EXLS
ExlService Holdings Inc. Common StockConsumer Discretionary · ·
$34.66
▲ $0.98 (+2.9%)
Market Cap
$5.30B
Day Range
$33.33 - $34.71
52-Week Range
$24.85 - $45.08
Beta
—
Next Earnings
26.10.2026
EXLS is a stock from the Consumer Cyclical sector — Retail, automotive, and leisure — demand rises and falls with economic sentiment and consumers' disposable income.
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This score and all analysis on this page are for informational and educational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice. Read the full disclaimer
Weighted: Technical 25% · Fundamental 20% · Growth 15% · Valuation 15% · News 10% · Quality 10% · Risk 5%
🔍 Cross-Check
Overall Score
🟢 Bullish
Technical Trend
🟢 Bullish
Insiders
🔴 Bearish
✅ Why is the score relatively high?
- 🟢 Earnings per share (EPS) growth: 27.3%
- 🟢 Free cash flow growth: 34.1%
- 🟢 Net income growth: 26.6%
- 🟢 Operating margin is stable or improving over time
- 🟢 Return on equity (ROE): 27.5% — strong
⚠️ What's concerning?
- 🔴 ATR: 4.4% of price
- 🔴 Price is below the 200-day average
🚦 Quality & Risk Checks
📰 News Trend
Based on real financial news (Finnhub)Everyone's writing about ExlService Holdings Inc. Common Stock. News trend score: 100. Reason: 13 of the last 20 articles are positive, versus 0 negative.
News trend analysis is based on article sentiment only, and is not investment advice or financial counsel. Read the full disclaimer
📈 Technical Analysis
Based on the last 251 trading days, calculated from real price data. Click an indicator for details and a chart.
🟢 Most indicators support an uptrend (10 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 neutral)
Conclusions
- 🟢Price vs. SMA 50 — Price is above the 50-day average
- 🔴Price vs. SMA 200 — Price is below the 200-day average
- 🟢MACD — MACD histogram is positive — rising momentum
- 🟢RSI — RSI 64.9 — healthy positive momentum
- 🟡Stochastic — %K 74.7 — neutral range
- 🟢ADX (trend strength) — ADX 26.1 — strong trend
- 🟢Volume trend — Rising volume supports the price advance
- 🟢Relative strength vs. S&P 500 — +3.0% over the last 3 months relative to the index
- 🟢Bollinger Bands — Price is in the upper third of the Bollinger Bands (81%B) — strong momentum (risk of a pullback)
- 🟢ROC (rate of change) — ROC 12 days: 19.5%
- 🟢Parabolic SAR — Price is above the SAR point — uptrend
- 🟢CMF (money flow) — CMF 20 days: 0.14
Wyckoff Method Analysis
A market-structure read based purely on real price and volume data — not full classic Wyckoff schematic identification (Phase A-E), but a quantitative analysis of what can reliably be computed: trading ranges, "effort vs. result", volume within the range, and Spring/Upthrust detection.
The stock is in a clear uptrend with no defined trading range in the period examined.
High confidence
Evidence Behind This Read
- 🟢Rising price trend — A 16.3% change over the last 50 days, with no defined trading range.
The Wyckoff Method, developed by Richard Wyckoff in the early 20th century, reads the balance of supply and demand through price and volume, based on the premise that large investors ("smart money") quietly accumulate shares before rallies and quietly distribute them before declines. The read here is based solely on real price and volume data — full, precise identification of classic Wyckoff patterns (such as Phases A-E) requires human chart-reading experience and judgment, so this is an approximate algorithmic read, not a substitute for professional analysis. This should not be considered investment advice.
🎯 Trade Planning (M.A.E.E Framework)
Based on a mechanical trading method: market structure → value zone → ATR-based exit point. Not investment advice — a calculation tool only.
1️⃣ Market Structure
🟡 Range
The price is oscillating around the 200-day average with no clear direction — the method recommends great caution here (buying at the bottom of the range / selling at the top) or avoiding trading altogether.
2️⃣ Value Zone
🟡 Price far from value zone
The price is currently far from the 50-day average — the method recommends waiting for a "pullback" before entering, rather than chasing prices.
