Infosys (NYSE: INFY) Announces Results for the Quarter and Year Ended March 31, 2017
Infosys (NYSE: INFY) Announces Results for the Quarter and Year Ended March 31, 2017
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BANGALORE, Apr. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
1. Highlights
FY 17 revenues crossed $10 billion, at $10,208 million
FY 17 revenues grew 7.4% in USD terms; 8.3% in constant currency terms
FY 17 operating margin at 24.7% as compared to 25.0% in FY 16
FY 17 Basic EPS at $0.94, a growth of 4.3% YoY
Q4 revenues grew 0.7% QoQ in USD terms; flat in constant currency terms
Q4 operating margin at 24.7% and Basic EPS at $0.24
Liquid assets including cash & cash equivalents and investments at $5,979
million as on March 31, 2017
FY 18 revenue guidance at 6.5%-8.5% in constant currency. FY 18 operating
margin guidance at 23%-25%
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2. Dividend for Financial Year 2017
For Financial Year 2017, the Board announced a final dividend of `14.75 per
share ($0.23 per ADS*) amounting to `4,078 crore ($628 million). After
including the interim dividend of `11 per share ($0.17 per ADS), the aggregate
dividend for Financial Year 2017 amounts to `25.75 per share resulting in total
payout of `7,119 crore ($1,085 million). The total payout amounts to 49.6% of
post-tax profits and 63.0% of free cash flow** for Financial Year 2017.
3. Capital Allocation Policy
The Board reviewed and approved a revised Capital Allocation Policy of the
Company after taking into consideration the strategic and operational cash
requirements of the Company in the medium term.
The key aspects of the Capital Allocation Policy are:
1. The Company's current policy is to pay dividends of up to 50% of post-tax
profits of the Financial Year. Effective from Financial Year 2018, the Company
expects to payout up to 70% of the free cash flow** of the corresponding
Financial Year in such manner (including by way of dividend and/or share
buyback) as may be decided by the Board from time to time, subject to
applicable laws and requisite approvals, if any.
2. In addition to the above, the Board has identified an amount of up to
`13,000 crore ($2 billion)* to be paid out to shareholders during Financial
Year 2018, in such manner (including by way of dividend and/or share buyback),
to be decided by the Board, subject to applicable laws and requisite approvals,
if any.
Further announcements in this regard will be made, as appropriate, in due
course.
*USD/INR exchange rate as on March 31, 2017
** Free cash flow is defined as net cash provided by operating activities less
capital expenditure as per the consolidated statement of cash flows prepared
under IFRS
Dividend payout includes Dividend Distribution Tax
This announcement contains insider information
4. Board Changes
The Board, at its meeting held on 13th April, 2017 appointed Mr. Ravi
Venkatesan, Independent Director as Co-Chairman of the Board. Ravi Venkatesan,
who has been on the Board of Infosys since April, 2011 has made valuable
contribution to the development of strategic direction of the Company during
his tenure.
"Ravi will help me enhance the board engagement in supporting the Management in
execution of company's strategy," said R. Seshasayee, Chairman of the Board.
"This is an exciting time for the technology industry and I am delighted to
have the opportunity to work more closely with Sesh and with Vishal and his
leadership team in their transformational journey," said Ravi Venkatesan,
Co-Chairman.
5. Financial Highlights
Consolidated results under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
for the quarter and year ended March 31, 2017.
