ExlService (EXLS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

ExlService Holdings, commonly known as EXL, is a global data analytics and digital operations company. Founded in 1999, it helps organizations use data, technology and artificial intelligence to improve business processes and customer experiences.

EXL provides services including data and analytics, consulting, automation and business process management. Its work spans industries such as insurance, healthcare, banking and financial services, utilities, retail and travel.

The company serves clients in multiple countries through a global network of delivery centers. Rohit Kapoor is EXL’s chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $43.07 to $43.63
• 50-Day Range: $34.38 to $44.30
• 52-Week Range: $24.85 to $44.36
• Volume: 293,316 shs
• Average Volume: 2.33 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $6.55 billion
• P/E Ratio: 25.84
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $48.17
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

ExlService Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

ExlService scored higher than 92% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 163rd out of 655 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

ExlService has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.86, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 6 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

ExlService has a consensus price target of $48.17, representing about 11.6% upside from its current price of $43.17.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

ExlService has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 17.02%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for ExlService are expected to grow by 17.02% in the coming year, from $1.88 to $2.20 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of ExlService is 25.70, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.72.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of ExlService is 25.70, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 32.02.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

ExlService has a PEG Ratio of 1.53. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

ExlService has a P/B Ratio of 7.02. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

6.29% of the float of ExlService has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

ExlService has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.16, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in ExlService has recently decreased by 9.77%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

ExlService does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

ExlService does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.89

News Sentiment

ExlService has a news sentiment score of 0.89. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.54 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for ExlService this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

7 people have searched for EXLS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 17% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

4 people have added ExlService to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, ExlService insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $842,600.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

3.66% of the stock of ExlService is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

92.92% of the stock of ExlService is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 10/27/2026
• Today: 11/13/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Professional Services
• Sub-Industry: Data Processing & Outsourced Services
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:EXLS
• CIK: 1297989
• Web: www.exlservice.com
• Phone: (212) 277-7100
• Fax: 212-277-7111
• Employees: 65,000
• Year Founded: 1999

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for ExlService: $48.17
• High Price Target: $50.00
• Low Price Target: $45.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +11.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.86
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.68
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 25.73
• Forward P/E Ratio: 19.65
• P/E Growth: 1.53
• Net Income: $251.02 million
• Net Margins: 11.13%
• Pretax Margin: 14.41%
• Return on Equity: 32.53%
• Return on Assets: 15.75%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.54
• Current Ratio: 2.16
• Quick Ratio: 2.16

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.34 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.78
• Cash Flow: $2.15 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 20.12
• Book Value: $6.15 per share
• Price / Book: 7.03

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 150,789,000
• Free Float: 145,270,000
• Market Cap: $6.52 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.83