💰 Financial Health
Profitability
Gross Margin
38.4%
Operating Margin
15.0%
Net Margin
12.0%
EBITDA Margin
17.9%
Efficiency
ROE
27.5%
ROA
14.7%
ROIC
—
EPS
$1.56
Balance Sheet
Cash
$146.33M
Total Debt
$298.60M
Current Ratio
2.56
Debt/Equity
0.33
Conclusions
- 🟡Gross margin — Gross margin: 38.4% — reasonable
- 🟡Operating margin — Operating margin: 15.0% — reasonable
- 🟡Net margin — Net margin: 12.0% — reasonable
- 🟢Return on equity (ROE) — Return on equity (ROE): 27.5% — strong
- 🟢Return on assets (ROA) — Return on assets (ROA): 14.7% — strong
- 🟢Current ratio (liquidity) — Current ratio: 2.56
- 🟢Debt-to-equity — Debt/equity: 0.33
🚀 Growth
Revenue
Earnings per Share (EPS)
Net Income
Free Cash Flow (FCF)
Conclusions
- 🟢Revenue growth (last year) — Revenue growth (last year): 13.6%
- 🟢Earnings per share (EPS) growth — Earnings per share (EPS) growth: 27.3%
- 🟢Free cash flow growth — Free cash flow growth: 34.1%
- 🟢Net income growth — Net income growth: 26.6%
💎 Fair Value (Valuation)
Current Price
$34.66
Estimated Fair Value (DCF)
$36.32
Gap
+4.8%
🟢 Appears cheap relative to estimated value
Show all model (DCF) assumptions →
Year 1 Growth Rate
13.9%
Discount Rate (WACC)
9.0%
Terminal Growth Rate
2.5%
Projection Years
5
| Year | Growth Rate | Projected FCF | Present Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13.9% | $339.64M | $311.59M |
| 2 | 11.1% | $377.24M | $317.51M |
| 3 | 8.2% | $408.22M | $315.22M |
| 4 | 5.4% | $430.09M | $304.69M |
| 5 | 2.5% | $440.84M | $286.52M |
Base FCF (last actual year)
$298.12M
Terminal Value
$6.95B
Present Value of Terminal Value
$4.52B
Enterprise Value
$6.05B
Net Debt
$152.27M
Equity Value
$5.90B
*The DCF model is an estimate based on assumptions — not a guaranteed forecast. You can change the assumptions to examine different scenarios.
Book Value per Share
$5.62
Tangible Book Value per Share (Tangible NAV)
$2.81
Conclusions
- 🟡DCF Fair Value — Estimated fair value: $36.32 vs. price $34.66 (+4.8%)
- 🟡Tangible Net Asset Value (NAV) — NAV per share: $2.81
- 🟡P/E — P/E: 21.9
🕴️ Insider Trading
Real transactions by officers and insiders, as reported to the SEC on Form 4 — 0 purchases and 4 sales out of the last 25 filings.
| Name | Transaction Type | Date | Shares | Change | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mehta Kamini H | Grant/Award from Employer | 16.7.2026 | 7,705 | +7,705 | — |
| Bhalla Vikas | Open Market Sale | 1.7.2026 | 141,295 | -12,000 | $26.47 |
| Jetley Vivek | Grant/Award from Employer | 30.6.2026 | 426,780 | +606 | $23.27 |
| Nicolelli Maurizio | Grant/Award from Employer | 30.6.2026 | 254,975 | +606 | $23.27 |
| Kini Narasimha | Grant/Award from Employer | 30.6.2026 | 212,354 | +606 | $23.27 |
| PANDIT VIKRAM S | Grant/Award from Employer | 16.6.2026 | 84,378 | +11,293 | — |
| Fibig Andreas | Grant/Award from Employer | 16.6.2026 | 28,427 | +7,871 | — |
| Pipes Kristy | Grant/Award from Employer | 16.6.2026 | 43,362 | +7,871 | — |
| Geraghty Patrick | Grant/Award from Employer | 16.6.2026 | 11,631 | +7,871 | — |
| Bartlett Thomas A | Grant/Award from Employer | 16.6.2026 | 21,885 | +7,871 | — |
| Williamson Sarah K | Grant/Award from Employer | 16.6.2026 | 30,919 | +7,871 | — |
| Williamson Sarah K | Grant/Award from Employer | 16.6.2026 | 32,631 | +1,712 | — |
| Williamson Sarah K | Grant/Award from Employer | 16.6.2026 | 34,342 | +1,711 | — |
| Kapoor Rohit | Other Transaction | 15.6.2026 | 457,214 | -865,000 | — |
| Kapoor Rohit | Other Transaction | 15.6.2026 | 865,000 | +865,000 | — |
| Bhalla Vikas | Open Market Sale | 4.6.2026 | 153,295 | -12,000 | $30.22 |
| AYYAPPAN AJAY | Open Market Sale | 20.5.2026 | 48,994 | -5,093 | $29.11 |
| Singh Bhupender | Grant/Award from Employer | 11.5.2026 | 77,170 | +77,170 | — |
| AYYAPPAN AJAY | Open Market Sale | 2.3.2026 | 54,087 | -1,679 | $30.39 |
| Kapoor Rohit | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 28.2.2026 | 1,322,214 | +33,525 | — |
| Kapoor Rohit | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 28.2.2026 | 67,050 | -33,525 | — |
| Kini Narasimha | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 27.2.2026 | 214,601 | +5,587 | — |
| Kini Narasimha | Tax Withholding in Shares | 27.2.2026 | 211,748 | -2,853 | $30.99 |
| Kini Narasimha | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 27.2.2026 | 11,174 | -5,587 | — |
| Chhibbar Vishal | Exercise of Derivative Securities | 27.2.2026 | 14,540 | +5,587 | — |
📉 Short Interest
Official FINRA data — the number of shares open in short positions, plus daily short-sale activity.
Monthly Trend — Open Short Interest
12,022,753 shares short as of 2026-07-15 · vs. 12,544,402 on 2026-06-30
Official biweekly report (FINRA Rule 4560) — no real higher-frequency data exists for this metric.
Weekly Trend — Daily Short-Sale Activity
48.7% of trading volume this week was short selling, vs. 40.4% the prior week
Based on daily short-sale volume (Reg SHO) — a different metric from the open short interest above: this is daily trading volume, not an open position, so it updates weekly rather than biweekly.
📰 News & Sentiment
Sentiment based on basic keywords (not AI) — 13 positive, 7 neutral, 0 negative out of the last 20 articles.
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