Genpact (NYSE:G) Issues Quarterly Earnings Results, Misses Expectations By $0.04 EPS

Genpact (NYSE:G) posted its earnings results on Thursday. The business services provider reported $0.82 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.86 by ($0.04), Zacks reports. Genpact had a net margin of 10.77% and a return on equity of 22.61%. Genpact updated its Q1 2025 guidance to 0.790-0.800 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance to 3.520-3.590 EPS.

Genpact Trading Up 11.3 %

Shares of G stock opened at $54.98 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $9.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.36, a PEG ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 1.20. The company has a current ratio of 1.85, a quick ratio of 1.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $44.92 and a 200 day moving average price of $41.15. Genpact has a twelve month low of $30.23 and a twelve month high of $56.76.

Genpact Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, March 26th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.17 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 11th. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.24%. This is a positive change from Genpact’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.15. Genpact’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 21.48%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have commented on the stock. TD Cowen upgraded shares of Genpact from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price objective for the company from $45.00 to $60.00 in a research note on Friday. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded shares of Genpact from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price target for the company from $44.00 to $55.00 in a report on Tuesday, January 21st. Needham & Company LLC boosted their price objective on shares of Genpact from $55.00 to $65.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday. Finally, Robert W. Baird increased their target price on shares of Genpact from $44.00 to $48.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, November 8th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $47.63.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Genpact news, SVP Piyush Mehta sold 12,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $42.83, for a total value of $513,960.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 151,182 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,475,125.06. This trade represents a 7.35 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Balkrishan Kalra sold 13,600 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $44.60, for a total transaction of $606,560.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 267,404 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,926,218.40. This represents a 4.84 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 35,058 shares of company stock valued at $1,558,675 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 2.80% of the company’s stock.

Genpact Company Profile

Genpact Limited provides business process outsourcing and information technology services in India, rest of Asia, North and Latin America, and Europe. It operates through three segments: Financial services; Consumer and Healthcare; and High Tech and Manufacturing. The Financial Services segment offers retail customer onboarding, customer service, collections, card servicing operations, loan and payment operations, commercial loan, equipment and auto loan, mortgage origination, compliance services, reporting and monitoring, and wealth management operations support; financial crime and risk management services; and underwriting support, new business processing, policy administration, claims management, catastrophe modeling and actuarial services, as well as property and casualty claims.