Infosys Q3 Results 2026 Highlights: Net profit down 2% YoY to ₹6,666 crore amid labour code impact

Infosys Q3 Results 2026 LIVE: Infosys CFO Jayesh Sanghrajka said that the impact from the Labour Codes is a one-time impact on the company's financials.

However, he also said that there will be an ongoing impact because of the wage growth that has changed due to the labour codes.

“Whatever the impact in quarters in December has already taken, that's a one-time impact, because the regulation will change, and there is an impact for the number of years the employee would observe that impact has already been taken in the financial statements. There'll also be an ongoing impact because of the wage growth that has changed, and that will be taken as we go through that,” said Infosys CFO Jayesh Sanghrajka.

The consolidated statements showed that the company recorded a ₹1,289 crore impact from the Labour Codes, according to the BSE filing.

Infosys Q3 Results 2026 LIVE: Infosys CEO Salil Parekh said that even though the company has large banks as its clients in the United States, the IT major's appraisal approach will not change amid President Donald Trump's new proposal to impose a 10% cap on credit card interest rates in the US economy.

“Our clients, the large banks, we help them as they have to go through different regulatory changes, and if that requires our help and support, we will continue to do that. There'll be no change in the way of our appraisal approach,” said Infosys CEO Salil Parekh.

Infosys Q3 Results 2026 LIVE: Infosys' Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Salil Parekh said that the IT major will hire from the campus after it completes the 20,000 hiring target.

Infosys plans to continue the hirings in the same range in the upcoming financial year.

“We are going to hire on campus. By this year, we have done 18,000-20,000 hirings, we will continue in that sort of range for next year, because of the new areas of demand,” said CEO Salil Parekh.

Infosys Q3 Results 2026 LIVE: Infosys' total headcount for the October to December quarter of the financial year ending 2025-26 stood at 337,034 employees, compared to 323,379 employees in the same period the previous year. This marks a 4.2% rise or a 13,655 increase in the employee count on a YoY basis.

Infosys employee count was at 331,991 in the July to September quarter of the current fiscal year.

“I think it demonstrates that we have confidence in where the market is, what we are seeing in terms of the demand,” said Infosys CEO Salil Parekh in his media address.

Infosys Q3 Results 2026 LIVE: Infosys CEO Salil Parekh attributed Infosys' momentum to the good set of deals that the company is seeing in financial services, energy and utility segments.

“On discretionary spending, financial services, we are definitely seeing a good set of deals which have happened, and in the industry, overall outcomes are going well,” said Parekh in the media address.

“Similarly, on energy and utility, we are seeing a good set of deals that have come together across the whole industry vertical, and that is helping us with that momentum,” he said.

Infosys Q3 Results 2026 LIVE: Infosys CEO Salil Parekh, responding to a media question, said that the company is witnessing good demand across most of its sub-verticals as the firm revises its year-end revenue guidance to the range of 3-3.5%.

“We see a good traction across most of the sub-verticals we have within financial services. Seeing good traction with the retail bank. We're seeing good traction with what are considered mid-market banks. We see good traction on payments. using good traction in the mortgage area, so overall pretty strong. Some are stronger, some are less strong, with overall we see a good demand,” said Infosys CEO Salil Parekh.

Infosys Q3 Results 2026 LIVE: Infosys Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Jayesh Sanghrajka, said that the IT major has not decided when it will carry out their next round of salary hikes.

“So we just finished one cycle of our wage, which was in two parts in January. We haven't yet decided on the next five years; we will decide as we progress,” said Infosys CFO Sanghrajka.

Infosys Q3 Results 2026 LIVE: India's second-largest IT services company, revised its revenue growth guidance for the financial year ending 2025-26 to the range of 3-3.5%.

“The new revenue growth guidance for this financial year is 3-3.5% growth in constant penalty. Our operating margin guidance for the financial year remains 20-22%,” said Infosys CEO Salil Parekh in the press conference.

Infosys Q3 Results 2026 LIVE: Infosys' voluntary attrition rate dropped 140 basis points to 12.3% in the third quarter of 2025-26, compared YoY with 13.7% in the same quarter of the previous financial year.

On a quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) basis, Infosys' attrition rate dropped 2% in the Q3 compared to the Q2 in the current fiscal.

Infosys Q3 Results 2026 LIVE: Infosys share price closed 0.07% higher at ₹1,599.05 ahead of the company's Q3 results 2026 announcement on Wednesday's market, compared to ₹1,597.95 in the previous stock market close.

