Date: August 25, 2026
Financial Results (Standalone & Consolidated)
FY26 Financial Performance:
- Revenue crossed ₹10,000 crore milestone, growing 26% year-over-year
- EBITDA grew 59% to ₹752 crore, with margins expanding from 6% to 7.5%
- PAT nearly tripled to ₹204 crore, with PAT margin doubling to 2%
- Fixed asset turnover improved to 9.9 times
- Working capital days reduced from 34 to 28 days
- ROCE doubled from 11.3% to 21.2% in one year
- Net debt reduced by 47%
Five-Year Financial Performance (FY21-FY26):
- Overall revenue grew 4 times to over ₹10,000 crore
- EBITDA grew 5 times to ₹752 crore
- Cumulative customer base grew nearly 5 times to 55 million
- Revenue per employee more than doubled from ₹1.2 crore to ₹2.5 crore
Business Segment Performance
Beauty Vertical:
- NSV grew 4 times to over ₹8,500 crore over five years
- GMV reached approximately ₹15,000 crore
- Cumulative base of 45 million customers
- Offers more than 4,500 brands
- Partner with every major global beauty group including L'Oréal, Estée Lauder, Unilever, LVMH, P&G, Puig and Beiersdorf
- Launched more than 200 new brands in FY26
Fashion Vertical:
- NSV grew 6 times to nearly ₹1,450 crore over five years
- GMV reached approximately ₹5,000 crore in FY26
- EBITDA margins improved from negative 11.3% to negative 2.6% over five years
- Achieved EBITDA breakeven in Q4 FY26
- Serves 11 million customers with assortment of over 5,500 brands
- Launched 1,280 new brands in FY26 including H&M, Nike, GUESS, Lacoste and GAP Kids
- Now manages Nike's official digital commerce platforms in India (Nike.in and Nike App)
House of Nykaa:
- Portfolio of 12 consumer brands across beauty and fashion
- GMV scaled 8 times to approximately ₹3,200 crore over five years
- NSV grew 7 times to nearly ₹1,900 crore
- Established brands include Nykaa Cosmetics, Kay Beauty, and Dot & Key
- Emerging brands include Nykaa Wanderlust, Maison de Moi, and Earth Rhythm
- New launches contributed around 25% of FY26 GMV for Nykaa Cosmetics and Kay Beauty
- Dot & Key introduced 20 new products during FY26
Superstore by Nykaa (eB2B):
- GMV grew nearly 4 times in three years to ₹1,200 crore in FY26
- EBITDA margins improved by 3,500 basis points over last three years
- Serves nearly 5 lakh retailers across approximately 1,200 cities
- Works with over 220 leading brands, with 50 new brands added in FY26
Nysaa (GCC Business):
- Operates in $25 billion GCC BPC market
- Established six stores and B2C online platform
- Online contributes approximately 25% of GMV
- Currently contributes less than 1% of Nykaa's overall revenue
Operational Highlights
Physical Expansion:
- Beauty store network expanded to 313 stores across 99 cities (from just over 100 stores four years ago)
- Warehouse network scaled to 44 warehouses
- New retail formats launched in FY26: Nykaa Perfumery, exclusive brand outlets (Kiehl's, Charlotte Tilbury), Kay Kafe, House of Nykaa store
Digital Initiatives:
- Nykaa Now rapid delivery service offers over 1,000 brands with delivery in 30-60 minutes
- Expanded to top 13 cities, planned expansion to over 25 cities by year-end
- Ambition for 90% of orders across 19,000 pin codes to be delivered same day or next day by FY30
Technology & AI:
- Ask Nykaa: Digital beauty advisor through natural conversations
- Virtual Closet: Virtual avatars and try-on for fashion
- Skin Scan tool: Personalized skincare recommendations
- Virtual make-up try-ons and Foundation Finder for shade matching
- AI embedded across all functions including creative, catalogue management, marketing, supply chain, customer service, HR and legal
Market Context:
- India GDP doubled from $2 trillion in FY16 to $4 trillion in FY26, projected to reach $10 trillion by FY36
- Discretionary spend now 53% of India's retail market (up from 35% a decade ago), expected to reach 60-62% by FY36
- Beauty and Fashion expected to grow at 12% plus over next decade
- Core target households expected to nearly double from 60 million to 110 million over next decade
- India BPC market projected to reach $42 billion by FY31 (4th largest globally)
- India Fashion market set to grow to $160 billion by FY31 (3rd largest globally)
- Online premium fashion market expected to grow at 26-28% CAGR from $3 billion to $9 billion by FY31
FY30 Vision and Guidance
- Scale overall GMV by 2.5 to 3 times by FY30 from FY26 levels
- Grow EBITDA by 4 to 5 times by FY30 from ₹752 crore in FY26
- Target EBITDA margins in early-to-mid teens (from 7.5% in FY26)
- Target ROCE of 40%+
- Growth drivers: Core Beauty platform, expanding store network, Superstore, Nykaa Fashion, and House of Nykaa
ESG Initiatives
Employment & Ecosystem:
- Direct employment for over 15,000 people
- Supports extended ecosystem including D2C brand owners, beauty creators, independent beauty professionals, vendors, suppliers, retailers
Sustainability:
- 85% of orders shipped using sustainable packaging
- Increasing use of renewable energy across operations
- Recycled 1100+ metric tonnes of waste in FY26
- Completely paperless order processing
- Superstore reuses packaging materials
- House of Nykaa warehouses use 100% reused corrugated boxes
- Nykaa Recycle and Reward Programme for customers
Diversity & Inclusion:
- Women make up nearly 45% of workforce
- Women comprise over 60% in Beauty & Fashion Category Management, Marketing, and HR
- Ranked among India's Top 15 Best Workplaces in Retail by Great Place to Work in 2026
- Board composition: 55% independent directors, ~30% women
CSR & Social Impact:
- Nykaa Foundation focuses on women empowerment initiatives
- Working with 15 NGO partners across country
- Impacted nearly 2.0 lakh lives with more than 60% women beneficiaries
- Trained over 5,600 women through beauty and wellness skilling programmes
- 90% of CSR spend directed towards women empowerment initiatives
- Target to skill 50,000 women by FY31
- Partnerships include Indian Deaf Cricket Association and NCAER for India Women's Empowerment Index
Corporate Governance
- Highly accomplished and diverse Board with expertise across consumer businesses, finance, technology, entrepreneurship and governance
- Commitment to highest standards of governance