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Wipro ke board ne ek bada decision liya hai, unhone ab tak ka sabse bada share buyback approve kiya hai, jiski value ₹15,000 Crore hai. Ye ek signal hai ki company shareholders ko reward karna chahti hai jabki woh mushkil market conditions se nikalne ki koshish kar rahi hai. Wipro apna focus AI-first future par bana raha hai, aur nayi technologies se growth lane ki ummeed hai, khaas kar jab traditional services mein slow growth aur global economy mein uncertainty dikh rahi hai.
Buyback program mein company 60 crore equity shares buyback karne ka plan kar rahi hai, ₹250 per share ke price par. Ye company ke total capital ka 5.7% hoga. Ye buyback Q1 FY27 tak poora hone ki ummeed hai. Ye announcement Wipro ke Q4 FY26 results ke saath aayi hai, jisme net profit 1.9% saal-dar-saal gir kar ₹3,501.8 Crore ho gaya. Revenue 7.7% badh kar ₹24,236.3 Crore pahuncha, lekin ye street expectations se kam raha. Total bookings mein 14% ki giraavat aayi, aur bade deals (TCV) 18.5% kam ho gaye (constant currency mein). Agle quarter ke liye, Wipro ne IT services revenue ke liye cautious guidance di hai, $2.60 billion se $2.65 billion tak, jiska matlab hai sequential contraction -2% se 0% (constant currency mein). Ye numbers near-term challenges ki taraf ishara kar rahe hain.
Valuation ki baat karein toh, Wipro ka trailing twelve-month P/E ratio lagbhag 16.18x hai, jo Infosys (around 18.50x) aur TCS (around 17.01x) se kam hai. HCL Technologies ka P/E isse zyada, lagbhag 23.91x hai. Wipro ki market cap ₹2.2 lakh Crore ke aas-paas hai, jo TCS (₹8.95 lakh Crore) aur Infosys (₹5.18 lakh Crore) se kaafi kam hai. Analysts ke views mile-jule hain, consensus 'Hold' rating hai. Morgan Stanley ne is stock ko 'Underweight' rate kiya hai, jabki Nomura ise contrarian pick maan raha hai. Consensus price targets ₹270 se ₹300 tak hain. History dekhein toh, Wipro ke buyback announcements aksar short-term mein stock ko outperformance dete hain, lekin long-term gains company ke operational performance par depend karte hain.
Buyback ke bawajood, company ke core performance metrics thodi chinta jaga rahe hain. Profit mein 1.9% ki kami aur naye deals mein tezi se giri, ye dikha raha hai ki Wipro slowing demand aur badhti competition se struggle kar raha hai, khaas kar Americas jaise markets mein. AI-Native strategy ek zaroori shift hai, lekin iska immediate revenue impact dekhna padega. Deals secure karne ke liye aggressive pricing aur potential ramp-up costs margins par pressure daal sakte hain. Competitors jaise TCS aur Infosys, jo badi market caps aur higher valuations par hain, unke paas current market conditions navigate karne ke liye zyada financial flexibility ya strong client base ho sakta hai.
Management ka Q1 FY27 ke liye flat se negative revenue growth ka forecast, aur FY27 ke liye koi hiring target na hona, ye sab ongoing volatility aur difficult revenue outlook ko bata raha hai. Analysts ki 'Underweight' ratings bhi investors ke doubt ko reflect karti hain ki Wipro apni growth challenges ko kitni jaldi overcome kar payega.
Overall Indian IT sector mein recovery ke signs dikh rahe hain, aur bade IT firms FY27 tak 4.5% revenue growth dekh sakte hain, jisme AI adoption ka bada role hoga. Lekin, early AI costs aur cautious client spending abhi bhi near-term challenges create kar rahe hain. Agle quarter ke baad, Indian IT sector dheere-dheere revive hone ki ummeed hai. Large IT firms 4.5% revenue growth tak pahunch sakti hain FY27 mein, AI adoption aur stabilizing global spending ke karan. Profitability mein thoda sudhar hone ki ummeed hai, EBIT margins FY27 mein 30 basis points badh sakte hain. Analysts ka manna hai ki buyback short-term boost de sakta hai, lekin sustained investor confidence Wipro ke AI strategy execution aur naye deals secure karne mein uski success par depend karega.