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Revenue
₹206.07 Cr
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Revenue YoY
22.48%
reported change
EBITDA
₹23.36 Cr
latest reported figure
Source
bse pending
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ECOS reported Q3 FY26 revenue of ₹206.07 crore, up 22.48% YoY, driven by strong growth in both CCR (+30%) and ETS (+24%) segments. EBITDA margin contracted to 11.33% (down 152 bps YoY) due to higher vendor costs from onboarding 39 new enterprise clients and investments in technology. PAT grew 9.2% to ₹13.94 crore. Management reiterated medium-term EBITDA margin guidance of 13-15%, expecting an inflection point at ₹1,000-1,200 crore revenue. Key risk: margin recovery may be delayed if competitive intensity or client ramp-up costs persist longer than anticipated.
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Guidance to track
- Management expects revenue growth to remain in the 15-20% range over the medium term, with potential to exceed in the near term.
- Management reiterated medium-term EBITDA margin guidance of 13-15%, expecting improvement over the next few quarters as operating leverage kicks in.
- Management identified an inflection point at ₹1,000-1,200 crore topline revenue where operating leverage will meaningfully improve margins.
- Management expects to spend around ₹4 crore in the last quarter of FY26, in addition to ₹26 crore spent in the first 9 months.
Risks flagged
- Onboarding large enterprise clients involves higher initial costs, pressuring margins for 2-3 quarters until operations stabilize.
- Uber's entry into ETS and other tech platforms could increase pricing pressure, though management believes the market is large enough.
- Provisions of ~₹8 crore for doubtful debts may take 12-18 months to recover through legal action, with no guarantee of full recovery.
- Employee costs grew 36% in 9 months vs 26% revenue growth, partly due to 250+ new hires; if not offset by revenue, margins could stay compressed.
Key quotes
- We feel as a company that inflection point wherein the true operating leverages kick in would be anywhere between ₹1,000 to ₹1,200 crore topline revenue.
- Our main focus right now is on garnering more market share and when we doing that, it takes a while for the margins to actually stabilize.
- We welcome all competition especially in the organized segment because the unorganized market is so huge that more players converting unorganized to organized only helps.
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