eMudhra Ltd
Q1 FY24 Earnings Call Analysis
IT - Services
fundraise: No informationcapex: Yesrevenue: Category 2margin: Category 3orderbook: Yes
💰fundraise
Any current/future new fundraising through debt or equity?
- The company currently holds about Rs. 250 crores in cash, partly from a Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP).
- Rs. 80 crores of this cash is reserved for acquisitions, but it is yet to be spent.
- Rs. 43 crores is earmarked for new product development in areas like homomorphic encryption, mobile PKI, and post-quantum cryptography.
- There is no specific mention of any new fundraising plans through debt or equity in the transcript.
- The management indicates comfortable cash flow management with ongoing cash accruals balancing expenditures.
- No announcements or plans for new debt or equity fundraising were shared during the call.
🏗️capex
Any current/future capex/capital investment/strategic investment?
- eMudhra has approximately Rs. 250 crores cash on the balance sheet, partly from QIP funds.
- Around Rs. 80 crores is reserved for acquisitions and is yet to be spent, currently under evaluation.
- Rs. 43 crores is allocated for three new products involving homomorphic encryption, mobile PKI, and post-quantum cryptography, with about Rs. 10-12 crores already spent.
- Cash will be deployed gradually on these strategic investments, reducing cash balance over time while offset by cash accruals.
- The company is focusing on R&D in post-quantum cryptography, fully homomorphic encryption, and mobile PKI as strategic product investments.
- There is a revamp in their software model especially related to Trust Services in response to new CCA regulations effective July 2024.
- Overall, capital allocation is balanced between acquisitions, new strategic product development, and ongoing operations.
📊revenue
Future growth expectations in sales/revenue/volumes?
- Expecting overall revenue growth of 25% to 30% in the coming years.
- Enterprise solutions order book at Rs. 149 crores, projecting a 2x multiple gives about Rs. 300 crores in revenue for solution business.
- Services business, especially cybersecurity-related, expected to grow at around 20% or more.
- International enterprise business anticipated to grow by 25%-30%.
- India enterprise business expected to stabilize around Rs. 15 crores per quarter.
- Trust Services likely to see further upside with new pricing models starting FY25.
- Africa and Middle East are key regions with expected growing demand; US showing incremental improvement with POCs converting into orders.
- Specific products like eSign showing good growth; SSL product repositioned for niche market expansion.
- Digital transformation and zero trust security initiatives underpin long-term growth opportunities.
📈margin
Future growth expectations in earnings/operating earnings/profits/EPS?
- eMudhra expects overall revenue growth of around 25%-30% in coming years driven by enterprise solutions, services, and Trust Services.
- The solution business order book stands at Rs. 149 crores as of FY25 start, expected to translate to around Rs. 300 crores in revenue, not including services and Trust Services.
- Services business is projected to grow at least 20%, contributing to overall growth.
- EBITDA margin guidance is a conservative 30% for FY25, slightly lower than Q4's 33%, considering risks.
- Net profit margin is expected around 18%-20%, impacted by new taxation in international markets.
- The company aims for sustainable or increasing realizations in Trust Services post new regulatory changes.
- Digital products like eSign and cybersecurity solutions are gaining traction, supporting future earnings growth.
- Services business is anticipated to compound annually with around 20-25% growth potential as it matures.
📋orderbook
Current/ Expected Orderbook/ Pending Orders?
- Opening order book for FY25 is approximately Rs. 149 crores (solutions only, excluding services).
- Previous year's order book was Rs. 118 crores.
- The historical revenue multiplier on the order book has been around 2x to 2.2x.
- Using this multiplier, FY25 enterprise solutions revenue is expected around Rs. 300 crores (149 x 2).
- Services business order book is additional and separate; includes Ikon Tech services and new services from India and Middle East.
- Total combined revenue (solutions + services + Trust Services) is expected to grow 25%-30% in FY25.
- Large portion of orders are cyber security related (74%) versus paperless transformation (26%).
