Blue Star Ltd — Q1 FY27 earnings call
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The short read
Blue Star reported Q1 FY27 revenue growth of 13.3% to Rs.3,378 Crore, with segment II (Unitary Products) EBIT margin dropping to 2.9% from 5.8% a year earlier due to commodity cost increases and rupee depreciation that could not be fully passed on to consumers. Management said the company lost some market share in April before regaining it through consumer finance schemes and promotions in May and June, ending the quarter with a market share erosion of about 30 basis points in tertiary sales. The company highlighted continued strength in data center MEP project orders and a net cash position of Rs.900 Crore, up from Rs.371 Crore a year earlier.
Numbers mentioned
Revenue from operations: Rs.3,378 Crore (Q1 FY27)
p. 6
“revenue from operations of Q1 FY27 have grown by 13.3% to Rs.3,378 Crore as compared to Rs.2,982 Crore in Q1 FY26”
Nikhil Sohoni, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
PBT before exceptional items: Rs.125.6 Crore (Q1 FY27)
p. 6
“the PBT before exceptional items dropped by 23.7% to Rs.125.6 Crore as compared to Rs.164.6 Crore in Q1 FY26”
Nikhil Sohoni, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Carry forward order book: Rs.7,764 Crore (as on June 30, 2026)
p. 6
“The carry forward order book as on June 30, 2026, grew by 13.5% to Rs.7,764 Crore as compared to RS.6,843 Crore as on June 30, 2025.”
Nikhil Sohoni, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Net cash position: Rs.900 Crore (as on June 30, 2026)
p. 6
“The quarter ended with a strong net cash position of RS.900 Crore as on June 30, 2026, as compared to a net cash position of RS.371 Crore as on June 30, 2025.”
Nikhil Sohoni, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Segment I revenue: Rs.1,625 Crore (Q1 FY27)
p. 6
“Overall Segment 1 revenue grew 15.1% to Rs.1,625 Crore in Q1FY27 as compared to Rs.1,412 Crore in Q1 of FY26.”
Nikhil Sohoni, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Segment I EBIT margin: 6.8% (Q1 FY27)
p. 6
“the segment result was RS.111 Crore, which was 6.8% of revenue as compared to Rs.112 Crore, which was 7.9% of revenue in Q1 of FY26.”
Nikhil Sohoni, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Segment II revenue: Rs.1,689.3 Crore (Q1 FY27)
p. 7
“the Segment II revenue grew by 12.8% to Rs.1,689.3 Crore in Q1 FY27 as compared to RS.1,499 Crore in Q1 FY26.”
Nikhil Sohoni, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Segment II EBIT margin: 2.9% (Q1 FY27)
p. 7
“the segment result was Rs.50 Crore, that is 2.9% of revenue in Q1 FY27 as compared to Rs.87 Crore, which was 5.8% of revenue in Q1 FY26.”
Nikhil Sohoni, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Segment III revenue: Rs.63.6 Crore (Q1 FY27)
p. 7
“The revenue degrew by 9.7% to Rs.63.6 Crore in Q1 FY27 as compared to Rs.70.4 Crore in Q1 FY26.”
Nikhil Sohoni, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Data center MEP order inflow: around Rs.1,500 Crore (Q1 FY27)
p. 4
“We have close to around RS.1,500 Crore of order inflow from this segment alone, taking the total pending order book or the carried forward order book as on 30th June 2026 to over RS.7,700 Crore.”
B. Thiagarajan, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Room AC market share loss (tertiary sales): 30 basis points (Q1 FY27)
p. 4
“Q1 as a whole in the secondary tertiary sales our market share erosion is just 30 basis points, which is not significant.”
B. Thiagarajan, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Q1 capex: Rs.60 Crore to Rs.70 Crore (Q1 FY27)
p. 14
“In Q1, the capex has been in the region of around Rs.60 Crore to Rs.70 Crore.”
Nikhil Sohoni, page 14 of the filed PDF · View the filing
What management said it would do
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Segment II EBIT margin — over 6.5% · FY27
stated firmly by B. Thiagarajan
p. 4
“As of now, we have a visibility to close the year with an operating margin of over 6.5% for segment II in financial year FY27.”
