Key Financial Performance - Q1 FY27 (All figures in INR millions, unless specified)
Revenue: ₹9,125 (Q1 FY26: ₹7,605) - 20% YoY growth
Cost of Solutions: ₹4,955 (Q1 FY26: ₹4,152) - 19% YoY increase
Gross Profit: ₹4,170 (Q1 FY26: ₹3,454) - 21% YoY growth
Gross Profit Margin: 45.7% (Q1 FY26: 45.4%) - 29 bps improvement
SG&A Expenses: ₹2,220 (Q1 FY26: ₹1,995) - 11% YoY increase
R&D Expenses: ₹413 (Q1 FY26: ₹322) - 28% YoY increase, representing 4.5% of revenue
Adjusted EBITDA: ₹1,537 (Q1 FY26: ₹1,137) - 35% YoY growth
Adjusted EBITDA Margin: 16.8% (Q1 FY26: 15.0%) - 189 bps expansion
ESOP and Retention Bonus: ₹108 (Q1 FY26: ₹110)
Exceptional Items (Gain)/Loss: (₹69) gain (Q1 FY26: nil)
Other Income: ₹196 (Q1 FY26: ₹144) - 36% YoY increase
Share of Loss of an Associate: ₹234 (Q1 FY26: ₹223) - 5% YoY increase
EBITDA: ₹1,460 (Q1 FY26: ₹948) - 54% YoY growth
EBITDA Margin: 16.0% (Q1 FY26: 12.5%) - 350 bps expansion
Depreciation & Amortization: ₹398 (Q1 FY26: ₹300) - 32% YoY increase
Finance Cost: ₹88 (Q1 FY26: ₹118) - 25% YoY decrease
Tax Expense: ₹251 (Q1 FY26: ₹153) - 64% YoY increase
Net Income: ₹723 (Q1 FY26: ₹377) - 92% YoY growth
Net Income Margin: 7.9% (Q1 FY26: 5.0%) - 296 bps expansion
Earnings per Share (INR): ₹4.31 (Q1 FY26: ₹2.41) - 79% YoY growth
Additional Financial Metrics:
- Net Income excluding share of loss of associates: ₹957m, representing 10.5% margin and 59% YoY growth
- Diluted EPS: ₹4.09 with 78% YoY growth; Diluted EPS excluding associates: ₹5.39
- Cash flow from operations was negative in Q1 due to payouts of variable pay for FY26
- Cash and cash equivalents (including MFs and FDs) as of June 30, 2026: ₹16,378m
- This includes IPO proceeds of ₹6,891m (net of offer expenses)
- Debt repayment of ₹2,887m completed in April 2026 as planned in use of proceeds
- Zero long-term debt outstanding
- CFO as % of Adj. EBITDA: 70%
Business Performance Highlights
Fractal.ai Segment:
- Net Revenue Retention (NRR calculated in INR): Not quantified but mentioned as a key metric
- Revenue per Billable FTE: Calculated based on trailing twelve months data (not quantified)
- Net Promoter Score (NPS): Presented as a score above 40 for B2B brands (specific score not provided)
- Revenue diversification: CPGR (Consumer products goods and retail), BFSI (Banking, financial services and Insurance), HLS (Healthcare and life sciences), TMT (Technology, Media & Telecom), and others (energy, travel, industrials)
- Geographic revenue based on client billing location
Fractal Alpha Segment:
- Continued investments with revenue and gross margin details provided in charts but not quantified in text
Operational and Strategic Updates
Client Case Studies:
1. US Housing Finance Institution: Built AI-powered underwriting system that cuts preparation time by ~50% and roughly doubles throughput for multifamily deals
2. Fortune 50 US Retailer: Developed AI-powered fuel pricing engine that reduces reaction time from 5-8 hours to 15 minutes across hundreds of gas stations
3. Fortune 50 US Payer: Created hands-on program to turn engineers into deployment-ready FDEs (Full Deployment Engineers) in three weeks
4. Private Equity Firm: Using Cogentiq Data Science to automate machine learning workflow for sales estimation and performance decomposition of portfolio companies
5. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC): Partnership with Cogentiq Health for Mumbai's health intelligence layer
Product and Platform Development:
- Cogentiq positioned as flagship agentic AI platform powering all products and solutions
- Three integrated AI pillars: interpreting AI-native enterprise across people, process, and technology
Growth Strategy:
- Help Market-Winning Companies (MWCs) transform business with AI
- Accelerate client success with Cogentiq and reusable assets
- Partner with leading technology companies
- Continue to build a Great Place to Work with specific hiring principles and programs
- Complement growth through inorganic expansion with defined acquisition principles
Capital Structure:
- Strong balance sheet with ₹16,378m cash and cash equivalents
- Zero long-term debt providing significant acquisition capacity
- Strong cash conversion (70% of Adj. EBITDA) enabling self-funded growth
ESG Initiatives:
- Aiming for net zero emissions by or before 2040
- GHG emissions assured by independent third-party auditor annually since FY20
- Major offices run on clean energy; company cars switching to electric
- CDP climate rating of 'B' for three consecutive years
- Certified Great Place to Work for 10 years in India
- Strong IT systems with global security certifications and privacy compliance
Awards and Recognition:
- Leader in Supply Chain Analytics (ISG) - two years in a row
- Leader in Data Engineering Service Providers (AIM) - three years in a row
- Leader in Generative AI (AIM) - four years in a row
- Key Vendor in multiple categories (IDC, HfS Research)
- Representative Vendor in Retail Assortment Management (Gartner)
Shareholding Information
- Outstanding shares: 171,965,112
- ESOP 2007 & 2019: 13,496,342 shares at strike price ₹447 (exercise value: ₹6,035m)
- MIP Time based: 2,635,235 shares at strike price ₹205 (exercise value: ₹540m)
- MIP Performance based: 9,730,817 shares at strike price ₹198 (exercise value: ₹1,925m)
- Fully diluted shares*: 197,827,506 (total exercise value: ₹8,500m)
*Excludes reserved, not granted count of 1,592,448 shares
Additional Information
- Company CIN: L72400MH2000PLC125369
- Registered address: Level 7, Commerz II, International Business Park, Oberoi Garden City, Off W. E. Highway Goregaon (E), Mumbai - 400063
- Investor relations contact: +91 22 6850 5800, investorrelations@fractal.ai
- Full results available at: https://fractal.ai/investor-relations