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Onesource Specialty Pharma

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Q2 FY27 earnings call · Guided by management

Call held 27 Oct 2026 · Read the filing on NSEFiling

400​USD millionRevenue · FY28Sharma · p. 5
160​USD millionEBITDA · FY28Sharma · p. 5
1.5​×Debt to EBITDABhagania · Q&A · p. 14
500​litersBatch size · DDCSharma · Q&A · p. 6
M.Cap
₹18,577Cr
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Results Q2 FY27, as filed · consolidated · ₹ Cr

Q2 FY27Q2 FY26YoYQ1 FY27QoQ
One-off items———-4—

From the company's own results filing on NSE. Net profit is the owners' share. Growth and the dotted lines are worked out from the filed figures. In Q1 FY27 the filing tags the owners' profit as ₹0 Cr against its own period profit; the period profit less minority interest is shown.

Guidance

Revenue · FY28400 USD millionFY28 revenue outlook of $400 million reaffirmed
EBITDA · FY28160 USD millionFY28 EBITDA outlook of $160 million reaffirmed

Second half expected to be stronger than the first

Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · p. 5
“We expect second half to be stronger than the first.”

FY28 guidance reiterated as lines will be available for FY28

Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · Q&A · p. 7
“So to answer your question, FY28 lines available, and that's why we are reiterating our guidance.”

Current tax rate expected to continue until at least Q3 FY28

Anurag Bhagania · Chief Financial Officer · Q&A · p. 11
“we anticipate that we should assume that the current level of ETRs will continue through till FY28, at least till the third quarter of FY28.”

ROCE expected in high 20s by end of FY28

Anurag Bhagania · Chief Financial Officer · Q&A · p. 14
“We do anticipate that by end of FY28, we should be in high 20s in terms of our ROCE returns.”

More figures from the call

Softgel · Capacity
3​×Softgel capacity increase · last year
“We started adding capacity last year, and we increased almost 3x that capacity.”
Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · Q&Ap. 7
Softgel · Capacity
80​%Capacity utilization visibility
“And we already have a visibility of -- as I said, visibility of 80% plus from a capacity utilization point of view.”
Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · Q&Ap. 7
DDC · Capacity
1,20,000–1,30,000​unitsOutput at 500-liter batch size
“it's basically roughly 50,000 to 55,000 on the first line. And if it goes to 500 liters, it comes to about anywhere between 120,000 to 130,000 because yield varies from product to product, from customer to customer.”
Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · Q&Ap. 9
DDC · Capacity
750​litersMaximum batch size
“Currently, the capability of the line is to go up to 750 liters. But the customers right now are ramping up to 500 liter.”
Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · Q&Ap. 10
DDC · Capacity
225–230​daysSterile days per year
“the overall utilization I'm talking about is still in the range of 225 to 230 sterile days in a year.”
Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · Q&Ap. 12
Injectables · Capacity
2–3​yearsTime to fill new injectable capacity · next 2- to 3-year period
“all the capacity, which we are adding in our injectable business, which will be getting filled as over the next 2- to 3-year period.”
Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · Q&Ap. 13

In short

  1. 01FY28 outlook of $400 million revenue and $160 million EBITDA was reaffirmed.
  2. 02Q2 revenue rose 37% year-on-year and EBITDA 53%, with a 32% EBITDA margin.
  3. 03Second cartridge line is running commercial batches since September and doubled sterile production days.
  4. 04Third line is at site for qualification; commercialisation may move to the start of FY28, with all 3 lines available for FY28.
  5. 05Injectables site shutdown runs this quarter; new lyophilization capacity available from January.
  6. 06Debt expected to stay under 1.5x EBITDA; ROCE expected in high 20s by end of FY28.
  7. 07Delayed deliveries stretched working capital cycle by 45 to 60 days; seen as temporary.
  8. 08Biologics commercial revenues expected from FY29 onwards; no guidance yet beyond FY28.

Capex

Injectables: Injectables adding prefilled syringes and new lyophilization capacity

Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · p. 5
“we are adding new capabilities, including prefilled syringes and new lyophilization capacity.”

