Shiprocket Ltd — Q1 FY27 earnings call
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The short read
Shiprocket reported Q1 FY27 revenue of Rs 592 crore, up 34% year-on-year, with transactions growing 36% and GMV growing 31%. Adjusted EBITDA grew 9x year-on-year to Rs 8.9 crore, with core segment EBITDA margin at 12.8% and emerging segment EBITDA margin improving from negative 38% to negative 24%. Management described growth across core shipping and the faster-growing emerging businesses of omnichannel, cross-border and MarTech, alongside new product launches including Quikpay, Steal Deal, AI Assist and AI Ads.
Numbers mentioned
Revenue from operations: INR592 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 6
“Revenue from operations was INR592 crores, up 34%.”
Tanmay Kumar, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Core revenue: INR412 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 6
“Core was INR412 crores, up 22%.”
Tanmay Kumar, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Emerging revenue: INR180 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 6
“Emerging was INR180 crores, up 70%.”
Tanmay Kumar, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Adjusted EBITDA: INR8.9 Crore (Q1 FY27)
p. 6
“Adjusted EBITDA, although on a very small base, frankly, grew 9x to INR8.9 Crore”
Tanmay Kumar, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Core adjusted EBITDA margin: 12.8% (Q1 FY27)
p. 6
“Core adjusted EBITDA was, for the quarter was INR52.7 crores, margin was 12.8%, and it was 50 bps better than last year's same quarter.”
Tanmay Kumar, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Emerging adjusted EBITDA margin: negative 24% (Q1 FY27)
p. 6
“Emerging adjusted EBITDA moved from negative 38% to negative 24%, roughly 1380 bps improvement in a 12 months' time.”
Tanmay Kumar, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Transactions growth: 36% (Q1 FY27)
p. 6
“Our transactions grew 36% and GMV 31% this quarter.”
Tanmay Kumar, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Merchants growth: 14% (Q1 FY27)
p. 6
“Overall, merchants were up 14% and average revenue, which is ARPU, was up 18%.”
Tanmay Kumar, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Adjusted EBITDA per transaction: INR1.45 (Q1 FY27)
p. 6
“This quarter, we are making like INR1.45 per transaction on EBITDA.”
Tanmay Kumar, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
TTM GMV: INR34,600 crores (TTM)
p. 6
“Overall, GMV on for the last 12 months was over INR34,600 crores, and then the merchant count on a TTM basis was 2,24,000 plus.”
Tanmay Kumar, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
TTM transactions: 216 million (TTM)
p. 6
“Adjusted EBITDA, although on a very small base, frankly, grew 9x to INR8.9 Crore, and the other thing I would highlight is overall trailing 12 months' matrices, which is 216 million transactions processed.”
Tanmay Kumar, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Loss before tax: INR13.7 crores negative (Q1 FY27)
p. 8
“overall loss before tax has improved from INR18 crores. negative to INR13.7 crores. negative now.”
Tanmay Kumar, page 8 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Omnichannel revenue growth: 92% (Q1 FY27)
p. 7
“Omnichannel is up 92%.”
Tanmay Kumar, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Cross-sell rate: 8.8% (Q1 FY27)
p. 7
“Last year, percentage of core merchants who were buying emerging was 7.3%. Now, it is 8.8%.”
Tanmay Kumar, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
What management said it would do
A record of statements made on the call, in the words management used. Parakho does not forecast, endorse or assess them, and their presence here is not a view on whether they will happen.
Core contribution margin — around current range
stated as an aspiration by Saahil Goel
p. 10
“The CM has improved a little bit, right, over this revenue growth and we expect it to maintain around that range as it has in the last trajectory.”
Saahil Goel, page 10 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Customer acquisition cost (CAC)
stated as an aspiration by Saahil Goel
p. 12
“I don't expect the CAC to trend into an ever-increasing number, that's not sort of the direction.”
Saahil Goel, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Merchant funnel expansion — longer period of time
stated as an aspiration by Saahil Goel
p. 14
“What we've focused on, Avnish, is that we are increasing the funnel, and we've doubled down on that part of the business as well.”
Saahil Goel, page 14 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Q&A highlights
Management's answers to analyst questions, in Parakho's words rather than a transcript. Each row names who answered and carries the verbatim quote it was drawn from.
Management said contribution margin depends on customer mix and shipment types, and expects it to be maintained around the current range, while EBITDA margin will continue improving with operating leverage over time.
