Ivalue Infosolutions Ltd — Q1 FY27 earnings call
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The short read
iValue Infosolutions reported Q1 FY27 gross sales of INR 641.2 crores, up 5.7% year-on-year, with PAT of INR 15.7 crores, up 51.7% year-on-year. Growth was led by cybersecurity, DCI, ALM and cloud, while ILM declined as customer budgets shifted toward GPU and data center infrastructure. Management reiterated its full-year guidance of 20% growth in gross sales and PAT and announced a leadership transition following the CEO's departure, with Sunil Pillai and Krishna Raj Sharma jointly overseeing operations.
Numbers mentioned
Gross sales: INR 641.2 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 5
“Gross sales for the first quarter, stood at INR 641.2 crores, up by 5.7% on year-on-year basis.”
Swaroop Muvvala, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Gross margin: INR 52 crores, 8.1% of gross sales (Q1 FY27)
p. 5
“Our gross margins for the quarter stood at INR 52 crores, which significantly grew on year-on-year basis by 26.5%.”
Swaroop Muvvala, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
PAT: INR 15.7 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 6
“The PAT for the quarter stood at INR 15.7 crores. This is a growth of 51.7% on a year-on-year basis.”
Swaroop Muvvala, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Operating EBITDA: INR 20.2 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 6
“Our operating EBITDA for Q1 FY27 stood at INR 20.2 crores. This is a 27.7% growth on a year-on-year basis.”
Swaroop Muvvala, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Cybersecurity contribution to top line: 44% (Q1 FY27)
p. 4
“Cybersecurity continues to remain our core engine, contributing 44% to our top line, while DCI continues to be a key growth accelerator, supported by rising AI-led infrastructure demand.”
Sunil Pillai, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
DCI growth: 180% (Q1 FY27 YoY)
p. 5
“Cybersecurity, which constitutes the largest pie of our entire gross sales, grew by 8%, while DCI, which has been a key growth driver for us, grew by 180%.”
Swaroop Muvvala, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Annuity business contribution: 46.4% of gross sales, up 13.7% YoY (Q1 FY27)
p. 6
“Our annuity-led business remains a core strength, which contributed to 46.4% of our gross sales in Q1 FY27. This grew by 13.7% on a year-on-year basis in Q1 FY27.”
Swaroop Muvvala, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Pipeline: INR 6,150 crores, up 6% quarter-on-quarter (Q1 FY27)
p. 4
“Our pipeline currently stands at INR 6,150 crores, up 6% over the last quarter, reflecting strong demand across segments.”
Sunil Pillai, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Net working capital days: 52 days (As on June 30, 2026)
p. 6
“We were able to maintain net working capital days as on 30th June 2026, which stood at 52 days as compared to 53 days for the same period last year.”
Swaroop Muvvala, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Top 15 OEM contribution to gross sales: 74% (Q1 FY27)
p. 5
“Top 15 OEMs for us contributed approximately 74% of our total gross sales.”
Swaroop Muvvala, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Domestic vs export mix: 87% domestic, 13% exports (Q1 FY27)
p. 15
“Yeah, around 87% of our total gross sales comes from the India business, and the 13% comes from outside of India business.”
Swaroop Muvvala, page 15 of the filed PDF · View the filing
What management said it would do
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Gross sales and PAT growth — 20% · FY27
stated firmly by Sunil Pillai
p. 5
“As mentioned on the last earnings call, we remain confident of achieving our growth guidance of 20% growth both in our gross sales and PAT.”
Sunil Pillai, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Win rate on pipeline conversion — 30% to 35%
stated firmly by Sunil Pillai
p. 4
“With win rates holding steady at 30% to 35%, we remain confident of meeting our growth commitment for the year.”
Sunil Pillai, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Annuity recurring revenue share — 45% to 46%
stated as an aspiration by Sunil Pillai
p. 8
“But then, I think that we will sustain our 45% to 46% growth in the annuity recurring business.”
Sunil Pillai, page 8 of the filed PDF · View the filing
DCI share of total revenue — 18% to 20% · FY27
stated as an aspiration by Swaroop Muvvala
p. 12
“But having said, overall for a full year basis, we are looking at DCI space to be anywhere around 18% to 20% of our total revenues.”
Swaroop Muvvala, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Cybersecurity share of top line — 45% to 50%
stated as an aspiration by Sunil Pillai
p. 8
“We've seen that, on an annualized basis, it should be somewhere close to about 45% to 50% and it will continue to sustain that.”
Sunil Pillai, page 8 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Bottom line growth relative to top line — FY27
stated firmly by Swaroop Muvvala
p. 20
“While we are guiding a 20% growth on both parameters, the bottom line will grow faster than the top line.”
Swaroop Muvvala, page 20 of the filed PDF · View the filing
ILM normalization — Q3 onwards
stated conditionally by Sunil Pillai
p. 7
“But then, quarter three onwards, you'll see the ILM piece also coming in.”
Sunil Pillai, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Q&A highlights
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Management said demand is positive with budgets already allocated, though some prioritization has shifted toward GPU and data center spend, and reiterated the 20% annual growth target.
Answered by Sunil Pillai
Asked by Rahul Kumar: What kind of demand trends and order book trends are being seen for the company as a whole?
p. 7
“But on a normalized business, on a year basis, we would continue to grow at about 20% on top line and as well as on the PAT.”
Sunil Pillai, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management attributed the ILM decline to budget reallocation toward GPU and data center spend due to AI adoption, expecting normalization later in the year.
