Fractal Analytics Ltd — Q1 FY27 earnings call
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The short read
Fractal reported Q1 FY27 revenue of INR 912.5 crore, up 20% year-on-year, with Healthcare and Life Sciences and Banking and Financial Services growing strongly while the Technology, Media and Telecom vertical declined 22%. Net income grew 92% to INR 72 crore and adjusted EBITDA margin rose to 17% from 15% a year earlier. Management also announced that CFO Ashwath Bhat is departing after five-and-a-half years and a successor search is underway.
Numbers mentioned
Revenue: INR 912.5 crore (Q1 FY27)
p. 3
“Revenue for Q1 was INR 912.5 crore, up 20% year-on-year.”
Srikanth Velamakanni, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Revenue growth in constant currency: 9% (Q1 FY27)
p. 3
“In constant currency terms, revenue growth was 9%.”
Srikanth Velamakanni, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Healthcare and Life Sciences growth: 69% (Q1 FY27 YoY)
p. 3
“our Healthcare and Life Sciences business continued to be a growth leader, growing at an exceptional 69% year-over-year”
Srikanth Velamakanni, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Banking and Financial Services growth: 36% (Q1 FY27 YoY)
p. 3
“Banking and Financial Services grew 36% year-over-year.”
Srikanth Velamakanni, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
CPG and Retail growth: 19% (Q1 FY27 YoY)
p. 3
“CPG and Retail, our largest vertical, grew at 19%.”
Srikanth Velamakanni, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
TMT vertical growth: -22% (Q1 FY27 YoY)
p. 3
“Our worst performance was in the Technology, Media, and Telecom (TMT) vertical, which declined by 22% year-over-year, dragging down our headline growth this year.”
Srikanth Velamakanni, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Growth excluding TMT: 37% (Q1 FY27 YoY)
p. 3
“our overall growth excluding TMT would have been 37% year-over-year”
Srikanth Velamakanni, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Net Promoter Score: 77 (Q1 FY27)
p. 4
“our Net Promoter Score was 77 in Q1, up from 73 a year ago”
Srikanth Velamakanni, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Net Revenue Retention: 117% (Q1 FY27)
p. 4
“our Net Revenue Retention was 117% in Q1, up from 108% last year”
Srikanth Velamakanni, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Top 10 client concentration: 51.8% (Q1 FY27)
p. 4
“Our top 10 clients contributed 51.8% of revenue in Q1, down from 55.9% a year ago.”
Srikanth Velamakanni, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Net income: INR 72 crore (Q1 FY27)
p. 4
“Net income grew 92% for the quarter to INR 72 crore.”
Srikanth Velamakanni, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Gross margin: 46% (Q1 FY27)
p. 4
“Our gross margin was 46% in Q1.”
Srikanth Velamakanni, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Adjusted EBITDA margin: 17% (Q1 FY27)
p. 4
“Q1 adjusted EBITDA margin reached 17%, up 189 basis points year-over-year.”
Srikanth Velamakanni, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
R&D investment: INR 61 crore (Q1 FY27)
p. 6
“In Q1 2027, we invested INR 61 crore into research and development, 31% higher than the previous year.”
Ashwath Bhat, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Asper ARR growth: 59% (as of June 2026 YoY)
p. 6
“Asper’s ARR has gone up by 59% to $9 million as of June 2026 versus the same period last year.”
Ashwath Bhat, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Analytics Vidhya revenue growth: 42% (Q1 FY27 in dollar terms)
p. 6
“Analytics Vidhya revenue in Q1 2027 has grown by 42% in dollar terms.”
Ashwath Bhat, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Fractal Alpha segment loss: INR 14 crore (Q1 FY27)
p. 6
“The gross margin for quarter stood at 65%, and segment loss was at INR 14 crore.”
Ashwath Bhat, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Qure.ai revenue growth: 160% (Q1 FY27 YoY)
p. 6
“I am happy to report Qure.ai’s revenue has grown by 160% year-over-year in Q1 2027 to INR 24 crore.”
Ashwath Bhat, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Net income margin: 7.9% (Q1 FY27)
p. 6
“Net income margin expanded by 296 basis points year-over-year to 7.9%.”
Ashwath Bhat, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Diluted EPS: INR 4.09 (Q1 FY27)
p. 6
“Diluted EPS is at INR 4.09, which is 78% higher than the same period in the previous year.”
Ashwath Bhat, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Cash from operations: negative INR 103 crore (Q1 FY27)
p. 7
“Our cash from operations was negative INR 103 crore because of the payment of variable pay for the previous fiscal year in Q1 2027.”
Ashwath Bhat, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
DSO: 71 days (Q1 FY27)
p. 7
“DSO has improved by two days from 73 days in Q1 fiscal 2026 to 71 days in Q1 fiscal 2027.”
Ashwath Bhat, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Cash and cash equivalents: INR 1,639 crore (as of June 30, 2026)
p. 7
“As of June 30th, 2026, we had cash and cash equivalents, including mutual funds and fixed deposits of INR 1,639 crore or $173 million, including IPO proceeds of INR 689 crore.”
Ashwath Bhat, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
ROCE: close to 13%
p. 19
“ROCE is close to 13%.”
Ashwath Bhat, page 19 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Output/outcome/license mix: 42% (current)
p. 17
“We are at 42 right now.”
Srikanth Velamakanni, page 17 of the filed PDF · View the filing
What management said it would do
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TMT vertical growth — next quarter
stated firmly by Srikanth Velamakanni
p. 3
“the TMT performance is bottoming out and we expect healthy sequential growth in TMT the next quarter”
Srikanth Velamakanni, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Cogentiq/license revenue share — coming quarters
stated as an aspiration by Srikanth Velamakanni
p. 11
“Our overall license revenues are 3% of revenue. We expect that to go north of that.”
