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Sansera Engineering

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Q1 FY27 earnings call · Guided by management

Call held 13 Aug 2026 · Read the filing on NSEFiling

0–20​%Overall revenue growth · FY27Preetham · Q&A · p. 9
75–80​%ADS revenue growth · ADS · FY27Preetham · Q&A · p. 11
19​%Overall margin · FY27Preetham · Q&A · p. 12
₹8,000–9,000​CrOverall revenue · by end of decadePreetham · Q&A · p. 14
M.Cap
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Results Q1 FY27, as filed · consolidated · ₹ Cr

Q1 FY27Q1 FY26YoYQ4 FY26QoQ
Revenue1,021766+33.3%999+2.3%
EBITDA196132+48.4%193+1.6%
EBITDA margin19.2%17.2%+196 bps19.3%-12 bps
One-off items-17————
PBTProfit before tax11986+38.4%153-22.3%
Net profit8762+39.1%121-28.7%
EPS (₹)13.8410.01+38.3%19.45-28.8%

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.

Guidance

Revenue growth · FY27—-20%Overall revenue growth could be high teens to 20% if current growth holds
Revenue growth · ADS · FY2775-80%ADS growth expected at about 75%-80% this year
Revenue · FY31Rs 8,000-9,000 CrReason given: driven mainly by non-auto ADS business
EBITDA margin · FY2719%keptMargin aim to inch towards 19% from 18.1% last year; start-of-year guidance kept
Capex80,000 sq ftNew 80,000 sq ft hangar being built for aero and SEM business

FY27 top-line growth expected in the high teens

B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · p. 4
“With this, we expect to end FY27 with high-teens top-line growth with continuous focus on improving margin profile.”

Start-of-year plan was mid-to-high teens growth, more towards high teens

B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · Q&A · p. 9
“we thought that we will end up doing about mid-to-high teens, more towards high-teens overall growth.”

Non-ADS: Non-ADS business expected to grow at mid-teens

B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · Q&A · p. 9
“I think, overall, if you see our non-ADS business, all other businesses put together, non-ADS business itself, we should be able to look at a mid-teen kind of growth easily.”

Non-ADS: Non-ADS businesses may grow mid-teens to high-teens

B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · Q&A · p. 9
“looks more possible that we will be doing more of mid-teens to high-teens kind of growth in our other businesses as well.”

More figures from the call

Aerospace and SEM · Capacity
₹1,400–1,500​CrRevenue capacity
“our existing facility with an extended hangar for aerospace and SEM should enable us to generate a revenue of between INR1,400-INR1,500 crores worth of capacity.”
B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · Q&Ap. 8
Defense · Capacity
₹500​CrRevenue capacity · next five years
“So this should enable us to, over the next five years, create a capacity which can generate a revenue of about INR500 crores.”
B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · Q&Ap. 8
ADS · Capacity
₹1,500​CrRevenue capacity
“The new facility Hari just spoke about, which will add about 110,000 square foot would also be able to have a capacity which can generate another INR1,500 crores.”
B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · Q&Ap. 8
ADS · Capacity
₹3,500​CrRevenue capacity · by FY '31
“So overall, by FY '31, our base plan as per the current visibility is to create a facility which will -- through which we can generate a revenue of about INR3,500 crores.”
B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · Q&Ap. 8
Auto · Capex
18–24​monthsExpansion lead time · 18 to 24 months
“especially in Auto, any expansion on our forging and heat treatment and all such facilities will take anywhere between 18 to 24 months.”
B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · Q&Ap. 11
ADS · Capacity
4​metresMaximum component size
“we have now commissioned a facility of large-size, special process, which can accommodate up to 4-meter components.”
B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · Q&Ap. 17

