Shares of HCL Technologies dipped 2 per cent to Rs 1,007 on the BSE in early morning trade on Friday, down 5 per cent in the past three trading days, on account of profit booking after the company reported a 26.2 per cent quarter on quarter (QoQ) growth in consolidated net profit at Rs 3,969 crore in December quarter (Q3FY21) earlier today. The stock of the information technology (IT) consulting and software company hit a record high of Rs 1,073 on Wednesday, January 13, 2021. Despite the past three days of fall, the stock has outperformed the market in the last one month by surging 14 per cent as against a 7 per cent rise in the S&P BSE Sensex.
After a stellar set of numbers by information technology (IT) majors TCS, Infosys and Wipro, all eyes are now on HCL Technologies that is slated to post its October-December 2020 quarter (Q3FY21) earnings on Friday, January 15. Most analysts see a 5-6 per cent year-on-year (YoY) rise in Q3 revenue, led by broad-based growth across verticals and geographies, and easing of stress in the ER&D segment. Sequentially, the revenue may rise between 2 per cent and 3.5 per cent. The revenue could increase by 3 per cent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) in constant currency (cc) terms and 2.5-4 per cent QoQ in dollar terms, believe analysts.