Sagility Ltd — Q4 FY26 earnings call
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The short read
At Sagility's Investor and Analyst Day, management described its healthcare BPO business model, growth in top-five and other clients, and its strategy of using Agentic AI and Generative AI across Managed Services, Synchrony platform-based offerings, and MLR reduction programs. Executives detailed specific client case studies showing revenue growth from cost-reduction and outcome-based contracts, and discussed technology capabilities including SmarTec agents, HealthBridge Connect, and Nurse Assist. Management addressed questions on competition, M&A plans, margins, headcount, and provider-side expansion, while emphasizing that AI is viewed as a growth enabler rather than a revenue disruptor.
Numbers mentioned
Top five clients revenue growth: 9.9% (last 12 months (December 2025 over 2024))
p. 8
“the top five grew close to 10%. 9.9% is the growth of our top five”
Ramesh Gopalan, page 8 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Rest of clients revenue growth: 28% (last 12 months (December 2025 over 2024))
p. 8
“if you look at the rest of the clients it's even more healthier. It's 28% growth.”
Ramesh Gopalan, page 8 of the filed PDF · View the filing
EBITDA margin range: 24%, 25% (last five years)
p. 5
“our margins have also been consistent in the 24%, 25% EBITDA range.”
Ramesh Gopalan, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Payer revenue as percentage of total revenue: about 87%, 88%
p. 4
“Payers constitute about 87%, 88% of our revenues.”
Ramesh Gopalan, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Provider revenue as percentage of total revenue: about 12%, 13%
p. 4
“Providers about the balance 12%, 13%”
Ramesh Gopalan, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Managed services contract revenue growth for example client: from 6 million to 100 million over five years (five year deal)
p. 23
“6 million possibly declining now becomes instead of 30 million over five year or less. Now is a 100 million for us. So that's a 3.5x growth for us in terms of revenue.”
Roopam Narayan, page 23 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Late claim payment interest savings: $15 million (2025)
p. 32
“For that particular use case for 2025, we saved close to around $15 million of late claim payment interest.”
Srikanth L, page 32 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Admin cost reduction for a Medicare national plan: $11.5 million (last year)
p. 32
“our admin cost reduction has been close to around $11.5 million for last year.”
Srikanth L, page 32 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Process reengineering project savings: $4.5 million
p. 33
“that project alone saved close to around $4.5 million which is part of this $11.4 million.”
Srikanth L, page 33 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Savings from bundled UM and care management program: $24 million
p. 47
“resulting in about a $24 million savings for not spending too much more on the UM operation.”
Krithika Srivats, page 47 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Payer revenue breakdown - claims: one-third
p. 81
“One-third of our payer revenues are claims revenues, one-third of our payer revenues are your clinical and payment integrity and the other one-third is a member and provider life cycle.”
Abhishek Kayan, page 81 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Payment integrity and clinical combined share of payer revenue: closer to 30%, one-third
p. 81
“Payment integrity and clinical combined is closer to 30%, one-third.”
Abhishek Kayan, page 81 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Industry friction cost between payers and providers: around 40 billion
p. 30
“Industry research shows that the payer and the provider friction points are costing close to around 40 billion worth of rework, repeat calls, repeat transaction, repeat claim submission”
Srikanth L, page 30 of the filed PDF · View the filing
UM impact on medical spend: 5% to 15%
p. 44
“So UM typically can reduce anywhere between 5% to 15% of medical spend.”
Krithika Srivats, page 44 of the filed PDF · View the filing
UM industry opportunity size: $200 billion to $300 billion
p. 44
“a good integrated UM program and the opportunity in the industry is about $200 billion to $300 billion.”
Krithika Srivats, page 44 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Readmission rate for chronic condition patients: about 30% (within 30 days)
p. 43
“there's about 30% of hospital admissions for people with chronic conditions that causes readmission within 30 days.”
