Delhivery Ltd — Q1 FY27 earnings call
Summary generated by AI from the official transcript Delhivery Ltd filed with BSE on 13 Aug 2026. Every statement cites a verbatim quote from that document — open any citation to read it. This is a record of what management said, not a recommendation. How we check these summaries
The short read
Delhivery reported Q1FY27 revenue of nearly Rs.3000 Cr, up about 28% year-on-year, and EBITDA of Rs.156 Cr, up about 5% year-on-year. Management said the quarter faced labor shortages, weather and election disruptions, and fuel and wage inflation, while express volumes grew 55% year-on-year to 322 million packages and PTL freight grew 18% to 542,000 tonnes with rising yields. Management also discussed supply chain services margin decline due to two new contract ramp-ups and continued investment in Delhivery Local and Delhivery Direct.
Numbers mentioned
Revenue: nearly Rs.3000 Cr (Q1FY27)
p. 3
“Overall revenues for Q1FY27 came in at nearly Rs.3000 Cr, up about 28% year-on-year compared to Q1FY26”
Sahil Barua, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
EBITDA: Rs.156 Cr (Q1FY27)
p. 3
“EBITDA came in at Rs.156 Cr, which is about a 5% growth year-on-year”
Sahil Barua, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Express volumes: 322 million packages (Q1FY27)
p. 3
“Our express business delivered 322 million packages in Q1, which represents a growth of 55% year-on-year”
Sahil Barua, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
PTL freight volume: 542,000 tonnes (Q1FY27)
p. 3
“We delivered close to about 542,000 tonnes of freight in Q1, which represents a growth of 18% year-on-year”
Sahil Barua, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
PTL yield: close to nearly Rs. 12 (Q1FY27)
p. 3
“More importantly, yield continued to improve in the PTL business and has risen to close to nearly Rs. 12 for Q1FY27, leading to a revenue growth of over 20% year-on-year”
Sahil Barua, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Supply chain services revenue: nearly Rs.200 Cr (Q1FY27)
p. 3
“Our supply chain services business came in at nearly Rs.200 Cr of revenue for Q1.”
Sahil Barua, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Delhivery Local/Direct GMV: close to about Rs.150 Cr GMV (Q1FY27)
p. 3
“As things stand, we are currently at a GMV ahead of plan at close to about Rs.150 Cr GMV and expect that we will close the year higher than originally planned.”
Sahil Barua, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Contractual manpower expense: 371 Cr (Q1FY27)
p. 35
“That number would be 371 Cr for this quarter, this first quarter of FY27.”
Vivek Pabari, page 35 of the filed PDF · View the filing
PAT before e-commerce integration cost: about 62 Cr (Q1FY27)
p. 24
“I think in the press release, we have mentioned that our PAT before the e-commerce integration cost is at about 62 Cr, while our reported PAT for the quarter was about 32 Cr.”
Jinesh Joshi, page 24 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Normalised margin impact from inflation: between 35 and 40 Cr (Q1FY27)
p. 14
“my sense is what, between 35 and 40 Cr?”
Sahil Barua, page 14 of the filed PDF · View the filing
PTL yield improvement: 37 paisa improvement, of which 6 paisa from fuel inflation (Q1FY27)
p. 7
“we have something like a 37 paisa improvement in yield, of which really only about 6 paisa is coming from the fuel inflation.”
Sahil Barua, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
What management said it would do
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Express volume growth — 20-30% · FY27
stated conditionally by Sahil Barua
p. 5
“Broadly looking at where we are at the start of Q1 and the early part of Q2, we're towards the mid or upper side of the range that I spoke about, which is a 20-30% range.”
Sahil Barua, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Express service EBITDA margin — 16-18% range, closer to higher end · H2 FY27
stated firmly by Vivek Pabari
p. 16
“In Express, our target has been in that 16-18% service EBITDA range. We continue to maintain that and we remain confident that in the second half of this financial year, we will be in that range, in fact, closer to the higher end of that range.”
Vivek Pabari, page 16 of the filed PDF · View the filing
PTL service EBITDA margin — 15-15.5% · FY27 exit
stated as an aspiration by Vivek Pabari
p. 16
“This financial year, our internal objective will be to exit closer to 15-15.5% service EBITDA margins.”
Vivek Pabari, page 16 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Delhivery Local ARR — higher than 250 Cr · FY27
stated firmly by Sahil Barua
p. 22
“So, it's a good sign, again, we're revising this target upwards.”
Sahil Barua, page 22 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Delhivery Local investment spend — up to about 160-175 Cr · FY27
stated conditionally by Sahil Barua
p. 22
“So in that sense, the amount that we had earmarked, up to about 160-175 Cr for the financial year, at least looking at current trajectory, we should be well within that.”
Sahil Barua, page 22 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Overall margin trajectory — FY27
stated firmly by Sahil Barua
p. 12
“I don't think we will see a very significant difference to our margins. We don't anticipate a very significant difference to our margins, despite where Q1 has turned out to be.”
Sahil Barua, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Ahmedabad Delhivery Local breakeven — break even · Quarter three
stated conditionally by Sahil Barua
p. 34
“So the first city that we launched in Delhivery Local, for example, which was Ahmedabad, in fact, looks set to break even most likely at some point within quarter three.”
Sahil Barua, page 34 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Q&A highlights
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Sahil Barua said demand has remained strong into Q2 and the company expects to be towards the upper end of the range, though it remains a wide range given uncertainty.