Year ended March 31, 2017
Revenues were $10,208 million for the year ended March 31, 2017
YoY growth of 7.4% in reported terms; 8.3% in constant currency terms
Operating profit was $2,520 million for the year ended March 31, 2017; YoY
growth of 6.1%
Net profit was $2,140 million for the year ended March 31, 2017; YOY growth of
4.3%
Quarter ended March 31, 2017
Revenues were $2,569 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2017
QoQ growth of 0.7% in reported terms; flat in constant currency terms
YoY growth of 5.0% in reported terms; 5.3% in constant currency terms
Operating profit was $634 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2017
QoQ decline of 0.9%;YoY growth of 1.5%
Net profit was $543 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2017
QoQ decline of 0.8%;YoY growth of 1.8%
6. Outlook
The Company's outlook (consolidated) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018,
under IFRS is as follows:
Revenues are expected to grow 6.5%-8.5% in constant currency*;
Revenues are expected to grow 6.1%-8.1% in USD terms based on the exchange
rates as of March 31, 2017**
*FY 17 constant currency rates - AUD/USD - 0.75; Euro/USD - 1.09; GBP/USD -
1.30
**Currency rates as of March 31, 2017 - AUD/USD - 0.76; Euro/USD - 1.07;
GBP/USD - 1.25
"Unanticipated execution challenges and distractions in a seasonally soft
quarter affected our overall performance. At the same time, we continued to see
many positive signs of our strategy execution; our software-led offerings
continued to show strong momentum and client success, with continued adoption
of Mana, our AI platform; Zero Distance marked its 2-year anniversary as a
grassroots cultural movement for innovation with strong client resonance, and
our employee engagement continued to drive down attrition, especially with top
performers," said Dr. Vishal Sikka, CEO. "Looking ahead, it is imperative that
we increase our resilience to the dynamics of our environment and we remain
resolute in executing our strategy, our path to transform Infosys, and to drive
long term value for all stakeholders."
"Attrition declined during the quarter reflecting our focus on better employee
engagement. Utilization during Q4 reached 82% which is the highest in Q4 over
the past several years," said U. B. Pravin Rao, COO.
"In FY 17, operating margins were steady as we continued our sharp focus on
operational efficiencies. Cash provided by operating activities during the year
was robust and exceeded $2 billion, a new high," said M. D. Ranganath, CFO.
"Our capital allocation policy is aimed at balancing the strategic and
operational needs of the company as well as enhancing shareholder returns".
7. BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS
In Q4, and in FY17, we continued to help clients drive automation and
innovation into the core of their businesses, through our renewed services, our
new software and services, and our culture of learning and education.
RENEW
In Q4, we worked closely with clients on their embrace of new digital and cloud
technologies, new data and analytics capabilities and modernizing their
mainframe landscapes. We also continued to drive grassroots innovation in every
project through our Zero Distance (ZD) initiative, and in doing so, we
continued to fuel the cultural transformation of Infosys. In March, we
celebrated the two-year anniversary of ZD, and the implementation of 2,000
innovation ideas - among these innovation ideas were key engagements with Aon
Affinity and Colony Brands.
"Infosys helped us focus on driving performance improvements to our annual
processes for PLUS, one of Aon's key business units, and some of our monthly
financial reconciliation processes. With Zero Distance, Infosys came up with an
idea to help us significantly reduce the entire process cycle time for PLUS
renewals by 80 percent, which was phenomenal. Additionally, Infosys developed
some in-house tools to partially automate some of the major finance processes
which earlier took an entire day to complete. These processes are now completed
in 90 minutes, which has resulted in highly impactful productivity improvements
for us and led to cost-saving due to effort-saving. We greatly appreciate the
support provided by Infosys for streamlining these key processes at AON
enabling us to complete the entire renewal processes well ahead of schedule." -
James Branan, IT PM Aon Affinity.
Colony Brands, a billion-dollar catalog and multi-channel marketing powerhouse,
has partnered with Infosys to migrate its mainframe applications to Amazon Web
Services cloud. "To boost elasticity, better scale to meet peak seasonal
demand, and drive down operational costs, we partnered with Infosys to define
our mainframe modernization approach and migration strategy to AWS cloud. This
strategy called for a combination of re-platforming and reengineering of core
business processes such as customer management, manufacturing, warehouse
management, mail-order processing and receivables. Now in the midst of
executing this migration, we have every confidence in Infosys' expertise,
capabilities, and performance, cementing a critical IT partnership for the
long-term," - Steve Cretney, VP/CIO, SC Data Center, Inc., an affiliate of
Colony Brands.
