HCLTech Q4 Attrition: HCL Technologies announced its fourth quarter results for fiscal 2025-26 (Q4FY26) on April 21 and reported that its attrition rate rose marginally to 12.5% compared to 12.4% in the preceding December quarter of FY26. India's third-largest information technology (IT) services giant's headcount in the March quarter of FY26 rose by 802 employees to 2,27,181 from 2,26,379 in the December quarter, according to the company's earnings results released post-market hours.
After Tata Consultancy Services and Wipro, HCLTech is the third IT major to announce Q4 results this month. HCLTech closed fiscal 2025-26 with a total employee headcount of 2,27,181. On Q4 results, Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Chairperson, HCLTech said, "As global economy pivots to the AI era, we are evolving our all-weather portfolio and empowering our people so that we are nimble in adapting to fastchanging technology cycles and create value for our stakeholders. We continue to invest in creating AI propositions that are well-positioned to leverage emerging long-term growth opportunities.''
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HCLTech Q4 Attrition
On a sequential basis, the total workforce increased by 802 employees to 2,27,181 in the January-March quarter from 2,26,379 employees in the preceding December quarter of FY26. Notably, on an annual basis, the total headcount increased by 3,761 employees from 2,23,420 in the year-ago period. The voluntary last-12 months (LTM) attrition rate dropped to 12.5% from 13% in the fourth quarter of FY25. The total headcount of technical employees is 2,12,779 and the workforce of sales and support staff was 14,402 employees in Q4FY26, both higher than the headcount reported in Q3FY26.
The software services company's percentage of women employees was at 29.6% during the quarter ended March 2026, marginally higher from 29.5% in the preceding December quarter and 28.8% in the year-ago period. During a post-earnings press conference, HCLTech management said the company's revenue grew at a faster pace compared to the growth in headcount. HCLTech hired 1,712 freshers in the quarter-under-review and a total of 11,744 freshers were oonboarded added in FY26. Nearly, 50% more freshers were hired in FY26 compared to FY25, as per the management.
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HCLTech Q4 Results
HCLTech reported a rise of 10% rise in standalone net profit to Rs 4,488 crore in the March quarter of FY26, compared to Rs 4,076 crore in the preceding December quarter. The leading information technology (IT) major's revenue from operations stood nearly flat on the quarter at Rs 33,981 crore. According to an average of analysts consensus compiled by Bloomberg, the net profit was expected to be Rs 4,637 crore, while revenue during the quarter-under-review was seen at Rs 33,773 crore.
The Noida-headquartered company declared a dividend of Rs 24 per share for the face value of Rs 2 each for FY27. The record date for the dividend is set as April 25, 2026. HCLTech missed estimates in terms of dividend payout as Bloomberg valued the FY26 dividend at Rs 57.12 crore, with analyst estimates ranging from Rs 60.70 per share to Rs 72.60 per share.
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