- Coforge is a top conviction pick with a target price of Rs 2,405 by Centrum
- The stock shows an upside potential of 96% from the last closing price
- Q3 revenue grew 5.1%, led by healthcare, hi-tech, travel, and insurance sectors
Coforge is one of the stocks in focus on Wednesday, with Centrum listing the IT firm as one of the top conviction picks, with an upside potential of almost 100% from current levels.
As part of its morning wrap note for Feb. 25, the brokerage firm has highlighted Coforge's upside potential, assigning a target price of Rs 2,405. This compares to Tuesday's closing price of Rs 1,221 and the broker's buy price of Rs 1,248. The price target suggests an upside potential of 96% comapred to the last closing price.
Centrum has highlighted a strong investment thesis for Coforge, citing strong and diversified growth momentum, with the company's third-quarter revenue seeing a sequential uptick of 5.1%, with growth being led by healthcare, Hi-tech, travel and insurance. It has been noted that the firm has reduced its reliance on BFS and has improved its revenue mix.
In addition, Cofroge has a robust deal pipeline, with TCV of $593 million and a 12-month executable order book at $1,72 billion, supported by 94% repeat business and large-deal ramp-ups.
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The midcap IT firm has also witnessed structural margin improvement driven by operating leverage, lower attrition, delivery optimisation and AI-led productivity gains, with the management guiding a 14% Ebit in FY26.
There has also been strategic reinvestments in AI-led platforms, with the company notably acquiring US-based AI firm Encora for $2.35 billion at the end of last year.
Overall, Centrum remains bullish on Coforge on the back of its strong fundamentals, robust deal pipeline and improving growth outlook for FY27, particularly in the BFSI and travel verticals.
On the flip side, though, Centrum believes there are still geopolitcal risks owing to ongoing uncertainty while AI-led disruptions also pose a serious risk for the company, having already triggered major drawdowns among legacy IT players in India.
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