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

Genpact (NYSE:G) released its earnings results on Thursday. The business services provider reported $0.82 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates 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 Stock Up 11.3 %

Shares of NYSE:G opened at $54.98 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $9.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.36, a PEG ratio of 1.63 and a beta of 1.20. Genpact has a 12 month low of $30.23 and a 12 month high of $56.76. 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 company has a 50-day moving average price of $44.92 and a 200 day moving average price of $41.15.

Genpact Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, March 26th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 11th will be issued a $0.17 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 11th. This is an increase from Genpact’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.15. This represents a $0.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.24%. Genpact’s payout ratio is 21.48%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Genpact

In other news, CEO Balkrishan Kalra sold 9,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $46.40, for a total value of $417,600.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 267,404 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,407,545.60. The trade was a 3.26 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, SVP Piyush Mehta sold 12,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $42.83, for a total transaction 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. The trade was a 7.35 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 35,058 shares of company stock worth $1,558,675 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 2.80% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

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

About Genpact

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.