WNS posts 34% profit growth in Q1; Organic growth, currency drive numbers
Mumbai-based business process management (BPM) company WNS on Thursday posted 34.1 per cent growth in profit from $16.7 million last year to $22.4 million for the quarter ended June 30 (in GAAP numbers). "Excluding exchange rate impacts, constant currency revenue less repair payments* (non GAAP) in the fiscal Q1 grew 10.3 per cent versus Q1 of last year and 0.6 per cent sequentially. Year-over-year, fiscal Q1 revenue improvement was driven by healthy organic growth across key verticals, services, and geographies, and favorability from currency net of hedging." said the NASDAQ listed company in a statement. Sequentially, organic revenue growth was offset by contractual productivity commitments for clients and currency movements net of hedging. In the Q1, the company generated $14.7 million in cash from operations and had $9.2 million in capital expenditures, said management.Givaudan profit falls as currency losses in Argentina bite
referring to ZURICH, July 19 (Reuters) - Swiss flavours and fragrances maker Givaudan saw its first-half profit slip 3.4 percent as foreign currency losses in countries including Argentina dented its results. First half net profit slipped to 371 million million Swiss francs ($371.48 million), just below the Reuters poll average of 381 million francs. First half sales were 2.674 billion francs, compared to 2.650 billion francs expected in the poll. ($1 = 0.9987 Swiss francs) (Reporting by John Miller, editing by John Revill)collected by :Mathio Rix