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**Jio Financial Services

Concall Summary - Jan 2026**

Executive takeaways (what changed this quarter)

  • Core operating businesses are now the primary earnings engine: Management highlighted an inflection where “core operations have become the primary driver of our financial performance” as Net Income from Business Operations (NIBO) rose to ₹386 crore (+320% YoY, +22% QoQ) and reached 55% of Consolidated Total Net Income (vs 20% in Q3 FY25).

  • Lending (Jio Credit) scaled rapidly with improving funding economics: AUM crossed ₹19,000 crore (₹19,049 crore) with 4.5x YoY growth and +29% QoQ, supported by gross disbursements ₹8,615 crore (+30% QoQ; ~2x YoY). Cost of funds declined to 6.99% (vs 7.06% prior quarter).

  • Payments stack strengthened on both consumer banking and merchant acquiring:

    • Jio Payment Solutions TPV ₹16,315 crore (+156% YoY; +20% QoQ) with net processing margin expanding to 10 bps (from 9 bps in Q3 FY25 and Q2 FY26).

    • Jio Payments Bank deposits ₹507 crore (+94% YoY; +20% QoQ), customer base 3.2m, and BC footprint surged to ~287,000 touchpoints.

  • JioBlackRock AMC showed unusually fast product rollout and early traction: 10 funds launched in six months, AUM ~₹15,000 crore, >1 million retail customers and >400 institutional investors; 18% of investors are first-time MF investors (up from 10% QoQ), and >40% of retail AUM is from beyond top-30 cities.

  • Earnings mix still influenced by treasury and consolidation effects: Consolidated results now include payments bank line-by-line since Q2 FY26; profit comparability also affected by associate/JV income (notably prior-quarter dividend at an associate).

Segment-by-segment operational summary

1) Lending (Jio Credit / NBFC): scale-up with a deliberate shift to organic book

Growth & mix

  • AUM: ₹19,049 crore (+29% QoQ; 4.5x YoY per CEO).

  • Gross disbursements: ₹8,615 crore (+30% QoQ; ~2x YoY).

  • Management made a clear strategic statement on book composition: “The primary driver of AUM growth is through fresh organic disbursements, with new direct assignments only intended to replenish the existing inorganic book… As our organic lending portfolio continues to scale, the share of direct assignment… will decline going forward.”

    • This is a notable positioning shift toward originated assets (implies more control over underwriting/customer, but also higher origination/ops build).

Funding, leverage, and economics

  • Funding mix explicitly diversified across CPs, NCDs, bank loans, ICDs and tri-party repo; borrowings +35% QoQ, aligned with book growth.

  • Average cost of borrowing: 6.99% (improved vs 7.06% QoQ), supporting margin expansion.

  • NII: ₹165 crore (+166% YoY; +18% QoQ).

  • Pre-provisioning operating profit: ₹99 crore (+130% YoY; +24% QoQ).

  • Capital metrics: Equity ₹5,093 crore, D/E 3.2x, CAR 24.39% (positioned as robust).

Operating footprint

  • Physical build-out for last-mile execution and underwriting: expanded to 16 cities with 18 offices (from 8 cities/8 offices a year ago). Management framed this as enabling “last-mile fulfillment and accurate credit assessment.”

Risk/credit costs

  • Consolidated ECL provisions ₹19 crore, described as aligned with book growth and “prudent provisioning norms.” No additional asset quality metrics were disclosed in the transcript.

2) Payments (Bank + Merchant acquiring): engagement layer + margin discipline

A) Jio Payments Bank (JPBL): accelerating operating scale, infrastructure-linked mandates

Positioning & customer segmentation

  • Positioned as a high-frequency engagement layer with two target segments:

    • Urban: “safe secondary account” to “declutter the primary bank account”

    • Rural: primary account delivered via assisted digital through BCs

Product and feature launches (newsworthy)

  • New savings variant “Savings Pro” that auto-invests idle money into overnight mutual funds, intended to raise customer yield while keeping liquidity “instantly available for payments”; management said it “has been instrumental in driving higher average deposits.”

  • Added Cash Management Services and Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) in Q3.

Digital infrastructure / toll acquiring

  • Empaneled as acquirer bank for toll processing; currently manages 11 toll plazas.

  • Barrier-less tolling via MLFF: secured two additional MLFF mandates in Q3, totaling 4 out of 8 MLFF mandates awarded so far, positioning JPBL “at the forefront” of this infrastructure theme.

