Latent View Analytics Ltd — Q1 FY27 earnings call
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The short read
LatentView Analytics reported Q1 FY27 revenue of about INR 287 crores, up 21.6% year-on-year but down 0.6% quarter-on-quarter, with dollar revenue declining 3.5% sequentially to USD 30.3 million. Management attributed the sequential decline to one-off project shrinkage in the consumer goods practice, a full-quarter impact from insourcing at a large tech account, and a client-specific volume discount in the BFSI vertical. The company retained its full-year revenue growth guidance of 12% and its adjusted EBITDA margin guidance of 20-21% for the current quarter, citing planned investments in a new Chief Technology and AI Officer function.
Numbers mentioned
Revenue: INR 287 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 9
“So, for the first quarter, in rupee terms, our revenue stood at about INR 287 crores, which reflects a growth of about 21.6% on a Y-o-Y basis.”
Rajan Venkatesan, page 9 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Revenue growth Y-o-Y: 21.6% (Q1 FY27)
p. 9
“which reflects a growth of about 21.6% on a Y-o-Y basis”
Rajan Venkatesan, page 9 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Revenue decline Q-o-Q: 0.6% (Q1 FY27)
p. 9
“However, on a Q-o-Q basis, we had a marginal decline of about 0.6% in rupee terms.”
Rajan Venkatesan, page 9 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Dollar revenue: USD 30.3 million (Q1 FY27)
p. 9
“If you look at the dollar revenue for the quarter, on a sequential basis, our dollar revenues came in at about USD 30.3 million.”
Rajan Venkatesan, page 9 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Dollar revenue sequential decline: 3.5% (Q1 FY27)
p. 9
“Sequentially, there was a shrinkage of about 3.5%.”
Rajan Venkatesan, page 9 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Adjusted EBITDA: INR 58.6 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 10
“The adjusted EBITDA for this quarter came in at about INR 58.6 crores, reflecting an adjusted EBITDA margin of 20.4%.”
Rajan Venkatesan, page 10 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Adjusted EBITDA margin: 20.4% (Q1 FY27)
p. 10
“reflecting an adjusted EBITDA margin of 20.4%”
Rajan Venkatesan, page 10 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Wage hike impact on margin: 2.7% (Q1 FY27)
p. 10
“The impact of this on our overall margins was close to about 2.7%, on an average, the wage hikes were in the range of about 8% for the entire organization.”
Rajan Venkatesan, page 10 of the filed PDF · View the filing
TMT practice sequential growth: 4% (Q1 FY27)
p. 9
“Our TMT practice also, on a sequential basis, grew by about 4%.”
Rajan Venkatesan, page 9 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Insourcing revenue impact: INR 500,000 (Q1 FY27)
p. 9
“And so that resulted in an impact of about INR 500,000 for this particular quarter.”
Rajan Venkatesan, page 9 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Volume discount impact: USD 400,000 (Q1 FY27)
p. 19
“Yes. So, this particular quarter, that impact was close to about 400,000 in dollar terms.”
Rajan Venkatesan, page 19 of the filed PDF · View the filing
CPG one-off project revenue shortfall: INR 800,000 to 850,000 (Q1 FY27)
p. 16
“So roughly about INR 800,000 to 850,000 of projects where these were more in the nature of, I would say, onetime projects that we signed up for in Q4, where we didn't have follow-on revenue in Q1.”
Rajan Venkatesan, page 16 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Primary AI share of work: 35% (Q1 FY27)
p. 6
“And about 35% of the work that we have done in the first quarter”
Rajan Sethuraman, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Work with an AI element: 80% (Q1 FY27)
p. 6
“This quarter, when we did the math, we saw that about 80% of all the work that we do has an AI element, either primary or secondary.”
Rajan Sethuraman, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Databricks-driven ecosystem revenue: USD 7.8 million (Q1 FY27)
p. 20
“This quarter is also about USD 7.8 million or so, and we are seeing that, that will bump up to about USD 8.5 million, right next quarter in terms of just the data work that we are doing on the Databricks platform.”
Rajan Sethuraman, page 20 of the filed PDF · View the filing
What management said it would do
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Full-year revenue growth — 12% · FY27
stated conditionally by Rajan Sethuraman
p. 6
“we are still retaining our earlier guidance that we had given, in terms of 12% growth”
Rajan Sethuraman, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Adjusted EBITDA margin — 20% to 21% · FY27
stated firmly by Rajan Venkatesan
p. 19
“our guidance would still stay in the 21% to 22% range”
Rajan Venkatesan, page 19 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Consumer goods practice growth — 25% plus quarter-on-quarter · Q2 FY27
stated conditionally by Rajan Sethuraman
p. 4
“the quarter-on-quarter growth itself should be back to 25% plus in the next quarter within the consumer goods practice itself”
Rajan Sethuraman, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Additional wage hike margin impact — 40 to 50 basis points · Q2 FY27
stated firmly by Rajan Venkatesan
p. 20
“You would see a further impact of about 40 to 50 basis points in the following quarter, but we believe that the bounce back in the business should be able to absorb the incremental cost.”
