Key Financial Performance - Q1 FY27

Consolidated Performance:

  • Revenue: ₹110.79 crore, up 20.24% YoY (from ₹92.14 crore) and 17.95% QoQ (from ₹93.93 crore)
  • EBITDA: ₹25.15 crore, up 13.08% YoY (from ₹22.24 crore) and 21.50% QoQ (from ₹20.70 crore)
  • PBT: ₹20.11 crore, up 15.38% YoY and 19% QoQ (from ₹16.79 crore)
  • PAT: ₹16.48 crore, up 9.57% YoY and 11.50% QoQ (from ₹14.78 crore)
  • EPS: ₹5.68, up 9.65% YoY
  • EBITDA Margin: 22.70% (vs 22.04% previous quarter)
  • PBT Margin: 18.15% (vs 17.88% previous quarter)
  • PAT Margin: 14.87% (vs 15.74% previous quarter)

Standalone Performance:

  • Revenue: ₹96.05 crore, up 4.24% YoY
  • PAT: ₹16.28 crore, up 8.24% YoY and 10% QoQ (from ₹14.80 crore)
  • EPS: ₹5.61, up 8.30% YoY
  • PAT Margin: 16.95% (improved from 16.32% YoY)

Segment Performance

Consolidated Segment Revenue:

  • EPC Division: ₹104.47 crore
  • Real Estate & Other Income: ₹6.33 crore (up 65.71% YoY from ₹3.82 crore)

Consolidated Segment PBT:

  • EPC Division: ₹14.71 crore
  • Real Estate: ₹5.40 crore (up 74.76% YoY)

Standalone Segment Revenue:

  • EPC Division: ₹89.72 crore
  • Real Estate: ₹6.33 crore

Order Book and New Contracts

  • Secured new orders worth ₹429 crore during Q1 FY27
  • Recent orders include:
  • ₹140 crore road over bridge for Northern Central Railway
  • ₹81.98 crore staff quarters and infrastructure contract from Northeast Frontier Railway
  • ₹70.18 crore 5-year O&M contract for NHAI corridor in Mizoram from MoRTH
  • ₹25.78 crore short-term road maintenance contract in Assam from NHIDCL
  • Current order book: ₹1,600+ crore with execution timeline of 18-30 months
  • Target to achieve ₹2,500 crore order book by year-end

Real Estate Business Update

  • Existing portfolio (City Centre Mall, Brahmaputra Industrial Park) generates recurrent rental income of approximately ₹20 crores annually
  • Targeting to increase rental income to ₹60 crores by FY29-FY30
  • New mixed-use shopping mall residential development planned with valuation of ₹500-700 crores
  • Phase one target launch next year, with rent yield generation beginning from FY29-FY30
  • Plans to raise debt to fund real estate projects

Cash Flow and Financial Position

  • Company claims positive cash flow statement position
  • Debtors: ₹15-20 crores with billing cycle of 45-90 days depending on project
  • No slow-moving WIP in current order book
  • Arbitration settlements: Monetized ₹100+ crores from awards in last 5 years (winning value ~₹150 crores)
  • Expecting ₹200-225 crores from pending arbitration matters over next 2 years
  • OCCPS of ₹165 crores - payments to start from June 2027 and complete by 2034
  • Planning to use arbitration proceeds to redeem OCCPS
  • Bank guarantees: ₹100 crores limit (rotating)
  • CC limit: ₹100 crores
  • No other debt in company

Contingent Liabilities

  • No pending income tax cases or litigation
  • No material contingent liabilities beyond disclosed bank guarantees
  • No counter-claims in arbitration awards

Management and Succession Planning

  • Umang Prithani appointed as Joint Managing Director (second generation promoter)
  • Three more family members under training to join Board in coming years
  • Focus on improving ROCE through better working capital management and selective high-margin bidding

Growth Strategy and Outlook

  • Focusing on railway projects, institutional buildings, flood protection, and slope protection works
  • Bid pipeline: ₹2,500 crores
  • Expanding geographic footprint from 10 states to target 20 states across Northeast and North-East India
  • Using surety bonds (₹50 crores soft limit) to secure additional projects worth ₹1,000 crores
  • Targeting Wayside Amenities projects with NHAI for asset-light real estate development
  • Maintaining disciplined bidding strategy focusing on margins over volume

Impact of Assam Floods

  • 50% of works outside Northeast were unaffected
  • Some projects in Upper Assam affected but received extra variation works during emergency
  • No negative impact on billing cycle or turnover
  • Company ramping up flood protection team expecting increased government thrust in this segment

Taxation

  • Current tax rate range: 12-15% due to deductions under section 43B for principal repayments
  • ₹14 crores principal repayment this year eligible for deduction
  • Expected to normalize to 20-22% after 2028 when deductions complete

Conference Participants

Management: Mr. Umang Prithani (Joint Managing Director), Mr. Vivek Malhotra (Head of Finance)

Moderator: Ms. Selina Sheikh (Go India Advisors)