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Revenue
₹608 Cr
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Revenue YoY
9.9%
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Eureka Forbes delivered a resilient Q1 FY26 with revenue of ₹607.7 crore (+9.9% YoY) and PAT of ₹38.5 crore (+24.1% YoY), despite a challenging demand environment and headwinds in cooling products. Growth was driven by double-digit volume and value expansion in the products business, led by economy water purifiers and robotics vacuum cleaners (52% growth). The service business saw a decisive turnaround with double-digit booking growth, though revenue recognition lags to Q4. Adjusted EBITDA margin contracted 46bps to 11% due to higher service charge payouts and growth investments. Management reiterated full-year margin improvement ambition, citing operating leverage and cost efficiencies. Key risk: sustained competitive intensity could pressure pricing and market share.
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Guidance to track
- Management aims for EBITDA margin expansion on a full-year basis, driven by operating leverage and cost efficiencies, despite Q1 margin contraction.
- Service bookings are expected to continue growing at double-digit rates in value, supported by AMC count growth and ASP increases.
- The reflection of strong service bookings in reported revenue will become meaningful from Q4 FY26, as amortization catches up.
- Advertising and promotion spends will remain elevated to drive category creation, innovation awareness, and service visibility.
Risks flagged
- Multiple new entrants and scaled-up competitors in water purifiers could pressure pricing and market share, though management claims share held steady.
- Service revenue recognition lags behind cost booking, creating near-term margin drag; sustained double-digit booking growth is needed to normalize margins.
- Consumer demand remained soft in Q1, aggravated by unseasonal rains impacting cooling product sales; recovery may be uneven.
- A large portion of the installed base uses unorganized services; converting them to genuine AMCs requires sustained awareness and distribution investment.
Key quotes
- Our conviction and early bet on robotics is beginning to bear fruit. We saw 52% growth in robotics, and this helped drive the vacuum cleaner category to strong double-digit growth.
- We continue to aim for growth and margin expansion on a full year basis. There should be absolutely no doubt whether the margin expansion agenda is being pushed to FY27. Certainly not.
- Our market share has not gone down. It has remained absolutely unchanged and we feel confident about that going forward as well.
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