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August 11, 2026
BSE Limited National Stock Exchange of India Limited
Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, Exchange Plaza, Plot No. C/1,
Dalal Street, Fort, G Block, Bandra - Kurla Complex,
Mumbai – 400 001 Bandra (East), Mumbai 400 051
Scrip Code: 506414 Trading Symbol: FERMENTA
Dear Sir,
Sub.: Intimation of Earnings Presentation – Q1/FY27
Pursuant to the relevant provisions of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements),
Regulations 2015, we hereby enclose a copy of Earnings Presentation for Q1/FY27 for your
information.
The said Earnings Presentation will thereafter be uploaded on Company’s website at
www.fermentabiotech.com
This information is submitted to you pursuant to Regulation 30 of the Securities and Exchange
Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements), Regulations, 2015.
Kindly take the same on records.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
for FERMENTA BIOTECH LIMITED
Varadvinayak Khambete
Company Secretary and Head - Legal
Membership No. A33861
Encl: As above
Fermenta Biotech Ltd
Q1FY27
presentation
11August 2026
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Investor presentation Q1FY27 | 2
As preventive healthcare awareness rises, global demand is accelerating for
science-backed, top-quality nutritional ingredients.
Fermenta pairs process and molecular expertise with science-validated
capability to deliver best-in-class ingredients, trusted by leading brands
across the pharmaceutical, dietary supplement, food and beverage,
veterinary, and animal nutrition industries.
Our edge: decades of global-scale, complex manufacturing and research-
driven custom solutions in green chemistry, APIs and intermediates, and
environmental solutions. Chemistry built to solve, engineered to scale, and
proven in the field by 400+ discerning customers across 60+ countries.
Investor presentation Q1FY27 | 3
Q1FY27 Highlights
Financials (consolidated) with and without Real Performance
Estate Q1FY27 ex-real
Q1FY27 Revenue near flat sequentially at INR 126.2 crore, flat
estate
QoQ, with human nutrition revenue up 24% QoQ to INR
76.5 crore and segment volumes up 18% QoQ across
INR 124.3 crore
INR 126.2 crore Fermenta'slargest business.
Revenue (down 12% YoY, flat
(down 13% YoY, flat QoQ)
QoQ)
India strengthened as a market, rising to 47% of
consolidated revenue in April–June 2026 from 35% a
INR 22.3 crore
INR 22.4 crore
EBITDA (down 37% YoY, down year earlier, as domestic demand deepened across
(down 39% YoY, down 11% QoQ)
10% QoQ) nutrition and APIs.
Growth broadens beyond Vitamin D3: Other APIs and
INR 9.5 crore —
Profit after tax Intermediates up 18% YoY to INR 11.6 crore, Green
(down 56% YoY, down 49% QoQ)
Chemistry Solutions / Enzymes up 15% YoY to INR 2.3
crore, and Others within nutrition up 28% YoY to INR 11
EPS (diluted) INR3.34 — crore.
Animal nutrition remains the soft spot: volumes down
52% QoQ and 20% YoY with average realisation down
40% YoY; the Company chose volume discipline over
The YoY comparison is against an exceptionally strong
chasing a weak price.
April–June 2025 base, which carried INR 2.7 crore of
non-recurring insurance income and INR 1.6 crore of Two post-quarter milestones: FSSAI approval for
real-estate value unlocking; neither recurs in the VITADEE Green® (6 July 2026) for health supplements,
current quarter. Sequential human nutrition growth and nutraceuticals and food products; and a 7th-place
ranking nationwide in India’s Great Mid-size
stronger India reaffirm Fermenta's structural direction.
Workplaces 2026.
Investor presentation Q1FY27 | 4
Lines of Business
Nutrition Primary revenue source focused on nutritional ingredients for health and
wellness industries
Vitamin D3 -Human Vitamin D3 -Animal Others
Premium supplements, food Specialized formulations for Customized Food Premixes,
fortification, and pharmaceuticals livestock and poultry feed Fortified Rice Kernels (FRK) and
for nutraceutical companies, food applications targeting animal feed Specialized Nutraceutical
processors, and pharmaceutical manufacturers, poultry farms, and Ingredients
firms dairy producers
Others Diversified biotechnology and chemical solutions for industrial and
environmental applications
API & Intermediates Green Chemistry Environmental
Pharmaceutical ingredients and Enzymatic technologies for Biotechnolgy-based remediation
custom synthesis for generic drug eco-friendly processes serving solutions for for water treatment
manufacturers and chemical manufacturers, biofuel and waste management sectors
pharmaceutical developers producers, and cosmetic companies
Investor presentation Q1FY27 | 5
Revenue Mix
(Consolidated)
Geographical Revenue Mix
Q1FY27 Q4FY26 QoQ Q1FY26 YoY (consolidated) excluding real estate value
(INR crore) (INR crore) change (%) (INR crore) change (%)
unlocking
Nutrition Business
Vitamin D3 –Human 76.5 61.7 +24% 84.7 -10% 19% +1% 20%
Nutrition
Vitamin D3 –Animal
12.6 22.9 -45% 21.4 -41%
Nutrition 13% -3% 10%
Others 11.0 9.5 +16% 8.5 +28%
Other Business 23%
-10%
Other APIs and 33%
11.6 18.1 -36% 9.8 +18%
Intermediates
Green Chemistry Solutions /
2.3 6.9 -67% 2.0 +15%
Enzymes
Environmental Solutions 6.0 0.8 +619% 6.6 -8% India
+12%
Other Income 6.2 6.7 -8% 10.4 -41% 35% Europe
North America
Value Unlocking
Others
Real Estate 0 0 -100% 1.6 -100%
Q1FY26 % Change Q1FY27
Investor presentation Q1FY27 | 6
Income Statement—Key Numbers
(Consolidated)
Amount in INR crore Q1FY27 Q1FY26 % Change
INCOME
Revenue from operations 121.8 136.3
The YoY comparison is against a strong
Other income 4.4 8.8 April–June 2025 base: human nutrition
volumes rose 18% QoQ, India reached 47%
Total Income 126.2 145.0 -13%
of revenue, and there are no exceptional
EXPENSES
items in the quarter
Cost of materials consumed* 38.8 27.5
Purchases of stock-in-trade 9.8 15.6
Change in inventories (6.5) 8.8
Employee benefits expense 23.0 20.4
Finance costs 2.5 3.1
Depreciation and amortisation 5.2 5.8
Other expenses 38.7 35.7
Total Expenses 111.5 116.9
PROFITABILITY
Profit before tax 14.7 28.1
Tax expense 5.2 6.6
Profit after tax 9.5 21.6 -56%
* Net of the INR 2.0 crore non-cash write-back of the earlier inventory write-down
Investor presentation Q1FY27 | 7
Cost Breakdown
(Without Real Estate)
Cost Structure Against the FY26 Base
Raw material costs at 35% of revenue in Q1FY27,
against 37% in FY26 (38% in FY25), which reflected an
(% of Revenue)
improved sourcing mix.
Cost Component Q1FY27 FY26 FY25
Employee costs at 19% of revenue, against 16% in
FY26, when capacity expansion added heads ahead of
Raw Materials 35% 37% 38%
the Dahej scale-up.
Employee Costs 19% 16% 15%
Manufacturing expenses at 12% in Q1FY27, against
12% in FY26, which had improved from 15% in FY25 on
Manufacturing Expenses 12% 12% 15% operating lev
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