Charts: Decoding Infosys, TCS and HCL Tech performances after Jan-March results

The earnings and commentaries of Indian software companies are keenly watched by the markets for they have pointers to the state of the domestic and international economies. Three of them-Infosys, TCS and HCL Technologies-have announced the results and they seem to have spread considerable bullishness in the market.

Of the three, Infosys is the sore thumb as the company is going through a management transition. TCS and HCL Technologies have said that their deal pipelines look robust. Both expect FY15 to be better than the previous fiscal year. Overall, the green shoots now visible may finally be growing into a full fledged revival.

Click on the links for the revenues and profits of Infosys, TCS and HCL Tech.

Here are a few chartsthat compare the three majors’ key operational metrics. All the metrics are for the January-March quarter.

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Here’s how much each company earns from different regions of the world:

This chart shows how much each company earns from different industry segments:

The number of employees all three companies have at the end of March 2014:

Here’s the attrition rate of those employees:

(Please note: In the case of HCL, we have taken the attrition rate for IT services as an overall figure was not provided by the company)

Finally, here’s a comparison of how much cash each company has. There’s a clear winner here.