BofA Sees Infosys Turning the Corner, Raises to Buy Rating

Investing

Published: September 17, 2012 2:11 pm

Last Updated: April 27, 2020 6:01 pm

Apparently the business of IT-outsourcing to India has already hit its trough. The firm is upgrading shares of Infosys Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY) after its shares have underperformed the broader market by 20%. In the local market trading (rather than the ADRs), BofA is calling for 20% upside and raised the rating to Buy from Neutral.

BofA sees a local price target objective of Rs3,200 (vs. Rs2,450) with a 6% to 7% earnings upgrade in 2014 and 2015. The call is also rerating the stock from a one-year forward target PE of 14-times up to 16-times and is narrowing the P/E discount. The firm’s interactions with senior management and in its channel checks look to remedy gaps in the services portfolio.

The upgrade also sees Infosys as a key beneficiary of any pick up in discretionary IT spending as business confidence returns and ticks up. It also expects in-line second quarter commentary to show an improving deal traction as a trigger for the stock. In short, this is a revenue recovery story against a depressed valuation.

We would advise that Infosys shares have already recovered handily off the summer and post-warning lows that took the ADRs in New York trading down from just over $55 down to under $38 as the ADR is now up around $48.00.

Infosys shares are still down about $0.10 at $48.05 so far today in the ADRs aginst a 52-week range of $37.93 to $61.48.

JON C. OGG

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