Saatvik Green Q1 FY27: consolidated PAT sinks 95% YoY to ₹5.4 Cr as revenue nearly halves
PAT -95.49% YoY · revenue -44.19% · margins compressing
₹511.01 Cr
-44.19% YoY
₹5.36 Cr
-95.49% YoY
1.03%
-11.9pp YoY
₹0.43
Saatvik Green Energy's consolidated PAT fell 95.5% YoY to ₹5.4 Cr (from ₹118.8 Cr in Q1 FY26) and 91.1% QoQ (from ₹60.4 Cr in Q4 FY26), on revenue that dropped 44.2% YoY to ₹511.0 Cr and 68.2% QoQ from Q4 FY26's ₹1,607.7 Cr. Basic consolidated EPS fell to ₹0.43 from ₹10.41 a year ago. No confirmed Street consensus for this specific quarter could be located; broader analyst commentary going into FY27 had pencilled in 15-20% full-year PAT growth, a bar this quarter's print runs directly counter to, though three more quarters remain to close the gap.
Q1 FY-2027 vs prior quarters
Management's prior guidance (Q4 FY26 concall) was for "healthy and stable margins for FY27," anchored on in-house solar cell production commencing and industry conditions stabilizing post the recent price war — with operating profit improvement explicitly flagged as an H2 FY27 story tied to backward integration. This quarter's results, reported before that catalyst has kicked in, show margins moving the opposite direction: consolidated NPM compressed to ~1.1% from 12.9% YoY and 3.7% QoQ, and PBT itself was thin at ₹7.4 Cr on ₹511 Cr of revenue. On that basis the quarter reads as a miss against the trajectory management had set out, even allowing for the guided H2 skew.
The stock went into the print at ₹431, down 7.7% over the past month of trading.
What the summary numbers don't show
No exceptional items this quarter vs Q4 FY26's ₹3.95 Cr Monoperc CGU impairment — the decline is purely operational, not one-off driven
Management is confident about the future, projecting healthy and stable margins for FY27, driven by the commencement of in-house solar cell production and an anticipated stabilization of the industry post-war. The company has a robust order book of 5.89 GW (approximately INR 8,000 crores) with an 18-month execution tim
— This quarter: missed
The standalone print tells a materially different story and the divergence is large enough to flag: standalone PAT was ₹6.9 Cr, down only 21.9% YoY on a 11.8% YoY revenue decline to ₹333.2 Cr — a much milder slowdown than the consolidated numbers show. The gap implies the Group's subsidiaries (the 4 GW module manufacturing unit and EPC operations) drove almost all of the consolidated revenue collapse, with their combined contribution falling from roughly ₹537.9 Cr a year ago to about ₹177.8 Cr this quarter, a decline of nearly two-thirds. No standalone management press release was available in the context to cross-check this framing; the filing itself contains only the SEBI-mandated financial statements and auditor review reports, with no separate results commentary from management.
W1
In-house solar cell production commencement (guided from Q2 FY27) and whether it delivers the promised margin stabilization
W2
Execution pace on the ~₹1,146 Cr of fresh orders booked in Aug 2026 against the ₹8,000 Cr / 5.89 GW backlog with 18-month execution
W3
Debt-equity trajectory (guided 1-1.5x) against ₹1,700 Cr of planned FY27 capex, given this quarter's thin ₹7.4 Cr consolidated PBT
Q1 FY26 comparatives in this filing are restated for a retrospective inventory-valuation policy change (FIFO to weighted-average); DB's Q1 FY26 netProfit (₹118.82 Cr) is the pre-restatement figure, filing's restated consol PAT for that quarter is ₹116.60 Cr (~₹2.2 Cr gap, immaterial to this quarter's story). No exceptional items in Q1 FY27, unlike Q4 FY26's ₹3.95 Cr Monoperc CGU impairment. Consolidated PAT (₹5.36 Cr) is profit for the period pre-NCI split, matching DB methodology; owners' share was ₹5.51 Cr against an NCI loss of ₹(0.15) Cr.
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