B. Thiagarajan, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Segment II EBIT margin — 7% to 7.5% · FY27
stated as an aspiration by B. Thiagarajan
p. 5
“Ideally, we would like to be 7% to 7.5%, which I do not have the view as of now.”
B. Thiagarajan, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Segment I EBIT margin — 6.5% to 7% · FY27
stated firmly by B. Thiagarajan
p. 4
“As far as segment I is concerned, the margin outlook remains the same, 6.5% to 7%.”
B. Thiagarajan, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Data center MEP revenue — around 20% of revenue, around Rs.4,000 Crore · FY29
stated firmly by B. Thiagarajan
p. 5
“As I had stated, the data center MEP projects will constitute close to 20% of our revenue at around RS.4,000 Crore coming from the data center MEP projects alone by FY29.”
B. Thiagarajan, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Data center MEP order inflow — around Rs.3,000 Crore · FY27
stated firmly by B. Thiagarajan
p. 5
“We expect the order inflow for the full financial year from data center MEP projects to be around Rs.3,000 Crore and in revenue terms, it should translate to close to around Rs 1,400 Crore.”
B. Thiagarajan, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Data center MEP order inflow — around Rs.4,500 Crore · next year
stated as an aspiration by B. Thiagarajan
p. 10
“This is likely to become an order inflow of around Rs.4,500 Crore next year and around Rs.2,100 Crore of revenue next year.”
B. Thiagarajan, page 10 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Export revenue — additional USD100 million per annum · FY28
stated as an aspiration by Nikhil Sohoni
p. 6
“we are looking to scale this business to generate additional export revenue of USD100 million per annum from FY28.”
Nikhil Sohoni, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Commercial Air Conditioning growth — around 10% · FY27
stated conditionally by B. Thiagarajan
p. 14
“The outlook will be that around 10% growth is easily possible in commercial air conditioning, and 15% I am not able to predict now.”
B. Thiagarajan, page 14 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Annual capex — Rs.300 Crore to Rs.350 Crore · FY27
stated conditionally by Nikhil Sohoni
p. 15
“overall, the growth-related spend should be in the region of around Rs.300 Crore to Rs.350 Crore if everything goes as per plan.”
Nikhil Sohoni, page 15 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Segment II margin recovery timing — Q3 and Q4 FY27
stated conditionally by B. Thiagarajan
p. 20
“Q3 will be, assuming the festival season does well, it should be doing well. Q4 should be doing well because by then we will be ready with many new other cost saving in the product or the cost take-out from the products”
B. Thiagarajan, page 20 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Q&A highlights
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Management clarified there was no deferred cost from Q4; the margin decline reflects actual costs from unpassed price increases and consumer finance schemes used to protect market share, with recovery expected through Q3 and Q4.
Answered by B. Thiagarajan
Asked by Manoj Gori: What is causing the Q1 margin weakness in Unitary Products and are there upgrades to MEP revenue guidance?
p. 8
“There is no deferred cost from Q4 at all because you mentioned something like what is the deferred cost. The margin that we declared in Q4 is the right margin.”
B. Thiagarajan, page 8 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said input costs would remain elevated but expects market operating prices to improve somewhat as old inventory clears, while reaffirming confidence in reaching 6.5% margin for the year.
Answered by B. Thiagarajan
Asked by Natasha Jain: Will Q2 margins deteriorate further given rising import costs and copper prices?
p. 12
“Bottom line, how confident I am that we will reach 6.5%? I am certain we will.”
B. Thiagarajan, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said Blue Star maintained its market share and the degrowth reflected industry-wide weak demand from ice cream OEMs.
Answered by B. Thiagarajan
Asked by Saumil Mehta: Was the commercial refrigeration degrowth due to market share loss or industry-wide demand weakness?
p. 13
“We have held on to our market share, there is absolutely no problem.”
B. Thiagarajan, page 13 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management agreed margins should rise as the data center-dominated MEP segment matures.
Answered by B. Thiagarajan
Asked by Saumil Mehta: Can the Unitary/MEP division see margins north of 8-8.5% structurally given better data center payment terms?
p. 13
“Certainly, as we move towards that peak, golden period of data center-dominated MEP segment, the margin should go up.”