Distribution expansion

  • BC network reached ~287,000 touchpoints (+44% QoQ, from ~7,200 a year ago).

  • RBI in-principle approval to set up 75,381 new BCs (owned network).

KPIs & financial momentum

  • Total income (NII + gross fees/commission): ₹61 crore (~10x YoY; ~2x QoQ) driven by “higher transaction throughput of 3x QoQ” and broader services.

  • Customer base: 3.2 million (+69% YoY; +9% QoQ).

  • Deposits: ₹507 crore (+94% YoY; +20% QoQ).

  • Management explicitly stated JPBL is in “a sustained growth phase” and pursuing an “accelerated path to profitability.”

B) Jio Payment Solutions: TPV growth with improving take-rate

Volume and monetization

  • TPV: ₹16,315 crore (+20% QoQ; +156% YoY).

  • Gross fees & commission: ₹96 crore (+26% QoQ).

  • Net processing margin: 10 bps (up from 9 bps in Q3 FY25 and Q2 FY26). Management emphasized growth while maintaining “healthy unit-level profitability.”

Client expansion

  • New client wins across e-commerce, quick commerce, travel, utilities, BFSI, and government.

Product/feature launches (merchant tools)

  • Instant Settlements (under 10 minutes)

  • Enterprise Dashboard for payouts to multiple bank accounts

  • POS terminals (in-store card + UPI)

  • Real-time Bank Account Verification (merchant onboarding)

  • Dynamic Currency Conversion (international card payments in local currency)

  • Also launched a dedicated transactional website and BizzApp on iOS (distribution/engagement enhancements).

3) Investments (JioBlackRock AMC + wealth/securities): rapid productization + distribution scale

AMC performance

  • AUM ~₹15,000 crore across 10 funds (cash, debt, equity) within six months of launch.

  • Active Equity Flexi Cap fund: AUM +70% since NFO (strong retail uptake).

  • Customer/investor scale: >1 million retail customers and >400 institutional entities.

Investor mix and penetration

  • First-time MF investors are 18% of investor base (from 10% in prior quarter) — explicitly framed as “democratise” progress.

  • Geographic broadening: “over 40% of our retail AUM comes from beyond the top 30 cities.”

Pipeline and regulatory milestones

  • Regulatory approvals received to introduce Arbitrage, Short Duration, Low Duration, Sector Rotation funds.

  • Sector Rotation Fund to be launched “shortly.”

  • Filed with SEBI for a Specialized Investment Fund.

Wealth & broking build-out

  • Leadership and senior management appointed for wealth management and securities broking.

  • Wealth entity (Jio BlackRock Investment Advisers) launched an early access campaign and website ahead of operations.

4) Protection (Insurance broking + insurance JVs incubation): D2C breadth, PoSP scale, but some seasonality

Jio Insurance Broking operational traction

  • D2C offerings expanded across motor/health/life to 73 plans.

  • Digital PoSP channel expanded (two different footprints cited):

    • CEO earlier: PoSP “present across 10 states”

    • Later: PoSP provides advisory/service across 21 states
      (both appear in transcript; the latter likely reflects expanded coverage by quarter-end or broader definition).

  • Premium facilitated: ₹212 crore (+22.5% YoY).

  • Sequential decline explained as base effect due to timing of renewals of “certain high-value corporate policies” in Q2 FY26.

Platform, distribution, and AI operating model (strategic underpinnings)

  • Ecosystem strategy explicitly mapped to the four customer needs: Borrow, Invest, Protect, Transact, aiming to create a “virtuous flywheel effect” through cross-sell over the customer lifecycle.

  • Digital scale: >20 million unique users across digital properties; MAUs ~9.2 million in the quarter.

  • Hybrid product shelf: combining in-house offerings with “a curated suite of offerings from trusted external partners”; management indicated continued integration of “more digital-first, third-party products” over coming quarters.

  • AI as operating system: goal of “a very lean operations environment with AI-driven intelligence powering every interaction and decision” and moving toward “intelligent-always” with a “360-degree view of the customer,” including “agentic and neural intelligence” to recommend the right product at the right time/channel.

  • Organization build: ~1,900 professionals; AI-driven, cross-functional, hierarchy-agnostic cohorts and JioFinX internal expo showcasing implemented AI/automation use cases.