NEW
In new software and services, we continued to drive new value for clients,
helping them to find new kinds of opportunities, leverage data in new ways,
drive measurable improvements in operational efficiencies through automation,
and capture the insights and knowledge of complex systems. In addition, we
continued to bring Design Thinking services to clients to help them find and
solve their most important business challenges.
"Intelligent applications based on cognitive computing, artificial
intelligence, and deep learning are the next wave of technology transforming
how consumers and enterprises work, learn, and play. The release of Infosys
Mana and its use by a wide-ranging variety of clients and customers is showing
that the cognitive/AI industry is transforming from research only to
commercialization, and Infosys Mana is a commercially viable platform for
cognitive/AI-enabled solutions within the marketplace. IDC recommends that
organizations actively evaluate cognitive/AI software platforms like Infosys
Mana for suitability and feasibility in areas such as process automation,
digital transformation, automated customer service, IT automation, and
automated advisory services," - Dave Schubmehl, Research Director and Lead
Analyst, IDC's Cognitive Systems and Content Analytics research, in the report
Infosys Mana: An Integrated AI Platform for the Enterprise.
With a vision to improve the experience of a world in motion, Adient is the
global leader in multi industrial seating, producing seats and components for
25,000,000 vehicles each year across all major automakers and vehicle classes.
"We are creating a digital ecosystem to accelerate growth and deliver more
value to our automotive customers. Infosys Mana, a knowledge-based Artificial
Intelligence Platform, will help us with robotic process automation and
cognitive automation. By identifying and capturing the know-how within our
complex systems, Infosys Mana will help us further improve agility and boost
innovation, efficiency, and excellence across our enterprise," Randy Urban,
Vice President, Digital Office, Adient.
CSX, a leading US transportation and logistics provider, is committed to being
the safest and most progressive railroad in North America. As part of its
business transformation strategy to create the CSX of Tomorrow, CSX has
partnered with Infosys to implement innovative, leading-edge IT infrastructure
solutions that drive the company's competitive advantage. "We have collaborated
with our strategic partner, Infosys, to deliver infrastructure solutions that
will modernize and optimize our IT operations. These solutions will enable us
to transform our IT Infrastructure, delivering process simplification and
efficiencies in our core IT operations, as Technology supports CSX in becoming
a highly automated railroad and further improving its safety, resource
efficiency and service," - Caroline Crawford, Assistant Vice President and head
of IT Infrastructure, CSX.
"Globe is at the forefront of transforming the telecoms industry in the
Philippines by being a Digital Service Provider, well-equipped to serve the
needs of Filipinos in living out their digital lifestyle. Once again we are
changing the game by adopting Artificial Intelligence concepts and technologies
that would give more than 68 million customers of Globe improved service while
being cost-efficient. When we decided to demonstrate the potential and
applicability of Cognitive Digital Agent through TM Forum's Catalyst program,
we partnered with Infosys because of its leadership position in Telco industry
and the richness of Infosys' Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
platform. I am happy to see that our partner ecosystem with Infosys, Amdocs and
Huawei were able to demonstrate this potential value to our industry and what
it can do for our customers which has been appreciated by TMF," - Pebbles
Sy-Manalang, Chief Information Officer, Globe Telecom.
In EdgeVerve, we delivered strong performance with 30 wins and 26 go-lives from
Finacle and Edge suite of solutions across various regions.
The Housing Bank, one of the most respected banks in the Middle East, selected
the Finacle suite of solutions to power the bank's operations in Algeria. "As a
private bank in the Algerian market, we are continuously looking to offer our
customers with new products and services. We recognize today's challenges and
competition. Our strategy is to benefit from information technology evolvement
by empowering and complementing the bank's business, sales and marketing. We
believe that these Finacle Solutions will support us in our mission and help us
enhance our customer's banking experience, and above all inspire us to
innovate," - Houcine Hannachi, General Manager, Housing Bank Algeria.
