Financial Performance Q1 FY27

  • Consolidated revenue from operations: ₹555 crore, representing 51.3% YoY growth
  • Gross profit: ₹155.5 crore with gross margin of 28%
  • EBITDA: ₹86.1 crore with margin of 15.5% (compared to 14.9% in preceding quarter)
  • Profit after tax: ₹63 crore with margin of 11.3% on revenue
  • Employee expenses: ₹33 crore (compared to ₹27 crore in previous quarter)
  • Finance cost: ₹28 crore (compared to ₹34 crore in previous quarter)
  • Other income: ₹28 crore, primarily from foreign exchange gains and interest income

Business Segment Performance

  • Energy business contributed 79.5% to overall revenue
  • Telecom & ICT segment contributed 20.5% to overall revenue
  • Sequential revenue decline from Q4 FY26 (₹1,097 crore) to Q1 FY27 (₹555 crore) due to timing of project execution and milestone-based revenue recognition

Order Book Position (as of June 30, 2026)

  • Total executable order book: ₹10,803 crore
  • Energy segment executable order book: ₹8,453 crore
  • Build-Own-Operate (BOO) projects: ₹4,074 crore
  • EPC projects: ₹4,367 crore
  • Telecom & ICT executable order book: ₹2,350 crore

Q1 FY27 Order Inflows

  • Total order inflows: ₹1,677 crore
  • Energy segment: ₹1,412 crore from two EPC contracts with NLC and DVC (execution timeline: 1 year)
  • Telecom segment: ₹265 crore from BSNL optical fibre project (execution timeline: 2.5 years)

Manufacturing Capacity Expansion

  • Current operational BESS capacity: 5 GWh (two lines of 2.5 GWh each)
  • Expansion to 10 GWh planned with additional 5 GWh line
  • Equipment expected to arrive by end-September 2026
  • Installation planned for October-November 2026
  • Target operational date: beginning of December 2026
  • Total capex for expansion: ₹300 crore (including container fabrication unit), funded internally through private placement proceeds

Container Manufacturing

  • Company has set up own container manufacturing facility to address supply chain bottlenecks
  • Trial runs ongoing, batch production expected to start from next month (September 2026)
  • Supplied over 300 containers to date

Project Execution Update

  • Energy projects: Execution begun for SECI, KPTCL, MAHAGENCO and Bondada
  • Four Build-Own-Operate (BOO) projects underway
  • 975 MWh of BOO capacity commissioned to date, generating ₹900 crore revenue recognition
  • Telecom projects: 30% work completed on Railway Kavach project

New Initiatives and Partnerships

  • Research center established in Pune for battery cell technology development, led by Professor Ogale (Independent Director) with team of 8 PhD scientists
  • Cooperation agreement signed with MEGMEET for AI data center power solutions (approved by Nvidia)
  • Applying for 4 GWh PLI scheme for cell manufacturing with assistance from Big 4 consulting firm
  • Commercial & Industrial (C&I) storage products approved, first trial orders of 25 units received
  • Exploring Saudi Arabia market through MOU, small export order executed in Q1

Margin Guidance and Cost Structure

  • PAT margin guidance: 10.5% to 11% for product and project mix
  • Telecom margins better than BESS but with lower volumes
  • C&I segment expected to have 3-5% higher EBITDA margins than grid-scale BESS (which has 13-15% product margin)
  • Lithium-ion cells constitute approximately 60% of total cost
  • Recent tenders include price variation clauses for cell price changes

Financial Outlook

  • FY27 revenue guidance: ₹3,200-3,400 crore
  • H1 FY27 target: 40-45% of annual revenue (compared to 35% in H1 FY26)
  • Expected segment mix: 65-70% energy, 30-35% telecom
  • Cash flow from operations expected to turn positive by March 2027
  • Working capital cycles: Energy - 90-100 days, Telecom - 150 days

Market and Competitive Environment

  • Bidding competition reducing from 51 bidders (Rajasthan) and 32 bidders (Maharashtra) to 7-8 bidders in recent NTPC tenders
  • Price correction occurring in BESS bidding market
  • 27 GWh of tenders currently being bid for

Management Commentary

  • Chairman expressed confidence in achieving revenue guidance
  • Focus on reducing H2 revenue concentration and spreading revenue more evenly across halves
  • Balancing EPC and BOO projects to maintain revenues and cash flows
  • Manufacturing output much bigger in energy sector compared to telecom