Medi Assist Healthcare Services Ltd — Q4 FY26 earnings call
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The short read
Medi Assist reported FY26 total income of Rs 923.2 crore, up 23.6% year-on-year, with operating EBITDA of Rs 174.6 crore at a 19.3% margin. Total premium under management rose 22.8% to Rs 25,923 crore, and the company became debt-free during January 2026. Management also detailed segment-wise revenue contributions for the first time, including group, retail, government, international benefits administration, and technology SaaS businesses, and discussed progress on the Paramount TPA integration.
Numbers mentioned
Total premium under management: INR25,923 crores (FY26 (as on 31 March 2026))
p. 4
“The total premium under management administered was INR25,923 crores as on 31st of March 2026, a growth of 22.8%.”
Satish Gidugu, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Group premiums: INR23,000 plus crores (FY26)
p. 4
“The group premiums were INR23,000 plus crores, a growth of 25.6% year-on-year, and our group premiums retention stood at 93.2%.”
Satish Gidugu, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Retail premiums (TPA model): INR2,818 crores (FY26)
p. 4
“The retail premiums in the TPA model were INR2,818 crores, a growth of 4.2% year-on-year.”
Satish Gidugu, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Total income: INR923.2 crores (FY26)
p. 5
“Total income was INR923.2 crores, a growth of 23.6% Y-o-Y.”
Sandeep Daga, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Operating income (revenue from contracts with customers): INR904.8 crores (FY26)
p. 5
“The revenue from contracts with customers excluding other income, which we call as operating income, was INR904.8 crores, a growth of 25.1 percentage year-on-year.”
Sandeep Daga, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Group segment revenue: INR629.1 crores (FY26)
p. 5
“the group segment contributes roughly around 69.5% of the total revenue, translating to INR629.1 crores, representing a 25.3% growth year-on-year.”
Sandeep Daga, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Technology SaaS revenue: INR21.7 crores (FY26)
p. 5
“the technology SaaS platform contributed to 2.5 percentage of the total revenue, translating to INR21.7 crores, representing a 91.9 percentage growth year-on-year.”
Sandeep Daga, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Operating EBITDA: INR174.6 crores (FY26)
p. 5
“EBITDA excluding other income, we call it as operating EBITDA, was INR174.6 crores.”
Sandeep Daga, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Operating EBITDA margin: 19.3% (FY26)
p. 5
“This translated a growth of 13.3 percentage year-on-year and was equivalent to a margin of 19.3 percentage on operating revenue.”
Sandeep Daga, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Q4 EBITDA margin: 19.9% (Q4 FY26)
p. 5
“The quarter four EBITDA profile was 19.9 percentage versus 18.6 percentage in Q3 and 17.1 percentage in Q2.”
Sandeep Daga, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Reported PAT: INR89.3 crores (FY26)
p. 5
“The reported PAT for the year was INR89.3 crores.”
Sandeep Daga, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Adjusted PAT: INR68.8 crores (FY26)
p. 5
“However, once we exclude the exception items net of the tax impact, the adjusted PAT stands at INR68.8 crores.”
Sandeep Daga, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Free cash flow: INR260.5 crores (as on 31 March 2026)
p. 5
“The free cash flow position as on date was INR260.5 crores.”
Sandeep Daga, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Net worth: INR852.4 crores (as on 31 March 2026)
p. 5
“The net worth of the group stood at INR852.4 crores.”
Sandeep Daga, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Contract liability: INR280.2 crores (as on 31 March 2026)
p. 5
“Contract liability INR280.2 crores.”
Sandeep Daga, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Health insurance frauds prevented: over INR540 crores (FY26)
p. 4
“MAven Guard, our proprietary AI fraud detection platform, has found and prevented over INR540 crores of health insurance frauds in the last financial year.”
Satish Gidugu, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
What management said it would do
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Paramount migration to primary processing engine — Paramount becomes primary processing engine · before Q2 FY27
stated firmly by Satish Gidugu
p. 4
“Over 50% of Paramount Health Services' claims volume has already migrated to MAtrix and on track to becoming the primary processing engine before the Q2 of FY '27.”
Satish Gidugu, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Technology and international revenue growth — FY27
stated as an aspiration by Satish Gidugu
p. 9
“And we expect the technology and international growth trends to sort of continue if not improve compared to FY '26.”
Satish Gidugu, page 9 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Core business growth versus industry
stated firmly by Satish Gidugu
p. 9
“And on the core business, we will, as we always said, from an overall industry growth perspective, we will match or better.”
Satish Gidugu, page 9 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Technology and international business growth rates
stated as an aspiration by Satish Gidugu
p. 10
“I think we're comfortable seeing similar growth rates we should continue to see in these businesses.”
Satish Gidugu, page 10 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Paramount integration synergies timeline — 1 to 2 quarters from Q4 FY26
stated conditionally by Satish Gidugu
p. 15
“I think we still track to being 1 or 2 quarters at the most from a Paramount perspective.”
Satish Gidugu, page 15 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Group revenue retention — slightly higher retention rates
stated as an aspiration by Satish Gidugu
p. 9
“And hopefully, as we move forward and we should get back to a slightly higher retention rates.”
