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WNS Global Service - World Network Services
Type
Public
Traded as NYSE: WNS
Industry Business process management, outsourcing, IT consulting
Founded 1996
Headquarters Mumbai, India
Key people

Adrian T. Dillon


(Chairman, WNS Global Services)
Keshav R Murugesh
(Group CEO, WNS Global Service)
Revenue Increase US$530 million (2017)
Number of employees
34,789 (July 2017)
Parent WNS holdings.
Website

www.wns.com

www.wnsdecisionpoint.com

Adrian T. Dillon

www.wns.com

WNS Global is a global business process management company headquartered in Mumbai, India. It has more than 34,000 professionals working in 52 "delivery centers" across the world, including India, United States, United Kingdom, China, Costa Rica, Philippines, Poland, Romania, South Africa, and Sri Lanka.Adrian T. Dillon is the Chairman of the Board and Keshav R Murugesh is the group CEO.

WNS is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol WNS. The company operates in two segments: WNS Global services BPM and WNS Auto Claims BPM. Its clients are primarily in the travel, banking, financial services, insurance, healthcare and utilities, retail and consumer product industries.

The company’s clients include Air Canada, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic Airways, FirstMangus Financial, IndyMac Bank, Tesco and Travelocity, a subsidiary of Sabre Holdings.

WNS began operations as a captive / in-house unit of British Airways in 1996 and was known as WNS World Network Services. From 300 employees in 2003, WNS has expanded to over 34,000 people today. It has 52 delivery centers across 13 different countries and services over 200 Fortune 500 companies.


1999 – Launches delivery centre in Pune India.

2003 – Launches Knowledge Services Business.

2004 – Sets up new centres in Colombo in Sri Lanka and Gurgaon in India.

2006 – Comes out with an initial public offering and is listed on the NYSE, the first Indian business process outsourcing company to be listed on the exchange. It raises about $224 million at $20 per ADS.

2008 – Launches new delivery centres in the Philippines and Romania.

2009 – Launches second delivery centre in the UK, and expands the one it has in the Philippines.

2010 – Sets up delivery centre in Costa Rica.

2011 – Acquires share from JV partner and assumes full control of the Philippines centre.

2012 – Sets up first delivery centre in North America to service US clients. It also sets up a centre in Poland.

2013 – Launches new centre in China.

2014 – Launches new centre in Pennsylvania.

WNS Global Services Holdings acquired Fusion Outsourcing Services, which was owned by the BGL Group in 2012 for £10 million as part of their global expansion strategy.Johann Kunz is, the Managing Director of the South African region.South Africa was seen as an important acquisition due to its growth and capabilities in the outsourcing industry. It is a favourable offshoring destination for UK, Europe and Australian markets due to its competitive price point of between 45%-50%, cultural affinity to the UK,US and Australian markets, well established infrastructure, large English speaking talent pool, time zone friendliness and business enabling environment supported by government incentives.

WNS has developed technology-enabled platforms like WNS-Verifare, WNS-Jade, WNS-Dynamic Discount Manager and WNS-ProClaim. As a part of its analytics offerings, WNS has developed WNS Analytics Decision Engine, WADE and ProGenie – a proprietary tool to help online visitors navigate the website.

Adrian T. Dillion is the chairman of the Board of Directors at WNS. He is currently a Member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Audit and Finance Committees of Williams-Sonoma, Inc, a specialty retailer of home products. Keshav Murugesh is the CEO. He is responsible for executing the business strategy and directing the overall performance and growth of the organization. Murugesh has held several leadership positions in global companies, including President and CEO, Syntel Inc, and ITC Ltd, an affiliate of BAT Plc.

Some of the key projects of WNS include:

In fiscal 2016, WNS made net revenues of $531.0 million, which represented 5.6% year-over-year growth or 11% on a constant currency basis. This top line improvement, coupled with operating and profit margin expansion, helped the company increase its adjusted net income to $103.0 million or $1.92 per diluted share.

Q reports

Period Date Adjusted Actuals EPS GAAP EPS
Q2 2022 2022-09-29 Future report Set alerts
Q1 2022 2022-07-21 0.90 0.90
Q4 2021 2022-04-21 0.95 0.95
Q3 2021 2022-01-20 0.88 0.88
Q2 2021 2021-10-28 0.86 0.86
Q1 2021 2021-07-15 0.76 0.76
Q4 2020 2021-04-22 0.71 0.71
Q2 2020 2020-10-15 0.00 0.00
Q1 2020 2020-07-16 0.50 0.29
Q4 2019 2020-04-23 0.82 0.57

