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Coforge

BSE:532541
NSE:COFORGE

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01 · Management Credibility

Does management do what it says?

Generative AI Enterprise Adoption Wave

The company is targeting to make its entire workforce AI-enabled through rigorous talent development efforts. — target: 100% of workforce

Rigorous talent devp. efforts to ensure entire workforce is AI-enabled

Coforge · Investor PPT · May 2026 · p.41
US Enterprise IT Budget Recovery

North America business is expected to grow by approximately 50% to reach $1.4 billion post-acquisition. — target: $1.4 billion

Coforge’s North America business is expected to jump by around 50% to $1.4 billion post acquisition.

Coforge · Concall Transcript · Dec 2025 · p.4
Constant Currency Revenue Growth

The company expects to achieve robust revenue growth in the upcoming fiscal year. — target: robust revenue growth (+1 more commitment)

We expect to deliver robust revenue growth in FY27

Coforge · Investor PPT · May 2026 · p.2
Digital Revenue as Percentage of Total

Targeting specific revenue scales for product engineering, cloud, and data engineering by FY27. — target: $1.25 billion (Product Engineering), $500 million (Cloud), $250 million (Data)

AI-led product engineering business for the firm is likely to be a US $1.25 billion plus business in FY2027, cloud services, a $500 million business, and data engineering, a quarter of a billion, US$250 million business.

Coforge · Concall Transcript · Dec 2025 · p.4
Voluntary Attrition Rate (LTM)

Management maintains a focus on industry-leading low attrition levels as a core part of its organizational culture.

IT Attrition (LTM) stood at 11.3%. Continues to be amongst the lowest in the IT services industry

Coforge · Investor PPT · Jul 2025 · p.3

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02 · Business Model

How durable is the business?

Strategic M&A for AI-Native Capabilities
77/100

The company is adding 9,200 associates, including 3,100 near-shore LATAM-based SMEs, which shifts the delivery model toward a 'human + agent' paradigm with higher revenue per employee. (2 expanding, 1 new)

what are the total number of associates which will come on board after this transaction? Saurabh Goel: 9,200

Coforge · Concall Transcript · Dec 2025 · p.11
AI-Led Revenue Model Transformation
69/100

Coforge expanded its AI moat by launching 'AgentSphere' (100+ agents) and 'Forge-X', moving from experimentation to a unified delivery platform for software development. (2 expanding, 1 shifted across 1 engine)

Horizontal: Intelligent Automation 8.4% (Q4FY26)... Horizontal Growth YoY: Intelligent Automation 23.7%

Coforge · Investor PPT · May 2026 · p.48
Digital Revenue as Percentage of Total
68/100

Engineering remains the largest service offering and is expanding rapidly, with its revenue share increasing from 45.1% to 45.9% and delivering 121% YoY growth. (3 expanding, 1 contracting)

Engineering 45.9%... YOY 121.0%

Coforge · Investor PPT · Jul 2025 · p.19
Employee Utilization Rate
66/100

Utilization remains stable at 82.1%, within the target range, while attrition has significantly improved to 11.3%, one of the lowest in the industry. (1 stable)

We have invested significantly in training 30K+ engineers to deliver AI at scale, along with developing a specialized pool of 100+ forward deployed engineers

Coforge · Investor PPT · May 2026 · p.28
Other Findings
56/100

EMEA revenue share has slightly increased to 29.8% from 28.3%, though it shows slower growth compared to other regions. (1 expanding, 1 contracting across 1 engine)

Horizontal: Business Process Management (BPM) 8.0% (Q4FY26)... Horizontal Growth YoY: Business Process Management (BPM) 33.7%

Coforge · Investor PPT · May 2026 · p.48

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03 · Future Growth

Where does growth come from?

