IFB Industries Ltd — Q4 FY26 earnings call
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The short read
IFB Industries reported Q4 FY26 revenue of Rs 1,456 crore, up 11.03% year-on-year, with PBDIT of Rs 80.7 crore at 5.5% margin and PAT of Rs 33.72 crore. Full-year FY26 revenue was Rs 5,476 crore, up 10%, with PAT of Rs 133.34 crore. Management discussed product portfolio simplification, cost optimization programs to offset commodity and forex headwinds, and growth plans across home appliances and the engineering division.
Numbers mentioned
Revenue: INR 1,456 crores (Q4 FY26)
p. 3
“Revenue for the quarter was INR 1,456 crores against last year's INR 1,312 crores, which is a growth of 11.03%.”
Soumitra Goswami, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
PBDIT: INR 80.7 crores (Q4 FY26)
p. 3
“PBDIT for the period was INR 80.7 crores and its percentage to revenue is 5.5% as compared to last year's INR 69.4 crores, which was 5.3% on revenue.”
Soumitra Goswami, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
PBT before exceptional items: INR 46.05 crores (Q4 FY26)
p. 3
“PBT before exceptional items for the period was INR 46.05 crores, which is 3.2% on revenue against last year's figure of INR 29.3 crores, which is 2.2% on revenue.”
Soumitra Goswami, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
PAT: INR 33.72 crores (Q4 FY26)
p. 3
“Quarter 4 PAT was INR 33.72 crores, which is 2.3% on revenue against last year's INR 22.29 crores, which is 1.7% on revenue.”
Soumitra Goswami, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Revenue: INR 5,476 crores (FY26)
p. 3
“Revenue for the period was INR 5,476 crores against last year's INR4,977 crores, which is a growth of 10%.”
Soumitra Goswami, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
PBDIT: INR 334 crores (FY26)
p. 3
“PBDIT for the period was INR 334 crores, with percentage to revenue was 6.1% as compared to last year INR 325 crores, which was 6.5% on revenue.”
Soumitra Goswami, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
PAT: INR 133.34 crores (FY26)
p. 4
“PAT for the year was INR 133.34 crores, which is 2.4% on revenue against last year INR 128.79 crores, which was 2.6% on revenue.”
Soumitra Goswami, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Front loader market share: 23% (FY26)
p. 8
“So, our front loader is about 23 percentage is what our front loader market share is.”
Sandeep Joseph Abraham, page 8 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Top loader market share: 9% (FY26)
p. 8
“Top loader, we are currently 9 %.”
Sandeep Joseph Abraham, page 8 of the filed PDF · View the filing
AC/refrigeration market share: 3-3.5% (current)
p. 10
“We are currently at about 3, 3.5 percentage is what our market shares are.”
Sandeep Joseph Abraham, page 10 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Commodity and forex impact: INR 84 crores (FY26)
p. 6
“Now basically, if you look at the full year, the impact on commodity as well as forex was INR 32 crores and INR 52 crores totaling to INR 84 crores.”
Sandeep Joseph Abraham, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Cost optimization realized: INR 67 crores (FY26)
p. 6
“But INR 67 crores of that, we were able to make up because of our cost optimization program that we are currently running.”
Sandeep Joseph Abraham, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Cost optimization realized: INR 29 crores (April-May FY27)
p. 7
“For example, we have already seen about - if you look at April, May, we have got about INR 29 crores, which has come because of the cost optimization.”
Sandeep Joseph Abraham, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Commodity and forex negative impact: INR 49 crores (April-May FY27)
p. 12
“It's - if you look at between commodity and forex, the negative is about INR 49 crores for April, May cumulative.”
Sandeep Joseph Abraham, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Import content of RM cost: 30% (manufacturing) / 39% (overall) (current)
p. 12
“Import is about 30 percentage is what the import content is.”
Sandeep Joseph Abraham, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Engineering division capex implemented: INR 63 crores (FY26)
p. 14
“Now we have been able to implement only INR 63 crores in the - up till March, and it is being carried over this year because some of the projects took time to materialize after sanction”
Jayanta Chanda, page 14 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Energy rating transition cost impact: INR 7 crores (FY26)
p. 21
“I think it was about INR 7 crores was the impact because of that, INR 7 crores for the full year.”
Sandeep Joseph Abraham, page 21 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Home appliance division capex: INR 43 crores (FY26)
p. 6
“Out of that, home appliance division is - I'm telling you home appliance division is around INR 43 crores.”
