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Although Infosys<\/a> CEO Vishal Sikka<\/a> described issues raised in the media as a distraction, investors awaiting a denouement are concerned about the effect of this corporate governance wrangle.
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\nShareholders are anxious about what Infosys plans to do with its stack of $5.25 billion in cash. In addition, they want to know how quickly Sikka will shift to the digital model he’s driving, from the worker arbitrage system dominant when the founders ran the show. The CEO’s ambitious goals include $20 billion in sales, 30% operating margin and revenue per employee of $80,000 by March 2021.
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“The market is getting impatient about what Infosys will do with the cash,” said a top manager at a securities firm, who asked not to be identified. “As they raise governance issues, can the Infosys board, management and founders afford to take eyes off the competitive environment? IBM<\/a> and Accenture<\/a> are getting stronger in digital businesses.”
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\nThe consensus among investors appears to be that Infosys must use its cash pile to either reward shareholders or acquire assets. “First choice will be to look at business expansion and strategic acquisition,” said the manager quoted earlier. “If there is no acquisition, Infosys should reward shareholders. Either way, Infosys has to spell out the alternatives.”
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“Sitting on cash is dragging return on equity,” said Sarabjit K Nangra, vicepresident, research, IT, Angel Broking<\/a>. “The only way to lift it is to increase the payout ratio (as TCS and Wipro<\/a> have indicated) or acquire assets.”
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\nAccording to another Mumbai-based analyst who wished to remain anonymous, a buyback is an option to increase shareholder value. “Not doing anything is not a great situation. It’s an opportunity they are missing,” said the analyst.
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“They should use the cash to buy technology product and solution companies in the US and spin off low-margin businesses like infrastructure<\/a> management services,” said Pari Natarajan, cofounder, management consulting firm Zinnov.
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\nThe other dilemma before Infosys is whether to get on to the digital-first strategy or to continue with the workerarbitrage strategy, which allowed it to send software engineers from India to client sites abroad at a lower cost than hiring them overseas.
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\nUnder the arbitrage model, “Infosys will build on its reputation for premium services to protect its industry-leading margins and offset impact on share price by returning cash to shareholders,” said Peter Bendor-Samuel, CEO, Everest Group. However, under the digital-first vision, Infosys will accelerate investments in automation, analytics, cloud and cognitive technologies.
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\nWhile Infosys does not give revenue share for its digital business – Sikka said last year that the company’s “business is 100% digital as we write code” – rivals are taking to the new model.
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\nIBM and Accenture have built strong digital consultancy arms. Local rival Wipro bought Danish agency DesignIT in 2015 to launch its digital division and has spent $1.13 billion in acquiring global firms including HealthPlan and Appirio to boost its digital offering.
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TCS claimed a 30% growth in digital business and Cognizant<\/a> said 23% of revenue came from digital businesses in 2016. That includes automation, machine learning, AI and data analytics, as opposed to traditional business sof tware maintenance services.
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\nAnalysts believe digital business for top companies is less than 10% at present.
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\nWhile the management should focus on business, the boardfounders governance tussle threatens to distract executives and dent the brand image of Infosys, which is grappling with shifts to a digital strategy, slowing growth and moves on H-1B visas, which could impact margins significantly.
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\nNangra of Angel Broking believes more onsite hiring and doubling the minimum wage for H-1B visas could result in a 30% hit on net profit for top players.
