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Schneider Elect. (534139) Nov 2025 Filing Analysis
Does management do what it says?
The company achieved strong double-digit revenue growth in Q3 FY26, significantly exceeding the 'single-digit to double-digit' acceleration target. (1 exceeded, 2 met, 1 missed, 1 in progress across 5 tracked commitments)
“The business where we are in is essentially a project business, and therefore, it is cyclical in nature. And roughly, if you ask me these percentages, number wise, they look single-digit, but we are hopeful that in times to come, and this will pick up and it will pick up and move into double digit”
Other expenses grew by 11.5% for the full year FY26 and surged by 28.0% in Q4 FY26, exceeding the guided range of 9-10%. (1 missed, 1 met across 2 tracked commitments)
“Other expense, it's generally there's a fixed cost where we have a fixed cost coming from the vendors and the employee linked inflations things... I think generally it will grow in the range of 9% to 10%.”
Gross/Material margins for both the quarter and the nine-month period fell short of the 40% target, showing a year-on-year decline in percentage terms. (3 missed, 1 met across 4 tracked commitments)
“We are at right level, and I think you are more knowledgeable than us to see the margin which we make in terms of percentages for the businesses like this. We are trying to work on that number as well. We see about close to 40% is what we do.”
The company is executing a INR 200 crore CAPEX plan, including a vacuum interrupter plant in Kolkata and expansions in Vadodara. — target: 200 crore (+3 more commitments)
“So, while the listed entity is doing a INR 200 crore CAPEX... the capital which was sanctioned for this plant was any which we are going up to close of '26 and early '27, which is going to happen where we are going to bring up the last unit, which we are planning to do.”
Launch of an end-to-end BESS (Battery Energy Storage System) solution with digital orchestration for grid compliance and revenue optimization. (+2 more commitments)
“We already have about 800 kilometers of metro lines, and we expect another 800 to 1,000 kilometers of metro line across close to 30 cities come up in the next, say, maybe 4 to 5 years' time.”
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How durable is the business?
The company is shifting its mix toward higher-margin transactional and services business within the Indian market. Services grew from 12% to 15% of the mix, while transactional grew from 19% to 20%. (1 shifted)
“as per the company strategy, we are focusing more on transactional and services... Services was 12%, now we are at 15%”
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What could break the thesis?
Finance costs are trending downwards due to positive cash balances generating interest income and reductions in benchmark lending rates (MCLR). (1 easing)
“Finance cost... we can see the negative trend because of 2 reasons. One also, we have a positive cash, which is giving you interest income... and also with the borrowing interest rate reduction.”
Management clarified that current slow growth is not due to capacity constraints (currently at 90-95% utilization). Expansion projects in Kolkata and Vadodara are on track, though some minor deferrals occurred. (1 stable)
“I would say it has nothing to do with the installed capacity. We are good there... our 6% or 7% growth is a cyclical quarter growth... not because of the situation where we are not able to serve the market because of capacity crunch.”
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