Krithika Srivats, page 43 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Payer employees with H1B visa: single digits
p. 6
“We have people in single digits with H1B Visa.”
Ramesh Gopalan, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
US employees who are Green Card holders or citizens: over 99%
p. 6
“over 99% of them are either Green Card holders or citizens”
Ramesh Gopalan, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Total employee workforce: near about 40,000
p. 85
“considering the current strength of near about 40,000 employee workforce”
Participant, page 85 of the filed PDF · View the filing
What management said it would do
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Revenue growth rate — low double-digits to mid-teens · near term
stated firmly by Ramesh Gopalan
p. 73
“we will continue to grow at historical rates in the, like I said, low double-digits to mid-teens kind of a number.”
Ramesh Gopalan, page 73 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Specific financial guidance — earnings call in May
stated firmly by Ramesh Gopalan
p. 73
“specific guidances we'll give with our earnings call that will happen in May.”
Ramesh Gopalan, page 73 of the filed PDF · View the filing
EBITDA margins — current margin levels
stated as an aspiration by Ramesh Gopalan
p. 85
“we are comfortable at the current margin levels we are in, while automation, transformation, Agentic AI could help us improve margins, we want to plow that back as benefits that we pass on to clients”
Ramesh Gopalan, page 85 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Revenue per FTE in India — two to three years
stated as an aspiration by Ramesh Gopalan
p. 85
“if I look at the revenue per FTE per employee in India today versus what it's likely to be two years or three years down the road, it's likely to show a significant movement upwards.”
Ramesh Gopalan, page 85 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Internal AI efficiency impact on cost of doing business — next 12 to 18 months
stated as an aspiration by Ramesh Gopalan
p. 18
“we believe in the next 12 to 18 months that's going to have a big impact on the cost of doing business for us”
Ramesh Gopalan, page 18 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Synchrony Medicare Advantage go-to-market readiness — next open enrolment season · 2026
stated firmly by Srikanth L
p. 35
“we are ready for next open enrolment which is the next season coming up in 2026.”
Srikanth L, page 35 of the filed PDF · View the filing
M&A activity — clinical domain capabilities
stated conditionally by Ramesh Gopalan
p. 74
“there's going to be, I mean, there are a couple that we are evaluating, and I can't comment on how soon or how longer it will take to close those. But if we were to do an acquisition, the ones that we are looking at currently are more in the clinical domain.”
Ramesh Gopalan, page 74 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Provider segment growth
stated as an aspiration by Ramesh Gopalan
p. 71
“we intend to double down on the provider business.”
Ramesh Gopalan, page 71 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Business scope expansion beyond payer/provider healthcare — adjacencies within healthcare space · foreseeable future
stated conditionally by Ramesh Gopalan
p. 81
“We might expand upon that definition and look at adjacencies within the healthcare space. But that's the extent to which we will go, at least in the foreseeable future.”
Ramesh Gopalan, page 81 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Q&A highlights
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Ramesh said the detailed example would come in the next session, and broadly characterized AI as a force multiplier rather than a disruptor for the business.
Answered by Ramesh Gopalan
Asked by Atul Mehra: Can you give an example of how AI is impacting a complex healthcare process, and how the business model is protected from AI disruption?
p. 15
“we are looking at AI as a force multiplier. We are not looking at AI as a disruptor.”
Ramesh Gopalan, page 15 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said adding value has two aspects - impacting the invoice versus cost avoidance for the client - and that AI could reduce revenue at a micro level but opens larger opportunities.
Answered by Ramesh Gopalan
Asked by Pallavi Deshpande: Is there deflation of impact similar to what is seen in IT services?
p. 16
“the bigger impact is what we say cost avoidance for the client.”
Ramesh Gopalan, page 16 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Ramesh explained Sagility uses knowledge from both payer and provider relationships, citing HealthBridge Connect as a tool to reduce friction and cost for both parties.