Satish Gidugu, page 9 of the filed PDF · View the filing
AI-led claim automation — 70% to 80% of all health insurance claims
stated as an aspiration by Satish Gidugu
p. 12
“And I hope that we actually are able to automate 70% to 80% of all health insurance claims in a manner that citizens of this country rebuild their trust or build their trust in health insurance”
Satish Gidugu, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Q&A highlights
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Retail has evolved into a hybrid model where Medi Assist deploys TPA capabilities or plug-and-play technology depending on insurer needs.
Answered by Satish Gidugu
Asked by Navid Virani: How can Medi Assist achieve dominance in retail similar to its group business dominance?
p. 6
“So, retail has in our mind is evolved to be for lack of better words a hybrid you know approach across the country.”
Satish Gidugu, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said it has not disclosed specific revenue yield metrics as it is an evolving space, but suggested a directional target of 1.5x to 2x the traditional TPA yield as a reasonable aspiration.
Answered by Satish Gidugu
Asked by Navid Virani: What metric can investors use to track earnings/realization from the technology business given the new INR18,100 crore premium disclosure?
p. 7
“I think it would be fair to say that a reasonable target state is you know the technology business allowing us to capture the non-headcount portions, right, of our yields and hopefully be able to charge in some cases on outcomes and with a higher margin profile of maybe at least one and a half to two times the traditional you know TPA business is I think directionally would be a fair way to look at it.”
Satish Gidugu, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management estimated roughly a 50-50 split between TPA-administered and non-TPA premiums, given the lack of clean reported data.
Answered by Management
Asked by Navid Virani: What portion of industry premiums is administered via TPAs versus not?
p. 7
“But I think just from an order of magnitude perspective, best to think about it as a 50-50 between what the traditional TPA models are deployed and predominantly in the group side of the business for the reasons I mentioned earlier.”
Management, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management attributed the decline partly to deliberate quality-of-revenue decisions and operational transition changes made earlier in the year.
Answered by Satish Gidugu
Asked by Prithvish Uppal: Why is group retention ex-Paramount at 93.2%, lower than prior years?
p. 9
“I think part of that is attributable to some of the deliberate decisions that we took at the beginning of the year from a quality of revenue perspective.”
Satish Gidugu, page 9 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management pointed to technology and international growth continuing or improving, and core business growth matching or beating industry, though revenue recognition lags due to 12-month contract accounting.
Answered by Satish Gidugu
Asked by Prithvish Uppal: Excluding Paramount, growth is around 10-11%; what are the levers to accelerate this over the next 2 years?
p. 9
“That's why a lot of our revenue today sits in what we call as contract liability, which is revenue that is committed, but we haven't yet booked into the P&L.”
Satish Gidugu, page 9 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said it was hard to forecast take rates 5 years out, noting that apparent yield compression is partly due to new low-ticket benefit products rather than reduced pay for the same work.
Answered by Satish Gidugu
Asked by Vansh Solanki: Could AI-driven efficiency lead to a decline in take rates over the next several years?
p. 13
“I think it will be very hard for me to answer that question specifically, but we'll continue to improve our disclosures so that you have a fair sense of where the world is headed.”
Satish Gidugu, page 13 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said same-store growth has moderated from post-COVID highs to a current 8-10% range, and that lives growth is fairly secular across other industries even though IT-ITES ticket sizes dominate premium visibility.
Answered by Satish Gidugu
Asked by Manjeet Buaria: What volume/lives growth is needed for the core group business to sustain 10-12% organic growth given hiring slowdowns at large corporates?
p. 14
“now tracking to maybe 8% to 10% on the same-store growth blended.”
Satish Gidugu, page 14 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management reiterated a 4-5 quarter integration timeline, noting the company is 3 quarters in with margin improvement already visible.
Answered by Satish Gidugu
Asked by Tarang Agrawal: When will the Paramount acquisition integration be complete and synergies realized?
p. 15
“We've always said for every integration at the risk of sounding repetitive that 4 to 5 quarters is what it takes given the nature of the 12-month long contracts and mandatory annual renewals.”
Satish Gidugu, page 15 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said the company has little or no exposure to the Middle East, with revenues concentrated in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and India-linked flows.
Answered by Satish Gidugu
Asked by Neel Gowariker: Is there any impact on the international business from the Middle East conflict?
p. 16
“On the Middle East conflict, we have no real exposure to Middle East today.”
Satish Gidugu, page 16 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Risks flagged
Slowdown in IT-ITES and large enterprise hiring affecting group segment lives and premium growth
p. 14
“So coming back to your question on the growth, so from the highs of 25%-odd post-COVID to we saw a decline to 18%, 15%, closer to 12%, 13%, now tracking to maybe 8% to 10% on the same-store growth blended.”
Satish Gidugu, page 14 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Open exceptional items including insurance claims disallowed remain unresolved
p. 16
“I think those exceptional items that we've provided, they still continue to be open items including our insurance claims to the claims disallowed item continue to be open.”
Satish Gidugu, page 16 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Retail segment market share slightly declined year-on-year in the traditional TPA model
p. 4
“The retail segment market share in the traditional TPA model was 5% on 31st March 2026, and slightly lower than the market share the previous year.”
Satish Gidugu, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Changes in deployment patterns of Indian employees working abroad affecting international group segment
p. 16
“there's been also some amount of patterns that have changed in terms of medium and long-term deployments of their employees abroad.”
Satish Gidugu, page 16 of the filed PDF · View the filing
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