Rajan Venkatesan, page 20 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Transaction-related expenses — discontinued
stated firmly by Rajan Venkatesan
p. 11
“No. So, this is the last quarter in which we have transaction-related costs. From this point onwards, you will not see that going forward.”
Rajan Venkatesan, page 11 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Q&A highlights
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Management said confidence for 12% comes from confirmed Q2 numbers plus pipeline items expected to materialize, with no downside risk seen barring adverse events.
Answered by Rajan Sethuraman
Asked by Aditi Patil: Does the 12% full-year growth guidance depend on deals already won or on pipeline closures, and is there downside risk?
p. 11
“For this 12%, there is reasonable confidence, we should be able to go into that.”
Rajan Sethuraman, page 11 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said productivity gains from AI-led projects ranged from 30% to 80% depending on the engagement.
Answered by Rajan Sethuraman
Asked by Sankaranarayanan: What productivity gains are being realized on existing projects from AI adoption?
p. 11
“It ranges all the way from 30% to 80%.”
Rajan Sethuraman, page 11 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said primary AI work currently has a higher onsite mix impacting margins but expects it to become margin accretive over time.
Answered by Rajan Sethuraman
Asked by Karan Uppal: Are margins in primary AI deals better or worse than other work, given the forward-deployed engineer model?
p. 14
“in the medium term, the primary AI work should be margin accretive, especially as we build the foundry and the agentic platform, and we are able to do more work in a prepackaged fashion”
Rajan Sethuraman, page 14 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said token costs are borne by clients, not the company, since clients typically provide the tech stack.
Answered by Rajan Sethuraman
Asked by Karan Uppal: Is rising token cost from AI tools like Claude Code or OpenAI Codex a margin headwind for LatentView?
p. 15
“in 95% of instances where AI is being used to speed up the work and improve the efficiency, the entire tech stack and the environment is provided by the client”
Rajan Sethuraman, page 15 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said it is holding margins at 20-21% for this year while absorbing new investments, with headroom to manage margins as the business scales.
Answered by Rajan Venkatesan
Asked by Karan Uppal: Given the medium-term EBITDA margin aspiration of 21-22%, how soon can the company reach it?
p. 16
“I think we are very positive about holding on to the 20% to 21% for the growth profile that we intend to deliver this year, along with the investments that we've already outlined.”
Rajan Venkatesan, page 16 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management attributed softness to insourcing and consolidation at a large tech account that eroded roughly USD 7-8 million in business, driving muted 12% guidance versus prior 17-18% growth.
Answered by Rajan Sethuraman
Asked by Agam Shah: What caused softness on the demand side, and why is guidance lower than historical growth rates?
p. 18
“That did erode almost USD 7 million, USD 8 million of business for us.”
Rajan Sethuraman, page 18 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said new investments in the AI officer and partnership functions will offset any benefit from dollar appreciation, keeping margin guidance unchanged.
Answered by Rajan Venkatesan
Asked by Rohan Nagpal: How does dollar-rupee movement affect margins relative to the 21-22% EBITDA guidance given in Q4?
p. 19
“some of the investments that we are outlining towards setting up the Chief Technology and AI Officer function as well as the partnership function will offset any benefit that we will see from dollar appreciation”
Rajan Venkatesan, page 19 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said net-new Databricks-sourced revenue was around USD 5 million last year, while consumption-driving work on the Databricks platform ran near USD 7.8 million this quarter.
Answered by Rajan Sethuraman
Asked by Pritesh Thakkar: How much revenue comes from the Databricks engagement this quarter?
p. 20
“This quarter is also about USD 7.8 million or so, and we are seeing that, that will bump up to about USD 8.5 million, right next quarter”
Rajan Sethuraman, page 20 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Risks flagged
Shrinkage in the consumer goods (Decision Point) practice due to fixed-fee, fixed-scope project model without automatic renewals
p. 4
“there will be instances where projects that we are pursuing take a bit more time to come through and realize”
Rajan Sethuraman, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Insourcing and consolidation at a large tech account reducing revenue
p. 5
“the tech practice has witnessed a certain amount of consolidation and insourcing in one of our accounts”
Rajan Sethuraman, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Client-specific volume discount granted in BFSI account due to surge in procurement
p. 9
“there were one-time discounts that were agreed as part of the negotiations with the procurement team of this organization”
Rajan Venkatesan, page 9 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Seasonally high visa and marketing costs impacting margins
p. 10
“The current quarter also had seasonally high visa costs as well as marketing costs that did impact the overall EBITDA margins.”
Rajan Venkatesan, page 10 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Uncertainty in whether clients will continue AI spend given rising token costs
p. 15
“my token cost is going up significantly. Does it make sense for me to be using an AI-led solution for this problem?”
Rajan Sethuraman, page 15 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty affecting client spending
p. 21
“Of course, the general overall macroeconomic dynamics, the war, all of these things will also play out, over the next few quarters.”
Rajan Sethuraman, page 21 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Change in client leadership and cost reduction mandate leading to insourcing decisions
p. 18
“There was also a cost reduction mandate that was given out, largely driven by the fact that tech companies in this particular organization, they are investing trillions, billions of dollars into data center infrastructure and AI-related infrastructure.”
Rajan Sethuraman, page 18 of the filed PDF · View the filing
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