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By Urvi Dugar

BENGALURU, April 24 - Revenue growth for India's top IT firms will stay muted this fiscal year, as gains from artificial intelligence would be blunted with clients cutting spending amid macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty, analysts said.

The Nifty IT index .NIFTYIT, the worst performing sector of 2026, shed roughly $26 billion in market value this week after earnings from market leaders Tata Consultancy Services TCS.NS and Infosys INFY.NS disappointed investors amid worries that agentic AI would disrupt the $315 billion sector and cannibalise earnings.

India's top five IT firms are expected to post muted revenue growth of about 3%-4% in the near term, said Sushovan Nayak, analyst at Anand Rathi.

The sector, which employs about 5.9 million people, had last reported double-digit revenue growth in the March 2023 quarter. Analysts had expected a falling rupee to boost revenue by 10% across the sector.

The U.S., which accounts for more than half of the revenue at most large Indian IT firms, has seen softer deal pipelines, while uncertainty surrounding immigration and tariffs persists, and geopolitical conflicts further delay long‑term technology spending decisions.

The slowdown was the most acute in the banking and financial services, which is a key revenue driver for the sector.

TCS posted its first annual revenue decline in more than two decades, and said that new AI models and tools in the market did not hurt demand for its offerings.

Infosys, HCLTech HCLT.NS and Wipro WIPR.NS trimmed their forecast for fiscal 2027's revenue growth.

Despite near‑term pressures, analysts remain confident that IT companies will eventually leverage AI to defend margins and unlock new growth opportunities.

"Revenue from AI is growing at a fast pace, but it's coming off a very low base and is hardly 5% of total revenue," said Centrum Broking's Piyush Pandey, adding that AI was weighing on pricing, particularly in legacy contracts.

Given that, mid-sized IT firms such as LTM LTIM.NS and Persistent Systems PERS.NS that have stronger digital and AI-led exposure may outperform, said Nayak.

The benchmark Nifty 50 .NSEI is down 8.6% this year so far.

(Reporting by Urvi Dugar in Bengaluru; Editing by Harikrishnan Nair)

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** Shares of India's Persistent Systems PERS.NS fall 4.32% to 5103.30 rupees; biggest intraday pct drop since February 20

** Co posted 33.6% y/y increase in Q4 profit to 5.29 billion rupees, revenue from ops rose 25.1% y/y

SOFTER FY27 OUTLOOK, MARGIN MISS OFFSET STRONG GROWTH

** CLSA ("high-conviction outperform", PT: 6520 rupees) cuts FY27/28 EPS estimates by 6%-7% after company guided for its $2 bln revenue run-rate only by 4QFY27, later than earlier expectations

** Nomura ("neutral", PT: 5200 rupees) trims FY27-28 EPS estimates by ~2%-4% after a modest revenue and margin miss in the quarter; says stock's rich valuation limits upside despite strong deal wins and pipeline visibility

** UBS ("buy", cuts PT to 6240 rupees from 6280 rupees) says revenue growth was slightly below expectations and EBIT margin missed estimates due to higher consulting, subcontracting and license costs, though deal momentum remained healthy

** HSBC ("hold", raises PT to 5755 rupees from 5675 rupees) says FY27 outlook appeared softer than expected and valuation remains steep at roughly double sector averages, limiting further upside despite sector-leading growth

(Reporting by Surbhi Misra in Bengaluru)

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April 21 (Reuters) - Persistent Systems Ltd PERS.NS:

• RECOMMENDED FINAL DIVIDEND OF 18 RUPEES PER SHARE

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April 9 (Reuters) - Persistent Systems Ltd PERS.NS:

• LAUNCHES MERCHANT RISK MANAGEMENT SOLUTION POWERED BY DATABRICKS AI

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March 23 (Reuters) - Persistent Systems Ltd PERS.NS:

• PERSISTENT APPOINTS RUCHI KULHARI AS EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT - ENTERPRISE STRATEGY & EXECUTION

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March 17 (Reuters) - Persistent Systems Ltd PERS.NS:

• LAUNCHES AI-POWERED GENERATIVE MOLECULES AND VIRTUAL SCREENING SOLUTION POWERED BY NVIDIA

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March 5 (Reuters) - Persistent Systems Ltd PERS.NS:

