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Ye sawaal sabke mann mein hai! Asal mein, numbers toh badhiya hain hi, EBIT bhi 5.5% badh kar ₹435 Crore pahuncha aur margins bhi 14.8% se 15.2% ho gaye. Lekin investors ka focus sirf quarterly results par nahi hai. Yahan do bade reasons hain jisse stock mein girawat dikhi:
High Valuation Ka Tension: LTTS ka P/E ratio lagbhag 29.31 chal raha hai. Ye bade IT peers jaise TCS (P/E 17.47), Infosys (P/E 17.73), Wipro (P/E 16.17), aur HCL Tech (P/E 20.03) ke comparison mein kaafi zyada hai. Iska matlab hai ki market already LTTS se bahut zyada growth expect kar raha hai. Jab numbers sirf thode se badhte hain, toh investors ko lagta hai ki company expectation poori nahi kar pa rahi, aur stock girne lagta hai.
AI Ka Impact Aur Sector Shift: Poora IT sector ab Artificial Intelligence (AI) ke chalte change ho raha hai. AI se kuch traditional IT services mein revenue kam hone ka bhi dar hai (lagbhag 2-3% annually). Investors dekh rahe hain ki kya LTTS is nayi technology ko adapt kar paayega aur apne premium valuation ko justify kar payega.
Analyst bhi mix hain, 29 analysts mein se 8 'Buy', 9 'Sell', aur 12 'Hold' recommend kar rahe hain. Average target price ₹3,792.59 hai, jo current price se zyada nahi lagta.
Basically, agar LTTS apne growth aur margin ko maintain nahi kar paaya, toh itne high valuation par stock par aur pressure aa sakta hai. Pichhle ek saal mein stock ne -20.73% ka return diya hai, jo dikhata hai ki investors abhi bhi cautious hain.