Elecon Engineering Company Ltd — Q1 FY27 earnings call
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The short read
Elecon Engineering reported consolidated Q1 FY27 revenue of Rs 521 crores, up 11.9% year-on-year on an adjusted basis, with EBITDA of Rs 109 crores at a 21% margin and PAT of Rs 70 crores. The Gear division grew revenue 16.3% year-on-year while the MHE division saw revenue decline 2.9% due to project execution delays. Management cited a consolidated order intake growth of 23% to Rs 755 crores and an open order book up 36.8% to Rs 1,518 crores, while guiding to low double-digit revenue growth for FY27 with EBITDA margin maintained at last year's level.
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Numbers mentioned
Consolidated revenue: INR521 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 5
“For the quarter ended June 2026, Elecon reported consolidated revenue from operation of INR521 crores.”
Chintan Shah, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Consolidated revenue growth: 11.9% (Q1 FY27 vs Q1 FY26)
p. 5
“This represents a healthy year-on-year growth of 11.9% over adjusted revenue of INR465 crores in Q1 FY '26.”
Chintan Shah, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Consolidated EBITDA: INR109 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 5
“our consolidated EBITDA remained resilient and grew by 3.9% year-on-year to INR109 crores.”
Chintan Shah, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
EBITDA margin: 21% (Q1 FY27)
p. 5
“EBITDA margins remain stable and sustainable at 21%, reflecting the strength of our business model, disciplined cost management, and continued focus on the operation efficiency.”
Chintan Shah, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Profit after tax: INR70 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 5
“Profit after tax stood at INR70 crores with the margin of 13.5% registering a growth of 2.3% year-on-year.”
Chintan Shah, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Consolidated order intake: INR755 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 5
“Our consolidated order intake increased by 23% year-on-year to INR755 crores from INR614 crores in the corresponding quarter of the previous year.”
Chintan Shah, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Consolidated open order book: INR1,518 crores (as of June 30, 2026)
p. 5
“Our consolidated open order book also strengthened significantly, rising 36.8% year-on-year to INR1,518 crores, providing a healthy revenue stability for the quarters ahead.”
Chintan Shah, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Gear division revenue: INR416 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 4
“The Gear division which contributed nearly 80% of our consolidated revenue to INR416 crores during the quarter delivered a strong performance with revenue growing by 16.3% year-on-year.”
Dipak Dalwadi, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Gear division EBIT margin: 17.9% (Q1 FY27)
p. 5
“we maintain a resilient EBIT margin of 17.9% through disciplined cost management and operational efficiencies.”
Chintan Shah, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
MHE division revenue: INR105 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 5
“MHE division reported revenue of INR105 crores during the quarter compared to adjusted revenue of INR108 crores in Q1 FY '26.”
Chintan Shah, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
MHE division EBIT: INR27 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 6
“EBIT for the quarter stood at INR27 crores, declining by 25.3% year-on-year.”
Chintan Shah, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Overseas revenue: INR151 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 6
“Overseas revenue increased to INR151 crores from INR124 crores in the corresponding quarter of the previous year.”
Chintan Shah, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Net cash position: approximately INR700 crores (as of quarter end)
p. 6
“we continue to maintain a strong balance sheet with a net cash position of approximately INR700 crores.”
Chintan Shah, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
MHE division order book: INR475 crores (as of June 30, 2026)
p. 4
“Our open order book stood at INR475 crores as of June 30, 2026, reflecting a 18.8% increase compared to the corresponding period last year.”
Kaushik Patel, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
What management said it would do
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Consolidated revenue growth — low double-digit growth · FY27
stated conditionally by Chintan Shah
p. 6
“Given the ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty and limited near-term visibility, we are targeting to have a low double-digit consolidated revenue growth while maintaining the EBITDA margin as it we had it in the last year.”
Chintan Shah, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
MHE EBITDA margin — 22% to 24% · FY27
stated as an aspiration by Chintan Shah
p. 7
“We are seeing a 22% to 24% EBITDA margin for MHE business for the year as a sustainable margin.”
Chintan Shah, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Capital expenditure — approximately INR400 crores · FY26 to FY28
stated firmly by Chintan Shah
p. 6
“We also remain committed to our previously announced capital expenditure program of approximately INR400 crores over FY '26 to FY '28.”
Chintan Shah, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Total exports growth — double-digit higher percentage growth · this year
stated as an aspiration by Chintan Shah
p. 12
“In terms of the overall growth we will see a double-digit higher percentage growth at least for this year when it comes to exports.”
Chintan Shah, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Consolidated revenue target — 5000 crores top line · FY30
stated as an aspiration by Chintan Shah
p. 17
“we had set the target of reaching to 5000 crores in a top line by FY30.”
Chintan Shah, page 17 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Gear division share of revenue — 70% - 75% · FY30
stated as an aspiration by Chintan Shah
p. 17
“we expect Gear to be almost 70% - 75% of the total revenue in FY30 and almost 25% to 30% for MHE for the overall revenue in FY '30.”
Chintan Shah, page 17 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Gear division EBITDA margin — about 24%
stated as an aspiration by Chintan Shah
p. 18
“In terms of the margin guidelines for the gear, we expect gear EBITDA to be in the range of about 24%.”
