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Revenue
₹70,698 Cr
verified against source
Revenue YoY
9.6%
reported change
EBITDA
₹19,276 Cr
latest reported figure
Source
company release and icici company table
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What the record says.
TCS exited Q4 with 1.2% sequential constant-currency growth after three quarters of sequential recovery, while rupee revenue rose 9.6% YoY to ₹70,698 crore. The quarter's signal is not just headline growth, but demand stabilization: $12 billion TCV, three mega deals, and client additions across every revenue band after roughly two years. AI is becoming a commercial wedge, with annualized AI revenue above $2.3 billion, but management also admitted traditional service lines may taper as AI productivity benefits are passed to clients. Operating margin held at 25.3% in Q4, helped by currency and operating levers, while wage hikes and build-partner-acquire investments will pressure FY27. Outlook is cautiously constructive: deal momentum and AI demand are improving, but macro/geopolitical risk, BFSI caution, elevated SG&A, and uncertain AI cannibalization timelines limit conviction.
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Guidance to track
- Management expects FY27 to start with a normal Q1/Q2 seasonal pattern and is positive on international growth, but refused to quantify growth.
- AI revenue is expected to grow faster and eventually overcompensate for tapering traditional services revenue, but management could not predict the timing.
- Wage hikes are expected to create a 150-200 bps margin headwind in the next quarter.
- Longer term, management wants margins to move toward 26-28%, while continuing investment in build, partner, and acquire initiatives.
Risks flagged
- AI-led productivity may cannibalize traditional services revenue before AI revenue fully offsets the decline.
- FY26 constant-currency revenue declined 2.4%, and an analyst flagged a 5-6 percentage point growth gap versus the closest competitor.
- SG&A may stay structurally elevated because partnership, recruitment, training, and new-business investments are now flowing through the cost base.
- Management framed geopolitical impact as limited to Middle East and travel/transportation, but acknowledged secondary supply-chain disruption could broaden the hit.
Key quotes
- You would expect the AI revenues to increase. You would expect some of the traditional revenues to slowly taper down.
- The program towards restructuring has been completed.
- We believe margin and growth are not conflicting with one another.
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