performance for the final three months of the past financial year, reporting a 12.4 per cent quarter-on-quarter increase in its consolidated net profit to Rs 12,434 crore with revenue growth of 1.1 per cent in both rupee and dollar terms.

Its margin expanded by 100 basis points sequentially to 26 per cent, according to a regulatory filing. 

Both profit and margin were better than analysts' estimates. Read more on TCS Q4 FY24 results

TCS stock historical performance 

As of July 10, TCS shares have rewarded investors with a return of 19.5 per cent over the past year, underperforming a 25.7 per cent rally in the headline Nifty50 index. 

TCS shares rose 0.6 per cent in the June quarter, a period in which the Nifty50 and Nifty IT indices rose 7.5 per cent and 3.6 per cent, respectively. 

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