Soumitra Goswami, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Total company capex: INR 89 crores (FY26)
p. 6
“Current year total company-wide number is INR 89 crores, okay, INR 88.6 to be precise.”
Soumitra Goswami, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
What management said it would do
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Cost optimization inflow — INR 120 crores additional · next 10 months
stated conditionally by Sandeep Joseph Abraham
p. 7
“And we would like to believe that in the next 10 months, another INR 120 crores would come in, in the form of CI thing.”
Sandeep Joseph Abraham, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Engineering division revenue growth — 20% to 25% · next 2 to 3 years
stated firmly by Jayanta Chanda
p. 11
“Over the next 2 to 3 years, the - what we have planned is a 20% to 25% growth on the existing business.”
Jayanta Chanda, page 11 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Engineering division EBITDA margin — 17% to 18%
stated as an aspiration by Jayanta Chanda
p. 11
“Target EBITDA margin is 17% to 18%. We already do about 15%. So there is a 17% to 18% EBITDA margin we are targeting.”
Jayanta Chanda, page 11 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Engineering division new order wins — INR 350 crores · FY27
stated firmly by Anit Ghosh
p. 13
“Actually, this FY27, we are finalizing INR 350 crores addition with - including all the previous batches.”
Anit Ghosh, page 13 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Engineering division revenue growth — 23% of last year's revenues · this year
stated firmly by Jayanta Chanda
p. 14
“And looking at the schedules and new orders, this year, our target is about 23% of what was our last year revenues.”
Jayanta Chanda, page 14 of the filed PDF · View the filing
AC/refrigeration market share — double digits · this year
stated as an aspiration by Sandeep Joseph Abraham
p. 10
“So our aspiration is this year itself, but that's going to be a tough ask.”
Sandeep Joseph Abraham, page 10 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Home appliances revenue growth — 20%
stated as an aspiration by Sandeep Joseph Abraham
p. 10
“It is what we are aspiring, yes.”
Sandeep Joseph Abraham, page 10 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Import content reduction — 25% (manufacturing) / 30-32% (overall)
stated conditionally by Sandeep Joseph Abraham
p. 12
“And the 39% which is our overall import would come down to somewhere around 30% to 32% is what it would come down to.”
Sandeep Joseph Abraham, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Front loader capacity segment launch — 13 kg and 14 kg models · this year
stated firmly by Sandeep Joseph Abraham
p. 6
“as Mr. Govindaraj said that we'll be launching a 13 kg and a 14 kg in the front loader in this year.”
Sandeep Joseph Abraham, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Q&A highlights
Management's answers to analyst questions, in Parakho's words rather than a transcript. Each row names who answered and carries the verbatim quote it was drawn from.
Front loader and top loader saw double-digit growth; microwave grew double digit; AC growth was muted after recovering from early monsoon impact.
Answered by Ranjan Mohan Mathur
Asked by Naitik: Breakup of sales growth by category (AC, front load, top load, microwave)
p. 4
“So we don't give the numbers, but we will just tell you that in front loader, we had a good double–digit growth in this quarter.”
Ranjan Mohan Mathur, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Company cannot pass entire cost impact to customers due to competitive pressure; relies on combination of price hikes and continued cost optimization.
Answered by Sandeep Joseph Abraham
Asked by Naitik: Impact of forex and commodity costs and whether it will reverse into profitability
p. 7
“One is, ideally, we would have liked to pass on everything to the customer. But today, that's not possible because of competitive and our relative position in the market.”
Sandeep Joseph Abraham, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Some large OEM customers have stopped picking volumes, though not a complete drop-off; last year saw a 5% degrowth in OEM, not substantial.
Answered by Sandeep Joseph Abraham
Asked by Naitik: Status of OEM AC sales that dropped significantly versus base quarter
p. 7
“But a couple of OEMs, I wouldn't want to name them, but who used to pick large volumes from us have stopped, and presuming that they're getting better options from somewhere else.”
Sandeep Joseph Abraham, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Front loader market share is about 23%, top loader about 9%, with growth in top loader volumes of about 19% for the full year.
Answered by Sandeep Joseph Abraham
Asked by Vinod Krishna: Market shares in top load and front load and progress on filling product gaps
p. 8
“And if you actually look at our volume growth, we have actually grown by about - full year, we have grown by about 19 percentage in top loader.”