Consolidated financials and accounting items investors should note

Consolidated P&L (Q3 FY26)

  • Total income: ₹901 crore (≈2x YoY; +23% QoQ)

    • Interest income: ₹504 crore (vs ₹210 crore YoY) — NBFC book growth + treasury + payments bank interest

    • Fees & commission: ₹182 crore (5x YoY; +30% QoQ) — Payment Solutions + Payments Bank throughput; also insurance and credit fees

    • Fair value gains: ₹215 crore (vs ₹191 crore YoY)

  • Total expenses: ₹547 crore (vs ₹119 crore YoY; vs ₹423 crore QoQ)
    Drivers: higher finance costs at NBFC due to greater market borrowings, higher payment processing charges due to TPV, and business development expenses at JPBL; plus JPBL now consolidated line-by-line (not included in Q3 FY25 consolidated P&L in same way).

  • PPoP (ex-dividend income): ₹354 crore (vs ₹330 crore YoY; vs ₹309 crore QoQ)

  • ECL provisions: ₹19 crore

  • Share of associates/JVs: ₹36 crore (vs ₹59 crore YoY; vs ₹217 crore QoQ)
    Management attributed changes to (a) JV expenses in BlackRock ventures for scaling/launch readiness and (b) prior-quarter associate dividend (Reliance Services and Holdings’ dividend on RIL shares) impacting Q2 FY26 comparability.

  • PAT: ₹269 crore (vs ₹295 crore YoY; vs ₹695 crore QoQ)

Standalone (holding company)

  • Total income: ₹159 crore (vs ₹148 crore YoY; vs ₹135 crore QoQ)

  • Total expenses incl. provision: ₹47 crore (vs ₹48 crore YoY; vs ₹65 crore QoQ, noting prior-quarter incubation expenses)

  • PAT: ₹73 crore (vs ₹75 crore YoY)

Capital position

  • Consolidated shareholders’ equity ~₹1.5 lakh crore, repeatedly emphasized as “firepower” to invest and incubate.

Actionable investor observations (based strictly on management commentary)

  • Earnings quality is shifting toward operating income, evidenced by NIBO rising to 55% of total net income; management framed this as an “inflection point.”

  • NBFC growth is increasingly origination-led with direct assignments relegated to replacing legacy inorganic book; watch for execution on underwriting, collections, and operating leverage as the on-ground footprint expands.

  • Payments monetization is improving modestly but clearly (10 bps net processing margin), while JPBL is scaling distribution aggressively (BC expansion + RBI approval for 75k+ BCs), which may keep opex elevated near-term but is positioned as profitability path.

  • AMC traction is broad-based and geographically diversified, with tangible indicators of retail adoption and first-time investor conversion; near-term JV profitability may remain impacted as management explicitly noted expenses required for scaling and operationalizing wealth.

  • Insurance broking growth is positive YoY but shows renewal timing volatility QoQ, which management openly attributed to corporate policy renewals timing.

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Sansera Engineering Ltd

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Concall Summary - Feb 2026**

Q3 FY26 performance highlights (record quarter)

  • Highest-ever quarterly revenue and EBITDA: Revenue INR 9,077m (+25% YoY); EBITDA INR 1,639m, 18.1% margin (+60 bps YoY), aided by “positive product shift” and operating leverage.

  • PAT impacted by one-off items: PAT INR 694m (7.6% margin) after an exceptional INR 162m charge for the “revised Labour Code.” PAT ex-exceptional INR 857m (+53% YoY).

  • One-time development cost provision: INR 100m booked in Q3; management flagged this as the key reason margins looked softer optically (“not in the ordinary course”).

  • Lower finance cost due to deleveraging: Finance cost INR 79m, “significantly lower… owing to the reduction of debt… over the last 1 year.”

  • 9M FY26: Revenue INR 24,992m (+12% YoY), EBITDA INR 4,391m (+13% YoY), PAT INR 2,038m (+29% YoY), 9M PAT margin 8.2% (management corrected an on-call misstatement).

Segment and geography: where growth came from

International / exports

  • Europe revenue +27% YoY; “other foreign countries more than doubled on a small base,” driving best-ever international sales.

  • “Other foreign countries” growth is largely semiconductor shipments routed to Malaysia (“semicon deliveries primarily happen to Malaysia”).

