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SAKSOFT LTD.

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P/L Snapshot

Q1 FY27 · standalone

vs Q4 FY26·vs Q1 FY26
Revenue
134.50
+10.3%+5.5%
Expenditure
101.74
+0.8%-1.1%
Net Profit
25.26
+58.6%+34.1%
OPM %
18.72%
+1.32pp-2.53pp

Shareholding

Pattern breakdown

P/L Trends

(in crores)

RevenueExpenditureNet Profit
0.0039.8379.65119.48159.30Q2 FY25Q3 FY25Q4 FY25Q1 FY26Q2 FY26Q3 FY26Q4 FY26Q1 FY27
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Reports

The Flat Quarter That Explodes the 25% FY27 Guidance

demand softness · pipeline growth · outcome-based transition

Result verdictFollow-upQ1 FY2717 Aug 20266 minTechnology / IT

Flat Q1 masks pipeline growth, H2 reacceleration critical to 25% FY27 guidance

demand softness · pipeline growth · AI capabilities

TranscriptDeep diveQ1 FY2717 Aug 20266 minTechnology / IT

Saksoft Q1FY27: PAT down 9% YoY on tax jump, flat revenue trails 14-15% guidance

it services · tax rate spike · margin compression

ResultsQ1 FY2707 Aug 20263 minTechnology / IT
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Board Meeting7 Aug, 2:05 pm

Saksoft Q1FY27: PAT down 9% YoY on tax jump, flat revenue trails 14-15% guidance

Saksoft's consolidated revenue was Rs.248.62 Cr for Q1 FY27, essentially flat both YoY (-0.2% vs Rs.249.07 Cr) and QoQ (-0.1% vs Rs.248.85 Cr). Consolidated PAT fell to Rs.29.29 Cr, down 9.4% YoY (Rs.32.35 Cr) and 18.5% QoQ (Rs.35.93 Cr); EPS was Rs.2.28 against Rs.2.54 a year ago and Rs.2.81 last quarter. The margin story is not an operating one: OPM (segment EBITDA/revenue) held at 18.26%, versus 18.40% a year ago and 18.19% last quarter — squarely within, even a touch above, management's stated 17-18% EBITDA band. PBT was near-flat YoY at Rs.42.58 Cr (-1.1%) and down 10.0% QoQ. What compressed NPM to 11.78% from 12.82% YoY (14.02% QoQ) was the tax line: the effective tax rate jumped to 31.2% this quarter from 24.8% a year ago and 24.1% last quarter. No exceptional items appear in this quarter's figures (unlike Q4FY26, which absorbed a Rs.4.86 Cr one-off labour-code provision), so both YoY comparisons are on a clean underlying basis with no adjustment needed. Standalone tells a materially different story: standalone revenue fell 3.1% YoY to Rs.121.58 Cr while standalone PAT rose 34.1% YoY to Rs.25.26 Cr — the gain traces entirely to other income surging to Rs.12.91 Cr from Rs.2.00 Cr (likely intercompany dividend income), not operations. Given the >3% divergence from consolidated's -9.4% PAT, readers should anchor on the consolidated (primary) numbers. On guidance: management's May 2026 concall flagged AI-driven customer decision-delays and set a conservative 14-15% FY27 growth marker against an ambitious 30% aspiration; this quarter's flat YoY topline falls short even of that lowered bar, though it is only one of four quarters. Segment data shows why: the two largest verticals, BFS (Rs.73.48 Cr, -5.0% YoY) and Emerging Vertical (Rs.111.78 Cr, -5.3% YoY), both contracted, while Logistics (Rs.39.83 Cr, +16.9%) and Commerce (Rs.23.54 Cr, +20.1%) grew — a mix shift rather than broad-based softness. No formal sell-side estimates or previews for this specific quarter were found (Saksoft carries limited analyst coverage), so vsStreet is unknown; no management press release accompanied this filing to compare framing against. The quarter's other developments — a BRSR filing, annual report, AGM held the same day, and a new UK Chief Growth Officer hire — are administrative and don't bear on the print. With OPM already near the top of the guided band, the swing factor for FY27 profit growth is topline recovery in BFS and Emerging Vertical, plus whether the elevated 31.2% tax rate persists into Q2.

7 Aug 2026, 02:05 pm

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