Section 1: Company Overview and Fundamentals

1.1 Company Overview:

Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT) is a technology services and consulting company. The Company operates in two segments: Information Technology (IT) Services, and IT Products.

Kalkine’s American Tech Report covers the Company Overview, Key positives & negatives, Investment summary, Key investment metrics, Top 10 shareholding, Business updates and insights into company recent financial results, Key Risks & Outlook, Price performance and technical summary, Target Price, and Recommendation on the stock.

Stock Performance:

• The stock has given a mere return of 2.82% in the last three months as well as by 17.54% in past nine months.
• The stock is leaning towards the higher band of its 52-week range of USD 6.45 and 52-week low price of USD 4.48, with the current price near an important support zone of USD 5.50-USD 5.70, with expectations of upward momentum, if these levels sustains.
• The price is currently above both its short-term (50-day) SMA and long-term (200-day) SMA, with the current RSI of 65.42.

1.2 The Key Positives, Negatives, and Investment summary

1.3 Top 10 shareholders:

The top 10 shareholders together form ~83.02% of the total shareholding, signifying concentrated shareholding. Premji (Azim Hasham), and Azim Premji Trust are the biggest shareholders, holding the maximum stake in the company at ~62.13% and ~10.18%, respectively.

1.4 Key Metrics:

Over the five-year period from 2020 to 2024, the company's revenue showed fluctuating trends, starting at 8,609 million USD in 2020 and reaching a peak of 11,268 million USD in 2023 before slightly declining to 10,845 million USD in 2024. Gross profit followed a similar pattern, beginning at 2,457 million USD in 2020, increasing to 3,231 million USD in 2023, and then stabilizing at 3,215 million USD by 2024. Despite these fluctuations, gross margin exhibited less variability, ranging from 28.54% in 2020 to a high of 31.68% in 2021, and settling at 29.64% by the end of 2024. These figures reflect the company's performance in generating revenue and managing costs over the specified period, with varying levels of profitability and margin stability.

Section 2: Business Updates and Corporate Business Highlights

2.1 Recent Updates:

The below picture gives an overview of the recent updates:

2.2 Insights of FY24:

Section 3: Key Risks

Section 4: Stock Recommendation Summary:

4.1 Price Performance and Technical Summary:

Stock Performance:

• The stock has given a mere return of 2.82% in the last three months as well as by 17.54% in past nine months.
• The stock is leaning towards the higher band of its 52-week range of USD 6.45 and 52-week low price of USD 4.48, with the current price near an important support zone of USD 5.50-USD 5.70, with expectations of upward momentum, if these levels sustains.
• The price is currently above both its short-term (50-day) SMA and long-term (200-day) SMA, with the current RSI of 65.42.

4.2 Fundamental Valuation

Valuation Methodology: Price/Earnings Multiple Based Relative Valuation

Markets are trading in a highly volatile zone currently due to certain macroeconomic issues and geopolitical tensions prevailing. Therefore, it is prudent to follow a cautious approach while investing.

Note 1: Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.

Note 2: The reference date for all price data, currency, technical indicators, support, and resistance levels is June 24, 2024. The reference data in this report has been partly sourced from REFINITIV.

Note 3: Investment decisions should be made depending on an individual's appetite for upside potential, risks, holding duration, and any previous holdings. An 'Exit' from the stock can be considered if the Target Price mentioned as per the Valuation and or the technical levels provided has been achieved and is subject to the factors discussed above.

Note 4: The report publishing date is as per the Pacific Time Zone.

Technical Indicators Defined: -

Support: A level at which the stock prices tend to find support if they are falling, and a downtrend may take a pause backed by demand or buying interest. Support 1 refers to the nearby support level for the stock and if the price breaches the level, then Support 2 may act as the crucial support level for the stock.

 Resistance: A level at which the stock prices tend to find resistance when they are rising, and an uptrend may take a pause due to profit booking or selling interest. Resistance 1 refers to the nearby resistance level for the stock and if the price surpasses the level, then Resistance 2 may act as the crucial resistance level for the stock.

 Stop-loss: It is a level to protect against further losses in case of unfavorable movement in the stock prices.