In FY21, the year Covid struck, the company had provided a revenue growth guidance of 0-2%, but ended the year with growth at 5%. In 2009-10, it had guided for -6.7% to -3.7%, but ended at 3%. The company has a history of recording actual growth rates that are on average better than its guidance. Nonetheless, analysts expect Infosys to lag peers like TCS and HCLTech this year.