B. Thiagarajan, page 13 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said Q1 capex was Rs.60-70 crore, with annual growth-related spend expected around Rs.300-350 crore.
Answered by Nikhil Sohoni
Asked by Praveen Sahay: What capex has been done in Q1 and planned for the rest of the year?
p. 14
“In Q1, the capex has been in the region of around Rs.60 Crore to Rs.70 Crore.”
Nikhil Sohoni, page 14 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said inventory has not fully normalized but is not at an alarming level, with channels expected to restock ahead of the festival season.
Answered by B. Thiagarajan
Asked by Sonali Salgaonkar: Are channel inventory levels normalized currently?
p. 15
“I don't think it is in alarming level, but it has not normalized.”
B. Thiagarajan, page 15 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said many competitors had not even raised prices by 5%, and the rejig would involve alternate component sourcing, outsourcing, and redesigned products to be completed within two quarters.
Answered by B. Thiagarajan
Asked by Aditya Bhartia: What caused the market share loss if price hikes were only in line with the industry, and what does the product rejig involve?
p. 17
“There are quite a few levers have to be used, the alternate makes of the components, some portfolio we may have to outsource, in certain other cases, the products will have to be redesigned.”
B. Thiagarajan, page 17 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management gave export figures of USD80-85 million in FY26 versus USD55-60 million the prior year, and said the US CDM manufacturing business was scaling despite tariff uncertainty, while Europe remained dependent on subsidy-driven demand recovery.
Answered by Nikhil Sohoni
Asked by Rahul Agarwal: What is the current export run rate and how will FY28 growth be driven across US and Europe?
p. 19
“in the current year, the rupee has moved, so taking an average, you can put it at around USD80 million to USD85 million in the current FY26, the reported year, last year.”
Nikhil Sohoni, page 19 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said the industry margin outlook had progressively lowered from 12% historically to an expected 7% to 7.5% range going forward given increased capacity and competition.
Answered by B. Thiagarajan
Asked by Nirransh Jain: Has the structural margin aspiration for the room AC industry come down from 8-8.5% to 7-7.5%?
p. 20
“This industry at this stage going by what all has happened in television or washing machines or refrigerator, I think it will hold on to 7% to 7.5%.”
B. Thiagarajan, page 20 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Risks flagged
Unable to fully pass on commodity price and input cost increases to consumers
p. 3
“The total impact that we wanted to pass on was around 13%, what we could pass on was only 5%.”
B. Thiagarajan, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Rupee depreciation increasing input costs
p. 5
“Q1 FY27 was a challenging quarter with many headwinds, including unprecedented escalation in commodity prices, depreciation of rupee, delayed onset of summer season and a huge inventory pile up of room ACs in the trade.”
Nikhil Sohoni, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Delayed onset of summer season reducing sales momentum
p. 3
“In April, the summer set in much later.”
B. Thiagarajan, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Degrowth in commercial refrigeration due to weak demand from ice cream and frozen food OEMs
p. 7
“The commercial refrigeration business witnessed degrowth during the current quarter as demand for deep freezers from ice cream OEMs was muted.”
Nikhil Sohoni, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
West Asia conflict causing deferment of order finalizations in infrastructure and commercial segments
p. 6
“in the other market segments like commercial office, factories, infrastructure, order inflow remained sluggish as cost escalations due to West Asia crisis led to deferment of order finalizations.”
Nikhil Sohoni, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
US trade tariff uncertainty affecting export business scaling
p. 6
“While the demand is good, the future prospects of U.S. business is largely dependent on U.S. trade tariffs.”
Nikhil Sohoni, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Excess manufacturing capacity in the industry relative to market size
p. 15
“This is also a function of what is the total manufacturing capacity today, it is almost double of the market size.”
B. Thiagarajan, page 15 of the filed PDF · View the filing
PLI/SLI scheme incentives diluting into pricing as scheme matures
p. 12
“This Rs.4,000 Crore of PLI is going to anyway get diluted, because PLI is not based on the production, it is based on an incremental sale.”
B. Thiagarajan, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Continued challenges in MedTech business reducing Segment III revenue
p. 7
“The segment revenue declined mainly due to continued challenges in MedTech business.”
Nikhil Sohoni, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
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