Financial Performance Highlights

Q2 FY27 Performance:

  • Total revenue from operations: ₹198.6 crores, representing 22% year-on-year growth
  • Brand business revenue: ₹150.4 crores, representing 65% year-on-year growth
  • Business margin: 17.7%, an increase of 470 basis points over previous year (keeping aside one-off items)

H1 FY27 Performance:

  • Total revenue from operations: ₹381.1 crores, representing 25% year-on-year growth
  • Brand business revenue: ₹325.7 crores, representing 48% year-on-year growth
  • Business margin: 17.8% compared with 15% in same period last year (setting aside one-off items)

Category-wise Business Performance

  • Air conditioner business grew 239% year-on-year in Q2 FY27
  • LED TV business grew 52% year-on-year in Q2 FY27
  • E-commerce business grew 169% year-on-year led by air conditioners and washing machines
  • Onida air conditioners gained market share in e-commerce channel for September 2026

Strategic Initiatives & Business Updates

Onida Rewired Transformation Strategy:

The company is executing its "Onida Rewired" strategic initiative focused on four key pillars:

1. Affordable premiumization

2. Innovation-led product development

3. Superior customer experience

4. Sustainable, profitable growth

Distribution Expansion:

  • Added 57 distributors and 127 direct dealers in H1 FY27
  • Each distributor added multiple sub-dealers expanding overall reach
  • Target to add 4,000 outlets, with more than 50% achieved in first 6 months
  • Exclusive tie-up with rural distribution partner to penetrate beyond urban markets
  • Four Onida Smarthub exclusive brand outlets operational, with plans to expand further
  • Focus on Tier-2 and Tier-3 markets where brand has strong historical recall

Product Portfolio Development:

  • Building more aspirational product portfolio focused on larger, smarter, feature-rich offerings
  • Shortening development cycles to bring new products to market faster
  • Launched flagship 100 inch QD Mini LED television strengthening premium large screen range
  • Finalized air conditioner range for upcoming season
  • Revamping washing machine portfolio to meet evolving consumer needs

Service Infrastructure:

  • Currently 425 service centers operational
  • New customer service leader Mr. Ganesh joined couple of months ago to lead improvement
  • Focus on consolidating and improving productivity from existing service network

Manufacturing Strategy

  • AC and LED products largely on contract manufacturing basis with design control
  • Washing machines have mix of outsourcing and in-house manufacturing at Roorkee plant
  • Roorkee plant to undergo strengthening in manufacturing business
  • Will continue contract manufacturing until achieving scale, with complete product control

Cost and Margin Management

  • Input costs rose sharply during first six months: copper, aluminum, steel, plastics, memory chips
  • Multiple industry-wide price increases implemented
  • Competitive intensity limited complete offset of input cost increases
  • Margins remained under pressure across sector
  • Using tactical sourcing, calibrated pricing, cost optimization, and better product mix to protect margins
  • Estimated 200-400 basis points margin impact in some categories from incomplete cost pass-through

Market Outlook and Demand Environment

  • Premiumization remains key structural driver for industry
  • Consumers moving toward higher capacity washing machines, larger televisions, energy efficient ACs
  • Transition to new BEE energy efficiency norms in air conditioners largely complete
  • Channel partners built up inventory ahead of festive season showing confidence in demand outlook
  • Low penetration of air conditioners and washing machines in India provides strong growth runway
  • Optimistic about festive demand with encouraging early consumer sentiment

Management Commentary and Guidance

  • Targeting double-digit revenue growth
  • Working toward EBITDA profitability with break-even estimated at ₹250-260 crore revenue level
  • Implementing various cost optimization projects with individual ownership
  • Objective to outpace market growth in next two years
  • Expect OEM business to continue for another 8-12 months before phase-out
  • ESOPs awarded to key employees including Mr. Gunjan Srivastava, performance-based with vesting linked to improvement metrics

Institutional and B2B Business

  • Good progress in institutional (B2B) segment in last quarter
  • Leads coming in, expected to convert to demand
  • Expected to contribute low single digits initially with good potential

Wada Plant Update

  • VRS program completed on partial basis
  • Operations being discontinued/reduced at Wada plant
  • Evaluating various options for property development in best interest of company
  • No significant annual savings expected from VRS

Channel Mix

  • E-commerce contributes 8-10% of revenue
  • Working to improve e-commerce share

Risk Factors

  • Input cost inflation from unresolved West Asia situation pushing up commodity and component prices
  • Competitive intensity limiting complete cost pass-through
  • Market volatility affecting gross margins

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