| Revenue growth | 15% YoY revenue growth, including one-time labor code impact. |
|---|---|
| Margins | EBITDA margin at 2.02%, temporary contraction due to wage resets. |
| Order book | 86 new contracts in general staffing; 36 in professional staffing. |
| Demand visibility | Strong visibility for festive season across consumer and manufacturing verticals. |
| Management confidence | Confident, highlighting broad-based growth and scale leadership in staffing. |
Growth
Revenue grew 15% YoY and 7% QoQ, aided by a ₹176 Cr one-time labor code impact. Net profit surged 61% YoY.
Outlook
Aims for ₹30 Cr quarterly EBITDA in professional staffing. Targeting 20-25% revenue from high-margin businesses by FY30.
Risks
BFSI segment faces regulatory headwinds; dependence on high-margin professional staffing to offset low-margin general staffing volatility.
Last quarter's promises, checked
Delivered
- Targeting 2% EBITDA margin baseline → delivered 2.2% (= BEAT)
- Targeting double-digit margin in Professional Staffing → delivered 12.7% (= BEAT)
- Maintain zero gross debt → delivered zero gross debt (= BEAT)
Partly delivered
- Targeting 6% international EBITDA margins → delivered 6.2% (= BEAT)
- Targeting 70-76% Collect & Pay mix → delivered 76% (= BEAT)
Missed
- Historical average 45k-50k net headcount adds → delivered 26,000 (= MISS)
Earnings Call Transcript filed with NSE, NSE: QUESS. Summary written with AI assistance from the document.
Quess Corp Ltd: key numbers
- Share price
- ₹352.25
- Market cap
- ₹5,262 Cr
- Revenue (annual)
- ₹15,305 Cr
- Net profit (annual)
- ₹221.6 Cr
- P/E (TTM)
- 19.1×Sector 23.6×
- Promoter holding
- 56.81%-0.01% QoQ
- FII holding
- 10.26%Current quarter
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- Key figure
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