Sandeep Joseph Abraham, page 8 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Engineering division targets 20-25% growth over next 2-3 years, including new verticals like EV battery parts and brake discs.
Answered by Jayanta Chanda
Asked by Vinod Krishna: 3-year outlook for engineering division growth
p. 11
“So if you look at the revenue trend of engineering division over the last 5 years, it has revenue growth of CAGR is about 13%.”
Jayanta Chanda, page 11 of the filed PDF · View the filing
April-May showed continued negative impact from commodity and forex of about INR 49 crore, with INR 29 crore offset by cost initiatives so far.
Answered by Sandeep Joseph Abraham
Asked by Chirag Gandhi: RM cost impact continuing into Q1 FY27
p. 12
“So cost, we have offsetted about INR 29 crores in April and May. So out of INR 49 crores, INR 29 crores have already flowed into the P&L.”
Sandeep Joseph Abraham, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Order maturity takes 7-8 months for validation; pipeline remains live with orders expected to close by Q1 or early Q2.
Answered by Jayanta Chanda
Asked by Chirag Gandhi: Reason for missing engineering order win target for FY26
p. 13
“So, while the marketing department is actively working on a large RFQ base, the actual conclusion of these orders was INR 153 crores.”
Jayanta Chanda, page 13 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Consolidated revenue includes subsidiaries in Thailand and Singapore whose revenue gets added to standalone figures.
Answered by Soumitra Goswami
Asked by Saket Kapoor: Explanation of difference between standalone and consolidated revenue
p. 14
“One subsidiary is situated in Thailand, one subsidiary is situated in Singapore. Their revenue is getting added.”
Soumitra Goswami, page 14 of the filed PDF · View the filing
The subsidiary focuses on tool design and tooling capability for fine blanking, and will also pursue independent external business.
Answered by Jayanta Chanda
Asked by Saket Kapoor: Purpose of new Switzerland subsidiary Schmid Automotive Appliances
p. 15
“So a good tool produces components in much more efficient way.”
Jayanta Chanda, page 15 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management confirmed nothing substantial had moved into the P&L from fixed cost optimization during the year.
Answered by Management
Asked by Laxmi Narayanan: Whether fixed cost savings materialized in FY26
p. 19
“Nothing substantial to report. Nothing substantial.”
Management, page 19 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Energy rating transition from January cost about INR 7 crore for the full year, mostly falling in Q4 due to liquidation of old-rated stock.
Answered by Sandeep Joseph Abraham
Asked by Laxmi Narayanan: Quantify cost impact from new energy rating on ACs
p. 21
“I think it was about INR 7 crores was the impact because of that, INR 7 crores for the full year.”
Sandeep Joseph Abraham, page 21 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Risks flagged
Rising commodity and forex costs not fully offset by cost optimization
p. 11
“RM cost is increasing further, both commodity and forex, if you look at our April to May, is having a negative impact on us.”
Sandeep Joseph Abraham, page 11 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Inability to fully pass on cost increases to customers due to competitive position
p. 7
“But today, that's not possible because of competitive and our relative position in the market.”
Sandeep Joseph Abraham, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Loss of large OEM customers picking up volumes from competitors
p. 7
“But a couple of OEMs, I wouldn't want to name them, but who used to pick large volumes from us have stopped, and presuming that they're getting better options from somewhere else.”
Sandeep Joseph Abraham, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
AC segment growth muted due to early monsoon impact on industry demand
p. 4
“The growth in quarter 4, we were able to recover something which we lost in first quarter FY26 because of the early monsoons, etcetera, also the AC industry showed a major dip.”
Ranjan Mohan Mathur, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Increased cost per unit and liquidation drive due to new AC energy rating regulation
p. 21
“One is obviously the cost went up to be able to maintain the same thing. The cost per machine did go up.”
Sandeep Joseph Abraham, page 21 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Delay in engineering division capex implementation extending project timelines
p. 14
“Now we have been able to implement only INR 63 crores in the - up till March, and it is being carried over this year because some of the projects took time to materialize after sanction”
Jayanta Chanda, page 14 of the filed PDF · View the filing
BLDC AC motor supply issues not yet fully resolved
p. 13
“The AC is still going through some trials because I think there were some - it's not fully resolved yet, but very close to solution.”
Jayanta Chanda, page 13 of the filed PDF · View the filing
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