ExlService Holdings, Inc.
EXLS · Price history
Price at last available close
$40.93
+$6.33 (+18.29%) 1M
2026-10-27
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Company & revenue
About ExlService Holdings, Inc.
Primary reporting period: 2025-12-31 · Research updated Oct 12, 2026. A research update is not a new financial filing.
Who they are
ExlService Holdings, Inc. functions as a global provider of data analytics, digital operational solutions, and comprehensive services, operating across the United States and internationally. The company organizes its operations into distinct segments: Insurance, Healthcare, Analytics, and Emerging Business. For the insurance sector, EXL delivers a suite of digital transformation and analytics-driven services.
How they make money
EXL generates revenue primarily through long-term service contracts providing data analytics, artificial intelligence, and digital operations solutions. The company operates on a model of delivering specialized domain expertise and technology-enabled services to help clients improve business outcomes, typically charging fees based on time and materials, fixed-price arrangements, or outcome-based performance metrics.
Products & services
Data for AI, AI services, and digital operations solutions across industries including insurance, healthcare, banking, and retail.
Brands & revenue mix
No separate brand or brand-level revenue disclosure was confirmed in the reviewed sources. This does not mean the company has no brands.
Product / operating segments
No reconciled product or operating-segment revenue breakdown is available for the current research period. Company-wide revenue remains separate from segment disclosure.
Geographic revenue
No reconciled geographic revenue breakdown was confirmed for the current research period.
Customer types
Customer concentration
The company discloses that it has a concentration of revenue from certain key clients, though specific names are generally not disclosed in the 10-K to protect confidentiality.
Suppliers, materials & equipment
- Cloud Infrastructure Providers — Various third-party cloud computing and technology infrastructure providers used to host and deliver digital solutions.Source
Strengths
Financial risk observations and what to check
These are saved observations about business performance, not predictions. Review the company filings alongside the interpretation below. Latest stored financial period end: 2026-06-30.
Total debt increased 43.2% versus the same quarter last year.
Compare the added borrowing with available cash, cash generation and maturities. A percentage increase from a small starting balance can look large without measuring the full debt burden.
Wall Street Score
Overall investment score · Quality, value, risk and opportunity
59
Fair
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Company Quality
How good is the actual business—regardless of today’s stock price?
79
Strong
Financial Strength
59
Business Quality / Moat
100
Management
100
Growth Quality
43
Risk / Durability
95
Uses financial strength, moat, management, growth quality and durability. It excludes share price, P/E, market cap, intrinsic value and margin of safety.
Opportunity
Opportunity Score · How does the current price compare with estimated value?
66
Fully Valued
Based on current valuation, company quality, recent trends, and available market signals.
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Model Outlook
12-month model · What does the model think happens next?
66/100
Building Historical Record
Model Score 66/100 — estimates relative performance potential, distinct from the overall Wall Street Score and the separate Company Quality score.
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WSS View
The quick read
The overall Wall Street Score is mixed across its combined quality, valuation and risk inputs. Review the category scores to identify what is helping or hurting the result.
At today’s price, the WSS valuation framework currently reads as moderate rather than unusually attractive.
The model outlook is currently moderate.
- •Valuation scores attractively
- •Recent buyback activity is present
- •Revenue fundamentals are weak
- •Debt / balance-sheet profile needs attention
- •Asset quality is a weaker factor
Company-specific research
Questions worth answering for EXLS
These questions are generated from this company's current financial and score data so the page adds context instead of treating the headline score as a stand-alone conclusion.
- •Can EXLS maintain its current revenue growth rate and improve the amount of that revenue that turns into earnings and cash?
- •Is EXLS's positive free cash flow repeatable, or is the current level being helped by temporary working-capital or spending changes?
- •Is EXLS's debt load manageable relative to cash generation, interest costs and upcoming maturities?
- •Is EXLS's valuation discount tied to a temporary concern or to a longer-term business risk?
- •What does the current fundamental change risk warning mean for the reliability or interpretation of EXLS's score?
Essential Investment Snapshot
Wall Street Score
59
Opportunity Score
66
Market Cap
$6.21B
P/E Ratio
21.6
EPS
$1.59
52-Week High
$44.15
52-Week Low
$24.85
Beta
0.81
Intrinsic Value
$57.78
Analyst Target
$44.00
Shares Outstanding
162.5M
Total Revenue
$2.24B
Total Debt
$488.0M
Dividend
No current dividend
Liquidation Value / Share
$5.33
Momentum & Volatility Signals
Two different market-behavior signals. Momentum measures direction and trend strength. Volatility measures how large and unstable the price moves are, regardless of direction.
Strong upward momentum
Normal movement
A high momentum score means price has been trending upward with confirming short- and medium-term strength. A low score means downward or weakening momentum.