  • Management expects incremental opportunity from “interim U.S.-India trade deal and EU FTA,” specifically improving conversion of RFQs into orders (decision-making had been delayed).

Automotive (domestic + export mix)

  • Despite Q3 being seasonally weaker for auto (shutdowns/model changes), Sansera reported:

    • Auto ICE +13% YoY, led by “PVs, HCVs and motorcycle components.”

    • Tech-agnostic + xEV +26% YoY.

  • Domestic demand tone is constructive: post-GST momentum “remains strong, driven by new model launches,” with OEM January sales and forward production schedules indicating “sustained robust trends.”

ADS (Aerospace, Defense, Semicon) inflection

  • ADS revenue >4x YoY and >2x QoQ, described as “in line with our expectations and guidance” and a “new benchmark… in the non-automotive performance.”

  • 9M ADS revenue > INR 2,150m, management: “on track” vs FY26 ADS target (they expect to comfortably cross INR 300cr for FY26).

Capacity expansion and manufacturing strategy

New Pantnagar facility (2W crankshaft assemblies; automation + workforce strategy)

  • CEO spoke from a “newly inaugurated Pantnagar facility” dedicated to domestic 2W OEMs, primarily crankshaft assemblies to raise ICE content-per-vehicle.

  • Rationale: Karnataka plants are “almost full”; incremental growth needs new footprint (Bidadi land acquired but will take time to develop).

  • Plant details and operating model:

    • Two sheds ~200,000 sq ft; initial activation with “a couple of crankshaft lines.”

    • “Significantly high amount of automation with IoT and all the data capturing and analytics.”

    • Workforce intent: “predominantly operated by women employees” (already ~60% women, targeting 100% over time).

  • Strategic demand driver: Management claims >60% of Indian 2W industry still makes crankshaft assemblies in-house, but OEMs are showing “interest… to gradually outsource”—Sansera intends to participate.

  • Revenue potential at full utilization: ~INR 500cr/year (mix-dependent).

ADS capacity build-out (near-term ready; Phase-2 under construction)

  • Current ADS facility capex already committed is “adequate… to reach our FY ’27 numbers.”

  • FY27 ADS revenue guidance: management indicated INR 550–600cr (within a stated facility potential of INR 600–650cr/year for the first building).

  • Second facility (adjacent) underway: ~80,000 sq ft, structural completion expected June–July 2026, operational footprint by Aug–Sep 2026; equipment already ordered against current wins.

  • ADS backlog disclosure:

    • “Peak annual revenues for new business” as of Dec’25: INR 24.1bn.

    • Cumulative unexecuted lifetime ADS order book till FY30: INR 38.7bn.

    • Clarified as cumulative through FY30, not annual; implied FY30 exit revenue internally discussed around INR 1,200–1,300cr (from current backlog alone).

  • Capex intensity/asset turns: initial ADS phase ~2x asset turn; incremental Phase-2 expected better (~3x), but management advises using ~2x conservatively.

Order book / pipeline: what’s growing, what’s paused

Tech-agnostic (Al forging) deliberately slowed

  • The stagnant tech-agnostic order book was explained as an intentional pause: Sansera took a “pause in taking the newer orders” to stabilize aluminum forging technology and execution.

  • Plan: resume pushing for new wins “towards the end of this financial year,” targeting PV and 2W opportunities.

xEV pipeline: hybrid + PV opportunities

  • Strong emphasis on hybrid programs with Japanese OEM leadership: “Gen 4, Gen 4.5, Gen 5 programs.”

  • Also building capability with “another Japanese OEM” and “leading North American OEMs.”

  • Incremental PV growth expected via driveline/steering components that can be common to ICE/EV (also linked to the new Nichidai JV).

U.S./EU PV ICE export orders: RFQs high, conversion delayed

  • Management repeatedly highlighted that PV ICE export order conversion was held back by tariffs/FTA uncertainty:

    • “A lot of discussion and interest, but the decisions have not happened because of the tariff issue.”

    • Expect “conversion… in the next couple of quarters,” but noted that some large wins may require U.S. manufacturing footprint depending on tariff/RVC rules.

Major strategic development: Nichidai JV (Japan)

  • Sansera signed a JV with Nichidai Corporation (Japan) to expand into cold and warm forging (high precision, near-net-shape).

  • Investment and control: Sansera to invest INR 500m over a couple of years for 60% stake.

