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Redtape Ltd

BSE: 543957

P/L Snapshot

Q1 FY27 · standalone

vs Q4 FY26·vs Q1 FY26
Revenue
495.55
-28.9%+5.0%
Expenditure
432.71
-27.8%+2.4%
Net Profit
46.92
-34.1%+19.4%
OPM %
17.86%
+1.20pp+1.07pp

Shareholding

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P/L Trends

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RevenueExpenditureNet Profit
0.00222.12444.24666.36888.47Q2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26Q3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27
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Reports

Margin Strength Cannot Hide Revenue Stagnation and Rebate Collapse

earnings · margin-protection · e-commerce-pullback

Result verdictFollow-upQ1 FY2714 Aug 20266 minConsumer & Retail

Disciplined brand protection masks weak growth; e-commerce collapse offsets retail strength

e-commerce discipline · margin protection · retail resilience

TranscriptDeep diveQ1 FY2714 Aug 20266 minConsumer & Retail

Redtape Q1 FY27: consolidated PAT +15% YoY to ₹44.5 Cr as topline growth slows to 3.7%

footwear retail · apparel brands · margin expansion

ResultsQ1 FY2710 Aug 20263 minConsumer & Retail
Latest
Quarterly Result10 Aug, 2:06 pm

Redtape Q1 FY27: consolidated PAT +15% YoY to ₹44.5 Cr as topline growth slows to 3.7%

Redtape's consolidated Q1 FY27 (quarter ended June 30, 2026) revenue came in at ₹481.3 Cr, up just 3.65% YoY from ₹464.3 Cr, while PAT rose a stronger 15.2% YoY to ₹44.5 Cr from ₹38.6 Cr — basic EPS of ₹0.80 versus ₹0.70 a year ago. Sequentially both lines fell sharply (revenue -28.75%, PAT -36.35%) against the seasonally peak Q4 FY26 quarter (₹675.5 Cr revenue, ₹69.9 Cr PAT), consistent with footwear/apparel retail's typical Q1 (Apr-Jun) softness ahead of the festive second half — not a red flag on its own. No formal sell-side consensus was found for this small-cap; the only available preview, a Univest trailing-growth model (explicitly 'not a formal analyst estimate'), had projected ₹553-636 Cr revenue and ₹51-65 Cr PAT for the quarter, and the actual print landed below the low end of both ranges. Profit growth outpaced revenue growth on margin expansion: net margin (PAT/total income) was ~8.96% this quarter versus 8.15% a year ago, even as it moderated from ~10.01% in Q4 FY26. A swing in the change-in-inventories line — a ₹9.8 Cr drawdown this quarter versus a ₹41.4 Cr build in Q4 — flatters Q4's throughput and makes the sequential decline look sharper than the underlying run-rate. No exceptional items were booked in either statement this quarter or a year ago, so the YoY comparison is clean without adjustment. Consolidated PAT growth (+15.2% YoY) lagged standalone PAT growth (+19.4% YoY, ₹46.9 Cr) by roughly 4 points — the four overseas step-down subsidiaries (Redtape Bangla, HK, London, and Quanzhou Sports Goods) posted a combined net loss of ₹2.44 Cr on just ₹0.94 Cr of revenue this quarter, dragging the group figure below the parent's. Separately, both review reports carry an Emphasis of Matter on the September-2025 Income Tax Department search at company premises and residences of some directors and employees; management states it has received no written communication on the outcome and sees no material adverse impact, but the consequent impact, if any, remains not ascertainable. Management's FY27 guidance from the Q4 FY26 concall — 200-250 new store additions focused on South and West India, continued organized-retail tailwinds, and confidence in strong SSSG — was qualitative with no numeric revenue or profit target, and this filing carries no store-count or SSSG disclosure to check it against; the ~3.65% YoY topline growth is nonetheless a step down from the 'continuation of recent growth trajectory' language used at that call. No separate management press release accompanied this filing beyond the standard board-outcome letter. The read-through is a steady but decelerating quarter: profitability held up on margin discipline even as growth cooled well short of both the trailing-growth preview and the qualitative tone of prior guidance. The next checkpoints are whether topline growth reaccelerates as the festive season approaches, whether the overseas subsidiary losses narrow, and how the pending Income Tax search resolves.

10 Aug 2026, 02:06 pm

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