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Key Conference Call Highlights
Segment Performance
* EdTech & BFSI: These were the primary growth drivers, benefiting from GenAI adoption and interest in the proprietary EduWeave platform. EdTech grew 8.2% sequentially, while BFSI remained resilient (+1.9% QoQ).
* HLS: Healthcare de-grew 5.4% QoQ caused by the completion of a licenseheavy pharma engagement.
* HiTech: Experienced a revenue drop by 10.8% QoQ in Q4, primarily due to the completion of a major project for a Canadian client involving an automated cooking system.
* Retail, CPG, Media, and Entertainment: These sectors delivered steady growth, with Retail and CPG seeing particularly good traction.
Geographical Performance
* US: Remains the company's largest market, characterised by healthy momentum in AI-led transformation and modernisation.
* Global Growth: India, Europe, and the Rest of the world all demonstrated good growth throughout the year.
* Strategic Regional Wins: Notable engagements included a European healthcare software modernisation project, a USD-10 Mn+ insurance account expansion in Southeast Asia, and an IoT-enabled AI asset performance project for a bottling company in Africa.
Margin Trajectory
* EBITDA Margin: Remained within the 20%–22% guided range.
* Operating Margins: Stood at 17.4% for the full year (compared to 17.3% in the previous year) and 17.5% for Q4.
* Utilisation: Improved significantly to 81% from 77.4% in the prior year.
Outlook & Guidance
* Revenue Guidance: The board reconfirmed a 12.5% CC growth guidance for FY27E.
* Aspirational Target: While formal guidance is 12.5%, the company remains aspirational about reaching a 15% growth trajectory.
* Future Goal: The management is seeking to improve operating margin by 100 bps in FY27, targeting a range of 17.5%–18.5% through improved execution discipline and efficiency from integrated acquisitions.
AI Initiatives
* Enterprise AI Platform: Recently launched to help clients integrate intelligent agents and governance guardrails into enterprise workflows while reducing implementation risk.
* Generative AI Business Unit (GBS): This unit, which acts as the company's AI innovation engine, currently contributes 3.3% of revenue.
Platform Adoption:
* Rel(AI)Build: An agentic software development tool that has achieved 40% adoption across internal and customer projects.
* EduWeave: A vertical-specific solution for education featuring 12 AI use cases, such as student engagement analytics.
* Strategic Partnerships: New collaborations were established with Anthropic and UnifyApps to bolster AI-led capabilities.
* Workforce Readiness: The company aims to have 90% of all engineers and service delivery personnel trained in and effectively using AI productivity tools by the end of FY27.
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