Ratings

2016-07-09 Reiterated Rating Citigroup Inc. Buy
2016-07-05 Upgrade Robert W. Baird Neutral to Outperform $35.00
2016-05-16 Reiterated Rating Robert W. Baird Hold
2016-05-03 Reiterated Rating Cantor Fitzgerald Buy $35.00
2016-04-29 Upgrade JPMorgan Chase & Co. Neutral to Overweight $33.00 to $36.00
2016-04-19 Reiterated Rating Robert W. Baird Hold
2016-04-07 Initiated Coverage Barrington Research Outperform $39.00
2016-02-11 Upgrade Bank of America Neutral to Buy
2016-02-11 Upgrade Bank of America Corp. Neutral to Buy
2016-01-16 Reiterated Rating Cantor Fitzgerald Buy
2016-01-15 Lower Price Target Deutsche Bank $36.00 to $34.00
2016-01-15 Lower Price Target Deutsche Bank AG $36.00 to $34.00
2015-12-15 Upgrade Goldman Sachs Neutral to Buy
2015-12-15 Upgrade Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Neutral to Buy
2015-12-06 Reiterated Rating Cantor Fitzgerald Buy $35.00
2015-10-16 Boost Price Target Needham & Company LLC Strong-Buy $35.00 to $40.00
2015-10-16 Initiated Coverage Cantor Fitzgerald Buy
2015-10-16 Downgrade Robert W. Baird Outperform to Neutral $32.00
2015-10-16 Boost Price Target Deutsche Bank Buy $31.00 to $36.00
2015-10-15 Boost Price Target Maxim Group Buy $34.00 to $38.00
2015-09-09 Initiated Coverage SunTrust Neutral
2015-09-09 Initiated Coverage SunTrust Banks Inc. Neutral
2015-09-04 Reiterated Rating Citigroup Inc. Focus List to Focus List
2015-08-14 Boost Price Target JPMorgan Chase & Co. $30.00 to $32.00
2015-07-20 Boost Price Target Citigroup Inc. Buy $31.00 to $33.00
2015-07-16 Upgrade Needham & Company LLC Buy to Strong-Buy $30.00 to $35.00
2015-07-06 Boost Price Target Maxim Group Buy $31.00 to $34.00
2015-05-20 Upgrade Citigroup Inc. Focus List
2015-05-12 Reiterated Rating Citigroup Inc. Focus List
2015-04-16 Boost Price Target Robert W. Baird Outperform $30.00 to $32.00
2015-04-02 Boost Price Target Maxim Group Buy $29.00 to $31.00
2015-01-20 Boost Price Target Needham & Company LLC Buy $26.00 to $28.00
2015-01-16 Boost Price Target Deutsche Bank Buy $24.00 to $28.00
2015-01-09 Boost Price Target Citigroup Inc. Buy $28.00 to $29.00
2014-12-03 Initiated Coverage Maxim Group Buy $28.00
2014-09-29 Reiterated Rating Goldman Sachs Neutral $22.00
2014-07-21 Reiterated Rating JPMorgan Chase & Co. Neutral $21.00 to $22.00
2014-07-18 Reiterated Rating Deutsche Bank Buy $24.00
2014-06-24 Initiated Coverage Needham & Company LLC Buy $25.00
2014-05-01 Reiterated Rating JPMorgan Chase & Co. Neutral $21.00
2014-03-04 Upgrade Robert W. Baird Neutral to Outperform
2013-10-17 Boost Price Target Oppenheimer Outperform $20.00 to $23.00
2013-10-17 Boost Price Target Deutsche Bank Buy $21.00 to $23.00
2013-10-16 Boost Price Target Wells Fargo & Co. Buy $24.00
2013-10-16 Boost Price Target Wells Fargo Buy $24.00
2013-07-29 Downgrade Robert W. Baird Outperform to Neutral $20
2012-07-16 Upgrade Oppenheimer Perform to Outperform $12.50
2012-02-21 Initiated Deutsche Bank Buy $14
2011-12-19 Upgrade Robert W. Baird Neutral to Outperform $12 to $13
2010-03-18 Downgrade Janney Mntgmy Scott Buy to Neutral
2010-01-08 Downgrade JP Morgan Neutral to Underweight $14
2009-08-10 Downgrade Robert W. Baird Outperform to Neutral $15 to $16
2008-11-17 Reiterated Noble Financial Buy $20 to $15
2008-01-28 Upgrade Janney Mntgmy Scott Neutral to Buy
2007-12-07 Initiated Wachovia Mkt Perform
2016-07-09 Reiterated Rating Citigroup Inc. Buy
2016-07-05 Upgrade Robert W. Baird Neutral to Outperform $35.00
2016-05-16 Reiterated Rating Robert W. Baird Hold
2016-05-03 Reiterated Rating Cantor Fitzgerald Buy $35.00
2016-04-29 Upgrade JPMorgan Chase & Co. Neutral to Overweight $33.00 to $36.00

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