Among other offerings, a South Asia-based farming and agriculture major chose
the EdgeVerve Blockchain Framework to bring transparency into its supply chain
processes. A leading global fashion brand chose TradeEdge to gain visibility
into sales data across its channel partners in North America.
INVESTMENTS & ECOSYSTEM
We continue to deepen our partnerships, invest in technology and expertise that
complements our strategy, and participate with clients and partners in the
technical communities that drive value for clients and create new opportunities
for Infosys.
Together with Salesforce, Infosys recently announced plans to create a new
practice focused on building and providing implementation services for
Salesforce's Analytics Cloud applications. This implementation partnership will
help business users access, explore and act on their organizational
intelligence faster. Infosys will be among the first Analytics Cloud partners
to bring both systems integrator leadership as well as a proven independent
software vendor (ISV) capability. "Salesforce Analytics Cloud is seeing rapid
global adoption, as companies everywhere look to transform the way they explore
data, find answers and take action. Partners such as Infosys provide the best
practices, industry experience and expertise that make it easier than ever for
Salesforce customers to extend Analytics Cloud for every business need," - Bob
Stutz, CEO of Marketing Cloud and Chief Analytics Officer at Salesforce.
Infosys achieved Cloud Elite status in the Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), to help
Oracle customers achieve their cloud transformation roadmaps non-disruptively.
"Infosys' achievement of the Oracle PartnerNetwork Cloud Elite designation is a
demonstration of its commitment to delivering industry leading use case
solutions that reduce our joint customers' implementation timelines in their
journey to the cloud. Infosys' industry-led cloud offerings deliver pre-built
integrations, enhanced customer experience, personalization and ROI-based
outcomes that simplify these companies' cloud transformations," - Camillo
Speroni, Vice President, Worldwide Strategic Alliances, Oracle.
CULTURE
Education continues to be the foundation for driving Infosys' strategy of
Automation and Innovation, while enabling its transformation as a company.
Through this quarter, we have advanced our investments in our infrastructure
for life-long learning among our employees. We continue to enhance our
capabilities, beginning with the ongoing adoption of Design Thinking and the
innovator's mindset, which has now covered 134,738 employees across the
organization. Beyond this, we are bringing new, immersive, hands-on approaches
to learning across our curricula, such as in the launch of a new class for
Power Programmers on Scala/AKKA using the 'flight simulator' model. And we
continue to expand our learning for the digital age through digital platforms:
both the Digital Tutor social learning platform (which has now been made
available on cloud and is accessible on mobile devices) and the Infosys
Learning Platform have gained momentum with additional courses added on various
topics across technologies and business effectiveness.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Leader In Gartner Magic Quadrant for SAP(R) Application Services, North America
Leader In Gartner Magic Quadrant for SAP(R) Application Services, EMEA
Leader In Gartner Magic Quadrant for Oracle Application Services, North America
Leader In Gartner Magic Quadrant for Oracle Application Services, EMEA
Leader in NelsonHall NEAT Big Data and Analytics
Winner's Circle in the Horses for Sources Blueprint on Managed Security Service
Providers
Leader in IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Omni-Channel Engagement IT Implementation
Services 2017 Vendor Assessment
Leader, Infosys Finacle, in Digital Banking Solutions, rated by Ovum
Finacle won the Best Core Banking Project - Africa with United Bank of Africa,
and Best Core Banking Project - Middle East with Emirates Islamic Bank at the
Asian Banker Technology Innovation Awards, 2017
Infosys won the 2017 IBM Beacon Award, which recognizes partners delivering
exceptional solutions to drive business value and transform the way clients and
industries operate.
In the recent report: The Forrester Wave(TM): Robotic Process Automation, Q1
2017, AssistEdge was ranked among the Strong Performers with competitive
options. According to Forrester: 'EdgeVerve Systems brings a combined services
and product approach. AssistEdge takes a broader services approach compared
with the rest of the field.
