Infosys (NYSE:INFY) Hits New 12-Month Low on Analyst Downgrade

Infosys Ltd. (NYSE:INFYGet Free Report)’s stock price hit a new 52-week low on Friday after BMO Capital Markets lowered their price target on the stock from $20.00 to $15.00. BMO Capital Markets currently has a market perform rating on the stock. Infosys traded as low as $12.46 and last traded at $12.5350, with a volume of 3126084 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $12.94.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Stifel Nicolaus set a $15.00 price objective on Infosys in a research note on Thursday. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Infosys in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Susquehanna dropped their price objective on Infosys from $16.00 to $14.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday. Jefferies Financial Group cut Infosys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $14.31 price objective on the stock. in a research note on Monday, February 23rd. Finally, TD Cowen dropped their price objective on Infosys from $16.00 to $15.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, April 6th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Reduce” and a consensus price target of $14.22.

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Institutional Investors Weigh In On Infosys

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. raised its stake in shares of Infosys by 6.4% during the 1st quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 63,155 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,153,000 after purchasing an additional 3,804 shares during the period. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Infosys by 79.9% during the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 54,978 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $1,003,000 after purchasing an additional 24,426 shares during the period. Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Infosys during the 1st quarter worth $239,000. Finally, Trinity Street Asset Management LLP raised its stake in shares of Infosys by 45.5% during the 1st quarter. Trinity Street Asset Management LLP now owns 14,938,546 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $201,820,000 after purchasing an additional 4,674,742 shares during the period. 16.20% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Infosys Stock Performance

The company has a market capitalization of $50.64 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.26, a PEG ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 1.00. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $13.87 and a 200 day moving average price of $16.23.

Infosys (NYSE:INFYGet Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The technology company reported $0.23 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.20 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $5.04 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $5.02 billion. Infosys had a return on equity of 30.60% and a net margin of 16.16%. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Infosys Ltd. will post 0.78 earnings per share for the current year.

About Infosys

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Infosys Ltd. is a digital services and consulting company, which engages in the provision of end-to-end business solutions. It operates through the following segments: Financial Services, Retail, Communication, Energy, Utilities, Resources, and Services, Manufacturing, Hi-Tech, Life Sciences, and All Other. The company was founded by Dinesh Krishnan Swamy, Senapathy Gopalakrishnan, Narayana Ramarao Nagavara Murthy, Raghavan N. S., Ashok Arora, Nandan M. Nilekani, and S. D. Shibulal on July 2, 1981 and is headquartered in Bangalore, India.

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