RITES Q4 FY25 earnings call.
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₹602 Cr
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Revenue YoY
-8%
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RITES Limited delivered Q4 FY25 performance in line with its two-pronged strategy of improved execution and aggressive order inflow. For FY25, revenue declined 8% YoY while PAT fell 14% YoY, with EBITDA margins at 23% and PAT margins at 18%. The company achieved an all-time high order book of ₹8,900 crore, having secured 500+ orders worth ₹5,500 crore in FY25 alone—nearly matching the entire FY24 closing order book. Q4 saw 150+ orders worth ₹1,400 crore. Management targets 20% revenue growth in FY26 to break the highest-ever revenue record, with EBITDA margins expected to settle around 20% and PAT margins at 15-16%. Capital expenditure will remain minimal below ₹100 crore, while dividend payout stays at ~95%. Key risks include margin pressure from competitive bidding and concentration risk from large export orders (Mozambique locomotives ₹300 crore, Bangladesh coaches ₹900 crore) yet to convert to revenue.
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Guidance to track
- Management aims to break the highest-ever revenue record in FY26, driven by commencement of export order execution and continued consultancy growth.
- Margins expected to settle in these ranges as the mix shifts further toward competitive bidding, with Q4's 30% margin not representative of sustainable run-rate.
- Company maintains its low-CapEx business model with FY26 CapEx expected in ₹50-75 crore range, well below ₹100 crore threshold.
- Mozambique locomotive deliveries (10 units, ₹300 crore) expected to start by Q1/Q2 FY26; Bangladesh coach deliveries (200 units, ₹900 crore) expected from latter part of FY26.
Risks flagged
- Majority of order book now on competitive basis rather than nomination, structurally reducing achievable margins compared to historical levels of 3-4 years ago.
- Zimbabwe wagons/locomotives order signed 2 years ago still pending funding confirmation; Bangladesh coach designs under final approval with prototype manufacturing not yet started.
- QA business took ₹40-50 crore hit to both revenue and profit; management expects top-line recovery by FY26 but bottom-line recovery will take longer even if revenue returns to previous levels.
- Locomotive leasing sector seeing new smaller players enter, causing flat margins despite 20%+ top-line growth; market becoming increasingly competitive.
Key quotes
- The operational efficiency and the focused approach in Q4 helped us achieve, on an overall, at the end of the FY, dip in revenue of 8% and PAT dip in 14%.
- We are a pure consultancy company. What you see as 4,200 crores as a turnkey in the order book, that's not really a construction... Our work, our content, our scope of work is exactly the same.
- The erstwhile margins which have been there three to four years back are not possible to be achieved, and that was what makes us feel that we will be in the range of about 20% in EBITDA and about 15% to 16% in PAT margins.
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