ESCORTS Q1 FY26 earnings call.
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₹2,500 Cr
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₹321.4 Cr
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Escorts Kubota reported a steady Q1 FY26 with consolidated revenue from continuing operations at ₹2,500.1 crore and EBITDA margin of 12.9%, up 16 bps YoY. PAT from continuing operations stood at ₹369.5 crore, boosted by an exceptional gain of ₹76 crore from land sale. The agri machinery segment saw EBITDA margin expansion of 92 bps to 12.6%, aided by softer material costs, while construction equipment margins fell sharply to 5.8% due to inventory clearance of old emission-norm products. Tractor domestic volumes dipped marginally to 28,848 units, but exports surged 80.3% to 1,733 units, driven by Kubota network orders. Management maintained FY26 tractor industry growth guidance of mid-to-high single digits, with new product launches (Promax, Kubota MU series, wetland series) expected to support market share recovery from Q4. Key risks include rising metal prices pressuring margins from Q2 and continued regional mix headwinds in tractor sales.
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Guidance to track
- Management reiterated guidance of mid-to-high single digit growth for the tractor industry in FY26, with H2 growth likely to be marginal due to high base.
- Management guided EBITDA margin for the tractor business to remain around 12.5% for the full year, with Q2 facing headwinds from hardening metal prices.
- Management expects export tractor volumes to grow 25-30% in FY26, with monthly run-rate stabilizing at 500-600 units.
- Organic capex for FY26 is guided at ₹350-400 crore, excluding land acquisition for the greenfield UP plant.
Risks flagged
- Management noted that metal prices have started hardening, which will negatively impact tractor margins from Q2 onwards, though the impact is expected to be less than 1%.
- Analyst raised concern about market share decline despite new products; management attributed it to industry swing away from Escorts' strong regions, which may persist.
- Management disclosed that land acquisition from farmers has been delayed by the UP government, pushing construction start to next fiscal year.
- CE margins fell sharply to 5.8% due to emission norm transition; management expects recovery in H2 but did not provide specific targets.
Key quotes
- Our midterm business target for next four five years is to take it to about 15% level.
- The industry swing has actually impacted severely the market share of EKL. The contribution of the EL stronger markets to a very large extent has come down by about five six%.
- We expect we should be able to close it. So I don't know whether this calendar year but definitely within this fiscal year the acquisition should get completed.
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