Subex Ltd — Q4 FY26 earnings call
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The short read
Subex reported Q4FY26 revenue of Rs 72.96 crore, up from Rs 70.79 crore in the previous quarter, with EBITDA at Rs 10.58 crore and PAT at Rs 9.93 crore. Management said order intake grew 24% for the full year FY26 and highlighted new deal wins across North Africa, the Middle East and North America, along with continued investment in AI-based products such as FraudZap. Management also discussed liquidity strengthening by Rs 70 crore over the year and completion of an annual goodwill impairment exercise with no impairment required.
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Numbers mentioned
Revenue: INR 72.96 crores (Q4FY26)
p. 6
“The revenue for the quarter stood at INR 72.96 crores as against INR 70.79 crores for the previous quarter.”
Nisha Dutt, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
EBITDA: INR 10.58 crores (Q4FY26)
p. 6
“EBITDA for the quarter was at INR 10.58 crores as against INR 9.1 crores for the previous quarter.”
Nisha Dutt, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Normalized PAT: INR 11.51 crores (Q4FY26)
p. 6
“Normalized PAT for the quarter is at INR 11.51 crores as against INR 7.68 crores for the previous quarter.”
Nisha Dutt, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
PAT: INR 9.93 crores (Q4FY26)
p. 6
“And PAT for the quarter stood at INR 9.93 against INR 2.9 crores, including exceptional items in the previous quarter.”
Nisha Dutt, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
EBITDA margin: 14.5% (Q4FY26)
p. 5
“On profitability, our EBITDA is at 14.5% and PAT at 13.6% for the quarter.”
Nisha Dutt, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Order intake growth: 24% (FY26)
p. 5
“Our order intake grew 24%.”
Nisha Dutt, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Full year total income growth: 6% YoY (FY26)
p. 5
“Full year FY27 total income came in at 6% YoY.”
Nisha Dutt, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Liquidity increase: INR 70 crores (FY26)
p. 5
“Our liquidity also strengthened by INR 70 crores over the year.”
Nisha Dutt, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Revenue from top customers: about 60%
p. 17
“I think about 60% comes from the top tier customers.”
Nisha Dutt, page 17 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Cash on balance sheet: about INR 50 crores
p. 28
“I still have about INR 50 crores sitting on the balance sheet, plus we will also generate cash through the year, right?”
Nisha Dutt, page 28 of the filed PDF · View the filing
What management said it would do
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Revenue growth trajectory — through FY27 quarters
stated conditionally by Nisha Dutt
p. 7
“But I do expect in the future quarters as you go through this year, you will see that as you move from quarter to quarter, our conversion will look better and better because that's how it works.”
Nisha Dutt, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Overall business outlook — FY27
stated as an aspiration by Nisha Dutt
p. 13
“we are actually very bullish right now. So, we are very bullish in this year.”
Nisha Dutt, page 13 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Team of LLM commercialization — commercial launch · this quarter
stated conditionally by Nisha Dutt
p. 24
“We are in conversations with at least, two or three customers to make it commercial now, actually, in this quarter.”
Nisha Dutt, page 24 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Quarterly revenue target — INR 100 crores per quarter
stated as an aspiration by Nisha Dutt
p. 28
“That is my war cry to my team that we have to get this INR 100 crores.”
Nisha Dutt, page 28 of the filed PDF · View the filing
HNI/institutional investor outreach — this quarter
stated firmly by Nisha Dutt
p. 20
“So, we are going to hit so this quarter or this year, a lot of my focus is going to be to see if we can improve the cap table right now.”
Nisha Dutt, page 20 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Americas investment — this year
stated firmly by Nisha Dutt
p. 25
“We are going to invest heavily into Americas this year and see if we can bring it back up.”
Nisha Dutt, page 25 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Q&A highlights
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Management explained multiyear contracts create annuity revenue that kicks in after implementation completes, and expects sequential improvement.
