Financial Performance Overview
For the quarter ended June 30, 2026 (Q1 FY27):
Revenue & Profitability:
- Revenue from operations: ₹546 crore, representing 44% year-on-year (YoY) growth and 5% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) growth
- This marks the fifth consecutive quarter of sequential growth since listing
- Normalised EBITDA: ₹107 crore, up 74% YoY
- Normalised EBITDA margin: 19.6%, expanding by 337 basis points YoY
- Normalised profit after tax (PAT): ₹39 crore, up 197% YoY from ₹13 crore
- Reported PAT: ₹13 crore
Cash Flow & Returns:
- Normalised operating cash flow: ₹95 crore
- OCF-to-EBITDA ratio: 0.9x (reflecting timing of deposits paid to secure office space through FY28 and partially for FY29)
- Annualised Normalised ROCE: 21.5%, up from 12.7% a year ago
- Investment capex: Increased by 66% YoY
Operational Highlights
Portfolio Metrics:
- Operational portfolio: 10.4 million sq. ft. across 54 operational centres in 15 cities including Singapore
- Total secured footprint: ~16.9 million sq. ft. across 70 centres including signed buildings
- Added 0.3 million sq. ft. of new operational area during the quarter
- Ready pipeline of signed buildings including Eastside and Eastbridge going live through rest of the year
- Full-year target: 2.5-3 million sq. ft. of new operational area
Occupancy & Client Metrics:
- Mature centres occupancy: ~89%
- Committed occupancy: ~92%
- Overall occupancy: 81%
- Overall committed occupancy: 86%
- Rental revenue from enterprise clients: ~92%
- Revenue from Global Capability Centres (GCCs): ~21% of rental revenue (up from ~15% for FY26)
- Multi-city client revenue: ~35% of rental revenue (up from ~31% for FY26)
- Clients with 1,000+ seats contribution: ~41% of rental revenue (up from ~37% for FY26 and ~34% in FY26)
Expansion & Contracts:
- Contracted rental revenue: ~₹5,400 crore, covering 87.2% of full-year guidance
- FY27 and FY28 expansion fully booked; work on FY29 buildings has begun
- Singapore capacity doubled to ~1,500 seats with acquisition of Workstudio
- Existing Singapore centres operate at high occupancy
Strategic Developments
Eastside, Pune Campus:
- Signed LOI for Eastside by Panchshil Realty in Kharadi, Pune
- Size: ~8.63 lakh sq. ft.
- Will be the world's largest managed office campus when operational
- Scheduled to open in H2 FY27
- Will surpass the company's own previous record
Expansion Pipeline:
- Eastbridge in Mumbai: ~8.15 lakh sq. ft.
- Total new capacity: 2.2-2.7 million sq. ft. set to become operational over next nine months
- All new campuses have robust client precommitments
Management Commentary
Mr. Neetish Sarda, Founder & Managing Director, highlighted:
- Confidence in India's flex space market long-term growth phase
- Large enterprises increasingly moving to flexible, fully managed workspaces
- Ability to design workspaces customized to client needs (functional, premium)
- Continuous enhancement of member experience through AI integration into internal tools and processes
- AI enables faster execution, better decision-making, and more efficient operations
- Strategic advantage in securing prime location buildings well in advance
- Well positioned to meet client growth requirements in cities with limited high-quality managed campuses
Market Context
- India's office market recorded highest-ever quarterly leasing of ~24.6 million sq. ft. in April-June 2026
- Managed workspace operators accounted for 27% of total leasing (largest single category)
- Global companies setting up India offices anchored 42% of total absorption
- Market running short of quality office space
FY27 Guidance Reiterated
- Revenue growth: 28-30%
- Normalised EBITDA margin: 19-20%
- Operational footprint: 12.5-13 million sq. ft. by March 2027
Company Background
Smartworks is India's largest managed office platform by overall footprint with ~16.9 million square feet across 70 centres in 15 cities across India and Singapore as of June 30, 2026. The company partners with real estate developers to transform large, bare-shell assets into fully managed, enterprise-grade campuses. Serves 760+ clients including Fortune 500 and Forbes 2000 companies, MNCs, leading Indian conglomerates and unicorns. Also offers SmartVantage, a GCC-focused solution. Listed on NSE and BSE on 17 July 2025.