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Ref: AHCL/2026-27/C056 November 11, 2026
BSE Limited National Stock Exchange of India Limited
Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, Exchange Plaza, Plot No C/1, G Block,
Dalal Street, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (E),
Mumbai - 400 001 Mumbai – 400 051
Scrip Code – 544350 Symbol : AGARWALEYE
Dear Sir / Madam,
Sub: Analyst / Earnings Conference Call - Transcript
Ref: Regulation 30 read with Schedule III of the Securities and Exchange Board of India
(Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015
Pursuant to the captioned subject and reference, Transcript of the discussion on the
Unaudited Financial Results (Standalone and Consolidated) of the Company for the quarter
and half year ended September 30, 2026, at the Analyst / Earnings conference call held on
November 05, 2026, is enclosed herewith.
The said transcript is also made available on the website of the Company at:
www.dragarwals.co.in.
For Dr. Agarwal’s Health Care Limited
Thanikainathan Arumugam
Company Secretary and Compliance Officer
Encl.: as above.
“Dr. Agarwal's Healthcare Limited
H1 FY27 Earnings Conference Call”
November 05, 2026
DR. ADIL AGARWAL
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND
WHOLE TIME DIRECTOR
DR. ASHAR AGARWAL
REPRESENTATIVES OF CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER
THE MANAGEMENT OF
MR. RAHUL AGARWAL
DR. AGARWAL’S
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
HEALTH CARE LIMITED
PRESENT OVER THE CALL: MR. YASHWANTH VENKAT
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
MS. AASHNA DHARIA
HEAD OF INVESTOR RELATIONS
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Dr. Agarwal's Health Care Limited
November 05, 2026
Moderator: Ladies and gentlemen, good day, and welcome to the Q2 and H1 FY27 Earnings Conference
Call hosted by Dr. Agarwal's Health Care Limited. As a reminder, all participant lines will be in
the listen only mode and there will be an opportunity for you to ask questions after the
presentation concludes. Should you need assistance during the conference call, please signal an
operator by pressing star then zero on your touchtone phone. I now hand the conference over to
Ms. Aashna Dharia, Head, Investor Relations from Dr. Agarwal's Health Care Limited. Thank
you, and over to you, ma'am.
Aashna Dharia: Thank you, Rutuja. A very good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the earnings call
of Dr. Agarwal's Health Care Limited for the Second Quarter and First Half of FY27. From the
management side, we have Dr. Adil Agarwal, our Chief Executive Officer; Dr. Ashar Agarwal,
our Chief Business Officer; Mr. Rahul Agarwal, our Chief Operating Officer; and Mr.
Yashwanth Venkat, our Chief Financial Officer.
We've also released the financial results, press release, and investor presentation, all of which
are available on our website and the exchanges as well. Before we continue, we want to remind
everyone that this call is being recorded, and the transcript will be made available on our website
afterwards. Additionally, please be aware today's discussion may include certain forward-
looking statements, which should be considered in the light of the risks our business faces. Please
refer to the detailed statement on Page 2 of our investor presentation.
It is now my pleasure to hand over the call to Dr. Adil Agarwal, our Chief Executive Officer,
who will share his opening remarks and insights. Dr. Adil, over to you.
Adil Agarwal: Thank you, Aashna. A very good evening to all of you, and thank you for joining us for Dr.
Agarwal's Health Care Limited Earnings Call for the second quarter and first half of fiscal year
2027. Let me begin by providing you all an update on the quarter and half yearly performance.
Quarter 2 FY27 was another quarter of strong and consistent performance.
This quarter, we added 18 new surgical facilities, our highest ever in a single quarter. Revenue
from operations rose 6.7% sequentially to INR 655 crores for the quarter, one of our strongest
quarter-on-quarter performances. For the first half of FY27, the company reported a total income
of INR 1,286 crores, up 27.6% year-on-year, while revenue from operations rose 28.7% to INR
1,269 crores.
Our Ind AS EBITDA grew 27% to INR 362 crores, with margins broadly stable at 28.2%, even
as we absorbed ramping costs at our new centers. Our PAT grew by 50.1% year-on-year to INR
112 crores and PAT margin expanded by around 130 basis points to 8.7%. This was despite
start-up losses from the 51 surgical facilities we have launched over the last 12 months.
Q2 specifically, the company reported total income of INR 665 crores, up 31.3% year-on-year,
while revenue from operations rose by 31.4% to INR 655 crores. Q2 delivered a robust Ind AS
EBITDA of INR 186 crores, reflecting 28.8% year-on-year growth with margins broadly stable
around 28%.
PAT grew by 55.8% year-on-year for the quarter to INR 57 crores, with PAT margin expanding
by 134 basis points to 8.5% for the quarter.
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Dr. Agarwal's Health Care Limited
November 05, 2026
Next, I would like to share our footprint and network growth update. This quarter was another
record quarter for network expansion. We added 21 facilities comprising 19 Greenfield centers
and 2 acquired facilities in Delhi NCR.
With 18 facilities already commissioned in Q1, our total additions for the first half now stand at
39. This quarter's additions include 1 Tertiary facility in Delhi NCR and 17 secondary facilities:
4 in UP, 3 in Andhra, 2 each in Tamil Nadu, Delhi, and Maharashtra, and 1 each in Kerala,
Karnataka, Telangana, and Gujarat. Additionally, we launched three primary facilities across
Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
Now in India, we have a total network of 305 facilities across 14 states and 5 union territories,
covering 172 cities, taking our overall network strength to 324 facilities. Our presence is well
diversified now with 32% of our facilities in Tier 1 markets, 62% in other markets and 6%
located internationally.
Now during the first half of FY27, we served around 18.5 lakh patients and performed more than
1.86 lakh surgeries. To put the scale in perspective, on any given day, nearly 12,300 patients
walked into our Dr. Agarwal's facility, and we performed close to 1,250 surgeries every single
day. Volumes are rising strongly at both our established centers and our newest ones, which tells
us that the model is truly scalable, and we intend to build on that momentum as we expand the
network through the rest of the year.
Our Greenfield engine has been the defining driver of our network growth over the last 4 years.
Since FY23, we have added 185 Greenfield facilities, accelerating our expansion from 10 facility
additions in FY23 to 37 additions in H1 of this year alone. Now what makes this pace sustainable
is the operational foundation underneath it from site selection and fit-outs, to clinical talent
onboarding and new market entry. It is now a well-honed playbook and the result is that our new
facilities attract strong patient footfalls from the very first months.
Now let me turn to an update on our clinical excellence initiatives and our focus on complex
surgeries. For the first half year ended September '26, high-end cataract surgeries accounted for
30% of the total 1,37,170 cataract surgeries performed. Within the high-end surgeries, robotic
cataract surgeries, what we call the Femto cataract grew by 25.5% year-on-year, crossing 3,284
procedures for the period.
Lenticular procedures, what we call as SMILE surgeries for refractive, increased by 41.9% year-
on-year, while Retinal surgeries crossed 7,849 procedures for H1, up 26.5% from last year. We
also completed over 579 Corneal transplants over this entire period. Now beyond these volumes,
we continue to push the frontier of advancing surgical techniques in eye care.
Last quarter, we spoke about Pinhole Pupilloplasty, and I'm pleased to share the launch of the
world's first PPP capable department at our Chennai flagship facility inaugurated by the
Honorable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Thiru. C. Joseph Vijay. This is a proud milestone for
Dr. Agarwal's and a reflection of our commitment to clinical innov
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