Infosys Ltd (INFY): Today's Featured Technology Laggard
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Infosys Limited provides business consulting, technology, engineering, and outsourcing services worldwide. Infosys has a market cap of $24.31 billion and is part of the computer software & services industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 14.2, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 17.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are three analysts that rate Infosys a buy, two analysts rate it a sell, and 12 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Infosys as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and reasonable valuation levels. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself, disappointing return on equity and weak operating cash flow.
- You can view the full Infosys Ratings Report.
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