Financial Performance - Q4 FY26
- Revenue from operations: INR206 crores (compared to INR124 crores in Q3 FY26 and INR206 crores in Q4 FY25)
- Quarterly growth: 65% quarter-on-quarter, flat year-on-year
- EBITDA: INR18.5 crores (compared to INR4.3 crores in Q3 FY26 and INR57.2 crores in Q4 FY25)
- Quarterly EBITDA growth: 331% sequentially, decline of 67% year-on-year
- EBITDA margin: 9% (compared to 3.5% in Q3 FY26 and 27.7% in Q4 FY25)
- Net profit after tax: INR14.1 crores (compared to net loss of INR8.1 crores in Q3 FY26 and net profit of INR47.1 crores in Q4 FY25)
Financial Performance - Full Year FY26
- Revenue from operations: INR557.8 crores (compared to INR594.4 crores in FY25)
- Annual decline: 6.2% year-on-year
- EBITDA: INR36.6 crores (compared to INR87.08 crores in FY25)
- Annual decline: 57.9% year-on-year
- EBITDA margin: 6.6% (versus 14.6% in FY25)
- Net profit after tax: INR19.7 crores (compared to INR51.4 crores in FY25)
Strategic Business Updates
New Product Launches:
- Introduced H-Xtreme Heat Exchanger during FY26, showcased at ChemTECH exhibition in Mumbai
- Delivers 10-25% fuel savings and up to 90% efficiency by capturing sensible and latent heat
- 40-50% lighter than conventional systems and fully repairable in the field
- Targets emerging applications: solar photovoltaic, green hydrogen, carbon capture, and semi-con
Technology Developments:
- Completed pilot field trials of raw effluent membrane technology enabling direct treatment without conventional pre-treatment
- Potential to significantly reduce energy consumption, chemical usage, and sludge generation
- Entered steel sector with first waste pickle liquor ZLD system
- Made USD2 million investment for minority equity stake in US-based polymer company (second US investment after membrane technology company)
Growth Segments:
- Solar PV sector: Secured and delivered first order covering ultra-pure water systems and wastewater recycling
- Commissioned systems for desalinated water in solar panel cleaning
- Received additional orders including Greenfield and efficiency improvement projects
- Compressed biogas projects moved from pipeline to execution with strengthened project team
- Roserve wastewater-as-a-service platform gaining meaningful traction
Operational Challenges
Project Delays:
- Kenya project delayed due to changes in control and capex planning at client's end
- Expected to be implemented in phases with visibility improving in Q2 FY27
- Compressed biogas projects slower due to delays in financial closure and lack of timely feedstock availability
- Revenue deferral into next financial year
Supply Chain Issues:
- Supply chain disruptions in Middle East, particularly Sharjah manufacturing operations
- Due to ongoing geopolitical tensions
- Missed deliveries in March contributing to revenue shortfall of approximately INR43 crores in Q4
- Operations and shipments resumed but continue to experience delays and higher logistics costs
- Using Khor Fakkan port instead of Jebel Ali due to regional disruptions
Order Book & Pipeline
- Current order book: INR536 crores
- Additional pipeline: INR3,000 crores
- L1 status for orders worth INR143 crores (includes order >INR100 crores from one of India's largest steel manufacturers)
- Order book breakdown:
- Sale of plants (water and CBG): INR334 crores (CBG: ~INR20 crores)
- Consumables and spares: INR41.5 crores
- Annual O&M order book for FY27: INR160 crores
- Total contracted value (including longer-term O&M): INR800 crores
Operations & Maintenance Business
- Secured INR80 crores O&M contract (largest in company history)
- Completed acquisition of Fatek Utilities Private Limited
- Positions company for large government and EPC-led O&M opportunities
FY27 Outlook & Growth Drivers
- Expect CETP-related orders to start contributing to revenues
- Export markets showing strong traction
- Solar PV pipeline continues to strengthen
- Roserve scaling steadily, reinforcing shift towards annuity-based business model
- Order intake target: ~INR1,000 crores for FY27
- India S&P business: INR350-400 crores
- Export market: INR200-250 crores
- Desalination/naval orders: INR150-200 crores
- Large EPC projects: INR300 crores
Specific Project Updates
- Nuclear order in Vishakhapatnam: Received and in design phase (INR36 crores without taxes)
- Execution expected in Q2-Q4 FY27 with commissioning target in Q4
- Diageo relationship: Projects under execution in Africa
- Uganda orders: Almost executed with some site works happening
- Kenya order: Expected to start executing in phases with first phase in July
Capital Structure & Working Capital
- Working capital-heavy business model
- Project-by-project working capital allocation methodology
- Dedicated working capital management for large projects (e.g., INR100 crores project)
- IPO money primarily invested in fixed deposits as per statutory rules
- Investments focused on businesses rather than cash-generating mutual funds
Management Commentary
- Focus on technological differentiation to impact customer life cycle operating costs
- Strategy to pursue industrial organic waste-based CBG projects rather than biomass-dependent projects
- Target EBITDA margin of 14-16% for projects, though near-term cost pressures may impact
- Employee benefit costs increased due to team strengthening for new product initiatives
- Revenue expected to improve from Q2 FY27 onwards as new contracts ramp up
Additional Business Context
- Rochem India: Separate family investment business (INR8-10 crores annual revenue) focused on maintenance chemicals for shipping industry, not part of Concord group
- Management expects to capture double-digit market share in the ~USD40 million heat exchanger market