Answered by Ramesh Gopalan
Asked: How does AI improving the provider's journey affect the payer's competitiveness, and how does Sagility add value there?
p. 16
“there's an example where we talk of a HealthBridge Connect, which is basically a connect between payers and providers to reduce the cost of both payers and providers.”
Ramesh Gopalan, page 16 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Ramesh said outsourcing penetration is still low (around low 20s) with over 70% of work still done in-house, so efficiency gains open opportunity in both outsourced and in-house work.
Answered by Ramesh Gopalan
Asked: Will reduced services size due to AI mean work goes back in-house to payers, reducing outsourcing opportunity?
p. 17
“Payer as a whole the outsourcing penetration is in the low 20s.”
Ramesh Gopalan, page 17 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Ramesh said internal processes like hiring and training are being reimagined using AI, with initiatives expected to have a big impact on cost of doing business in 12-18 months.
Answered by Ramesh Gopalan
Asked by Namit Arora: How is Sagility leveraging AI internally, and developing AI-native offerings?
p. 18
“Everything that we do today right starting from hiring to training and everything is going to be completely reimagined using AI and all of that is in the works.”
Ramesh Gopalan, page 18 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Roopam explained that Gen AI can address both restricted (onshore) and unrestricted business, and by taking on the client's onshore volume with Gen AI-driven automation, Sagility captured the entire enterprise scope rather than just its existing wallet share.
Answered by Roopam Narayan
Asked by Shreesti Rastogi: How did a $6 million contract become a $20 million managed services deal, and what percentage of revenue comes from these new AI-driven constructs?
p. 27
“This method allows us to take the onshore business put the entire end-to-end cost. Put Gen AI on top of it and deliver value for it.”
Roopam Narayan, page 27 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Roopam clarified that the strategy is about growing revenue using Gen AI, not protecting it, since automation will always erode revenue if nothing new is done.
Answered by Roopam Narayan
Asked by Shreesti Rastogi: Is this about protecting existing revenue from AI erosion?
p. 28
“There is no protection of revenue against Gen AI. It will erode.”
Roopam Narayan, page 28 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Srikanth said Sagility often becomes the subject matter expert helping identify AI opportunities and time-to-value even when clients drive their own AI projects.
Answered by Srikanth L
Asked: When client rolls out AI internally to find leakage, what is the impact on Sagility?
p. 37
“they still come to us and we become a subject matter experts in terms of helping them identify which are the areas where the time to value is much more faster because they don't know the process as much as we know.”
Srikanth L, page 37 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Chris explained that payment integrity has built-in ROI since fees are contingent on recoveries, and third-party advisor involvement can compress the sales cycle to about six months.
Answered by Chris Shiffert
Asked by Anil Nahata: What is the typical sales cycle for new outsourcing customers, and is demonstrated data/pilot required?
p. 69
“if a third-party is doing that and we're jumping in the middle of the sales cycle, it compresses the time it takes to win that business”
Chris Shiffert, page 69 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Ramesh said specific guidance would come with the May earnings call but affirmed confidence in historical growth rates, and said M&A would likely focus on clinical capabilities rather than client-access deals like BroadPath.
Answered by Ramesh Gopalan
Asked by Baidik Sarkar: What growth rate commitment can management give, and how close is Sagility to another M&A event given deleveraging targets?
p. 73
“we believe that there is no reason for us not to grow at historical growth rates.”
Ramesh Gopalan, page 73 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Abhishek gave the one-third splits across claims, clinical/payment integrity, and member/provider lifecycle, while Chris noted Synchrony cuts across all service areas and is not tracked separately.
Answered by Chris Shiffert
Asked by Ravi Menon: Could you give a breakup of payer revenue by service (claims, Synchrony, provider credentialing)?
p. 81
“Synchrony cuts across, so we don't track it like that.”
Chris Shiffert, page 81 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Ramesh emphasized 25 years of domain expertise enabling process redesign and business outcomes beyond following client-defined documentation, differentiating from a pure BPO order-taker model.
