TCS Q3 net profit rises 24% to Rs 8105 crore

Income from operations rose 20.8% during the third quarter helped by strong gains from its Banking, Financial Services And Insurance segment

TCS CEO Rajesh Gopinathan
TCS CEO Rajesh Gopinathan

Mumbai: Tata Consultancy Services, India’s biggest software services exporter, posted a 24.1% rise in third quarter net profit on Thursday, helped by strong gains from its Banking, Financial Services And Insurance segment. The Mumbai-based company posted a record net profit of Rs 8,105 crore ($1.15 billion) in the third quarter ended December 31, versus Rs 6,531 crore it reported a year earlier.

That narrowly missed an average estimate of 82.19 billion from 25 analysts, Refinitiv data shows.

TCS, one of the flagship companies of the salt-to-software behemoth Tata Group, said its income from operations grew 20.8%, while revenue from the BFSI segment surged 23%.

Sequential revenue growth was led by the UK and Europe, which rose 25.1% and 17.6%, respectively, TCS said in a statement to the exchanges.

The Mumbai-based company kicks off the December-quarter corporate earnings period for Indian businesses with rival Infosys Ltd scheduled to report on Friday.

TCS shares ended at Rs 1,888.15 on the BSE on Thursday, recording a marginal rise from Wednesday’s close. results were announced after market hours.

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