• LAUNCHES MELBOURNE INNOVATION CENTER FOR AI-DRIVEN ENTERPRISE MODERNIZATION

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Feb 24 (Reuters) - Persistent Systems Ltd PERS.NS:

• PERSISTENT SYSTEMS - WE CONTINUALLY EXPLORE INORGANIC GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES

• PERSISTENT SYSTEMS - CURRENTLY THERE IS NO IMMINENT M&A TRANSACTION THAT REQUIRES DISCLOSURE

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Feb 17 (Reuters) - NVIDIA Corp NVDA.O:

• NVIDIA: TECH MAHINDRA DEPLOYING LARGE TELCO MODEL TO POWER AUTONOMOUS NETWORK OPERATIONS USING NVIDIA NIM

• NVIDIA: PERSISTENT ACCELERATES AI‑DRIVEN MOLECULAR DISCOVERY WITH NVIDIA BIONEMO AND NEMO AGENT TOOLKIT

• NVIDIA: INFOSYS BUILDS AN ENTERPRISE-GRADE CODING SMALL LANGUAGE MODEL WITH NVIDIA AI ENTERPRISE

• NVIDIA: RELIANCE NEW ENERGY EXPANDS COLLABORATION WITH CO & SIEMENS BY COMBINING SIEMENS’ DIGITAL TWIN TECHNOLOGY WITH CO'S OMNIVERSE LIBRARIES

• NVIDIA: COLLABORATING WITH NEXT‑GENERATION CLOUD PROVIDERS YOTTA, L&T AND E2E NETWORKS

• NVIDIA: DEVELOPERS BUILDING SOVEREIGN AI SYSTEMS CAN ACCESS NVIDIA NEMOTRON & NEMO TODAY

• NVIDIA: TATA CONSULTING ENGINEERS LAUNCHES COGNITIVE TWIN PLATFORM, BUILT ON NVIDIA OMNIVERSE

• NVIDIA: TO OFFER ANUSANDHAN NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION GRANTEE INSTITUTIONS COMPLIMENTARY ACCESS TO NVIDIA AI ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE

• NVIDIA: PARTNERING WITH VENTURE CAPITAL FIRMS INCLUDING PEAK XV, ELEVATION CAPITAL, ACCEL INDIA & OTHERS TO IDENTIFY & FUND AI STARTUPS

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** The recent correction in India's information technology sector presents an added buying opportunity, according to brokerage CLSA

** Indian IT stocks .NIFTYIT lost 12.5% in 2025, emerging as the biggest drag in benchmark indexes, which underperformed Asian and emerging-market peers

** The decline was triggered by record foreign outflows of $8.5 billion from the sector, muted corporate earnings and persistent weakness in U.S. client spending, the sector's primary revenue engine

** The pressure has intensified in 2026, with the IT index down 7% so far, amid rising concerns that advances in artificial intelligence, including new tools from U.S.-based Anthropic, could sharply compress software development cycles

** CLSA, however, downplays near-term disruption risks, arguing that enterprise technology ecosystems often take years to meaningfully adapt to new waves of innovation

** While the sector has weathered multiple disruptive narratives in the past, earnings have rarely suffered lasting damage, according to the brokerage

** CLSA favours mid-tier players Persistent Systems PERS.NS and Coforge COFO.NS, saying their agility positions them to capture emerging profit pools in the next technology cycle

(Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran in Bengaluru)

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By Vivek Kumar M and Kashish Tandon

Feb 4 (Reuters) - Shares of Indian IT exporters .NIFTYIT slumped 6.3% on Wednesday, tracking losses in global software stocks, after Anthropic launched new tools that heightened concerns over AI-driven disruption in the data and professional services industry.

U.S.-based Anthropic on Friday launched plug-ins for its Claude Cowork agent to automate tasks across legal, sales, marketing and data analysis, triggering a selloff in U.S. and European data analytics and software stocks and deepening concerns in India’s $283 billion IT sector, whose labour-intensive model relies on deploying large workforces for client projects.

The Indian IT sub‑index was on track for its worst day since March 2020, with all 10 constituents in the red. Infosys INY.NS led declines with a 7.3% drop.