In short

  1. 01Q1 FY27 revenue was INR10,213 million, up 33% year-on-year, with EBITDA margin of 19.2% and PAT margin of 8.6%.
  2. 02Management expects FY27 top-line growth in the high teens, possibly up to 20% if current growth holds, with ADS growing about 75%-80%.
  3. 03ADS order backlog rose to about INR57.5 billion after a large semicon order, executable by FY 2031.
  4. 04By FY31 the base plan is ADS facilities able to generate about INR3,500 crores of revenue.
  5. 05Overall revenue of about INR8,000-9,000 crore is targeted by end of decade (FY 2031).
  6. 06Margin guidance from the start of the year is kept: aim to inch towards 19% from 18.1% last year.
  7. 07Q1 included a INR126 million US tariff provision and a INR169 million exceptional litigation settlement charge.
  8. 08No additional fundraise is seen as necessary at this moment; leverage is at a very low level.

Capex

ADS: ADS asset turns between 2 and 2.25

Speaker not named in the transcript · Q&A · p. 8
“the ADS asset turns are very comfortably between 2 to 2.25 in that margin.”

ADS: Build-to-suit facility to add 100,000 sq ft, ready in about 10 months

Speaker not named in the transcript · Q&A · p. 8
“We are also working on a build-to-suit facility not far from our existing place, which we hope to conclude discussions in August and have that facility ready in about 10 months’ time, and that would add a further 100,000 square foot to our manufacturing space.”

ADS: Surface treatment facility inaugurated next to ADS plant; NADCAP validation in process

B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · p. 4
“Recently, we have inaugurated a surface treatment facility next to our ADS plant. We are in the process of obtaining NADCAP validation for this.”

Defense: Defense business being moved to a dedicated facility separate from ADS

B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · p. 4
“We are in the process of relocating our defense business to a dedicated facility separate from the rest of ADS to provide it with focused infrastructure and enhanced operational execution.”

Auto: Forging and machining additions at Pantnagar Plant 6 and Manesar Plant 4 for crankshafts and conrods

B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · p. 5
“at Pantnagar, which is our Plant 6 and our Manesar facility Plant 4, we are setting up additional forging and machining capabilities, mainly for crankshafts for both two-wheeler and passenger vehicle OEMs, connecting rods for the passenger vehicle OEMs.”

Order book

ADS: ADS five-year unexecuted order book INR44.4 billion at quarter end

B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · p. 4
“Our cumulative unexecuted lifetime order book for five years, especially for ADS business, stood at INR44.4 billion as of quarter end.”

ADS: Q2 orders lift ADS backlog to about INR57.5 billion, executable in five years

B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · p. 4
“Further, we have received few more orders in this segment in the current quarter, Q2, which have pushed our ADS order backlog to around INR57.5 billion currently. These orders are executable in next five years.”

Ex-ADS: Peak annual revenue of new business excluding ADS INR18.5 billion as of June 2026

B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · p. 4
“Therefore, as of June 2026, our peak annual revenue of our new business ex of ADS stood at INR18.5 billion.”

ADS - semicon: Large semicon order takes annual business with this customer to about $75 million

B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · Q&A · p. 6
“this would propel us to almost close to $75 million worth of annual business from this customer.”

ADS - semicon: New semicon order worth about INR1,250 crores over five years

B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · Q&A · p. 6
“So on a five-year basis, this would approximately translate to about INR1,250 crores.”

Segments

Non-auto: Non-auto sales INR1,998 million in Q1, up 129.9% year-on-year

B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · p. 3
“The non-auto segment delivered its highest-ever quarterly sales of INR1,998 million, registering an impressive 129.9% year-on-year growth.”

ADS: ADS revenue up more than three times year-on-year to INR1,454 million

B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · p. 3
“The revenue increasing by more than three times year-on-year and standing at INR1,454 million.”

Auto Tech-Agnostic and xEV: Auto Tech-Agnostic and xEV sales INR1,316 million, up 22.2%, on EV adoption in two-wheelers

B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · p. 4
“Moving to our Auto Tech-Agnostic and xEV business, the segment achieved its highest-ever quarterly sales of INR1,316 million, growing at 22.2% year-on-year, reflecting accelerated EV adoption, especially in two-wheelers.”

