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Why IT Stocks Are Rising. 3 Undervalued Smallcap IT Stocks to Watch

Jun 2, 2026

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IT stocks rallied for a third straight day on Tuesday, with almost all of the stocks seeing gains.

At the time of writing some IT stocks like Infosys gained more than 5%, extending a three-session rise in the Nifty IT index to about 5.8%.

Why Are IT Stocks Rising

The latest rally has been driven by a mix of improving global sentiment, optimism around artificial intelligence spending, and the benefit of a weaker rupee.

The results of some companies from the US, reassured investors that spending on software, cloud services and artificial intelligence remains healthy despite concerns over slowing global growth.

The immediate reason for movement came from the US. Cloud software company Snowflake that provided a positive outlook on demand.

Whether the momentum will continue or sustain is hard to determine, given the everchanging nature of the IT industry.

Here are three undervalued smallcap IT stocks in India: In determining the same, we have considered the PE of the stock vis-a-vis the aggregate PE of the BSE IT index.

Similarly, we have also compared the price to book value of the stock versus the BSE IT index.

For the purpose of smallcaps we have considered stocks with a market cap of less than Rs 100 bn.

#1 Mastek

First on the list is Mastek.

Mastek is an Indian IT services and digital transformation company founded in 1982.

It provides enterprise AI, cloud, digital engineering, application modernisation, data analytics, Oracle and Salesforce implementation, and managed services to clients across the UK, North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.

The company serves industries such as healthcare, government, financial services, retail, manufacturing, and education.

The stock of Mastek trades at a PE of 13.2. The company is a part of the BSE IT index, which trades at a PE of 20.6. The stock also trades at a PB of 1.7, against the BSE IT Index's median PB of 5.98.

Financial Highlights of Mastek

Rs m FY23 FY24 FY25
Net Sales 25,634 30,548 34,552
Operating Profit 4,941 5,247 5,687
Net Profit Margin (%) 12.1 10.2 10.9
Profit After Tax 3,103 3,110 3,759
Source: Equitymaster

The company's Q4 results has seen a stable quarter. Despite the various macro and geopolitical headwinds, Mastek was able to deliver a 3.6% quarter-on-quarter revenue growth and continue to maintain a stable EBITDA performance at 16.1%.

The order backlog INR terms grew 7.2%, and the consecutive number in US$ terms is 1.6%.

The company has renewed a few more contracts giving a good long-term visibility.

According to the management, the consistent order book performance as well as the demand positive movement that Mastek is seeing gives a very positive outlook as they go forward into FY27.

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