Syntel, Inc. (NASDAQ:SYNT)

Bharat Desai made himself a billionaire with this company, and the share price has actually done a lot better since he stepped down as CEO. Now Syntel just keeps beating quarter after quarter. If the performance continues, it looks awfully cheap.

Great ROE & ROA; very good PEG; steady EPS & price growth; lots of cash

I think this is the best way. I hope I'll receive money by this.

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CAPS/5

quality company. Paying a slight premium on the price, but has the ROE, net margins, earnings growth history, etc so I'm not too concerned.

good buy

This is one of my STARZ.
Here is the thought process on this STAR:
a) Divided rate over Zero
b) 3 Year Beta between -5 & +3
c) 15% + Insider ownership
d) No greater than -50% Growth rate for the last 3 years (tough last couple of years so good that insiders are still owning the stocks)
e) Current CAPS rating between 3 Stars & 5 Stars
Open to all Industries and Sectors screened this down to just 250 stocks. I like round numbers. 12 of them I already own through other screening tools. I tend to be somewhat conservative but looking for 3 things at this point in my investing:
1. Stability & Strength
2. Yield and Modest Growth
3. Strong Position within a sector regardless of whether the
entire sector is strong or not. Each sector has to perform to some degree for the whole world economy to function. I am looking for 5 or more years down the road, ROI, and Growth. Not looking for rockets, just stars. This is a Star!!

PEG less than 0.5 with a strong financials makes this a safe bet.

Great value, good growth, safe…just good overall

ROA 30%? You've gotta be kidding me
Zero debt, consistently increasing revenues, low PEG, I'm in :)

Fantastic balance sheet and looks cheap right now.

pricing pressure kills

Undervalued growth stock. EPS of 2.1 coupled with strong revenue growth (22%) and EPS growth (39%!) in a weak economy are strong indicators of potential upside. 0 long term debt. 44% insider stock ownership, plus 31% institutional ownership. Low P/E of 9.1 makes this a strong buy!

1% of the IBD 100.

Syntel is a US based outsourcing company but that probably understates their business plan. They take over almost anything related to IT that a customer can't tackle or doesn't make sense to tackle. Customers, an insurance company for example, is in the insurance business, not in the playing with the latest tech widgets business. IT is at best a distraction and at worst a capital and a resource drain. Syntel will get the job done in the best way possible, onshore, offshore or a combination. The "combination" idea I have personal experience with where the development team is scattered around the world but thanks to modern communications and development tools, the members work as closely as if they were in the same building except progress proceeds 24 hours a day instead of 8 or 10. They also have areas of special expertise, like building and maintaining websites. TTM ROIC is 35% up from a 5 year average of 27%. Debt to equity is zero. No debt. Growth is about 18%. How is the company fairing though this recession? Last quarter Syntel reported a year over year quarterly revenue increase of 18% and earnings of 21%. In terms of valuation, PEG is .08, trailing PE 14 and forward PE 12. I have the historical mean at about 20.

hopefully to catch the stock on the way up

Management Effectiveness and Profitability metric values are all in double digits, zero debt, and its P/E ratio is almost the same as its net profit margin - what's not to like?

All stats off the charts - great intrinsic value to price ratio