Digital Revenue as Percentage of Total
69/100

Coforge is seeing explosive growth in its Healthcare and Hi-Tech business segments, which are growing much faster than its traditional banking business. — Healthcare & HiTech Vertical Growth: 78.4% YoY

Healthcare & HiTech: 15.5% QoQ, 78.4% YoY

Coforge · Investor PPT · May 2026 · p.49
Margin Stability Despite Wage Pressure
61/100

EBITDA margins are showing a recovery trend on a quarter-over-quarter basis, rising from 16.9% to 17.5%, though they remain slightly below the previous year's peak. (2 accelerating, 3 steady across 5 signals)

EBIT margin 16.6% — highest-ever quarterly print. ... AI led efficiencies provide path for further margin expansion in FY27.

Coforge · Investor PPT · May 2026 · p.8
Strategic M&A for AI-Native Capabilities
60/100

The acquisition of Encora has dramatically increased the company's presence and revenue potential in the North American market.

Our recent acquisition of Encora has only further accelerated our AI capabilities, and opened up a new chapter of growth... ~50% Increase in Coforge’s NA revenue

Coforge · Investor PPT · May 2026 · p.40
Constant Currency Revenue Growth

Emerging verticals (Healthcare/Retail) showed explosive annual growth of 67.9%, though they experienced a temporary sequential decline in the final quarter. (1 decelerating, 1 steady, 1 accelerating across 3 signals)

Other emerging verticals, including healthcare and retail grew by 67.9% in dollar terms. ... Other emerging verticals declined 8.3% Q-o-Q in dollar terms.

Coforge · Concall Transcript · May 2025 · p.3
Deal Win Rate and Conversion

Large deal momentum is accelerating, with 14 deals signed throughout the year and a record 5 deals signed in the final quarter alone. (3 accelerating, 1 steady, 1 decelerating across 5 signals)

Our growth in fiscal year 2025 has been large deals led and has come off the back of 14 large deals signed through the year. The deal momentum has kept accelerating every quarter over the last four quarters with five large deals signed in the most recent quarter.

Coforge · Concall Transcript · May 2025 · p.2

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04 · Risk

What could break the thesis?

AI-Led Revenue Model Transformation
73/100

Coforge is aggressively pivoting to AI-led delivery with platforms like Quasar and Forge-X, aiming to capture 'change' budgets rather than just 'run' budgets. (4 easing, 1 high-severity)

Buyer mindsets are shifting from effort to outcomes, making FTE-based pricing models obsolete

Coforge · Investor PPT · May 2026 · p.15
Other Findings
62/100

Risk is intensifying as client concentration has increased year-on-year. Top 5 clients now contribute 21.8% of Q4 revenue (up from 18.3% in Q4FY25) and Top 10 contribute 31.4% (up from 27.9% in Q4FY25). (2 intensifying, 1 easing, 2 stable, 2 high-severity)

Top 10 clients contributes 31.4% of Q4 revenue and 30.8% of FY26 revenue.

Coforge · Investor PPT · May 2026 · p.11
Strategic M&A for AI-Native Capabilities
56/100

Balance sheet vulnerability is intensifying as Goodwill increased to INR 41,048 Mn (up from INR 38,430 Mn in March 2025) following further acquisition activity. (3 intensifying, 1 stable)

Goodwill: 41,671; Intangible Assets related to acquired business: 12,181

Coforge · Investor PPT · May 2026 · p.45
Sub-Contracting and Third-Party Costs
54/100

Subcontractor expenses increased this quarter due to the Cigniti acquisition and the ramp-up of a massive new deal (Sabre), which required rapid staffing. (3 intensifying, 1 easing)

Sub-contractor cost: FY26 17,870 vs FY25 11,090; YoY% 61.1%

Coforge · Investor PPT · May 2026 · p.44
Voluntary Attrition Rate (LTM)
26/100

Attrition has improved further to 11.3%, which is among the lowest in the industry, reducing the risk of execution delays. (3 easing, 1 stable)

LTM attrition rate stood at 10.8%

Coforge · Investor PPT · May 2026 · p.2

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