Restaurant Brands Asia Ltd — Q1 FY27 earnings call
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The short read
Restaurant Brands Asia reported Q1 FY27 same-store sales growth of 12.6% in India, its highest in 15 quarters, with revenue up 23.6% year-over-year to Rs 682 crores and gross margin at 70.8%. Consolidated revenue grew 18% to Rs 823 crores, restaurant EBITDA rose 73.5% to Rs 93.3 crores, and company EBITDA increased to about Rs 43.5-44 crores from Rs 12 crores a year earlier. Management also discussed the recently closed promoter transaction, ongoing efficiency initiatives in Indonesia for both the Burger King and Popeyes brands, and a franchisor commitment of USD9 million in marketing support for Indonesia over three years.
Numbers mentioned
Same-store sales growth (India): 12.6% (Q1 FY27)
p. 4
“Same-store sales growth was 12.6%.”
Rajeev Varman, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Revenue (India): INR682 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 4
“Revenues, INR682 crores, which was 23.6% higher year-over-year same quarter.”
Rajeev Varman, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Gross margin (India): 70.8% (Q1 FY27)
p. 4
“Gross margin, 70.8%, which is 3.1% over year-over-year and 0.6% quarter-over-quarter.”
Rajeev Varman, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Restaurant level EBITDA (India): INR90 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 4
“Restaurant level EBITDA, we delivered INR90 crores, which is 68.1% over year-over-year.”
Rajeev Varman, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Company EBITDA (India): INR52.7 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 4
“Our company EBITDA in India was INR52.7 crores, and that is 133.6% year-over-year.”
Rajeev Varman, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Store count (India): 590 restaurants (as of June 30, 2026)
p. 3
“Burger King India, we have 590 restaurants as of June 30.”
Rajeev Varman, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Store count (Indonesia Burger King): 137 restaurants (as of June 30, 2026)
p. 3
“Burger King Indonesia, we have 137 restaurants there and Popeyes Indonesia, we have 25 stores.”
Rajeev Varman, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Consolidated revenue: INR823 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 7
“our overall revenue grew by 18% to INR823 crores for the quarter ended FY27 as compared to INR698 crores that we had last year.”
Sumit Zaveri, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Consolidated restaurant EBITDA: INR93.3 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 7
“restaurant EBITDA showed a robust growth of 73.5%, a total of INR93.3 crores.”
Sumit Zaveri, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Consolidated company EBITDA: INR43.5-44 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 7
“we moved from INR12 crores last year to INR43.5 crores or INR44 crores.”
Sumit Zaveri, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Consolidated PAT loss: INR33 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 9
“the profit after tax on a consolidated basis, we had a loss of INR45 crores, which is also reduced by 27% to INR33 crores.”
Sumit Zaveri, page 9 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Indonesia Burger King restaurant EBITDA margin: 5.2% (Q1 FY27)
p. 8
“We have been able to move the needle to a store EBITDA of 5.2% as far as Burger King is concerned.”
Sumit Zaveri, page 8 of the filed PDF · View the filing
India marketing expense as percent of revenue: 6.6% (Q1 FY27)
p. 9
“This time, it was 6.9% -- 6.6%, sorry.”
Rajeev Varman, page 9 of the filed PDF · View the filing
India G&A cost: INR37 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 13
“our G&A for India business stands at INR37 crores for the quarter.”
Sumit Zaveri, page 13 of the filed PDF · View the filing
What management said it would do
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Store additions (India) — around 80 restaurants annually · annual
stated firmly by Sumit Zaveri
p. 7
“As we've always been stating that we would continue to grow at a pace of around 80 restaurants on an annual basis, and that still continues to be our goal going forward as well.”
Sumit Zaveri, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Gross margin (India) — 72% · next 2 to 3 years
stated as an aspiration by Rajeev Varman
p. 19
“Our plan is to get to 72% in the next 2 to 3 years. So we'll stay on that plan.”
Rajeev Varman, page 19 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Franchisor marketing investment in Indonesia — USD9 million · next 3 years
stated firmly by Rajeev Varman
p. 16
“Restaurants Brand International has invested already or plans to -- has committed to invest USD9 million over the next 3 years in the Indonesian market.”