Other heavyweights TCS TCS.NS and Wipro WIPR.NS fell 5.8% and 3.9% respectively, while HCLTech HCLT.NS was down 5.1%.

"As Indian enterprises integrate Claude for critical coding workflows, dependency on large vendor teams may decline, squeezing billable hours and margins," said Systematix Group analyst Ambrish Shah.

Anthropic’s advanced AI systems also threaten entry‑level talent pool at Indian IT firms by replacing routine development and testing tasks, he added.

(Reporting by Kashish Tandon and Vivek Kumar M in Bengaluru; Editing by Nivedita Bhattacharjee)

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** Shares of India's Persistent Systems jump 0.66% to 6267.50 rupees

** Brokerage Macquarie ("outperform", hikes PT to 7750 rupees from 7450 rupees earlier) says co delivered solid beat in Q3, expects margin expansion through FY26 from sales and marketing leverage

** Citi Research (raises PT 5455 rupees from 5330 rupees)says co continues to grow well ahead of industry, but flags limited upside given its premium valuation

** On Tuesday, IT services co posted ~18% y/y growth in quarterly revenue to 37.78 bln rupees ($412.40 mln), profit up ~15% y/y

** PERS rated "hold" on avg by 35 analysts covering it; median PT at 6368 rupees- data compiled by LSEG

** 207,358 shares traded on the day, ~50% the 30-day avg of 407,379 shares

** PERS was down ~3.4% in 2025; PERS flat YTD

($1 = 91.6100 Indian rupees)

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By Bharath Rajeswaran and Sai Ishwarbharath B

Jan 8 (Reuters) - India's information technology firms are expected to report another muted quarter, as tepid demand in the U.S. and holiday-period client shutdowns continue to weigh on tech spending, nine brokerages said ahead of earnings.

Brokerages expect the top six IT firms by revenue to post about 4% year-on-year revenue growth and a 5% rise in profit for the December quarter on average, reflecting prolonged demand softness, compared with 6.5% revenue growth in the September quarter.

Indian software exporters last reported double-digit revenue growth in the March quarter of 2023, when digital transformation, cloud adoption and remote-work demand surged in the post-pandemic period.

The broader $283 billion Indian IT industry continues to face macro headwinds, including uncertainty over U.S. tariffs, challenges from proposed $100,000 visa fees, and subdued client spending on concerns about growth in the world's largest economy.

India's IT companies earn a significant share of their revenue from the United States, making the world's largest economy crucial for the sector.

Sector bellwether Accenture's ACN.N recent earnings beat Wall Street expectations on AI-led demand, though its unchanged growth outlook underscores the cautious near-term environment.

Although India has no pure-play AI firms, IT companies are beginning to shape AI strategies through acquisitions and partnerships. Brokerages expect AI momentum to build over the next six months and demand to pick up into 2026.

"Clients remain cautious about committing incremental spending to large programs amid macro and tariff uncertainty and a new tech cycle," said Abhishek Pathak, research analyst at Motilal Oswal Financial Services.

U.S. tariff uncertainty, visa worries and weak spending drove record foreign outflows of $8.5 billion from IT stocks in 2025, nearly half of total foreign exits from Indian equities.

The Nifty IT index .NIFTYIT fell 12.6% in 2025, making it the worst-performing sector as Indian markets lagged Asian and emerging-market peers.

Tata Consultancy Services TCS.NS, the country's largest IT firm, will kick off the earnings season on January 12. Its revenue is expected to rise about 4.2% year-on-year, slower than the 5.6% growth reported last year.

Infosys INFY.NS and HCLTech HCLT.NS are forecast to report year-on-year revenue growth of about 8.1% and 4.6%, respectively, compared with 7.6% and 5.1% in the year-ago period.

Most brokerages do not expect HCLTech to upgrade its fiscal 2026 annual revenue forecast of 2%–3%, or Infosys to raise its forecast of 3%–5%.

Earnings across domestic equities are expected to improve in the December quarter on tax cuts, policy easing, stable growth and benign inflation, even as the period remains structurally weak for IT firms.

Fewer working days due to global client holidays weigh on billing and revenue, while brokerages flag margin pressure from furloughs and wage hikes at firms such as TCS and Wipro WIPR.NS.

