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Please find enclosed herewith Transcript of the Earnings Call held with Analyst/Investors on August 13, 2026
Eureka Forbes Ltd · 543482
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Eureka Forbes Ltd reported Q1 FY27 earnings, with revenue growing 15.3% YoY to INR701 crores, driven by accelerated growth across product business, especially water purifiers and emerging categories like robotics and softeners. Adjusted EBITDA margin declined 46bps YoY to 10.5% due to moderation in gross margins and higher growth investments.
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August 19, 2026
BSE Limited National Stock Exchange of India Limited
Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, Exchange Plaza, C-1, Block - G,
Dalal Street, Bandra Kurla Complex,
Mumbai - 400 001 Bandra (East), Mumbai - 400 051
Scrip Code: 543482
Scrip ID: EUREKAFORB Symbol: EUREKAFORB
Ref.: EFL/BSE/2026-27/29 Ref.: EFL/NSE/2026-27/29
Subject : Intimation of Transcript of Earnings Conference Call held on Thursday,
August 13, 2026
Dear Sir/Madam,
Pursuant to Regulation 30(6) read with Schedule III of the Securities and Exchange Board of India
(Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, please find enclosed
herewith the transcript of the Earnings Call held with Analysts/Investors on Thursday, August 13,
2026. The transcript of the aforesaid Earnings Call is also available on the website of the Company
at www.eurekaforbes.com.
Request you to kindly take the above information on record.
Thanking you,
For Eureka Forbes Limited
Shilpa Jain
Company Secretary & Compliance Officer
Encl: As above
“Eureka Forbes Limited
Q1 FY27 Earnings Conference Call”
August 13, 2026
MANAGEMENT: MR. PRATIK POTA – MANAGING DIRECTOR AND
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
MR. GAURAV KHANDELWAL – CHIEF FINANCIAL
OFFICER
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Moderator: Ladies and gentlemen, good day and welcome to the Eureka Forbes Limited
Q1 FY27 Earnings Conference Call. We have Mr. Pratik Pota, Managing
Director and CEO; and Mr. Gaurav Khandelwal, CFO, Eureka Forbes, with us.
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 this conference, please signal
an operator by pressing star then zero on your touchtone phone. Please note
that this conference is being recorded.
Before I hand it over to Mr. Pratik Pota, please note the disclaimer. Certain
statements made by management in today's call may be forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements reflect management's best
judgment and analysis as of today. The actual results may differ materially
from current expectations based on a number of factors affecting the
business.
I now hand the conference over to Mr. Pratik Pota. Thank you, and over to
you, sir.
Pratik Pota: Good afternoon, and I welcome you all to the Q1 FY27 earnings call of Eureka
Forbes Limited. The operating landscape in Q1 continued to be impacted by
inflationary pressures and currency volatility and the associated uncertainty.
Against this backdrop, I'm pleased to share that we delivered a solid start to
FY27.
Revenue for the quarter grew by 15.3% year-on-year to INR701 crores,
supported by accelerated and broad-based growth across the product
business, especially water. The water purifier category grew by high teens,
on the back of a double-digit volume growth. Emerging categories also
delivered strong growth, especially on robotics and softeners.
Overall, our product business grew by late teens, and this growth was also
broad-based across channels, with retail, direct, and e-commerce all
delivering strong double-digit growth. In water purifiers, our growth was
driven by strong momentum in the economy range, by our expanded range
of stainless-steel products, and also by our premium offering in Hot, UTC and
IoT.
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Our growth was well ahead of the category leading to healthy market share
gains across the board. Our emerging categories continued to perform well
during the quarter with strong growth across all emerging categories.
Within this, robotic vacuum cleaners delivered strong growth driven by
increasing premiumization and a shift towards our fully automatic cleaning
product. We recently launched a new campaign featuring Shraddha Kapoor
for robotics, aimed at accelerating category adoption and strengthening our
leadership in this fast-growing category.
Water softeners also reported strong double-digit growth reflecting the
growing relevance and the potential of the category.
In service, revenue growth tracked at levels seen in the recent quarters. The
price increases implemented in AMC led to some moderation in bookings
growth. Our filter portfolio grew well in Q1. During the quarter, we further
stepped up our awareness campaigns on the importance of installing genuine
Aquaguard filters that in turn help drive growth in filters. We will stay focused
and continue to invest in driving awareness and changing customer behavior.
Additionally, our service KPIs remained strong and we rolled out a series of
digital interventions aimed at improving the customer experience.
On the profitability front, adjusted EBITDA margin came in at 10.5%, a decline
of 46 basis points year-on-year, primarily due to a moderation in gross
margins and our planned and deliberately higher growth investments. That
said, the underlying drivers of profitability, namely healthy gross margins,
operating leverage, and ongoing productivity initiatives remain absolutely
intact and continue to provide a strong foundation for the business.
We will keep investing in driving growth, while simultaneously driving
stronger execution, productivity, and cost efficiencies. As shared earlier, we
expect full year EBITDA margins to be broadly in line with last year.
Looking ahead, given the strong start in Q1, we are confident of delivering a
clear step-up in our FY27 full year growth. All our product categories are
seeing healthy momentum and we have strong plans lined up for the future.
We believe that the long-term opportunity across all our categories remains
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significant, supported by low penetration levels and increasing consumer
preference and awareness of health and hygiene solutions.
We will continue to invest behind our brands, our innovations, and
strengthening our distribution capabilities as we progress through the year.
With that, let me hand over to Gaurav for more details on our financial
performance.
Gaurav Khandelwal: Thank you, Pratik, and good afternoon, everyone. I will begin by covering our
financial performance for the quarter.
Revenue for the quarter stood at INR701 crores, registering a growth of
15.3% year-on-year. The growth was broad-based and supported by
continuing momentum across our product portfolio with steady contribution
from the emerging categories.
Our product business delivered growth in high teens, driven by strong
performance in water purifiers. The growth was largely fueled by double-digit
volume growth and calibrated price increases at the start of the quarter.
Emerging categories also sustained growth momentum led by a higher mix of
premium products in robotics and volume-led growth in water softeners. Our
service revenue growth was largely in line with past few quarters' trends.
Moving to profitability, our gross margins continue to demonstrate resilience
despite a dynamic operating environment. Gross margins for the quarter
stood at 58.4%, lower by 131 basis points year-on-year, reflecting the impact
of higher commodity costs and adverse currency movements.
While the cost environment remains challenging, and we are yet to see any
meaningful reduction in input costs, our focus will be on driving our cost
savings program and product mix.
Moving on to operating expenses, employee costs stood at INR90 crores, an
increase of 10.7% year-on-year. The year-on-year movement primarily
reflects normal annual increments. We expect operating leverage and cost
efficiencies to kick in over a period of time, supported by productivity gains.
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ESOP charges increased by 16.2% year-on-year to INR6.6 crores, primarily
attributable to fresh employee grants and expanded ESOP coverage as part
of our talent attraction and retention strategy.
Service charges grew by 2.7% year-on-year to INR83 crores, reflecting the
relatively so
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