Auto ICE: Auto ICE sales INR6,275 million, up 20.8% year-on-year

B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · p. 4
“Our Auto ICE segment also delivered a healthy 20.8% year-on-year growth on a high base and stood at INR6,275 million.”

Non-ICE: Non-ICE businesses expected to scale up as capex comes on stream

B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · p. 5
“With our capex investments coming on stream, we expect the contribution from these businesses to scale up meaningfully and become an increasingly important driver of our growth and mix.”

Demand

Domestic auto: Domestic auto OEM customers talk of hyper-growth and supply chain consolidation

B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · p. 3
“On the domestic auto side, our OEM customers across the board are talking about hyper-growth, high vehicle volumes, and continued consolidation of supply chain, better capitalized, more capable suppliers.”

Exports: International business returning to normal growth after export moderation last year

B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · p. 3
“While exports saw some moderation in the last year, in this year, we are seeing some traction in our international business getting back to a normal growth trajectory.”

Domestic auto: Stronger domestic two-wheeler and PV demand continuing into Q2

B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · Q&A · p. 7
“we are seeing much stronger demand extending in quarter 2 as well.”

Two-wheeler and passenger vehicle: Strong two-wheeler and PV demand visibility for at least next 1.5 quarters

B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · Q&A · p. 7
“But I see a very strong demand visibility both in two-wheeler and passenger vehicle for at least next one and a half quarters, definitely.”

Exports: US customers sourcing more from India while US plant waits on tariff clarity

Hari Krishnan · Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer · Q&A · p. 7
“While that status quo remains the same, we are seeing increased momentum from the customers to start sourcing more from Sansera, India, without really waiting for us to start our operations in the U.S.”

Margins and costs

Q1 EBITDA margin 19.2% and PAT margin 8.6%

B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · p. 3
“EBITDA and PAT margins remained resilient at 19.2% and 8.6% respectively.”

Margin expansion from operating leverage, cost absorption and product mix offset inflation

Vikas Goel · Chief Financial Officer · p. 5
“Margin expansion was supported by operating leverage, disciplined cost absorption and a more favorable product mix, which together helped offset inflationary pressures during the quarter.”

CFO says the US tariff provision is included as a cost in Q1 EBITDA margin

Vikas Goel · Chief Financial Officer · Q&A · p. 7
“No, it is included there. It is considered as a cost.”

Q1 margin elevated by about 40% international revenue, mix and currency

B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · Q&A · p. 12
“No, I think this quarter could be slightly more elevated, because we have had almost 40% revenue coming from international revenue, and we have had very strong mix advantage, currency advantage and all that.”

CFO: aim is to sustain current margin level while focusing on growth

Vikas Goel · Chief Financial Officer · Q&A · p. 12
“Our endeavor is to sustain this margin level and focus on growth while we sustain the margin.”

Debt and working capital

Receivables and inventory monitored closely for cash conversion

Vikas Goel · Chief Financial Officer · p. 6
“We continue to monitor working capital closely, particularly receivables and inventory to ensure that growth is supported by healthy cash conversion.”

Leverage very low; balance sheet can fund investments through debt

Vikas Goel · Chief Financial Officer · Q&A · p. 15
“In the meantime, our balance sheet is strong enough to fund any of these investments through leveraging, which is currently at a very low level.”

Fund raising

No additional fundraise seen as necessary at this moment

B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · Q&A · p. 15
“As far as our fund requirement are concerned, currently, we keep monitoring our cash flows and we don’t think at this moment it is necessary for us to look at any additional fundraise.”

Acquisitions and new business

Auto: Sansera-Nichidai joint venture adds cold and warm forged precision components

B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · p. 5
“This will be complemented by our Sansera-Nichidai joint venture, which deepens our presence in the cold and warm forged precision components.”