Answered by Sahil Barua
Asked by Sachin Salgaonkar: How should investors think about the 20-30% express volume growth range and what drives the low vs high end?
p. 5
“If I look at the Q1 volumes and where we started off in Q2 and what we are hearing so far for the rest of Q2 and early Q3, it does look like we will be towards the better end of the range that we have provided.”
Sahil Barua, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Sahil Barua said the yield improvement is a planned, organic improvement, not seasonal, and mostly unrelated to fuel.
Answered by Sahil Barua
Asked by Sachin Salgaonkar: Is the PTL yield increase seasonal or sustainable?
p. 6
“On PTL yields, this isn't a seasonal improvement in yields at all. This is actually a planned and delivered improvement in yields.”
Sahil Barua, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Sahil Barua clarified Delhivery does not intend to lend heavily from its own balance sheet, instead partnering with lenders to facilitate fleet financing.
Answered by Sahil Barua
Asked by Sachin Salgaonkar: What does the NBFC/asset-light comment in the shareholder letter mean?
p. 7
“So our intention is not to lend heavily off the Delhivery’s balance sheet at all.”
Sahil Barua, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Vivek Pabari said the direct fuel impact matches the 0.6% figure referenced but that overall fuel-linked impact is larger due to consumables and airline costs, while minimum wage impact is larger due to lack of contractual pass-through.
Answered by Vivek Pabari
Asked by Vijit Jain: How much of the margin impact was from fuel versus minimum wage increases?
p. 10
“Minimum wages, you would expect them to have a bigger impact also because there is no contractual pass-through clause for minimum wages.”
Vivek Pabari, page 10 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Varun Bakshi confirmed nearly all contracts have been revised and explained the DPH lookback mechanism means July/August fuel cost recovery could be higher than April-June.
Answered by Varun Bakshi
Asked by Alok Deora: Will July/August margins reflect pre-diesel-hike levels since fuel contracts have been revised?
p. 13
“We are covered upward of 97, 98% at this point in time.”
Varun Bakshi, page 13 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Sahil Barua said Delhivery has seen improvement in share relative to both other 3PLs and in-house logistics, though he stopped short of calling it conclusive evidence of a structural shift.
Answered by Sahil Barua
Asked by Gaurav Rateria: Is express market share gain from 3PL consolidation or from insourced logistics shifting to 3PL?
p. 14
“So basically, the growth in volumes from customers who have in-house logistics is also large enough to suggest that we've gained some share versus in-house logistics.”
Sahil Barua, page 14 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Sahil Barua explained the decline stems from ramp-up costs of two new large contracts starting simultaneously, not any structural change to existing profitable contracts.
Answered by Sahil Barua
Asked by Aditya Suresh: Why did supply chain services margins decline sequentially despite revenue scaling?
p. 17
“The major change is the start of two new big contracts. At the start of the contract, what typically tends to happen is that we will commission the fulfilment centers across multiple sites.”
Sahil Barua, page 17 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Sahil Barua said Delhivery focuses on supplying into dark stores/mother warehouses via PTL but avoids running dark stores or doing last-mile delivery from them.
Answered by Sahil Barua
Asked by Aditya Suresh: What is Delhivery's approach to Quick Commerce opportunities?
p. 18
“we do not run dark stores for Quick Commerce players.”
Sahil Barua, page 18 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Sahil Barua attributed the yield decline to mix effects from the Ecom Express acquisition (lighter parcel network) rather than pricing pressure, and said pricing is expected to hold or rise with cost pass-throughs.
Answered by Sahil Barua
Asked by Jinesh Joshi: When will B2C yield decline stop and pricing power emerge?
p. 22
“mix is the simple answer as to why there is a big change between Q1FY26 and Q1FY27.”
Sahil Barua, page 22 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Sahil Barua explained overheads rose due to expansion of business development teams for cross-selling into 100 cities and increased technology costs including AWS and currency impacts.
Answered by Sahil Barua
Asked by Jainam Shah: Why haven't corporate overheads shown operating leverage as a percentage of revenue?
p. 33
“a large portion of this was towards building out our business development teams, which is what we had started doing, November, December last year”
Sahil Barua, page 33 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Risks flagged
Chronic labor shortages across the industry
p. 3
“There have been chronic labor shortages across the industry throughout the period of April, May and June.”
Sahil Barua, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Disruptions from elections and weather
p. 3
“We also had significant disruptions due to both elections as well as weather in this quarter, some of which - especially weather-related challenges - have continued a little bit into Q2.”
Sahil Barua, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Geopolitical uncertainty leading to inflation in input costs and fuel
p. 3
“There was also the overhang of geopolitical uncertainty leading to inflation and input costs and fuel and changes to the statutory labour codes.”
Sahil Barua, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Uncertainty in fuel price movements going forward
p. 12
“But of course, to be honest, on fuel, especially at this point in time, your guess is as good as mine as to what's going to happen tomorrow.”
Sahil Barua, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Statutory labour code and minimum wage changes across states adding cost uncertainty
p. 12
“We are still waiting to see what happens exactly in Karnataka, but as that comes in, pricing for customers will get revised in line with that, and I don't anticipate that that delay will be very significant.”
Sahil Barua, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Reverse logistics claims are complex and costly with delayed manifestation
p. 28
“claims are a particularly complex thing because claims are not a cost which manifests instantly, right?”
Sahil Barua, page 28 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Increasing complexity of labor availability and climate-related operating challenges
p. 15
“whether it is labour availability is going to get more complex, statutory labour codes are changing.”
Sahil Barua, page 15 of the filed PDF · View the filing
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