  • Strategic rationale: enter forging categories where Sansera had “practically… non-existent” presence; target transmission/differential/driveline applications and broader precision-part opportunities (including non-auto like energy/humanoids mentioned as potential demand areas).

  • Margin expectation: JV products are expected to carry better margin profile than current business (“we are very confident the margin profile… will be better”).

  • Management positioned this as potentially very large: “This opportunity can be as big as our current automotive business,” with “speed-to-market” aided by Nichidai’s proven tech and OEM relationships.

ADS deep dive: semicon ramp, aerospace volatility, margins & working capital

Semiconductor equipment parts: execution credibility established

  • ADS CEO emphasized execution parity: “up there with the best in the world as far as execution is concerned,” with customer satisfaction “pretty high.”

  • Sansera highlighted a capability step-up: from 1.5–2m components historically to ~4m components now (ADS + semicon), enabled by multiple 5-axis configurations and ability to mass-produce large complex parts.

Surface treatment / special processes

  • Current surface treatment investment is primarily for aerospace, and they are not expanding semicon surface treatment internally right now because local ecosystem capacity is being created and they believe it can meet requirements. Semicon surface requirements described as “far more stringent.”

Aerospace demand + volatility commentary; A220 door program

  • Volatility in aerospace attributed mainly to “a couple of incidents of Boeing” causing regulatory inspection delays; management now believes it is “almost normalized.”

  • Industry demand outlook: Airbus/Boeing “booking orders more than what they’re delivering,” and backlog “continuously increasing.”

  • A220 doors: Sansera confirmed it is “very much present” in the Tier-1’s first shipset and that production has ramped up to meet customer requirements.

ADS profitability and working capital

  • EBITDA margin expectation: reiterated 25–30%, and at full utilization management expects “30% plus”.

  • Working capital: ADS cycle structurally longer—auto ~80 days, ADS ~170–180 days (about 2x).

Capital allocation, U.S. plant optionality, and Sweden update

Group capex

  • FY26 capex expected INR 375–400cr (vs earlier INR 450cr indicated), driven by additional buildings (including Pantnagar forge shop and a new Bangalore auto building).

  • Management suggested a similar run-rate for FY27, excluding any U.S. investment.

U.S. plant: decision pending tariff classification + RVC constraints

  • U.S. localization remains contingent on:

    • Whether parts fall under 0% vs 18% tariff treatment (“0% would really be a huge potential”).

    • RVC (Regional Value Content) compliance: “only constraint now would be the RVCs,” currently referenced around 65% with possible tightening to 70–75% over time.

  • Management expects customer discussions to conclude after near-term U.S. visits; volume uncertainty cited (“3 million or 8 million or 10 million connecting rod”).

Sweden subsidiary (large connecting rods; strategic foothold)

  • Q3 Sweden revenue INR 736m, ~14% EBITDA; Q2 INR 591m, ~16% EBITDA (Q2 impacted by holiday shutdown).

  • YoY growth described as ~62.5–70%; FY27 growth expected to normalize to ~20%.

  • Strategic framing: enables large conrods 9–19L engines incl. marine/earthmoving/trucks; acceptable margin band 10–12%+ viewed as strategic.

Outlook, guidance, and key watch-items (from management commentary)

  • FY26 revenue growth guidance reaffirmed: “teens to mid-teens top line growth” with margins maintained. Closing remarks reiterated intent to end FY26 around mid-teens growth after weak H1.

  • Margin trajectory: Management reiterated aspiration of “20% EBITDA, 20% growth, 20% ROCE,” but explicitly avoided committing to 20% EBITDA in FY27; expects FY27 margins better than FY26.

  • Headwinds/constraints explicitly acknowledged:

    • Export order conversion delays from tariff uncertainty; U.S. plant decision depends on final tariff/RVC.

    • ADS working capital intensity (170–180 days) vs auto.

    • Capacity planning bottleneck risk in forging: long lead-time press capacity; management says planning has “just begun.”

    • A major North American EV customer volumes were materially below expectations: “down by 50%” YoY and “down by almost 60%” vs Sansera’s projections—management expects recovery plus incremental “energy” business.

  • Actionable operational signals: strong confidence in (1) domestic 2W outsourcing trend for crankshaft assemblies, (2) ADS scale-up with Phase-2 building, (3) conversion of export RFQs into orders post-trade clarity, and (4) JV-led expansion into cold/warm forged precision parts with superior margins.

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