| Revenue growth | 4% YoY for Q1FY27. |
|---|---|
| Margins | Gross margin expansion from lower markdowns and full-price sales at 90%. |
| Demand visibility | Deferral of revenue seen in Q1 due to monsoon delay; recovery in July. |
| Management confidence | Reasonably optimistic about future initiatives and demand recovery. |
Growth
Revenue grew 4% driven by equal volume and price growth; underlying PBT up 22%.
Outlook
Targeting 3,000 EBO stores. Expected gross margin expansion of ~200 bps from supply chain efficiencies.
Risks
Elevated raw material costs for synthetics (crude oil derivatives) and delay in monsoon impact.
Last quarter's promises, checked
Delivered
- Targeted 5% plus value growth → delivered 4% revenue growth (= PARTIAL)
- Expand ZBM to 75-80% of network → delivered 700 stores (approx. 60% of COCO) (= PARTIAL)
- Inventory reduction target → delivered 28% reduction over 2 years (= BEAT)
Partly delivered
- Franchise expansion target 1,000 stores → delivered 700+ stores (= PARTIAL)
Missed
- Targeted inventory turns of 3.0 → delivered 2.5+ (= MISS)
Earnings Call Transcript filed with BSE, NSE: BATAINDIA. Summary written with AI assistance from the document.
Bata India Ltd: key numbers
- Share price
- ₹616.75
- Market cap
- ₹7,927 Cr
- Revenue (annual)
- ₹3,516 Cr
- Net profit (annual)
- ₹134.2 Cr
- P/E (TTM)
- 54.2×Sector 66.8×
- Promoter holding
- 50.16%+0.00% QoQ
- FII holding
- 6.38%Current quarter
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