Answered by Saahil Goel
Asked by Sachin Salgaonkar: Whether the trend of contribution margin and EBITDA margin growth outpacing revenue growth would continue, and whether 12.5-13% is a steady-state EBITDA margin for the core business.
p. 10
“The CM has improved a little bit, right, over this revenue growth and we expect it to maintain around that range as it has in the last trajectory.”
Saahil Goel, page 10 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management declined to give a specific timeframe but noted MarTech has higher margins and is growing rapidly, and that growth is the main lever driving margin improvement across the emerging segment.
Answered by Saahil Goel
Asked by Sachin Salgaonkar: How should investors think about EBITDA margin contribution from MarTech, Omnichannel and Cross-Border within emerging, and timeframe to break-even.
p. 10
“Sachin, won't be able to give you a timeframe in terms of guidance, but I think the MarTech business is higher margin, yes, and it's growing at a very rapid clip.”
Saahil Goel, page 10 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management explained CAC fluctuates due to experimentation in acquisition channels but the focus is on break-even economics rather than the absolute CAC number.
Answered by Saahil Goel
Asked by Della Desai: Why has customer acquisition cost (CAC) for the core business moved up year-on-year and quarter-on-quarter.
p. 12
“This CAC. I think the key thing to understand is while the number may have fluctuated a little bit, the break-even is what we focus on, because, the CAC at a 3,000-odd number typically breaks even with margin from the customers in, very short span of time.”
Saahil Goel, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said Martech, like other emerging products, typically starts with power users before spreading across the merchant base and is not concentrated in one segment.
Answered by Saahil Goel
Asked by Della Desai: How is Martech penetrating the merchant base and is it concentrated among power merchants.
p. 12
“It's a healthy mix across the stack, whether, you know, it's our top merchants, or power merchants, or even the long tail.”
Saahil Goel, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said larger merchants are growing faster while the company is simultaneously expanding the overall merchant funnel to feed future power-merchant growth.
Answered by Saahil Goel
Asked by Avnish Sharma: How to reconcile rising power ARPU with a slightly lower number of power merchants year-on-year.
p. 13
“What we've simultaneously done is that we have focused on overall expansion.”
Saahil Goel, page 13 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said Q3 tends to be weaker for the company because merchants redirect inventory and marketing spend to marketplaces during the festive season, unlike broader e-commerce trends.
Answered by Saahil Goel
Asked by Avnish Sharma: Is there seasonality across quarters in the business.
p. 14
“So, quarter 3 tends to be like not the best quarter for our company, unlike the rest of the general e-commerce trends.”
Saahil Goel, page 14 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said the aggregator's routing intelligence and data become more valuable as merchants scale, keeping large customers on the platform, while pricing naturally varies with volume.
Answered by Saahil Goel
Asked by Kunal Thanvi: Have large D2C merchants ever moved directly to logistics partners, bypassing Shiprocket, and what is the realization differential between large and long-tail customers.
p. 15
“Even no matter how large a brand is, that information and that instant routing or that layer to be able to route across different partners is becomes more valuable as the brands become larger.”
Saahil Goel, page 15 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management clarified the metric mixes core and emerging transactions, and the decline partly reflects the growing share of emerging (including MarTech) in the overall transaction mix.
Answered by Tanmay Kumar
Asked by Shreyansh Talesra: Why has average realization per shipment declined from about 96 in FY24 to 72 currently.
p. 17
“Now, therefore, overall realization that you'd see, which is, yes, would come down, is also partly happening on because you're referring to the overall number, happening because of the mix shift between overall core and emerging.”
Tanmay Kumar, page 17 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Risks flagged
Global volatility affecting merchant confidence in cross-border business
p. 7
“Now, cross-border was down marginally. Now, we work with long tail here on cross-border, and global volatility has hit our merchant confidence.”
Tanmay Kumar, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Seasonal weakness in Q3 as merchants redirect inventory to marketplaces
p. 14
“So, quarter 3 tends to be like not the best quarter for our company, unlike the rest of the general e-commerce trends.”
Saahil Goel, page 14 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Competition from third-party logistics players entering the D2C and SMB segment
p. 13
“With couriers wanting to do that, they can. I mean, it’s obviously a fast-growing market, and everybody will want to participate there.”
Saahil Goel, page 13 of the filed PDF · View the filing
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