Infosys Mana is positioned as a leading player in the HfS Research Intelligent
Automation Continuum. Source: Augmenting Automation Through AI (Webinar)March
2017
BEYOND BUSINESS
In fiscal 2017, we have invested our resources and applied our expertise to
bring about a meaningful difference to the communities around us.
In Q4, Infosys Foundation committed to the construction of sanitation
facilities at Government schools and training centers in Tamil Nadu, Telangana
and Karnataka. It also partnered with The Akshaya Patra Foundation to provide
sanitation kits along with counselling to 20,000 school going girl children in
Jaipur for a year. An endowment to Sri Ramakrishna Sevashrama during this
quarter by the Foundation has provided drinking water and fodder to remote
villages in and around Pavagada, Karnataka.
During the quarter, Infosys Science Foundation (ISF) honored six top
researchers in science and humanities with the Infosys Prize 2016 at an awards
ceremony in Bangalore and celebrated their inspiring journey and contributions
to science and research.
Infosys Foundation USA announced new teacher training grants for Bootstrap,
Exploring Computer Science, UTeach, Beauty and Joy of Computing, and Mobile CS
Principles. This will enable 500 public school educators nationwide to attend
free high quality computer science (CS) professional development in the US.
Including earlier commitments to Code.org and DonorsChoose.org, the 1,000
educators supported in summer 2017 will double the number of teachers we helped
in 2016 and bring Computer Science education to tens of thousands of new
students. In addition, the Foundation will continue to support Hispanic
Heritage Foundation (HHF) and its summer 2017 LOFT Coder Summit at Stanford
University, enabling more Latinx students and young professionals to explore
careers in computing.
About Infosys Ltd.
Infosys is a global leader in technology services and consulting. We enable
clients in more than 50 countries to create and execute strategies for their
digital transformation. From engineering to application development, knowledge
management and business process management, we help our clients find the right
problems to solve, and to solve these effectively. Our team of 200,000+
innovators, across the globe, is differentiated by the imagination, knowledge
and experience, across industries and technologies that we bring to every
project we undertake.
Visit http://www.infosys.com to see how Infosys (NYSE: INFY) can help your
enterprise thrive in the digital age.
Safe Harbor
Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects are
forward-looking statements regarding our future business expectations intended
to qualify for the 'safe harbor' under the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995, which involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking
statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include,
but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding fluctuations in
earnings, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, our ability to manage growth,
intense competition in IT services including those factors which may affect our
cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract and retain
highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time
frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, industry
segment concentration, our ability to manage our international operations,
reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in
telecommunication networks or system failures, our ability to successfully
complete and integrate potential acquisitions, liability for damages on our
service contracts, the success of the companies in which Infosys has made
strategic investments, withdrawal or expiration of governmental fiscal
incentives, political instability and regional conflicts, legal restrictions on
raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, and unauthorized use of
our intellectual property and general economic conditions affecting our
industry. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results are
more fully described in our United States Securities and Exchange Commission
filings including our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 2016. These filings are available at http://www.sec.gov. Infosys may,
from time to time, make additional written and oral forward-looking statements,
including statements contained in the company's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. In addition, please note
that the date of this press release is mentioned at the beginning of the
release, and any forward-looking statements contained herein are based on
assumptions that we believe to be reasonable as of this date. The company does
not undertake to update any forward-looking statements that may be made from
time to time by or on behalf of the company unless it is required by law.