Infosys Q3 Results 2026 LIVE: Infosys' revenues from core operations jumped nearly 9% to ₹45,479 crore in the third-quarter results for the 2025-26 fiscal year, compared to ₹41,764 crore in the same period a year ago, according to the consolidated financial statements.

Infosys Q3 Results 2026 LIVE: Infosys' consolidated statements released on Wednesday, 14 January 2026, showed that the IT major recorded a ₹1,289 crore impact from the Indian government's recent Labour Code norms.

Infosys Q3 Results 2026 LIVE: IT major Infosys's consolidated net profits for the October to December quarter dropped 2.2% to ₹6,666 crore, compared to ₹6,822 crore amid the impact of the Indian government's recent Labour Code norms.

Infosys Q3 Results 2026 LIVE: Infosys shares have given stock market investors more than 16% returns on their investment in the last five years, and nearly 6% returns in the last three-year period, according to NSE data.

The data also showed that the company's stock has lost 17.88% in the last one-year period, and has dropped 0.31% in the last one-year period. Infosys shares are trading 2.79% lower in the last five sessions on the Indian stock market.

Infosys Q3 Results 2026 LIVE: IT major, Infosys share price was trading 0.26% lower at ₹1,593.35 during Wednesday's (14 January 2026) stock market session, compared to ₹1,597.95 at the previous market close, according to BSE data.

The company is set to announce its October to December quarter results for the financial year ending 2025-26 later today.

Infosys Q3 Results 2026 LIVE: JM Financial expects Infosys revenue to grow 2% QoQ to ₹45,385 crore in Q3FY26, while net profit to rise 3% QoQ to ₹7,577 crore. At the operating level, EBIT is estimated to rise 3.3% sequentially to ₹10,878 crore.

Infosys Q3 Results 2026 LIVE: Axis Securities expects Infosys to report revenue growth of 2.7% QoQ, driven by deal ramp-ups, while furloughs and lower working days are likely to keep growth modest. EBIT margins are expected to remain flat sequentially, supported by the cost optimisation program, i.e. Project Maximus. Key monitorables include commentary on the deal pipeline, utilisation and client spending, and management guidance.

Infosys Q3 Results 2026 LIVE: Infosys share price traded marginally lower amid volatility ahead of the announcement of Q3 results today. Infosys shares have remained flat in one month and gained 7% in three months. The IT stock has fallen 18% in the past one year.

Infosys Q3 Results 2026 LIVE: Analysts expect Infosys to maintain its guidance of 2% to 3% YoY CC. According to MOFSL, the ask rate for the top end of guidance is -0.2% for next two quarters, suggesting similar seasonality as previous years: seasonality implies flat Q3 growth and ~1.3% QoQ decline in Q4.

Infosys Q3 Results 2026 LIVE: Infosys’ Q3 net profit is expected to rise 0.7% to ₹7,425 crore from ₹7,375 crore, while revenue is expected to grow 2.7% to ₹45,679 crore from ₹44,490 crore, QoQ, according to estimates by Axis Securities. EBIT during the December quarter is estimated to rise 3.3% to ₹9,666 crore from ₹9,353 crore, while EBIT margin is likely to improve by 14 bps to 21.2% from 21.0%, QoQ, as the brokerage estimates.

Infosys Q3 Results 2026 LIVE: Motilal Oswal Financial Services estimates Infosys’ Q3 revenue growth to be flat QoQ in CC terms due to seasonal furloughs, with H2 weaker than H1 as growth was front-ended, in line with prior years. US BFSI is expected to remain resilient, with some pockets of discretionary spend, particularly in rate-sensitive portfolios such as mortgages, while retail remains soft amid tariff uncertainty.

Infosys Q3 Results 2026 LIVE: The IT major’s net profit in Q3FY26 is expected to rise 1% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ), while revenue growth is estimated at around 2% QoQ. In constant currency (CC) terms, revenue growth is expected to be flat QoQ due to seasonal furloughs, while operating margin is likely to remain flat given the absence of wage hikes and lower third-party costs.

Infosys Q3 Results 2026 LIVE: Infosys is expected to see a seasonally soft quarter with modest sequential growth in revenue and profit, along with stable margins. Management commentary on deal ramp-ups and the company’s guidance will be keenly watched.

Infosys Q3 Results 2026 LIVE: Infosys, the second largest IT services company in India, will announce its Q3 results today. The Bengaluru-based IT firm will report its earnings for the third quarter of FY26 after market closing hours.