Financial profile · Q2 FY2027

A shrinking IT-services base still generates recurring positive free cash flow

DXC’s multi-year history shows a contracting revenue base and thin, variable reported operating margins. Despite volatile net income, operating cash flow has generally exceeded capital spending, although recent earnings and cash generation have moderated.

What is developing

The latest results reinforce the established pattern of revenue contraction and positive free cash flow, but lower operating income and weaker quarterly cash generation show that margin and cash conversion remain under pressure. The continued cash surplus supports debt repayment and repurchases, but does not offset the revenue decline.

What matters next

Whether revenue declines in Consulting & Engineering Services and Global Infrastructure Services moderate enough to stabilize reported operating margins while free cash flow remains positive without litigation-related cash proceeds.

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Metric FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025 FY2026
7.6B 21.7B 20.8B 19.6B 17.7B 16.3B 14.4B 13.7B 12.9B 12.6B
(5.5B) (16.3B) (14.9B) (14.9B) (14.1B) (12.7B) (11.2B) (10.6B) (9.8B) (9.6B)
2.1B 5.4B 5.8B 4.7B 3.6B 3.6B 3.2B 3.1B 3.1B 3B
(2B) (2.8B) (3.2B) (3B) (3.8B) (3.1B) (2.9B) (2.6B) (2.6B) (2.6B)
(1.3B) (1.5B) (1.6B) (1.7B) (1.7B) (1.4B) (1.4B) (1.2B) (1.3B) (1.4B)
(647m) (1.8B) (2B) (1.9B) (2B) (1.7B) (1.5B) (1.4B) (1.3B) (1.2B)
(82m) 522m 353m 658m (88m) 0 0 0 — —
71m 2.6B 2.6B 1.7B (123m) 483m 306m 450m 491m 472m
10m (160m) (253m) (156m) (277m) (152m) (50m) (77m) (62m) (33m)
117m 320m 334m 383m 361m 204m 200m 298m 265m 216m
(255m) (1.1B) (866m) (6.7B) 1.1B (284m) (42m) (39m) (171m) (301m)
— — — — — — 90m 40m (23m) —
— — — — — 1.1B (1.2B) (265m) 395m 180m
(174m) 1.3B 1.5B (5.2B) 654m 1.1B (885m) 109m 630m 318m
74m 265m (332m) (161m) (804m) (412m) 258m (44m) (234m) (290m)
(100m) 1.6B 1.2B (5.4B) (150m) 729m (627m) 65m 396m 28m
(23m) (31m) (5m) (11m) (3m) (18m) (2m) 5m (7m) (10m)
(123m) 1.8B 1.3B (5.4B) (149m) 718m (568m) 91m 389m 18m
(0.88) 6.03 4.47 (20.72) (0.60) 2.81 (2.48) 0.45 2.10 0.10