Sagility Ltd Q2FY26 Concall Decoded: AI is the New BPO Intern, and It Doesnβt Need Coffee Breaks βπ€
Opening Hook When your client asks for βcost savings,β and you hand them a GenAI bot that never sleepsβthatβs Sagilityβs vibe this quarter. While the US healthcare industry drowns in tariffs, reforms, and paperwork thicker than a Bollywood script, Sagilityβs management turned it into a 25% growth story. Ramesh Gopalan & team basically said: βAI is eating our margins? Fine, weβll eat more contracts.β Keep readingβbecause when CFOs start talking in constant currency and end with β25% EBITDA,β you know the spreadsheets have gone nuclear.
At a Glance
Revenue βΉ1,658.5 Cr β Up 25% YoY; CFO insists itβs βrealβ and not Excel magic.
EBITDA βΉ435.2 Cr (26.2%) β GenAI officially earns its badge as cost assassin.
PAT βΉ301 Cr β Up 84%; someoneβs finally enjoying forex gains.
H1 Revenue βΉ3,197 Cr β Up 25.5%; even the rupee couldnβt dull the shine.
Interim Dividend βΉ0.05/share β Barely a samosa, but hey, itβs a start.
Employee Count 44,185 β The βAI wonβt take jobsβ crowd quietly sweating.
Managementβs Key Commentary
Ramesh Gopalan: βWe delivered 25% growth and 26% marginsβproof that GenAI works.β (Translation: Machines now officially outperform middle management. π)
Ramesh: βPayer segment grew 24%, provider 33%. Healthcare chaos = more contracts.β (Hospitals panic, Sagility profits. Circle of life.)
Ramesh: βWeβve deployed 25 AI use cases across nine clients.β (AI interns now outnumber human ones, and they donβt unionize.)
CFO Srini: βDSO at 78 days, among the best in the industry.β (Translation: We actually get paid on timeβmiracle!)
Ramesh: βWe expect constant currency growth of 21%+ for FY26.β (In normal English: Weβre done being humble.)
Ramesh: βAI may cannibalize revenue, but weβll just sell more AI.β (The capitalist ouroboros: eat your own tail, bill the client.)
Srini: βROCE stable at 50%, free cash flow βΉ478 Cr.β (Accountants everywhere just nodded approvingly.)