Dhruv Consultancy Services Ltd — Q1 FY27 earnings call
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The short read
Dhruv Consultancy Services reported Q1 FY27 net sales of Rs 15.55 crore and total income of Rs 15.95 crore, alongside an operating loss which management attributed to estimate corrections following NHAI policy changes. The company secured about Rs 90 crore of new orders in the quarter, including assignments for the Rowghat-Jagdalpur railway line, the Ujjain-Jaora Greenfield Highway, and an Odisha Bridge Corporation project, taking its unexecuted order book to around Rs 300 crore. Management also described new empanelments with BMC and India Exim Bank and entry into the Wayside Amenities segment through a 55% stake in an SPV, Verul Drivehub Private Limited.
Numbers mentioned
Net sales: INR15.55 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 4
“Coming to the financial performance. Q1 FY27 recorded net sales of INR15.55 crores and a total income of INR15.95 crores.”
Tanvi Auti, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Total income: INR15.95 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 4
“Coming to the financial performance. Q1 FY27 recorded net sales of INR15.55 crores and a total income of INR15.95 crores.”
Tanvi Auti, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
New orders received: INR90 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 3
“On the order front, we received a total order of INR90 crores only in the first quarter of FY27, some of them being INR19.34 crores order for authority engineer and project management services for 140-kilometer Rowghat-Jagdalpur railway line, along with the consultancy order for rail-over bridge construction supervision in Uttar Pradesh.”
Tanvi Auti, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
MPRDC order: INR8.34 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 3
“We also received an order for INR8.34 crores from MPRDC for independent engineering services for the Ujjain-Jaora Greenfield Highway.”
Tanvi Auti, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
OBCC assignment: INR40.92 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 3
“We recently also received INR40.92 crores assignment from OBCC, Odisha Bridge Corporation, which is the highest ticket size ever backed by the company.”
Tanvi Auti, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Unexecuted order book: INR300 crores (as of Q1 FY27)
p. 12
“If you see again, our unexecuted order book today stands at INR300 crores.”
Pandurang Dandawate, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Total order book: INR600 crores
p. 12
“Our total order book is INR600 crores and the correction happened is about INR30 crores, INR35 crores, which is completed now, and it is less than 5%.”
Pandurang Dandawate, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Q1 operating loss: INR3 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 7
“And in Q1, it was an operating loss of INR3 crores.”
Neha Patil, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Total expenditure: 20.41 (Q1 FY27)
p. 13
“adding to it the finance cost, the depreciation cost, the administrative and the total expenditure what we have reported comes to 20.41.”
Tanvi Auti, page 13 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Q4 revenue: INR8 crores (Q4 FY26)
p. 13
“So while if you see Q1 also if you compare it to Q4, so Q4 had INR8 crores revenue, Q1 has INR15 crores revenue.”
Tanvi Auti, page 13 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Q2 additional orders: INR60 crores, INR65 crores (Q2 FY27)
p. 7
“And again, in Q2, which is in running condition, we have got additional INR60 crores, INR65 crores of the orders in our kitty.”
Pandurang Dandawate, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
What management said it would do
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Order book conversion to revenue — 15% to 20% of order book converted to revenue
stated as an aspiration by Pandurang Dandawate
p. 7
“So what I can say specific answer to your query, roughly 15% to 20% of the order book gets converted into the revenue.”
Pandurang Dandawate, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
International order book share — 10% to 15% of order book from international market
stated as an aspiration by Pandurang Dandawate
p. 7
“But we are hopeful of getting 10% to 15% of our order book from the international market.”
Pandurang Dandawate, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Wayside Amenities revenue start (first project) — February next year
stated firmly by Pandurang Dandawate
p. 12
“So we are expecting to start the revenue of first wayside amenity project somewhere I can say in the month of February next year.”
Pandurang Dandawate, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Wayside Amenities revenue start (three new projects) — 7 to 8 months from possession
stated firmly by Pandurang Dandawate
p. 12
“So the letter of acceptance are expected anywhere in month of September.”
Pandurang Dandawate, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Billing on new railway/highway assignments — Q3
stated firmly by Tanvi Auti
p. 13
“So these billing is expected to start somewhere in Q3.”