Chintan Shah, page 18 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Naval/defense order enquiry release — Q4 FY27
stated conditionally by Chintan Shah
p. 18
“So, in our guidance on our call for the Q4 last year, we said it that, these orders the enquiry of these orders are likely to be released in Q4 of this year.”
Chintan Shah, page 18 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Q&A highlights
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Management attributed the decline to sales mix, input cost, and lower volumes, and confirmed export margins are slightly higher.
Answered by Chintan Shah
Asked by Shubhi Gupta: What caused the MHE margin decline and does export business carry higher margins?
p. 7
“Our data suggest that it's almost 2.5% to 3% margin decline is because of the input cost increase, almost 3% margin decline we see is because of the change in the sales mix, and the rest 3% we see the balance is decline because of the lower throughput volume for the quarter for the MHE division.”
Chintan Shah, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Growth came from Middle East and US as held orders were released; cement and mining were weak segments in the Middle East.
Answered by Chintan Shah
Asked by Balasubramanian: Which geographies drove international revenue growth and what about Middle East weakness?
p. 7
“So bulk of the growth that we see right now in this quarter has come from Middle East as well as US, and both these growth we have because some of the orders which were on hold in Q4 last year because of the improvement in the macroeconomic conditions, the hold has eased out and so we have started doing the dispatch.”
Chintan Shah, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management explained that significant raw material price increases slowed conversion of enquiries to orders and revenue.
Answered by Chintan Shah
Asked by Raj Shah: Why is revenue growth guided at low double-digits despite record order book?
p. 9
“So with this kind of increase in the price, the time taken for converting the enquiries into order has significantly increased and that is the reason even if we had a good order book in Q1, we ended up with the very high order book and we could not convert the order book into the revenue.”
Chintan Shah, page 9 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Two large power sector orders faced design engineering clearance delays via the EPC contractor hierarchy.
Answered by Kaushik Patel
Asked by Raj Shah: What is causing the execution delays in MHE orders?
p. 10
“So normally design engineering taking much time. In fact in this particular case in fact we were expecting to get our design engineering clearance I think in beginning of quarter in month of April itself, but somehow we could not get success.”
Kaushik Patel, page 10 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said they track total exports rather than exports from India specifically, given assembly centers set up overseas.
Answered by Chintan Shah
Asked by Pratik Kothari: Why has India export revenue decelerated for three quarters?
p. 12
“So we at an organization level, we look at the total exports rather than the exports from India. The reason is we also have set up the assembly centers, multiple assembly centers outside of India.”
Chintan Shah, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management described a market correction phase where some competitors sit on lower-cost inventory, squeezing pricing before moving to an acceptance phase.
Answered by Chintan Shah
Asked by Prolin Nandu: Is competitive intensity increasing and affecting the ability to pass on price increases in gears?
p. 14
“So typically whenever there is a price increase of this kind of scenario happens, the market works towards the correction where the inventory level gradually goes down and every player in the market will then end up with the similar level of prices for their inventory.”
Chintan Shah, page 14 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said the sugar season outlook is currently muted due to poor monsoon conditions.
Answered by Dipak Dalwadi
Asked by Garvit Goyal: What is the outlook for the sugar sector given ethanol blending?
p. 16
“But as of today, because the rain is not as expected, so sugar is muted actually.”
Dipak Dalwadi, page 16 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management confirmed a revenue carryover from the prior quarter and noted further finished goods that could not be recognized due to Ind AS cutoff timing.
Answered by Chintan Shah
Asked by Sanjay Ladha: Is the Gear division growth largely due to deferred revenue from last quarter?
p. 17
“Yes, so this quarter we had the revenue carry over of the last quarter as you rightly said. And at the same time what happened is that during the quarter, since we had delayed receipt of the orders, and also clearances from the customer, this quarter also we have FGs which were like INR70 crores which we could not convert into the sales.”
Chintan Shah, page 17 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Risks flagged
Input cost/raw material price increases due to geopolitical tensions impacting margins
p. 5
“Despite a spike in input cost due to geopolitical tensions, our consolidated EBITDA remained resilient and grew by 3.9% year-on-year to INR109 crores.”
Chintan Shah, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Project execution delays in MHE division due to design engineering clearance bottlenecks
p. 4
“This was primarily on account of project execution delays.”
Kaushik Patel, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Dependency on PSU capex cycles and government fiscal budgets affecting order conversion timing
p. 13
“We have a dependency on sectors like thermal power, cement, and the steel and all the three segments are dominated by many PSU sectors. And therefore any macroeconomic conditions or even the conditions at our own economy level disturbs the capex plan and which in turn delays the kind of the projections that we see for the gear business.”
Chintan Shah, page 13 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Geopolitical tensions such as US-Iran conflict affecting order pipeline visibility
p. 16
“If you look at last 48 hours event itself, the intensity between US and Iran again has picked up.”
Chintan Shah, page 16 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Poor monsoon affecting sugarcane crop and sugar sector demand
p. 16
“See, so far sugar sector is concerned this year the monsoon has again I mean the prolonged and the it's not a good rain situation what we are experiencing.”
Dipak Dalwadi, page 16 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Competitive pressure from multinational players expanding local facilities affecting new project pricing
p. 14
“But for the new projects, definitely there will be a price pressure from the MNCs and all the competitions.”
Dipak Dalwadi, page 14 of the filed PDF · View the filing
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