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\nInfosys has to act fast to strengthen its governance, show how it’s making the transition to digital and decide on what to do with its cash.\n\n<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":57138782,"title":"From LinkedIn to Skype: How smartphone has changed the way companies hire","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/from-linkedin-to-skype-how-smartphone-has-changed-the-way-companies-hire\/57138782","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[],"seoschemas":false,"msid":57138990,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Why Infosys needs to figure out the best way to utilise $5bn it is sitting on","synopsis":"Shareholders also want to know how quickly Sikka will shift to the digital model he\u2019s driving, from the worker arbitrage system dominant when the founders ran the show.","titleseo":"telecomnews\/why-infosys-needs-to-figure-out-the-best-way-to-utilise-5bn-it-is-sitting-on","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[{"author_name":"Shelley Singh","author_link":"\/author\/19505\/shelley-singh","author_image":"https:\/\/etimg.etb2bimg.com\/authorthumb\/19505.cms?width=250&height=250&imgsize=33294","author_additional":{"thumbsize":true,"msid":19505,"author_name":"Shelley Singh","author_seo_name":"shelley-singh","designation":"Senior Editor","agency":false}}],"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"ET Bureau","artdate":"2017-02-14 09:02:06","lastupd":"2017-02-14 09:04:58","breadcrumbTags":["Infosys","Wipro Limited","Accenture","Cognizant","Infosys Limited ","infrastructure","Wipro","IBM","Angel Broking","H1-B","Vishal Sikka","Enterprise IT"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/why-infosys-needs-to-figure-out-the-best-way-to-utilise-5bn-it-is-sitting-on"}}" data-authors="[" shelley singh"]" data-category-name="" data-category_id="" data-date="2017-02-14" data-index="article_1">
就在边缘上的本地IT服务公司已经与保护主义抬头和收紧签证规范在其最大的市场,美国、印度第二大的球员是泥潭,治理挑战。
虽然印孚瑟斯首席执行官Vishal Sikka在媒体上描述的问题分心,投资者等待结局都关心的影响公司治理争论。
股东们担心印孚瑟斯打算怎么处理52.5亿美元现金的堆栈。此外,他们想知道快速Sikka将转向他驾驶的数字模型,从工人套利系统占主导地位时,创始人跑。CEO的雄心勃勃的目标包括200亿美元的销售额,30%的营业利润率和每个员工的收入的2021年3月的80000美元。
“市场越来越不耐烦与现金印孚瑟斯将会采取何种举措,“证券公司的高级经理说,他要求不透露姓名。”提高治理问题,可以印孚瑟斯的董事会,管理层和创始人承受眼睛从竞争环境?IBM和埃森哲咨询公司在数字业务正变得更强。”