Softgel: Greenfield softgel site planned, including high potent softgels

Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · p. 6
“That's the reason we are going in for a greenfield site as far as softgels are concerned, which would not only add significant new capacity, but also provide us opportunity to get into completely new area of containment and high potent softgels”

Capex commitment based on customer and market demand

Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · Q&A · p. 13
“that's the reason of the fact of our commitment of capex is based upon both what we see our customers giving robust demand as well as what we are seeing overall market demand going up.”

Capacity

DDC: Second cartridge line operational since September; doubled sterile production days

Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · p. 4
“But the fact is that today, the line already since September, it is operational, and it has immediately doubled our total sterile production days.”

DDC: Third line passed factory acceptance test in Germany; now at site for qualification

Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · p. 4
“even our third line has successfully completed its factory acceptance test in Germany and is now at our site as we speak, ready for qualification.”

DDC: Third line aimed for Q4 but may move to start of FY28; all 3 lines for FY28

Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · p. 4
“So keeping that in mind, while we are making every effort for it to start in Q4, but the commercialization might get pushed to the start of FY28. However, I just want to reiterate here that we'll have all 3 lines fully operational and available for FY28.”

Injectables: Injectables site shutdown underway; new capacity available from next quarter

Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · p. 5
“And the planned shutdown, which is of the site is, in fact, currently underway. It started at the back end of quarter 2. But the new capacity will be available from next quarter onwards.”

Injectables: Injectables shutdown lasts this quarter; lines available from January

Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · Q&A · p. 6
“And the shutdown will last this current quarter. And then starting January, the lines will be available.”

Order book

Biologics: Biologics: 2 projects from a U.S. biotech and a new animal health program won

Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · p. 4
“We have onboarded 2 projects for end-to-end development to commercialization projects from a U.S. biotech. We secured additional new program for one of the top global animal health companies and our existing customer.”

Wins came across biologics, DDC and base business

Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · Q&A · p. 8
“So the wins are in biologics, there are wins in DDC and there are wins in base business.”

Segments

Biologics: Biologics RFP funnel at highest ever; to drive growth beyond FY28

Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · p. 5
“Now same is reflected in our biologics RFP funnel, which is at highest ever with multiple projects in advanced stages. And all this is really going to be driving the growth beyond FY28 for us.”

Injectables and softgel: Injectable and softgel businesses grew in the quarter with multiple launches

Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · p. 5
“both our injectable and softgel business grew last quarter with multiple launches actually happening in several markets during the quarter.”

DDC: DDC to remain a very strong contributor to FY28 numbers

Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · Q&A · p. 9
“It will remain a very strong contributor to our FY28 numbers.”

Biologics: Biologics revenue in guidance period is MSA; commercial revenue from FY29

Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · Q&A · p. 13
“all the revenue in the guidance period is coming from what we call MSA, which is a pre-approval R&D revenue. And post that is the time FY29 onwards is when the commercial revenues start.”

DDC: DDC markets: Europe to open FY30-31, then U.S.

Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · Q&A · p. 13
“I'll start with drug device combination as more markets open up, you see FY28, FY29, Europe starting to open FY30, '31, the big market, U.S. will open Western Europe, U.S.”

Demand

DDC: Supply ramp-up for other Canadian customers on track for Q3

Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · p. 4
“And apart from Dr. Reddy's, also the supply ramp-up from our other Canadian customers is also on track for the quarter 3.”

Injectables: Injectables make up 70%-75% of shortages, lyophilization a big contributor

Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · p. 6
“In fact, most of the shortages, if you see in Europe or in U.S. if you see FDA's shortage list, 70%-75% is contributed by injectables and lyophilization is a big contributor to that.”

DDC: Dr. Reddy's supplies expected to start within the current quarter

Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · Q&A · p. 7
“And within this current ongoing quarter, we expect the supplies to start.”

DDC: No reason seen to deviate from Dr. Reddy's stated numbers

Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · Q&A · p. 8
“we don't see any reasons to not follow exactly those -- what they have said.”

DDC: MSAs not possible for last 1 year due to capacity constraint

Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · Q&A · p. 9
“which also, as you know, we have not been able to do for last 1 year, thanks to the capacity constraint, which we had.”