Answered by Sunil Pillai
Asked by Hitesh Goel: Why did cybersecurity and ILM sales growth lag and what caused ILM's decline?
p. 7
“As far as ILM is concerned, as I mentioned, the budget has got reallocated for the GPU and the Data Centre because of AI adoption by the enterprise and many other customers.”
Sunil Pillai, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management pointed to AI adoption driving GPU sourcing and highlighted Arista as a key OEM in this space.
Answered by Sunil Pillai
Asked by Vinay Menon: What is driving strong data center growth and will it continue into Q2?
p. 8
“We see a trend which is growing with the DCI space, and we have an OEM called Arista, which is actually taking the larger limelight in that space.”
Sunil Pillai, page 8 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management explained that most benefit would come once infrastructure is operational, and that their larger opportunity lies in private/captive data centers rather than large public hyperscaler deals where OEMs capture most of the contract.
Answered by Krishna raj Sharma
Asked by Balaji Subramanian: How would iValue benefit from large data center build-outs like Reliance-Meta and others?
p. 10
“Our sweet spot and a greater opportunity for us is the private Data Center, which keeps coming up.”
Krishna raj Sharma, page 10 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management explained that large deals are lumpy and typically occur in Q3/Q4, with a one-off large GSTN deal in Q2 last year skewing comparisons.
Answered by Swaroop Muvvala
Asked by Vibhav Khandelwal: Why has gross sales and gross profit growth been slower over recent quarters versus historical guidance?
p. 11
“Last year in Q2, we had one large deal, which, as we mentioned, was GSTN. That one large deal was around INR 150 crores of billing in Q2.”
Swaroop Muvvala, page 11 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said the hardware/software mix is a derived outcome of customer solution requirements rather than a planned metric.
Answered by Swaroop Muvvala
Asked by Shlok Akolia: Why did hardware gross sales fall sharply this quarter?
p. 12
“So, it is a mix which is just derived, but not achieved. It is not planned, we don't see how much hardware we are selling, we don't see how muchsoftware we are selling.”
Swaroop Muvvala, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management denied restructuring, explaining the CEO transition was due to the prior CEO's personal circumstances and that leadership had been strengthened with new hires.
Answered by Krishna Raj Sharma
Asked by Shlok Akolia: Is there a major restructuring given recent senior executive departures?
p. 13
“There is no such a restructure at any level.”
Krishna Raj Sharma, page 13 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management acknowledged supply chain impacts but said delays for their OEMs have been relatively short compared to peers.
Answered by Sunil Pillai
Asked by Meet Mehta: Are customers delaying or deferring DCI orders due to supply chain and price issues?
p. 14
“But in our case, there is a delay of about one and a half months, it's not been as bad as other OEMs.”
Sunil Pillai, page 14 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management gave the geographic split and explained the annuity business is derived from renewal/upsell revenue on prior deals across multi-year contract cycles.
Answered by Swaroop Muvvala
Asked by Gokul: What is the domestic versus export revenue mix and how does the annuity revenue figure break down?
p. 15
“This varies from time to time based on the order and the type of the customer which we are in.”
Swaroop Muvvala, page 15 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said volumes had not declined and that annuity growth reflected upsell/price increases rather than a hit to net new revenue.
Answered by Swaroop Muvvala
Asked by Bhavin Shah: Given hardware price increases and high annuity mix, is net new business growth actually weaker than headline growth suggests?
p. 18
“To be more specific, from a volume perspective, we have not seen any degrowth per se in volume in Q1 as compared to the previous year.”
Swaroop Muvvala, page 18 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management explained last year's Q1 profitability was depressed by rupee depreciation and low-margin deals, and that upcoming annual appraisal cycles from Q2 would offset some of the gains.
Answered by Swaroop Muvvala
Asked by Darshil Jhaveri: Given the large PAT beat this quarter, why is guidance still only 20% growth for the year?
p. 20
“But at the same time, from Q2 onwards, our annual appraisal cycles which starts in July 1st onwards, and that will come into the picture and take some hit.”
Swaroop Muvvala, page 20 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said consolidation has been ongoing for years and has not resulted in revenue loss so far, sometimes even creating new opportunities.
Answered by Sunil Pillai
Asked by Vibhav Khandelwal: Is there risk of losing OEM accounts due to consolidation among larger players like Palo Alto, Cisco, and IBM acquiring existing OEM partners?
p. 22
“Are we losing our revenue because there is an acquisition? As of now, we are not seeing anything happening of that trend.”
Sunil Pillai, page 22 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Risks flagged
Rupee depreciation against the US Dollar affecting margins
p. 5
“We observed a decline in gross margins in Q1 FY26 due to the depreciation of INR against the US Dollar and low-margin deals.”
Swaroop Muvvala, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Supply chain delays affecting DCI segment deliveries
p. 13
“Yes, definitely, supply chain has got impacted, but then it has been going on for almost a year now.”
Sunil Pillai, page 13 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Budget reallocation away from ILM toward Data Center/GPU spend
p. 17
“Hitachi business definitely has slowed down.”
Sunil Pillai, page 17 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Upcoming annual appraisal cycle impacting margins from Q2
p. 20
“But at the same time, from Q2 onwards, our annual appraisal cycles which starts in July 1st onwards, and that will come into the picture and take some hit.”
Swaroop Muvvala, page 20 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Hardware price increases prompting customer pushback for discounts within frozen budgets
p. 18
“So they push back on the OEMs to give discounts either in the hardware, or they push back on the software vendors to give a more discounts so that they accommodate the entire requirements within the budgets they have.”
Swaroop Muvvala, page 18 of the filed PDF · View the filing
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