Answered by Nisha Dutt
Asked by Sanjyot Khare: Why hasn't the strong order backlog converted into revenue growth faster, and will Q1 revenue growth accelerate?
p. 7
“So once we complete the implementation phase of our product, our subscription revenues will kick in, and that's when you will actually see a lot of uptick.”
Nisha Dutt, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said Middle East delivery has been shifted offshore to mitigate risk, and views AI as a tailwind rather than a threat to its business.
Answered by Nisha Dutt
Asked by Sanjyot Khare: How is the Middle East geopolitical situation and AI/OpenAI competition affecting Subex?
p. 8
“I actually think of AI, OpenAI as a tail end, actually, for our business.”
Nisha Dutt, page 8 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said license margins are highest, implementation margins vary 40-60%, and MS/AMC margins are 50%+ and 70%+ respectively.
Answered by Nisha Dutt
Asked by Abhishek Kale: What are the margins across the license, implementation and managed services revenue segments?
p. 11
“So that's 50% plus on MS, and AMC is 70% plus on the margin.”
Nisha Dutt, page 11 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said FraudZap has three paying Telco customers via an intermediary, while team-of-LLM is still in POC stage nearing commercialization, delayed by GPU hardware constraints.
Answered by Nisha Dutt
Asked by Mahesh Kumar: How many paying customers does FraudZap and the team-of-LLM product have?
p. 24
“The one challenge that we are running into slightly on team of is the hardware challenge because it requires some GPUs.”
Nisha Dutt, page 24 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said implementation work has been offshored to Bangalore, renewals are not seen at major risk, but new purchase decisions could see delays.
Answered by Nisha Dutt
Asked by Mahesh Kumar: What is the impact of the Iran conflict on the Gulf-region business given 31% revenue exposure?
p. 25
“And, in terms of new decisions or new purchase decisions, that's where we see a slight risk of customers delaying decisions.”
Nisha Dutt, page 25 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said one contract is effectively closed while the other's receivables are being pursued through legal/arbitration action, with prior provisioning already made.
Answered by Nisha Dutt
Asked by Jitendra Bhuthoria: What is the status of the closed sectorial contracts and related receivables?
p. 26
“So that's where we will go, down the legal path, and we will try to engaged we have engaged a lawyer, and we are going to go down the legal path and see if we can do some recovery there or arbitrate with the end customer.”
Nisha Dutt, page 26 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said building a foundational model requires far more capital than available, and instead focuses on applied research using proprietary domain skills layered on existing LLMs.
Answered by Nisha Dutt
Asked by Mahesh Kumar: Why doesn't Subex build its own foundational AI model given its 30 years of domain data?
p. 36
“USD 100 million is what we need to build Mythos.”
Nisha Dutt, page 36 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Risks flagged
Geopolitical unpredictability in the Middle East affecting delivery and new business decisions
p. 8
“As, you know, all of us know that situation is changing on day-to-day basis. So, it's become a little unpredictable for us, and we do have quite a bit of exposure in Middle East.”
Nisha Dutt, page 8 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Customers delaying new purchase decisions due to regional conflict
p. 25
“So, that may be a slight risk there.”
Nisha Dutt, page 25 of the filed PDF · View the filing
GPU hardware constraints delaying commercialization of team-of-LLM product
p. 24
“So, the product is ready. The POCs are done. They want to sign up with us. But, you know, the GPU is -- the hardware is becoming a little bit constrained right now.”
Nisha Dutt, page 24 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Currency exposure from customers wanting contracts in local, fluctuating currencies
p. 29
“If the other currency is also equally, fluctuating, then I cannot take that currency exposure.”
Nisha Dutt, page 29 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Contracting delays in the Middle East at final deal stages
p. 9
“It's just that in Middle East, like you said, the deals are won, but sometimes what happens is not dotted and the deals are not crossed. So, at the end moment, there are some contracting delays that are happening.”
Nisha Dutt, page 9 of the filed PDF · View the filing
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