KPIT’s first results since its IPO

/ May 18, 2019

KPIT published its first results since its IPO, as India’s third-largest ER&D services pure-play. Growth slowed down significantly in Q4 FY19, revenues up 13.4% yoy to USD 71m. The company’s EBITDA margin was 12.8%.

LLTS: a splendid performance in FY19!

/ May 11, 2019

LTTS continued to be impressive in FY19: the company grew revenues completed by 26.5% at CC (almost purely organic) to USD 723m. LLTS has now taken over Cyient as India’s largest listed ER&D pure-play.

A few thoughts about Akka’s performance in Q1 2019

/ May 8, 2019

Akka has a somewhat soft financial performance in Q1 2019. The company’s organic (CC/CS) revenue growth reached 6.6%, impacted by a lesser number of working days yoy, a 0.5% sequential decrease in its headcount, and by high attrition (20.8%, up by 230 bps yoy).

KPIT returns to the stock market

/ May 1, 2019

Last week, KPIT Technologies, returned to India’s BSE and NSE. The company now has a market cap of approximately USD 410m with its share was introduced at a price of INR 99 and traded in the past few days between INR 103 and INR 115. KPIT has succeeded in its IPO and is now an ER&D service pure-play having sold its IT services business to Birlasoft.

Alten adds EUR 100m in revenues this quarter

/ April 28, 2019

Alten impressed, again, with its growth performance. In Q1 2019, revenue growth (at CC/CS yoy) reached +12.5%, to EUR 643m. This quarter, Alten added almost EUR 100m in revenues, two-thirds of it through organic growth and one third through acquisitions. The Forex impact was negligible.

Segula open a new delivery center in the east of France

/ April 17, 2019

Segula Technologies has opened a new delivery center, close to Montbéliard, in the east of France. Segula will use the delivery center for its offsite projects, targeting the automotive industry (i.e., PSA) and its suppliers initially. Over time, Segula wants to diversify its client base to other sectors.