Analysis
A Milestone Quarter: MindTree’s Q2 Revenue crosses $100 million. People Strength crosses 10,000 MindTree Minds.
Revenue grows 9.5% QoQ and 23% YoY in USD terms. PAT soars 56.8% QoQ and 142.3% YoY
Global IT and Product Engineering Services Company MindTree, announced its consolidated results for the second quarter ended September 30, 2011 as approved by its Board of Directors.
In i“We are grateful and energised with this milestone. In the past, we have delivered great value to our customers through passionate, committed people. We realise that this relentless focus is the key for success in the years ahead. I believe that our ability to re-invent ourselves towards being an expertise-led organisation will take us to our next target of $1 billion in revenues.” said MindTree CEO and Managing Director, Krishnakumar Natarajan.
Consolidated Financial Highlights for the Second Quarter ended September 30, 2011
In dollar terms, Revenue grew by 9.5% Quarter over Quarter (QoQ) and 23% Year over Year (YoY) to $101.34 Million. In rupee terms, Revenue grew by 10.6% QoQ and 18.8% YoY to ` 4,567 Million.
In dollar terms, Profit After Tax (PAT) increased by 56.8% QoQ and 142.3% YoY to $12.1 Million. In rupee terms, PAT increased by 58% QoQ and 134.9% YoY to ` 545 Million.
Other Highlights
As of September 30, 2011, MindTree had 270 active customers, including 43 Global Fortune 500 Companies. $1 million customers increased by 5 to 72; and $5 million customers increased by 3 to 17.
MindTree added 1,478 people on a gross basis during Q2, taking its total people strength to 10,580 as of September, 30 2011.
Some of the significant client wins during Q2 were:
A Global leader in the Payments Industry. MindTree will provide services in the areas of Business Intelligence and Analytics.
The World’s largest broadcasting Company. MindTree will provide testing services for multiple platforms.
A leading Global Interactive Entertainment Software Company. MindTree is engaged in re-architecting and building platforms for their new customer support applications.
A leading Telecom Company based in Europe. MindTree has won a multi-million dollar deal over a five year period, in the area of ERP support services.
MindTree won the Asian Most Admired Knowledge Management (MAKE) Award issued by Teleos, in association with The KNOW Network, for the fourth consecutive year.
The Board of Directors, at its meeting held on October 17, 2011, has recommended an interim dividend of 25% (` 2.50 per equity share of par value ` 10 each), which includes a special dividend of ` 1 per equity share on the occasion of MindTree crossing $100 million in revenues and crossing 10,000 MindTree Minds this quarter.
“Q2 has been a stellar quarter on all fronts. We saw a robust revenue growth of 9.5% QoQ with both our businesses reporting excellent growth. We were also able to improve margins through our operational excellence initiatives and we see this trend continuing. The second successive quarter of strong performance validates our changed strategy; it has generated organizational energy to continue the approach of building an expertise led organisation.” said MindTree CEO & Managing Director, Krishnakumar Natarajan.