Margins and costs

Q2 EBITDA up 53% year-on-year; margin up over 400 bps to 32%

Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · p. 3
“EBITDA grew 53% year-on-year, 32% sequentially. And the margin expanded more than 400 basis points quarter-on-quarter, reaching 32% for the quarter.”

Raw material mostly pass through; no significant P&L impact from geopolitics

Anurag Bhagania · Chief Financial Officer · Q&A · p. 8
“since most of our raw material is actually pass through, we don't have any significant impact at least as far as the P&L is concerned.”

DDC: No major shift seen in realization

Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · Q&A · p. 9
“I think our realizations are -- there is not a major shift we are seeing in realization.”

DDC: Larger batches cut unit cost; savings shared with customers

Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · Q&A · p. 9
“when there is an increase in batch sizes in a sterile business, the cost of manufacturing per unit comes down, and we are happy to share the savings there with our customers.”

Incremental cost very limited compared to incremental revenue

Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · Q&A · p. 10
“the incremental cost is very limited compared to the incremental revenue.”

Debt and working capital

Delayed deliveries add 45 to 60 days to working capital cycle; seen as temporary

Anurag Bhagania · Chief Financial Officer · Q&A · p. 8
“The delayed deliveries to the customer does impact at least 45 to 60 days in terms of the overall cycle time. I do believe that it is not structural.”

Cycle time expected to normalise within a quarter or two

Anurag Bhagania · Chief Financial Officer · Q&A · p. 8
“Hopefully, within a quarter or 2, we should start seeing this getting normalized.”

No quality issue on receivables

Anurag Bhagania · Chief Financial Officer · Q&A · p. 8
“But clearly, there is no quality issue on the receivables.”

In a significant investment cycle; moving towards free cash generation

Anurag Bhagania · Chief Financial Officer · Q&A · p. 14
“We are currently in a significant investment cycle. And as we've said in the past, we will continuously move towards generating free cash going forward.”

Acquisitions and new business

DDC: Partner Hikma launched first generic semaglutide in Saudi Arabia

Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · p. 4
“Our semaglutide footprint continued to grow during the quarter, and our partner, Hikma, launched the first generic semaglutide in Saudi Arabia”

Launches in softgel and injectables across U.S., Europe and emerging markets

Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · Q&A · p. 15
“And across the portfolio, the launches have happened in soft gelatin, in injectables in our markets like in U.S., in Europe, in some of the emerging markets.”

One-offs

Currency fluctuation impact of about $350k in Q2

Anurag Bhagania · Chief Financial Officer · Q&A · p. 12
“So you will be able to see that in the publicly available financials. It's about $ 350 k or so.”

Risks

DDC: Geopolitics delayed second cartridge line start by almost 6 months

Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · p. 4
“now running commercial batches, even though the geopolitics actually impacted its start by almost 6 months.”

DDC: Third line arrival delayed by longer transit times due to Gulf situation

Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · p. 4
“this line also the arrival was longer than anticipated, obviously, due to this extended transit times because of what's happening in the Gulf.”

Geopolitics affects fuel, freight costs and shipping line availability

Anurag Bhagania · Chief Financial Officer · Q&A · p. 8
“We've got implication on fuel, freight costs, shipping lines availability.”

Other

Q2 revenue up 37% year-on-year and 15% quarter-on-quarter

Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · p. 3
“So if you saw that revenue increased 37% year-on-year, 15% sequentially.”

Q2 revenue was more than INR 5 billion

₹500​Cr
Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · p. 3
“And in the quarter, we actually delivered more than INR5 billion revenue.”

H1 EBITDA up 47% year-on-year

Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · p. 3
“if you look at the first half, put together both the quarters, it's been a 47% year-on-year growth of EBITDA.”

Multiple regulatory and customer audits completed in the quarter

Neeraj Sharma · Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director · p. 5
“during the quarter, we successfully completed multiple regulatory and customer audits.”

Lower tax rate comes from brought forward losses

Anurag Bhagania · Chief Financial Officer · Q&A · p. 11
“I mean these are our brought forward losses, which we continue to utilize”

Sources

Management's own statements, quoted from its NSE filings. This page was read by AI and can contain mistakes: check the source pages before relying on any figure. No forecast or opinion of ours. Not investment advice.

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