Bengaluru, NFAPost: L&T Technology Services Limited, (LTTSL) India’s leading pure-play engineering services company, registered a 19.5% fall in net profit to Rs 165.5 crore in the September quarter compared to the year-ago period.
Net profit for the same period during the last fiscal for L&T Technology Services was Rs 205.8 crore. But on sequential basis profit is up 41%. The company’s revenues also came down by 6.2% to Rs 1,313.8 crore. But sequentially it is up 1.5%. In dollar terms total revenues stood at $178 million registering a growth of 4.1% on sequential basis.
LTTSl also announced an interim dividend of Rs 7.5 per share. At the end of Q2FY21, LTTS’ employee strength stood at 15,902.
During the quarter, LTTS won 8 multi-million dollar deals across all industry segments including 3 deals with TCV of USD15mn plus and another 3 deals with TCV of USD10mn plus. Revenues from digital and leading-edge technologies stood at 49% during the quarter.
Commenting on the company’s performance, L&T Technology Services Limited CEO & Managing Director Dr. Keshab Panda said LTTS had a strong quarter with broad based revenue growth and an improvement in operating margin performance, in line with what we had guided.
“Steady order bookings and a healthy pipeline across all segments gives us confidence that the growth momentum will continue. Customers are accelerating the deployment of digital engineering projects to enable business continuity and drive scale. LTTS with its highly differentiated skillsets in Plant Engineering is thus rightly positioned to provide solutions around virtualization, 3D Modelling and digital twin, that allows it to partner with customers on transformational programs,” said L&T Technology Services Limited CEO & Managing Director Dr. Keshab Panda said LTTS.
L&T Technology Services Limited CEO & Managing Director Dr. Keshab Panda said LTTS said the company’s efforts to build a Platforms and Solutions practice has started to see better traction in the marketplace with customers demanding solutions that provide enhanced safety and remote productivity in the context of the pandemic.
“LTTS’ solutions such as i-BEMS™ Shield – a smart campus framework, and AVERTLE™ – a predictive maintenance solution for touchless plant operations, have seen multiple wins in Q2 and the pipeline looks exciting. We continue to invest in design labs; in Q2, we opened a state-of-the-art EV lab to work on technologies that will improve the performance and endurance of electric vehicles. Our EV practice is seeing good traction across top Auto OEMs and suppliers,” said L&T Technology Services Limited CEO & Managing Director Dr. Keshab Panda said LTTS.
Industry Recognitions:
- Everest Group has positioned LTTS as a Leader in the Development, Verification & Validation, Deployment and System Integration Industry 4.0 Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2020
- Recognized as Most Innovative Tech Company of the year, Most Exemplary Employer (COVID-19 response category) and Best Brand Experience of the Year in the 17th Stevie® International Business Awards
- Honored with Silver for Best Workplace Practices at the annual Financial Express BrandWagon Ace Awards 2020
- Won the Brandon Hall HCM Excellence Award for Best Advances in Talent Acquisition Process and Employee Engagement
Patents
At the end of the second quarter, the patents portfolio of L&T Technology Services stood at 550, out of which 404 are co-authored with its customers and the rest are filed by LTTS.
L&T Technology Services Limited (LTTS) is a listed subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro Limited focused on Engineering and R&D (ER&D) services. We offer consultancy, design, development and testing services across the product and process development life cycle.
The company’s customer base includes 69 Fortune 500 companies and 53 of the world’s top ER&D companies, across industrial products, medical devices, transportation, telecom & hi-tech, and the process industries. Headquartered in India, we have over 15,900 employees spread across 17 global design centers, 28 global sales offices and 52 innovation labs as of September 30, 2020.
