Particulars (Rs. In cr) | Q2FY25 | Q2FY24 | YoY (%) | Q1FY25 | QoQ (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Revenue from operations | 361.00 | 293.00 | 23.00% | 315.00 | 15.00% |
EBITDA | 83.00 | 57.00 | 46.00% | 48.00 | 73.00% |
EBITDA Margin (%) | 22.99% | 19.45% | 354 bps | 15.24% | 776 bps |
PAT | 70.00 | 48.00 | 46.00% | 47.00 | 49.00% |
EPS (Rs) | 5.03 | 3.43 | 47.00% | 3.40 | 48.00% |
Source: Company Filings; stockaxis Research
Q2FY25 Result Highlights
Newgen Software displayed remarkable earnings growth driven by growth across all
geographies EMEA (21.3% YoY), India (18.9% YoY), and US (16.7% YoY) and license
sales (56% YoY) predominantly in APAC (53% YoY). Annuity revenue growth slowed down
to 14% YoY due to a slowdown in ATS revenue on account of longer implementation
cycles of recently won large deals. ATS revenue could pick up once the execution
of these deals is complete. SaaS revenue growth (12.4% YoY) is lower due to a softer
new logo addition in the US. On the operating front, consolidated EBITDA surged
to Rs.83 cr, a growth of 46% YoY while margins expanded by 354 bps at 23% driven
by a higher proportion of high-margin product license revenue. R&D expense was
9% and sales and marketing was 22% of sales. The company aims to maintain an EBITDA
margin of 23%+ and invest in marketing activities to create a larger sales funnel.
PAT registered a strong growth of 47% YoY To Rs.70 cr. The bottom line was bolstered
by strong growth in the financial services segment, license sales, and a significant
rise in margins.
Annuity revenue streams (ATS/AMC, support, and cloud/SaaS and Subscription license were at Rs 205 crores. Revenue from the sale of products/licenses were at Rs 77 crores. Revenue from Implementation and others were at Rs 79 crores.
Key Business Highlights during the quarter
Significant deal closures
Key Conference call takeaways
Newgen Software posted robust earnings growth for the quarter ended Q2FY25 driven by license sales predominantly in APAC and healthy growth across other markets. The company is keenly focusing on the innovation of its products which will contribute to more accurate and deep analysis of data. It has launched the Newgen ONE platform which is backed with a cloud-native, AI-based platform which facilitates better real-time extraction of data. Overall growth in customer base and diversity in revenue model will help the company to grow faster and more efficiently. With growing use and dependence on data in sectors like banking & financial services, insurance, etc, the company’s growth trajectory looks promising. We expect traction in the traditional market to continue. We believe that the growth momentum is likely to be sustained given its strong deal bookings and pipeline, reinvestments in sales and marketing, product launches, traction in Gen AI, healthy annuity growth, partnership with insurance platform companies, and progress in establishing a GSI ecosystem.
We continue to remain bullish on the growth prospects of Newgen on the back of 1) improved growth visibility on continued traction in banking in India and EMEA markets, focus on building scale in health insurance and government segments, healthy orderbook (22% YoY in H1FY25), with growing deal sizes, 2) strong client-mining ability – INR 50mn+ client bucket grew 2.5x to 65 in 3 years, 3) potential revenue upside when US engine fires up and 4) steady EBITDA margin above 23%.
At CMP of Rs.1250, the stock is trading at 45x FY26E. We maintain a HOLD rating on the stock .
Particulars (Rs. In cr) | Q2FY25 | Q2FY24 | YoY (%) | Q1FY25 | QoQ (%) |
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Revenue from operations | 361.00 | 293.00 | 23.00% | 315.00 | 15.00% |
Employee benefit expenses | 185.00 | 157.00 | 18.00% | 174.00 | 6.00% |
Other expenses | 93.00 | 79.00 | 18.00% | 93.00 | 0.00% |
EBITDA | 83.00 | 57.00 | 46.00% | 48.00 | 73.00% |
EBITDA Margin (%) | 22.99% | 19.45% | 354 bps | 15.24% | 776 bps |
Depreciation expenses | 8.00 | 7.00 | 14.00% | 8.00 | 0.00% |
EBIT | 75.00 | 50.00 | 50.00% | 40.00 | 88.00% |
Finance cost | 1.00 | 1.00 | -5.00% | 1.00 | -5.00% |
Other Income | 19.00 | 9.00 | 106.00% | 23.00 | -20.00% |
PBT | 93.00 | 59.00 | 57.00% | 61.00 | 52.00% |
Tax expenses | 22.00 | 11.00 | 100.00% | 14.00 | 57.00% |
PAT | 70.00 | 48.00 | 46.00% | 47.00 | 49.00% |
EPS (Rs) | 5.03 | 3.43 | 47.00% | 3.40 | 48.00% |