Srikanth Velamakanni, page 11 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Output/outcome/license revenue mix — 60 · next few quarters
stated as an aspiration by Srikanth Velamakanni
p. 17
“We are inching gradually forward on that number, and we want to get it to 60 over the next few quarters.”
Srikanth Velamakanni, page 17 of the filed PDF · View the filing
R&D spend as percentage of revenue — 10% of revenue
stated conditionally by Srikanth Velamakanni
p. 17
“We have said that we will continue to increase R&D spends as a percentage of revenue, and we will take it to as much as 10% of revenue.”
Srikanth Velamakanni, page 17 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Merit increase P&L impact — 120 to 130 bps · Q2 FY27
stated firmly by Ashwath Bhat
p. 14
“The full P&L level, it will be more close to 120 to 130 bps impact.”
Ashwath Bhat, page 14 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Asper revenue growth — second half of fiscal year
stated conditionally by Ashwath Bhat
p. 6
“Hence, we expect the second half of fiscal year to be much stronger for Asper.”
Ashwath Bhat, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Europe growth rate
stated conditionally by Srikanth Velamakanni
p. 13
“we expect that growth rate can be meaningfully accelerated with some additional new leadership that we hire”
Srikanth Velamakanni, page 13 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Overall profitability — next few quarters
stated as an aspiration by Srikanth Velamakanni
p. 21
“we expect that profitability will continue to improve over the next few quarters as we continue to expand our growth”
Srikanth Velamakanni, page 21 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Q&A highlights
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Management said TMT improvement stems from new deals with existing clients, and described the demand shape shifting with some work vanishing while larger AI-led opportunities expand.
Answered by Srikanth Velamakanni
Asked by Gaurav Rateria: What drives visibility into TMT's expected sequential improvement, and is deal volatility inherent to the business model?
p. 9
“we are seeing the TMT issue bottoming out, and it is coming from new deals from existing clients”
Srikanth Velamakanni, page 9 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said they no longer discuss client-specific issues but confirmed TMT underperformed expectations, and the wage increase was effective June 1 with only one month reflected in Q1.
Answered by Srikanth Velamakanni
Asked by Aditi Patil: Was there a specific client issue behind TMT weakness, and was the wage hike for FY27 taken in Q1?
p. 11
“the quarter TMT did perform worse than we expected, for sure”
Srikanth Velamakanni, page 11 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Ashwath clarified it was a reclassification of investments between segments, not a one-time cost, and that the merit increase impact will be a full three months in Q2.
Answered by Ashwath Bhat
Asked by Pritesh Thakkar: What was the nature of the integration cost mentioned, and is the merit cost impact fully reflected in Q1?
p. 14
“It is not really an integration cost. What we have done is, we have re-classed or restated between the segments.”
Ashwath Bhat, page 14 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Srikanth pointed to big tech firms reallocating budgets from opex to AI capex, creating opex pressure that likely affected the vertical.
Answered by Srikanth Velamakanni
Asked by Moez Chandani: Was the TMT decline due to competitive intensity or client-specific discretionary spending pauses?
p. 15
“There is a lot of opex pressure when capex has gone up by this much. Therefore, you are seeing big adjustments taking place in the TMT industry in terms of how they look at the overall spends”
Srikanth Velamakanni, page 15 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Srikanth confirmed one TMT client slipped below the INR 20 million threshold and said Q1 underachieved expectations due to rapidly shifting demand shape, with execution changes underway.
Answered by Srikanth Velamakanni
Asked by Om Kavadi: Has the number of clients above INR 20 million TTM revenue declined due to TMT, and has the full-year outlook changed?
p. 16
“One client has slipped below the INR 20 million number, and that is part of the TMT vertical. That is correct.”
Srikanth Velamakanni, page 16 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Ashwath explained the Fractal Alpha loss increase reflects investment in Analytics Vidhya products, while Qure.ai revenue grew 160% and its backlog rose substantially.
Answered by Ashwath Bhat
Asked by Anish Khanal: How is Qure.ai and Fractal Alpha segment performing given rising losses, and what is the outlook for EBITDA margin given TMT bottoming out?
p. 20
“Qure.ai does have a big jump from first half of the year to second half of the year.”
Ashwath Bhat, page 20 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Risks flagged
TMT vertical decline dragging down overall growth
p. 3
“Our worst performance was in the Technology, Media, and Telecom (TMT) vertical, which declined by 22% year-over-year, dragging down our headline growth this year.”
Srikanth Velamakanni, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
APAC region impacted by TMT weakness and Middle East conflict
p. 4
“APAC and others were down by 2% year-over-year, largely impacted by the TMT industry issue, as well as the conflict in the Middle East.”
Srikanth Velamakanni, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Increased competitive intensity for AI-led deals
p. 15
“It is also becoming more competitive. Therefore, our execution has to really get better to improve our growth.”
Srikanth Velamakanni, page 15 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Big tech clients shifting budget from opex to AI capex, pressuring TMT-related spend
p. 15
“you are seeing big adjustments taking place in the TMT industry in terms of how they look at the overall spends and allocating more of that to capex and less of that to opex”
Srikanth Velamakanni, page 15 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Increased loss in Fractal Alpha segment due to product investment
p. 6
“Increased loss is largely due to the integration of iqigai and EdTech teams from Fractal.ai segment into Analytics Vidhya, as stated earlier.”
Ashwath Bhat, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Rapidly shifting shape of demand creating execution challenges
p. 16
“Everything is changing at a very rapid pace. We are very competitive and very capable, yet we have to make sure that we move extremely fast to capture the enormous opportunity that is in front of us.”
Srikanth Velamakanni, page 16 of the filed PDF · View the filing
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