Company Description
Endava plc (NYSE: DAVA) is described as a technology-driven business transformation group and a provider of next-generation technology services. The company focuses on helping its customers accelerate growth, tackle complex challenges and operate in evolving markets. Endava highlights an AI-native approach, combining what it calls innovative technologies with deep industry expertise to support clients at every stage of their digital transformation.
According to multiple company communications, Endava consults and partners with customers to create solutions that are intended to drive transformation, augment intelligence and deliver lasting impact. From ideation through to production, it states that it supports customers with tailor-made solutions across industries, regions and scales. The company positions itself as working on technology-driven business transformation rather than on a single product line.
Business focus and industry positioning
Endava operates in the broader information and technology services space and is classified in data processing, hosting and related services. Its own descriptions emphasise next-generation technology services, AI-native capabilities, engineering expertise and business transformation. In its materials, Endava notes that it has spent more than 20 years working in technology-driven business transformation and that it has been embedding AI across its operations and client work.
The company repeatedly underlines three pillars of its work: world-class engineering, deep industry expertise and a customer-centric mindset. These are presented as the basis for consulting, design and delivery engagements that support clients in modernising core systems, adopting AI and managing complex programmes.
Client industries and sector coverage
Endava reports that its clients span a wide set of industries. Across its press releases and regulatory filings, it lists client exposure to:
- Payments
- Insurance
- Banking and capital markets / finance and banking / BCM
- Technology, media and telecommunications (TMT)
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Mobility
- Retail and consumer goods
- Other sectors as reported in its revenue breakdowns
Endava also references work with motorsport and automotive-related organisations such as TRD U.S.A. (Toyota Racing Development), where it has delivered digital technology solutions and plans to use AI-enabled accelerators and frameworks to modernise core production systems. This relationship is presented as an example of applying data, precision and speed in a performance-focused environment.
Geographic footprint and workforce
The company states that it serves clients across Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. It refers to its employees as "Endavans" and reports that, as of dates referenced in its news releases, more than eleven thousand Endavans were helping clients across these regions. Endava also notes that its revenue is generated across North America, Europe, the United Kingdom and the rest of the world, and that it tracks revenue by both geography and industry vertical in its financial disclosures.
Endava is incorporated as a plc and files reports as a foreign issuer under Form 20-F. It has American Depositary Shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DAVA. The company furnishes current reports on Form 6-K for quarterly results, statutory accounts, governance updates and other information such as its annual general meeting documentation.
AI-native and advisory focus
Endava describes itself as AI-native and reports that it has been embedding AI across its own operations and in client projects. It has formed a Global Advisory Board, chaired by a Chief Engagement Officer with a co-chair, to advise its leadership on growth strategies in technology-related sectors, provide perspectives on industry trends and support clients in navigating technology transformation. The advisory board is presented as bringing experience across industries and regions and as supporting Endava in providing technology services related to AI and digital transformation.
The company also highlights that a significant portion of its people use AI in projects, which it cites as a marker in its journey to becoming AI-native. This focus appears throughout its earnings communications and strategic announcements, where AI is linked to productivity gains, engineering culture and client outcomes.
Partnerships and programmes
Endava has announced several partnerships and programmes that illustrate how it positions its services:
- A multi-year strategic partnership with Paysafe, a payments platform, combining Paysafe’s payments expertise with Endava’s AI-driven transformation capabilities, engineering optimisation, AI solutions and programme delivery. This partnership is framed around faster innovation in payments and digital communities.
- An expanded partnership with TRD U.S.A., where Endava acts as Official IT Consulting Partner and uses AI-enabled accelerators and frameworks to modernise core production systems and support digital transformation.
- The launch of Dava.Rise, a programme designed to connect high-potential scale-ups with global enterprises. Dava.Rise is described as using Endava’s international industry network to match enterprise challenges and trends with scale-up solutions, provide go-to-market support, mentorship, workshops and technical guidance, and help scale-ups reach enterprise-grade standards.
These activities are presented as extensions of Endava’s technology and business transformation capabilities into ecosystems that include enterprises, scale-ups, investors and industry partners.
Financial reporting and shareholder information
Endava reports its financial results in British Pounds and provides quarterly and annual updates through press releases and Form 6-K filings. It discloses revenue by geography and industry vertical, headcount metrics, client concentration (including the number of clients with over a certain revenue threshold), and non-IFRS measures such as revenue growth or decline at constant currency, adjusted profit before tax, adjusted profit for the period, adjusted diluted EPS and adjusted free cash flow. The company explains the definitions and purposes of these non-IFRS measures in its releases.
Endava also operates a share repurchase programme for its American Depositary Shares and reports the number of ADS repurchased and remaining authorisation. Governance information, including the results of its annual general meeting, directors’ remuneration reports and the re-election of directors, is provided through AGM notices and 6-K filings. The company notes that certain 6-K exhibits, such as press releases (excluding outlook sections) and some other materials, are incorporated by reference into its registration statements.
Role within the technology and information sector
Within the information sector and data processing, hosting and related services industry classification, Endava presents itself as a partner for organisations seeking technology-driven business transformation. It emphasises long-term relationships, multi-year strategic engagements and cross-industry experience, particularly in payments, financial services, insurance, technology, media and telecommunications, healthcare and mobility-related areas.
For investors and analysts, Endava’s disclosures highlight its focus on AI-native services, industry-specific expertise, geographic diversification of revenue and client base, and ongoing investment in governance and advisory structures. The company’s American Depositary Shares provide exposure to a technology services business that reports under IFRS and communicates regularly through earnings releases, statutory accounts and AGM-related filings.