Rajeev Varman, page 16 of the filed PDF · View the filing
New restaurant builds in Indonesia — no new restaurants planned · this year
stated firmly by Rajeev Varman
p. 16
“There's nothing in this year's plan to build any new restaurant.”
Rajeev Varman, page 16 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Indonesia value strategy launch — new value strategy · by end of September
stated conditionally by Rajeev Varman
p. 6
“So we are now testing and probably by the end of September, should be in good shape to launch a new value strategy over there.”
Rajeev Varman, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Q&A highlights
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Management said growth was driven by traffic rather than pricing, and marketing spend was seasonally higher in Q1 due to upfront commitments.
Answered by Rajeev Varman
Asked by Aditya Soman: Was the SSSG driven by pricing, mix or volume, and will higher marketing spend continue?
p. 9
“Look, our total sales, whether it's delivery sales or dine-in sales is driven at the back of traffic increase.”
Rajeev Varman, page 9 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management noted the industry environment has turned positive after a long muted period and said Q2 has started well, while avoiding a specific forward number.
Answered by Rajeev Varman
Asked by Dhwanil Desai: Can double-digit SSSG be sustained over the next several quarters given the momentum?
p. 11
“We don't make forward-looking statements, but I'll submit to you that we have started this quarter very well, Q2, and we feel very good about the market.”
Rajeev Varman, page 11 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said they are still developing a capital allocation and growth strategy with the new promoters and will share details once finalized.
Answered by Rajeev Varman
Asked by Dhwanil Desai: How will the capital infusion from the promoter transaction be utilized?
p. 11
“We are working with them on a strategy to move forward, how we are going to do capital allocation, what is going to be the growth rate, what is going to be the different efficiencies we can bring in, what is the back-of-the-house integration.”
Rajeev Varman, page 11 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said Burger King Indonesia is improving and no strategic decisions are excluded for Popeyes, which remains under review.
Answered by Rajeev Varman
Asked by Dhwanil Desai: Is the company still considering strategic options including a sale for the Indonesia business, especially Popeyes?
p. 12
“It is a tough business, and it is something that we will not exclude any strategic decisions on that, and we will inform you as we kind of arrive at a path that is visible to us.”
Rajeev Varman, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said cash generated by the business will be used for growth of the current businesses rather than distributed.
Answered by Sumit Zaveri
Asked by Devanshu Bansal: Are there plans to pay dividends to help promoters service acquisition debt?
p. 13
“we are very clear that the cash that the business generates will be utilized for the purpose of growth of our businesses.”
Sumit Zaveri, page 13 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said there are no plans to build new restaurants this year and efficiencies will come mainly from cost initiatives and franchisor-funded marketing rather than capex.
Answered by Rajeev Varman
Asked by Rohit: What capital outlay is expected for Burger King Indonesia going forward?
p. 16
“We are not looking at putting in capex to grow restaurants, but we'll find ways to bring in efficiencies at current ADSs.”
Rajeev Varman, page 16 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said the improvement stems from the cluster/distribution center approach rather than any strategic price increase.
Answered by Rajeev Varman
Asked by Vignesh Iyer: Is the sequential gross margin improvement in India from structural cost initiatives or from price increases?
p. 19
“Yes. Look, we haven't taken any strategic price increase at all.”
Rajeev Varman, page 19 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Risks flagged
Popeyes Indonesia continues to post losses and remains a tough business
p. 12
“Popeyes, like I told you, we are now in very deep conversations with the new promoters. It is a tough business”
Rajeev Varman, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Exchange loss on Indonesia investments impacted profit after tax
p. 8
“there is an exchange loss that really caused the profit after tax to be negative of INR12 crores, which is pertaining to the investments that we have in Indonesia.”
Sumit Zaveri, page 8 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Indonesia business was hurt by boycotts and geopolitical events following the war in Palestine
p. 15
“kind of fell through because of all the string of events that happened because of the war in Palestine and the boycott subsequent to that.”
Rajeev Varman, page 15 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Prior value strategy in Indonesia underperformed expectations
p. 18
“It did give us some kind of initial jump, but did not go to the traffic numbers that we had speculated.”
Rajeev Varman, page 18 of the filed PDF · View the filing
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