IT stocks have remained underperformers for the last few months. The index tanked around 7.52% in the last one month, especially on the back of a consistent fall in the US-Based tech-heavy . However, some investors might argue that this could be a good dip to accumulate their favorite IT stocks.
Not sure about the favorite, but there is one small-cap IT stock that is outperforming peers in this space and is a clear candidate for a potential winner in this sector. The company is Firstsource Solutions Limited (NS:) which provides a range of business process management services to various sectors such as insurance, telecom, banking, media, etc. The company has a market capitalization of INR 7,292 crores and its share is 2.34x more volatile than the index.
In FY22, the company clocked a 16.5% YoY growth in consolidated revenue to INR 5,921.71 crores which is the record-high annual revenue for the company so far. The net income for FY22 also crossed the INR 500-crore mark for the first time, reported at INR 537.37 crores which is a healthy 48.5% growth over the previous year.
FIIs and mutual funds are also showing their interest in the company, holding a 7.95% and 12.83% stake, respectively. Even DIIs also hold around 1.72% stake in the company.
Image Description: Daily chart of FSL with volume bars at the bottom
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On the daily chart, the share price of FSL surged over 6.6% to INR 114.3, by 3:05 PM IST, crossing an important hurdle of INR 112 – INR 113. Although, there is still some resistance around INR 115 which does not seem a big task for the stock to cross, considering the current momentum. More importantly, the stock has been outperforming its peers and the benchmark index by a fair margin.
If there comes a turnaround in the IT sector, there is no doubt that FSL would be among the first movers and would be delivering strong returns to investors. On the valuation front, the stock is trading at a P/E of 13.57, compared to the sector’s average of 25.13, making it a good option from the value perspective as well.
As the stock is showing a clear momentum, a rally and closing beyond INR 115 would mark a big trend reversal in the daily trend of the stock. As the stock has taken quite a heavy beating this year, a comeback to the nearest resistance of INR 140 won’t be surprising. The volume for the day so far is also noteworthy, at over 12.71 million shares, which is significantly higher than the 10-day average of 2.49 million shares (noted yesterday).