Answered by Ramesh Gopalan
Asked by Varun Gandhi: What is the sticky, proprietary element of Sagility's business model beyond being a traditional BPO?
p. 82
“we built this business over 25 years, and today we believe we have the domain expertise to redesign processes to give clients business outcomes through changes that they haven't been able to implement themselves.”
Ramesh Gopalan, page 82 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Roopam argued that platform vendors' Gen AI capabilities are restricted to their own systems, while Sagility orchestrates across five or six different systems end-to-end, providing outcome-based value that no single platform vendor can replicate.
Answered by Roopam Narayan
Asked by Varun Gandhi: Is Sagility susceptible to platform vendors developing their own Agentic AI products that could displace it?
p. 84
“These are five, six different systems and everybody has Gen AI play in their own. But if I have to deliver this, which we are delivering as an outcome from end-to-end”
Roopam Narayan, page 84 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Ramesh said the company aims to retain current margins while using efficiency gains to grow, and expects revenue per FTE to improve significantly at a geo level though overall headcount trajectory depends on business mix.
Answered by Ramesh Gopalan
Asked: Will margins face compression as AI benefits get passed on to clients, and will headcount reduce significantly due to AI?
p. 86
“broadly, we are happy with the margins where they are, so we'll try our best to retain these margins, while utilising the benefits that we generate to help us continue to grow.”
Ramesh Gopalan, page 86 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Chris said healthcare has traditionally been the most conservative industry due to regulatory factors and the personal nature of health data, but noted health plans are redefining what is core to their business, which should drive more outsourcing.
Answered by Chris Shiffert
Asked by Pallavi Deshpande: What is stopping faster industry-wide outsourcing penetration growth?
p. 86
“healthcare has traditionally been the most conservative industry in terms of embracing outsourcing.”
Chris Shiffert, page 86 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Risks flagged
Medicaid funding cuts from the One Big Beautiful Bill expected to cause membership losses in Medicaid-heavy plans
p. 6
“There has been funding cuts specifically impacting the Medicaid business. That is likely to play out in the coming months and years.”
Ramesh Gopalan, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Rising medical loss ratios causing margin compression for payer clients
p. 7
“The MLRs have gone up from the low 80s to high 80s and in some cases even 90 plus.”
Ramesh Gopalan, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Decline in ACA subsidy enrollment
p. 6
“there has been a decline in new consumers and there has also been a decline in overall enrolment.”
Ramesh Gopalan, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Regulatory constraints (HIPAA, clinical judgment laws) limiting autonomous AI decision-making in healthcare
p. 10
“there is a minimum use standard. So you can only use the data that's required to complete the task and not overuse.”
Ramesh Gopalan, page 10 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Fragmented data and legacy technology systems limiting AI deployment effectiveness
p. 12
“an Agentic AI doesn't have access to all of the data in the enterprise.”
Ramesh Gopalan, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Automation and Gen AI could erode existing revenue at the SOW/transaction level
p. 16
“at the micro level, at an SOW level if I generate efficiencies will it impact the revenue I generate? Yes”
Ramesh Gopalan, page 16 of the filed PDF · View the filing
AI model hallucination and drift creating errors requiring control systems
p. 60
“models by definition can hallucinate. It can also drift. It can create some errors.”
Ram Mohan Natarajan, page 60 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Risk of code quality issues and errors from improperly supervised use of AI coding tools
p. 79
“If you don't properly monitor and supervise the use of these tools, it can lead to some, not just bad practices, but it can also lead to errors entering into your code base.”
Madan Moudgal, page 79 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Internal organizational resistance to adopting AI due to job redundancy concerns and governance delays
p. 77
“there are governance committees that get involved. They want to have their say.”
Madan Moudgal, page 77 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Loss of business when client plans get acquired by larger plans
p. 21
“we lost a care management business in a similar plan because they got acquired by a larger plan.”
Roopam Narayan, page 21 of the filed PDF · View the filing
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