Tanvi Auti, page 13 of the filed PDF · View the filing
New assignment billing start — after 2 quarters from order delivery
stated firmly by Tanvi Auti
p. 12
“New assignments, the billing will start after 2 quarters.”
Tanvi Auti, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
AI dashboard project capacity — 120 assignments in a year
stated as an aspiration by Tanvi Auti
p. 9
“So this will further enhance our capability to take -- to do not just 60, but maybe 120 assignments in a year.”
Tanvi Auti, page 9 of the filed PDF · View the filing
BIM technical capability — 6D BIM
stated as an aspiration by Tanvi Auti
p. 10
“So I want to reach to a level where we can compete to 6D BIM also.”
Tanvi Auti, page 10 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Q&A highlights
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Management said Q1 revenue is typically 30-40% of the year and it cannot give specific revenue guidance due to SEBI LODR restrictions.
Answered by Tanvi Auti
Asked by Mehul Shah: What revenue guidance for FY27 given the new mandates?
p. 4
“So it's difficult for me to give any numbers as the SEBI LODR doesn't allow us to do that.”
Tanvi Auti, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said the loss was a paper loss from correcting revenue estimates due to NHAI policy changes, and future bids carry better margins.
Answered by Pandurang Dandawate
Asked by Neha Patil: What caused the Q1 operating loss and how quickly can margins recover?
p. 7
“Basically, this is only a paper loss, which is correction in the estimates you might be aware.”
Pandurang Dandawate, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management attributed the loss to tax reversals and insufficient current revenue base to absorb costs from large new assignments, expecting losses to be absorbed as revenue converts.
Answered by Tanvi Auti
Asked by Priya Jain: What revenue run-rate is needed to return to positive operating margin?
p. 8
“Second being the lower -- the current revenue base is insufficient to absorb the large size assignments that we have currently got.”
Tanvi Auti, page 8 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management estimated roughly 15-20% of the order book converts to revenue within a rough 2-year window based on the existing order book.
Answered by Pandurang Dandawate
Asked by Neha Patil: What percentage of Q1 orders will be recognized as revenue in FY27?
p. 6
“So based on the existing order book itself, we can say order book in 2 years.”
Pandurang Dandawate, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said collections typically take 60-90 days, sometimes up to 120 days in less accessible states.
Answered by Tanvi Auti
Asked by Vidhi Purohit: How has the receivable cycle been in Q1?
p. 11
“So collections are typically the same right now. You can say minimum 60 to 90 days.”
Tanvi Auti, page 11 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said no major delays are expected, characterizing the earlier correction as small relative to the total order book.
Answered by Pandurang Dandawate
Asked by Mehul Shah: Are there mobilization or approval delays expected that could affect FY27 revenue recognition?
p. 12
“No, no, no. It is actually what happened in last year or this year first quarter is basically correction of the estimate.”
Pandurang Dandawate, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said Q1 losses reduced by more than 50% versus Q4 despite higher revenue, and explained the loss was due to inadequate cost absorption given rapid order growth, with improvement expected as billing scales.
Answered by Tanvi Auti
Asked by Saket Kapoor: How is profitability trend likely to shape up given losses posted?
p. 13
“Now why Q1 remained the operating loss, if you see reduced more than 50%.”
Tanvi Auti, page 13 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Risks flagged
Removal of network survey vehicle scope from NHAI assignment due to policy change
p. 7
“The main client is NHAI, of course, like network survey vehicle scope was removed from our assignment and it is given separately to someone else as a policy and all over India, not alone to Dhruv.”
Pandurang Dandawate, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Slow turnaround time in international market delaying order conversion
p. 7
“Ghana, we are the most preferred bidder or we are the winner, but turnaround time in international market is very, very slow.”
Pandurang Dandawate, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
War situation affecting bidding in Saudi Arabia
p. 7
“1 or 2 bids we missed because of this war situation right now even there.”
Pandurang Dandawate, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
High operating cost structure relative to current revenue base
p. 8
“So the operating cost structure with right now that the company is operating is pretty high.”
Tanvi Auti, page 8 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Collection delays in less accessible regions
p. 11
“Very -- I think a few states, say, in the Northeast or where accessibility becomes an issue, it might go up to 120 days, but not more than that.”
Tanvi Auti, page 11 of the filed PDF · View the filing
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