A high volatility score means larger, less stable price swings. It can happen while a stock is rising or falling, so high volatility is not automatically bullish or bearish.
Important: the volatility score above is based on realized price volatility. Implied volatility (IV) comes from options prices and represents the market's expected future movement. Wall Street Score will keep IV separate and will only display it when a verified options-chain feed is available.
Notices for EXLS
Detected from reported data — verify before acting.Historical repurchase activity
Reported cash flows or share-count measures indicate past repurchase activity. This does not verify an active buyback authorization or future purchases.
Community Sentiment
0 active · 0 total callsNo personal call yet on EXLS.
Potential upside factors
- +Growth opportunities may come from revenue expansion, margin improvement, new products, market-share gains, and stronger cash flow.
- +Deep domain expertise in insurance and healthcare.
- +Integrated data and AI-led digital transformation capabilities.
- +Positive free cash flow may provide capacity to invest in growth.
Potential downside factors
- −Key risks may include competition, margin pressure, debt levels, valuation risk, and changes in demand within the Information Technology Services industry.
- −High dependence on a limited number of large clients.
- −Intense competition in the IT services and BPO industry.
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Scores
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Score Changes
6 historical score records availablePrevious Score
59
Sep 24, 2026
Change
+0.1
points
Current Score
59
Oct 1, 2026
Category Changes
EXLS increased 0.1 points because overall fundamentals improved.
Projected Score
Projected Score
57
Projected Change
-2.4 points
Preliminary comparable-period financial changes suggest decline of approximately 2.4 points. This is a projected estimate, not the official WallStreetScore.
Price vs. Value
UndervaluedCurrent Price
$40.93
Model Intrinsic Value
$57.78
Difference
−$16.85
-29.2% vs IV
Margin of Safety
29.2%
Financial Charts
Revenue
Additional Metrics
Operating Cash Flow
Total Debt
Total Assets
Net Margin %
Free includes 3 annual periods plus available TTM; Premium includes up to 10 annual periods. History depends on available company filings. Swipe the table horizontally to see older periods. A dash means unavailable, not zero.
| Line Item | TTM | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.24B | $2.09B | $1.84B | $1.63B | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Cost of Revenue | $1.38B | $1.29B | $1.15B | $1.02B | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Gross Profit | $861.6M | $801.1M | $691.0M | $607.8M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Research & Development | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| SG&A Expenses | $468.2M | $428.2M | $372.2M | $318.5M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Operating Expenses | $528.3M | $487.3M | $427.4M | $369.0M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| EBITDA | $439.3M | $391.7M | $357.6M | $321.6M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Operating Income | $333.3M | $313.8M | $263.6M | $238.8M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Interest Expense | $30.7M | $17.6M | $19.3M | $13.2M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Income Before Tax | $325.5M | $315.1M | $261.2M | $238.1M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Income Tax Expense | $75.4M | $63.7M | $62.9M | $53.5M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Net Income | $250.0M | $251.0M | $198.3M | $184.6M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Basic EPS | $1.59 | $1.56 | $1.22 | $1.11 | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Basic Shares | 153M | 161M | 163M | 166M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Diluted Shares | 153M | 162M | 164M | 168M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
Earnings Summary
Revenue
$594.8M
Estimate unavailable.
Revenue Beat/Miss
Not available (no estimate stored)
EPS
$0.42
Estimate unavailable.
EPS Beat/Miss
Not available (no estimate stored)
Debt Change
+43.2%
Cash Change
-21.1%
Margin Change
-2.0 pp
Debt and cash show percentage changes versus the comparison period; margin shows the change in percentage points (pp). These are company-wide changes, not per-share amounts.
Financial Changes Since Prior Period
What Weakened
- Margins contracted
- Cash position declined
- Debt increased
Potential Score Impact
Positive indicators included revenue growth, EPS growth. Pressure indicators included cash levels, debt levels, net income margin. These factors may support or pressure the Revenue, Management, Financial, and Debt categories; this summary does not claim that the stored scores changed.
Stored Earnings Analysis
Revenue increased 15.6%. EPS increased 5.0%. Cash declined 21.1%. Total debt increased 43.2%. Net income margin declined by 2.0 percentage points.
Earnings-Call Transcript
Earnings-call transcript analysis is not currently available.
These results may influence future scores when the next evaluation is completed.
Insider Activity
Guru / Smart Money
Guru Score
Smart Money
Number of Gurus
Total Guru Value
Avg Portfolio Weight
Largest Holder
Largest Holder %
New Positions
Increased Positions
Reduced Positions
Exited Positions
Net Guru Sentiment
Short Interest
Dividend History
Dividend data is not available yet. Missing data does not mean this company pays no dividend.
Conservative Projected Values
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