Financial Performance - Q2 FY27
- Revenue: ₹59.1 crores, representing 15% year-on-year growth (vs. ₹51.4 crores in Q2 FY26)
- Adjusted EBITDA: ₹10.0 crores (vs. ₹11.4 crores in Q2 FY26)
- Adjusted EBITDA Margin: 17% (vs. 22.2% in Q2 FY26)
- Profit After Tax: ₹6.4 crores (vs. ₹5.8 crores in Q2 FY26)
- Cash Flow from Operations: ₹11.6 crores, representing 20.6% year-on-year growth
Financial Performance - H1 FY27
- Revenue: ₹110.4 crores, representing 14.7% year-on-year growth (vs. ₹96.3 crores in H1 FY26)
- Adjusted EBITDA: ₹18.1 crores
- Adjusted EBITDA Margin: 16.4%
- Profit After Tax: ₹11.1 crores
Business Segment Performance
Uniware:
- Delivered double-digit year-on-year growth in Q2 FY27
- Added 121 enterprise clients in Q2 FY27 (vs. 103 clients in Q2 FY26), representing 17.5% growth
- International business contributes approximately 6% of Uniware revenues (vs. 3% at time of listing)
- International business is profitable and growing faster than domestic business
- Uniware adjusted EBITDA margin: 36% in Q2 FY27
Shipway:
- Grew 15.7% year-on-year in Q2 FY27
- Crossed ₹100 crores in annualized revenue run rate
- Gross margin trends around 20% (industry benchmark)
- Currently has less than 5% market share in estimated ₹4,000 crores courier aggregation market
Product Development and Innovation
- Newer Offerings: UniReco and UniCapture modules crossed annualized revenue run rate of over ₹3 crores, contributing ~2.5% of Uniware revenues
- Client Adoption: More than 150 clients using UniReco and UniCapture products
- 7-8% of Uniware enterprise clients use UniReco
- 5-6% use UniCapture
- AI Innovation: Launched DNA, second-generation AI companion that identifies signals and potential anomalies, enabling automated corrective actions
- Beta Launch: DNA rolled out to 10-15 customers, currently offered for free
Growth Strategy
Three key growth levers being pursued:
1. New Client Acquisition: Strengthening sales and marketing capabilities
2. Expanding Existing Relationships: Upselling newer modules (UniReco, UniCapture) and cross-selling Shipway offerings
3. AI-led Product Innovation: Expanding product capabilities in breadth and depth
Client Base and Market Position
- Client Overlap: Approximately 10% client overlap between Uniware and Shipway
- Volume Contribution: 20-25% of Shipway shipment volumes generated by Uniware clients
- Market Leadership: More than double the size of next player in e-commerce operations management
- Pricing Premium: 50% more expensive than any other player in the market
Operational Metrics
- Peak Processing: 60 lakh transactions processed on a single day during Diwali season
- Quick Commerce: 2x increase in quick commerce peak processing
- Transaction Mix: 45-50% of client base using B2B and quick commerce offerings
Cash Position and Balance Sheet
- Cash and Bank Balances: ₹104.4 crores as of Q2 FY27 (vs. ₹63.4 crores as of Q2 FY26), representing 65% year-on-year growth
- Strong Balance Sheet: Supported by continued cash generation
Management Guidance and Outlook
- Uniware: Confident of delivering >15% year-on-year revenue growth from Q4 FY27 onwards
- Shipway: Expect year-on-year revenue growth to accelerate to >20% from Q4 FY27 onwards
- Profitability: Pace of incremental investments to moderate in second half of FY27
- Shipway expected to achieve adjusted EBITDA profitability starting Q3 FY27
- Shipway expected to achieve PAT profitability starting Q4 FY27
- Margins: Expect consolidated profitability and margins to improve during H2 FY27 supported by revenue growth and operating leverage
- Long-term: Target to grow business 5x from current levels with steady-state adjusted EBITDA margins of 20%+
Investment Strategy
- M&A Approach: Patient approach focusing on opportunities adjacent to current offerings
- M&A Criteria: Should make sense for existing customers, good product, good team, profitable or path to profitability, reasonable valuation
- Cash Utilization: Best utilization of cash is for strategic M&A to accelerate journey
Tax Consideration
- Lower tax expense in H1 FY27 due to recognition of deferred tax benefits related to Shipway business turning profitable
Participants in Conference Call
- Management: Mr. Kapil Makhija (Managing Director and CEO), Mr. Anurag Mittal (CFO)
- Advisors: Strategic Growth Advisors (Investor Relations Advisors)