Niyogin Fintech Ltd
Q2 FY22 Earnings Call Analysis
Finance
fundraise: Yescapex: Yesrevenue: Category 1margin: Category 1orderbook: Yes
💰fundraise
Any current/future new fundraising through debt or equity?
- No immediate need for further equity fundraising to meet FY 2025 targets, as the company is not currently cash burning due to its B2B model.
- Existing funding includes around Rs.240-250 crores infused since 2017, with Rs.100 crores cash and Rs.55 crores loan book.
- iServeU subsidiary has already received Rs.50 crores investment; potentially another Rs.50 crores may be invested over 18 months with cautious deployment.
- Lending business has Rs.50-80 crores capital available, with plans to scale by potentially taking leverage as an NBFC, though no leverage taken yet.
- Equity raising would be considered mainly for strategic M&A (bolt-on acquisitions) that complement the current API infrastructure business, not for organic growth.
- Overall, the company expects no incremental equity requirement for achieving FY 2025 growth plans unless pursuing acquisitions.
🏗️capex
Any current/future capex/capital investment/strategic investment?
- Rs. 50 crores invested in iServeU Technologies as a strategic capital investment to build a universal technology stack for Banking as a Service.
- Potential further Rs. 50 crores infusion planned in iServeU over an 18-month period, with judicious deployment based on returns and scaling.
- Lending business has Rs. 50-80 crores capital available for scaling; potential leverage may be considered in future as NBFC.
- No immediate need for incremental equity capital for meeting FY 2025 targets unless pursuing M&A opportunities.
- Possible future equity raise only if pursuing bolt-on acquisitions adjacent to current API infrastructure business.
- Focus on product build-out and tech development to expand financial services stack and partner network.
📊revenue
Future growth expectations in sales/revenue/volumes?
- Niyogin Fintech aims to become a Rs. 500 crore revenue company by FY 2025.
- Plans to expand Gross Transaction Value (GTV) from roughly Rs. 9,000 crores in FY 2022 to over Rs. 1 lakh crores by FY 2025 (11x growth).
- Intends to grow Business Correspondent (BC) agents or touch points 6-8x from 247,000 to around 1.5-2 million.
- Revenue expected to be primarily transaction-driven with increasing scale of enterprise business.
- EBITDA margin target of 10%-12% while delivering this growth.
- Building product stack and partnerships to drive transaction volume expansion.
- Lending business to be scaled up as experiment yielded encouraging results.
- Enterprise partner transactions and financial inclusion initiatives expected to significantly increase revenue streams in coming quarters.
📈margin
Future growth expectations in earnings/operating earnings/profits/EPS?
- Niyogin Fintech targets to become a Rs.500 crore revenue company by FY 2025.
- They expect to expand Gross Transaction Value (GTV) from approx. Rs.9,000 crores in FY 2022 to over Rs.1 lakh crores by FY 2025 (11x growth).
- Plan to grow BC agents/touch points 6-8x from around 247,000 to about 1.5-2 million by FY 2025.
- Targeted EBITDA margin is around 10%-12% by FY 2025.
- Company is currently in a build phase with higher operating expenses leading to negative EBITDA but expects significant EBITDA accretion as enterprise business scales.
- Lending business and enterprise contracts with larger gross margins (70%-85%) are expected to contribute to profitability.
- Non-cash ESOP charges presently affect profit but are recognized as part of operational expenses.
- Future quarters expected to show positive impact from enterprise deals and scaling of lending and technology solutions.
📋orderbook
Current/ Expected Orderbook/ Pending Orders?
- Niyogin Fintech has a strong order book for device sales despite chip shortages and supply chain issues.
- The company mentions that the order book for devices is still full, indicating existing pending orders.
- Their revenue, excluding device sales, grew by 52% YoY, driven primarily by transaction activities.
- Several large enterprise contracts (e.g., with India Post, BhaFin, CSC, NSDL, Axis Bank) are in the implementation or early revenue stages.
- Enterprise businesses are starting to scale, with revenues expected to grow significantly in the coming quarters.
- Overall, the company is in a build phase, investing in technology and scaling partners to drive future order growth.
- They expect a significant increase in Gross Transaction Value (GTV) and expansion of BC agents/touchpoints which supports ongoing and future orders.
