HSBC maintains buy on HCL Technologies, target price Rs 650

HSBC has maintained buy rating on HCL Technologies in the long term with a target price of Rs 650. The stock ended down 8.2% at Rs 492.90 on Thursday while the BSE Sensex closed 2919.26 points down (-8.18%) at 32,778.14.

Company Financials

For the quarter ended 31-12-2019, the company has reported consolidated sales of Rs 18135.00 crore, up 3.47% from last quarter sales of Rs 17527.00 crore and up 15.52 % from last year same quarter sales of Rs 15699.00 crore. The company has reported net profit after tax of Rs 2944.00 crore in the latest quarter.

Investment Rationale

In fourth quarter, some impact of Covid-19 will be seen on the revenue growth, both in terms of demand and delivery, said HSBC. However, material impact could come in first quarter of FY21, said HSBC. Around 40% of the business is exposed to verticals which are likely to be impacted by Covid — retail, tech, manufacturing etc, where businesses may be hit due to supply hit or demand fall, said HSBC.