ABB / Q1-FY26 / claim-ledger

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Renu Baid Pugalia · IIFL Capital

partial

Impact of West Asia crisis on customer sentiment and order momentum.

You have looked at our order growth, right? That itself very clearly reflects the way we are in the position now. On Electrification side, we are driven by the... That shows the kind of robustness in terms of investment in India.

Amit Mahawar · UBS

evasive

Will this year see high double-digit order growth and significant profitability improvement?

I think what we expect is that I think we should be able to mitigate this risk of Forex and material volatility at this point of time with an volume which we see.

Amit Mahawar · UBS

partial

Can base business grow 15% this year?

I think, Amit, base business we grew only at 9%, not the 15% what you see, right? That means we definitely see the channel partners... It's not that market is bad, but I think it's more about the timing of it.

Parikshit Kandpal · HDFC Securities

declined

Quantify price increases taken to mitigate commodity inflation.

That's something which is very, you know, very sensitive for our, for us to divulge.

Parikshit Kandpal · HDFC Securities

declined

What is ABB's per MW content opportunity in data centers?

Yes, we do know what is the factored scope for per megawatt, but this is something we don't publicly talk about.

Parikshit Kandpal · HDFC Securities

direct

What percentage of order book is from data centers?

Data center orders would be roughly around about 12%-13%.

Atul Tiwari · J.P. Morgan

direct

Any incremental weakness in short-cycle orders in April-May vs March?

Starting last quarter of last year and so what we are experiencing, we are really experiencing robust demand at the moment. Quite frankly, it is not adding to our concerns directly what's happening in the West Asia at the moment.

Mohit Kumar · ICICI Securities

direct

Do long-cycle orders have escalation clauses for commodity inflation?

Yes, we do have price escalation clauses in our contracts.

Puneet Gulati · HSBC

partial

More color on competition intensity and segments affected.

I would say, yes, you're right. There is a competition intensity as the size of the market grows. You have participation coming from Japanese, Koreans, from Chinese... It's on the certain market segments wherein it is more prevalent.

Rahul Gajare · Macquarie Capital

evasive

When can margins return to 18-19% or 16-17%?

I think all efforts are on. We also aspire to be in the so-called ones we had reached 15%. We have been, we said that we will be there at 12. At 12 is what we ended up last year.

Subhadip Mitra · Nuvama

direct

Will margins recover as QCO impact tapers?

Yes, I think your answer is yes, and that's why we come every morning to office to make sure that happens.