PINC Research has maintained its buy rating on Firstsource Solutions with a 12-month price target of Rs 66 in its May 14, 2008 research report. "Firstsource Solutions Ltd. (FSL) reported sales of Rs 3.8 billion in Q4FY08, a flat QoQ growth. However, operating profits posted a 7.4% QoQ rise to Rs 622 million, as the previous quarter had one-off items. Net profit growth, though was subdued due to a provisioning for FCCB’s (Rs 195.6 million) which resulted in only a 1.9% QoQ growth to Rs 210 million."

"At the CMP of Rs 40, FSL is trading at a P/E of 14.3x and EV/EBIDTA of 7.6x. Though FSL could face short term uncertainties in key segments we continue to believe that its offerings are expected to witness greater traction due to the under penetration of outsourced BPO services. Hence, as FSL possesses proven capabilities to capture these opportunities, it has the potential to report robust earnings growth and stable free cash flows which should enable its valuations to align with that of its global peers. Thus, we maintain our ‘BUY’ recommendation with a 12-month price target of Rs 66," says PINC's research report.
 
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