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Blackbuck
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The core business grew by 31.5% year-on-year in Q3 FY26, surpassing the long-term target of 25%. (1 exceeded across 1 tracked commitment)
“Within that the core businesses had a growth of a very healthy growth of 31.5% on a year-on-year basis”
Transacting customers grew by 13.87% YoY, meeting the double-digit growth target. (4 exceeded, 1 met across 5 tracked commitments)
“whenever we've talked about growth, we've always talked about the numbers of around like 25% levels is how we look at growth.”
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How durable is the business?
The core segment continues to expand, with tolling market share growing significantly from 37% to 45.5% over the year, and the company securing an in-principle PPI license to own the payment stack. (5 expanding)
“We ended with -- we started the year with 37. We ended the last year with 37. This year we ended at roughly 45.5.”
The company achieved significant operating leverage, with adjusted EBITDA growing 10x over the previous year as fixed costs remained flat while revenue scaled. (5 expanding)
“Last financial year... that number was close to INR13 crores-INR13.5 crores and that number today is roughly closer to INR139 crores.”
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Where does growth come from?
Growth businesses (excluding core tolling and tracking) are expanding rapidly, with revenue growth accelerating to 90% YoY for the full year FY25 compared to 50% in the final quarter. (5 accelerating across 5 signals, 2 leading indicators)
“Growth Businesses ₹ in Cr 34.36 9.25 271.34%”
Core business revenue (Payments & Telematics) continues to grow at a steady pace, maintaining a 40.62% YoY growth rate and contributing the bulk of operational revenue. (2 steady, 1 accelerating across 3 signals)
“- Core (Payments & Telematics) ₹ in Cr: Q1’26 120.26, YoY 40.62%, QoQ 7.70%”
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What could break the thesis?
INTENSIFYING: Management has shifted focus from immediate profitability to market share expansion, accepting longer payback periods (moving from 7-8 months to 9-10 months) and increasing investments in sales and marketing. (5 intensifying, 2 high-severity)
“we are aggressively pursuing expansion in superloads which is where superloads and vehicle finance are unprofitable categories for us today.”
The company's core tolling business is heavily dependent on the overall growth of the trucking industry, which is currently seeing relatively slow growth. [DEMAND]
“how the revenue in the tolling business essentially grows versus the industry grew at about 15%”
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