However, resilience in the BFSI (banking, financial services and insurance) segment, deal ramp-ups, early signs of artificial intelligence strategy formation and rupee depreciation could offer support by mid-2026, six brokerages said.

(Reporting by Bharath Rajeswaran and Sai Ishwarbharath B in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)

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** Shares of Persistent Systems PERS.NS fall 7% to 5,216 rupees, marking their steepest intraday percentage loss in four months

** Stock top loser in Nifty IT index .NIFTYIT, which is down 1.2%

** Co posts higher quarterly profit, but analysts flag macro headwinds that could hit future growth

** Macquarie and HSBC say EBIT margin, at 15.5%, falls short of expectations

** Macro uncertainty is slowing down client decision-making, especially in healthcare - Nomura

** HSBC maintains "hold" rating; sets TP at 6,000 rupees, implying upside of 7% from last close

** Macquarie retains "Outperform"; TP at 7,330 rupees, upside of 30.7%

** Nomura keeps "Neutral"; cuts TP to 5,510 from 5,700 rupees

** PERS rated "Hold" on average; median TP 5,836 rupees – data compiled by LSEG

** Stock down 19% YTD

(Reporting by Rudra Pratap Singh in Bengaluru)

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** Centrum initiates coverage on Indian IT services provider Persistent Systems PERS.NS with 'buy'; sets PT at 7,245 rupees

** PT implies upside of ~21% to current stock price of 5,997 rupees; PERS flat on the day

** Centrum says, PERS' 4-year revenue CAGR of 25.6% from FY21-FY25 significantly outpaces industry averages

** Adds, recent deal wins provide strong revenue and operating margin growth visibility, while sales mix remains well-diversified

** Co's strategic positioning at the forefront of the generative AI wave should drive accelerated deal flow and strengthen client partnerships- Centrum

** According to LSEG data, PERS rated 'hold' on avg by 32 analysts; median PT at 5,620 rupees - implying a downside of 6.3%

(Reporting by Ananta Agarwal in Bengaluru)

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June 6 (Reuters) - Persistent Systems Ltd PERS.NS:

• PERSISTENT SYSTEMS LTD - RE-APPOINTS ANAND DESHPANDE AS MD

Source text: ID:nBSE32Xw9w

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April 11 (Reuters) - Persistent Systems Ltd PERS.NS:

• NCLT MUMBAI SANCTIONS MERGER OF CAPIOT SOFTWARE INTO PERSISTENT SYSTEMS

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** Persistent Systems PERS.NS rises ~2%; sole gainer on Nifty IT .NIFTYIT index

** CLSA upgrades to "high-conviction outperform", with PT of 9,267 rupees - 79% upside to Monday's close

** Says PERS best-positioned IT co due to its generative AI capabilities and high exposure to fast-growing product engineering segment

** Sees large Salesforce CRM.N implementation, which makes co among key beneficiaries of Salesforce's agentic AI launch, and multiple margin levers among key positives for PERS

** Expects rev, PAT CAGR of 21% and 27% respectively, in FY25-FY27

** NIFTYIT falls 2% on U.S. recession fears; Indian IT cos earn significant portion of revenue from U.S.

** YTD, PERS loses ~19% vs NIFTYIT's 15% drop

(Reporting by Vivek Kumar M)

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** Indian IT index .NIFTYIT the only one among 13 major sectors trading higher, bucking broader market weakness .BO

** IT stocks up 0.24% vs a 0.5% drop in benchmark Nifty 50 .NSEI

** LTIMindtree LTIM.NS top gainer, up 2.83% after signing a multi-year contract

** Persistent Systems PERS.NS follows, with a 2.71% increase

** JP Morgan expects PERS to be the fastest growing in its coverage over FY25-27, saying it navigates tough macro environment well

** Heavyweights Infosys INFY.NS flat, while TCS TCS.NS down 0.6%

** IT index has lost 4.9% YTD, more than Nifty 50's ~3% drop

(Reporting by Ananta Agarwal in Bengaluru)

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Feb 13 (Reuters) - Persistent Systems Ltd PERS.NS:

• PERSISTENT SYSTEMS LTD - PERSISTENT SYSTEMS POLAND ENTERS ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH SOHO DRAGON