投资者的共识似乎是,印孚瑟斯必须使用现金回报股东或收购资产。“第一选择将业务扩张和战略收购,”经理早些时候援引说。“如果没有收购,印孚瑟斯应该回报股东。无论哪种方式,印孚瑟斯已经拼出替代品。”
“坐拥现金是拖股本回报率,“Sarabjit K Nangra说,副总统,研究它,天使经纪。“提升的唯一途径是增加股息支付率(TCS和Wipro表示)或收购资产。”
据另一位不愿透露姓名的孟买分析师,回购是一个选项来增加股东价值。“什么都没做不是一个伟大的情况。这是一个机会他们失踪,”分析师说。
“他们应该使用现金购买技术产品和解决方案公司在美国和剥离低利润的企业基础设施管理服务,”帕里说Natarajan创始人之一,管理咨询公司。
其他困境之前印孚瑟斯是否让数字领先策略或继续workerarbitrage策略,它允许发送来自印度的软件工程师到国外客户网站以更低的成本比海外雇佣他们。
在套利模型中,“印孚瑟斯将建立在其增值服务的声誉来保护其行业领先的利润率和抵消对股价的影响将现金返还给股东,”Peter Bendor-Samuel说首席执行官,珠穆朗玛峰。然而,在数字领先的视野下,印孚瑟斯将加速投资自动化、分析、云计算和认知技术。
虽然印孚瑟斯不给其数字业务收入——Sikka说去年,该公司的“业务是100%的数字我们编写代码”——竞争对手正在新模型。
IBM和埃森哲数字咨询公司建立了强大的武器。当地竞争对手惠普罗于2015年收购丹麦机构DesignIT推出数字部门和全球公司花了11.3亿美元收购包括HealthPlan和Appirio提高数字发行。
TCS声称在数字业务和增长了30%认识到说23%的收入来自2016年数字业务。包括自动化、机器学习、人工智能和数据分析,与传统的商业软件维护服务。
分析师认为,数字业务前公司是目前不到10%。
管理应重点关注业务的同时,boardfounders治理争斗可能会分散高管和凹痕印孚瑟斯的品牌形象,并在转向数字战略,经济增长放缓和举措,对h - 1 b签证可能显著影响利润率。
Nangra天使经纪认为更多的现场招聘和h - 1 b签证可能导致最低工资翻倍达到30%净利润顶级球员。
印孚瑟斯必须迅速采取行动,加强治理,显示它是如何转变为数字和决定如何处理它的现金。
虽然印孚瑟斯首席执行官Vishal Sikka在媒体上描述的问题分心,投资者等待结局都关心的影响公司治理争论。
股东们担心印孚瑟斯打算怎么处理52.5亿美元现金的堆栈。此外,他们想知道快速Sikka将转向他驾驶的数字模型,从工人套利系统占主导地位时,创始人跑。CEO的雄心勃勃的目标包括200亿美元的销售额,30%的营业利润率和每个员工的收入的2021年3月的80000美元。
“市场越来越不耐烦与现金印孚瑟斯将会采取何种举措,“证券公司的高级经理说,他要求不透露姓名。”提高治理问题,可以印孚瑟斯的董事会,管理层和创始人承受眼睛从竞争环境?IBM和埃森哲咨询公司在数字业务正变得更强。”
投资者的共识似乎是,印孚瑟斯必须使用现金回报股东或收购资产。“第一选择将业务扩张和战略收购,”经理早些时候援引说。“如果没有收购,印孚瑟斯应该回报股东。无论哪种方式,印孚瑟斯已经拼出替代品。”
“坐拥现金是拖股本回报率,“Sarabjit K Nangra说,副总统,研究它,天使经纪。“提升的唯一途径是增加股息支付率(TCS和Wipro表示)或收购资产。”
据另一位不愿透露姓名的孟买分析师,回购是一个选项来增加股东价值。“什么都没做不是一个伟大的情况。这是一个机会他们失踪,”分析师说。
“他们应该使用现金购买技术产品和解决方案公司在美国和剥离低利润的企业基础设施管理服务,”帕里说Natarajan创始人之一,管理咨询公司。
其他困境之前印孚瑟斯是否让数字领先策略或继续workerarbitrage策略,它允许发送来自印度的软件工程师到国外客户网站以更低的成本比海外雇佣他们。
在套利模型中,“印孚瑟斯将建立在其增值服务的声誉来保护其行业领先的利润率和抵消对股价的影响将现金返还给股东,”Peter Bendor-Samuel说首席执行官,珠穆朗玛峰。然而,在数字领先的视野下,印孚瑟斯将加速投资自动化、分析、云计算和认知技术。
虽然印孚瑟斯不给其数字业务收入——Sikka说去年,该公司的“业务是100%的数字我们编写代码”——竞争对手正在新模型。
IBM和埃森哲数字咨询公司建立了强大的武器。当地竞争对手惠普罗于2015年收购丹麦机构DesignIT推出数字部门和全球公司花了11.3亿美元收购包括HealthPlan和Appirio提高数字发行。
TCS声称在数字业务和增长了30%认识到说23%的收入来自2016年数字业务。包括自动化、机器学习、人工智能和数据分析,与传统的商业软件维护服务。
分析师认为,数字业务前公司是目前不到10%。
管理应重点关注业务的同时,boardfounders治理争斗可能会分散高管和凹痕印孚瑟斯的品牌形象,并在转向数字战略,经济增长放缓和举措,对h - 1 b签证可能显著影响利润率。
Nangra天使经纪认为更多的现场招聘和h - 1 b签证可能导致最低工资翻倍达到30%净利润顶级球员。
印孚瑟斯必须迅速采取行动,加强治理,显示它是如何转变为数字和决定如何处理它的现金。
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