Stock To Buy: This Midcap IT Stock Trading Near 52 Week High, Gained Over 30% In 3 Months

HDFC Securities recommended investors to "Buy" the stock of Sonata Software, a midcap IT Sector stock, with a target price of Rs 775/share. It claims a potential upside of up to 7% if you buy the stock at the current market price. The stock has a market capitalisation of Rs 10,095.29 crore.

Stock Outlook- Current Market Price, 52 Week Low/High, Returns

The last traded share price of Sonata Software is Rs 720/share on NSE. It gained 1.98% as compared to its previous close of Rs 706/share. Its 52 week low is Rs 457.59/share and 52 week high is Rs 753/share. The stock is trading 4.58% away from its 52 week high.

The stock declined 2.15% in 1 week. It gave 18.83% positive return in 1 month and 30.21% in 3 months. it gained 29.9% in the past 1 year, 178.54% in 3 years, and 196.66% in 5 years, respectively.

Buy for a target price of Rs 775/share

According to HDFC Securities, Sonata Software announced its largest acquisition of Quant Systems, which involves a cash payout of USD 65mn and an earn-out of USD 95mn payable over the next two years. The deal is valued at P/S of 4.3x (1.8x excluding earnout), which we believe is on the higher side but it is justified by Quant's (1) high growth profile (3Y organic CAGR of 113%); (2) superior margin of >25%; (3) excellent partnership network (Salesforce, AWS, Adobe, Snowflakes, etc.); and (4) domain capabilities in the BFSI and healthcare verticals.

it added, The acquisition is in line with management's target to double IITS revenue (hit half a billion) in four years (organic CAGR of ~15%), supported by higher investments in new verticals and geographies and expanding partnerships beyond Microsoft. The acquisition will also add two new clients to the top-5 list of Sonata's and will help expand its presence in the BFSI and healthcare verticals.

The brokerage said, "We like Sonata based on (1) growth acceleration in IITS; (2) strong Microsoft relationship; (3) new CEO focus on improving sales engine; (4) continued growth in DPS; and (5) high RoE of >35%. The deal is EPS accretive and will boost FY24/25E EPS by +2/6% respectively. We maintain our BUY rating and increase our TP to INR 775, based on 18x Dec-24E EPS."

 

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