• PERSISTENT SYSTEMS - TOTAL PURCHASE CONSIDERATION $2.01 MILLION, INCLUDES $1.07 MILLION UPFRONT PAYMENT

• PERSISTENT SYSTEMS LTD - ASSETS INCLUDE SELECT EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS

Source text: ID:nNSE88dTtB

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** Shares of IT services provider Persistent Systems PERS.NS rise 10.7% to 6,293.60 rupees, their biggest one-day gain since Oct. 23, 2024

** Co among top gainers on Nifty IT index .NIFTYIT, which is up 1.9%

** Co's Q3 consol PAT rises 30.4% to 3.73 billion rupees ($43.18 million); rev. up 22.6%

** Unlike previous few quarters, growth was broad-based across verticals/geographies - Emkay Research

** More than 2.4 mln shares traded, nearly 5 times the 30-day avg.

** Analysts' avg. rating on stock is "hold" same as that on peers Mphasis MBFL.NS and HCL Technologies HCLT.NS; median PT is 5,970 rupees - LSEG data

** Stock rose 74% in 2024 vs 22% gain in Nifty IT index

($1 = 86.3880 Indian rupees)

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Jan 22 (Reuters) - Persistent Systems Ltd PERS.NS:

• DIVIDEND OF 20 RUPEES PER SHARE

• DEC-QUARTER CONSOL PROFIT 3.73 BILLION RUPEES

• DEC-QUARTER CONSOL REVENUE FROM OPERATIONS 30.62 BILLION RUPEES

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Jan 15 (Reuters) - Persistent Systems Ltd PERS.NS:

• LAUNCHES CONTRACTASSIST USING MICROSOFT 365 COPILOT

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Jan 6 (Reuters) - Persistent Systems Ltd PERS.NS:

• PERSISTENT SYSTEMS LTD - TO ACQUIRE ASSETS OF SOHO DRAGON SOLUTIONS

• PERSISTENT SYSTEMS LTD - TOTAL PURCHASE CONSIDERATION FOR ACQUISITION IS $5.94 MILLION

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** Shares of IT services provider Persistent Systems PERS.NS rise as much as 12.4% to hit record high of 5,798.70 rupees

** Co on Tuesday reported a 23.4% YoY rise in Q2 consolidated profit and rev from ops rose 20.1%

** 17 out of 29 analysts raised their PT since Tuesday, including top-rated ICICI Securities, PhillipCapital (India) - LSEG data

** Co's median PT lifted by 14.7% from last month to 5,200 rupees - LSEG data

** Co and Coforge COFO.NS, with more than 10% rise, are top pct gainers on Nifty IT index .NIFTYIT, which is up 3%

** Stock marks sharpest intraday pct gain since Sept. 14, 2020

** More than 1.5 mln shares change hands, 3.8x the 30-day avg

** Stock last up 11.1%, bumping YTD gains to 55.1%

(Reporting by Ashish Chandra in Bengaluru)

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Oct 22 (Reuters) - Persistent Systems Ltd PERS.NS:

• SEPT-QUARTER CONSOL PROFIT 3.25 BILLION RUPEES

• SEPT-QUARTER CONSOL REVENUE FROM OPERATIONS 28.97 BILLION RUPEES

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Oct 8 (Reuters) - Persistent Systems Ltd PERS.NS:

• ACHIEVES CARBON NEUTRALITY A YEAR AHEAD OF TARGET

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Sept 30 (Reuters) - Persistent Systems Ltd PERS.NS:

• PERSISTENT SYSTEMS - TO ACQUIRE ARRKA INFOSEC

• PERSISTENT SYSTEMS - COST OF ACQUISITION OF ARRKA IS 144 MILLION RUPEES

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** Shares of Persistent Systems PERS.NS down 5.9% at 4,605 rupees; top loser in IT index .NIFTYIT, which is up 0.5%

** IT services provider reports 30.4% rise in PAT, but EBIT margins are below some analysts' expectations

** Margin disappoints despite superior growth and growth continues to be lop sided, Axis Capital analysts says

** Stock up 25% YTD vs 13.5% gains in Nifty IT index

(Reporting by Sethuraman NR in Bengaluru)

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