Infosys Limited and subsidiaries
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of
(Dollars in millions except equity share data)
March 31, 2017 March 31, 2016
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents 3,489 4,935
Current investments 1,538 11
Trade receivables 1,900 1,710
Unbilled revenue 562 45
Prepayments and other current assets 749 672
Derivative financial instruments 44 17
Total current assets 8,282 7,802
Non-current assets
Property, plant and equipment 1,807 1,589
Goodwill 563 568
Intangible assets 120 149
Investment in Associate 11 16
Non-current investments 984 273
Deferred income tax assets 83 81
Income tax assets 881 789
Other non-current assets 123 111
Total non-current assets 4,572 3,576
Total assets 12,854 11,378
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current liabilities
Trade payables 57 58
Derivative Financial Instruments - 1
Current income tax liabilities 599 515
Client deposits 5 4
Unearned revenue 274 201
Employee benefit obligations 209 202
Provisions 63 77
Other current liabilities 954 940
Total current liabilities 2,161 1,998
Non-current liabilities
Deferred income tax liabilities 32 39
Other non-current liabilities 24 17
Total liabilities 2,217 2,054
Equity
Share capital`5 ($0.16) par value 2,400,000,000 (2,400,000,000)
equity shares authorized, issued
and outstanding 2,285,655,150 (2,285,621,088), net
of 11,289,514 (11,323,576) treasury shares as of
March 31, 2017 (March 31, 2016), respectively
199 199
Share premium 587 570
Retained earnings 12,190 11,08
Cash flow hedge reserve 6 -
Other reserves - -
Other components of equity (2,345) (2,528)
Total equity attributable to equity holders of the
company 10,637 9,324
Non-controlling interests - -
Total equity 10,637 9,324
Total liabilities and equity 12,854 11,378
Infosys Limited and subsidiaries
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Comprehensive Income
(Dollars in millions except share and per equity share data)
Three months Three months Year ended Year ended
ended March ended March March 31, March 31,
31, 2017 31, 2016 2017 2016
Revenues 2,569 2,446 10,208 9,501
Cost of sales 1,614 1,516 6,446 5,950
Gross profit 955 930 3,762 3,551
Operating expenses:
Selling and marketing
expenses 133 134 535 522
Administrative expenses 188 171 707 654
Total operating expenses 321 305 1,242 1,176
Operating profit 634 625 2,520 2,375
Other income, net 112 114 459 476
Share in associate's profit /
(loss) and others (4) - (5) -
Profit before income taxes 742 739 2,974 2,851
Income tax expense 199 206 834 799
Net profit 543 533 2,140 2,052
Other comprehensive income
Items that will not be
reclassified subsequently to
profit or loss:
Re-measurements of the net defined
benefit liability/asset 3 - (7) (2)
Cumulative impact on reversal of
unrealized gain on quoted debt
securities on adoption of
IFRS 9 - - (5) -
Equity instruments through other
comprehensive incoome (1) - (1) -
Items that will be reclassified
subsequently to profit or loss:
Fair valuation of investments (2) 3 (2) 6
Fair value changes on derivatives
designated as cash flow hedge, net 2 - 6 -
Foreign currency translation 441 11 198 (436)
Total other comprehensive income,
net of tax 443 14 189 (432)
Total comprehensive income 986 547 2,329 1,620
Profit attributable to:
Owners of the company 543 533 2,140 2,052
Non-controlling interests - - - -
543 533 2,140 2,052
Total comprehensive income
attributable to:
Owners of the company 986 547 2,329 1,620
Non-controlling interests - - - -
986 547 2,329 1,620
Earnings per equity share
Basic ($) 0.24 0.23 0.94 0.90
Diluted ($) 0.24 0.23 0.94 0.90
Weighted average equity shares
used in computing earnings per
equity share
Basic 2,285,654,88 2,285,620,95 2,285,639,44 2,285,616,16
1 7 7 0
Diluted 2,286,652,00 2,285,750,31 2,286,396,74 2,285,718,89
3 6 5 4
NOTE:
1. The unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance sheets and Condensed Interim
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three months and year
ended March 31, 2017 have been taken on record at the Board meeting held on
April 13, 2017
2. A Fact Sheet providing the operating metrics of the company can be
downloaded from http://www.infosys.com
IFRS-INR Press Release:
Fact Sheet:
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