Defense and aerospace: Company to enter sheet metal as an additional offering

Speaker not named in the transcript · Q&A · p. 13
“And along with that, we are also sure and very clear that we are going to get into sheet metal as an additional offering.”

Projections assume organic growth only; open to non-auto opportunities

B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · Q&A · p. 15
“See, the current projections and business updates that we have given, all that is considering only organic growth.”

Non-automotive: Interest in power transmission, storage and humanoids as new segments

B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · Q&A · p. 16
“power is something that we are very interested, both in transmission as well as storage. And we also think, going forward, humanoids, like a few of our peers have already said that it's going to be a big opportunity.”

Aerospace: First blisk samples to be ready for customer in about a month

Hari Krishnan · Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer · Q&A · p. 16
“we should have our -- the first samples ready for the customer in a month's time from now.”

Management

Hari Krishnan newly appointed Executive Director

B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · p. 3
“our newly appointed Executive Director, Mr. Hari Krishnan”

One-offs

Q1 costs include INR126 million provision for prior-year US import duty tariff

Vikas Goel · Chief Financial Officer · p. 5
“Operating expenses increased in absolute terms as the revenue scaled and included a provision of INR126 million for U.S. import duty tariff incurred in the previous year.”

US tariff amounts still seen as recoverable; recovery efforts continue

Vikas Goel · Chief Financial Officer · p. 5
“These amounts remain recoverable as we speak and efforts are on to continue on the process of recovering them.”

Exceptional charge of INR169 million for US litigation settlement

Vikas Goel · Chief Financial Officer · p. 5
“The quarter included an exceptional charge of INR169 million towards settlement of a litigation matter in the U.S. District Court.”

PAT INR1,000 million after adjusting INR127 million post-tax exceptional impact

Vikas Goel · Chief Financial Officer · p. 6
“adjusting for this post-tax impact of INR127 million, PAT for the quarter was at INR1,000 million.”

Risks

Strong demand is straining supply chain for raw material and child parts

B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · Q&A · p. 7
“In fact, the demand is so strong that there is a lot of stress on the supply chain, both on raw material from child part front.”

Aerospace: Aerospace business seen as carrying much lesser risk

Hari Krishnan · Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer · Q&A · p. 18
“If you just bifurcate the ADS into mainly today aerospace and semicon, in the aerospace today, significantly, we see much lesser risk.”

Semicon: Semicon boom largely driven by AI demand

Hari Krishnan · Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer · Q&A · p. 18
“In the semicon industry, as everybody is well aware, the current boom is largely significantly driven by the AI demand.”

ADS: No significant ADS product nearing end of life

Hari Krishnan · Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer · Q&A · p. 19
“No, we are not today in production of anything where a significant portion is going to come to end of life in the ADS business.”

Other

Q1 revenue INR10,213 million, up 33% year-on-year

B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · p. 3
“Our quarterly revenues crossed INR10,000 million milestone, reaching INR10,213 million, representing a year-on-year growth of 33%.”

Q1 EBITDA INR1,961 million, up 48% year-on-year

Vikas Goel · Chief Financial Officer · p. 5
“EBITDA for the quarter stood at INR1,961 million, reflecting strong year-on-year growth of 48%.”

Other income INR134 million, up about 15%, mainly from forex gains

Vikas Goel · Chief Financial Officer · p. 5
“Other income stood at INR134 million for the quarter, up around 15% year-on-year, primarily driven by higher forex gains during this period.”

CFO confident on medium-term growth, citing order pipeline and new capacity

Vikas Goel · Chief Financial Officer · p. 6
“Overall, we remain confident about the medium-term growth outlook, supported by a diversified order pipeline, new capacity coming on stream and continuing to focus on margin, working capital and capital efficiency.”

Company working towards its 20-20-20 targets

B. R. Preetham · Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer · Q&A · p. 12
“While we are very aspirational, we are working towards achieving our 20-20-20 targets.”

Sources

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