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Niks Technology Ltd H1 FY26 – ₹531 L Revenue, 68× P/E, Drone Spray Dominance & a Balance Sheet That Thinks It’s on a Diet


1. At a Glance – Blink and You’ll Miss the Irony

Niks Technology Ltd is that one company which looks like it tried to tick every trending business checkbox in a single board meeting: IT services, digital marketing, professional training, ethical hacking, robotics, drones, drone parts, drone spray services, and a light garnish of software development. Market cap sits around ₹20.5 crore, the stock price is hovering near ₹455, and the P/E is a very confident 68× — which is impressive for a company with annual sales of about ₹9.37 crore and PAT of ₹0.30 crore. Over the last three months, the stock has politely disappointed with a negative return of around 5–6%, while the last one year return is also in the red. Latest half-year results (H1 FY26) show revenue of ₹5.31 crore and PAT of ₹0.13 crore, which means half the year is done and the company has already spent most of its excitement. ROCE is a modest 12.2%, ROE sits at 8.55%, debt is zero (yes, zero), and the balance sheet looks clean enough to be framed. Sounds good? Wait till you see how much of the business depends on drones spraying fields.


2. Introduction – When a Company Can’t Decide What It Wants to Be

Niks Technology Ltd was incorporated in 2014, which means it has had more than a decade to figure out its identity. And to be fair, it has figured out many identities — just not one dominant personality. The company operates across IT services, education and training, digital marketing, and drone technology. This is the corporate equivalent of a restaurant that sells pizza, dosa, sushi, momos, and bubble tea, and then proudly claims it’s “diversified.”

On paper, diversification sounds brilliant. In reality, it often means management is allergic to focus. Over the years, Niks Technology has pivoted, expanded, added services, and layered new buzzwords without fully retiring old ones. The result is a business that technically does many things, but financially earns most of its money from one very specific activity: drone spray services.

The latest numbers confirm this clearly. In FY25, about 81% of revenue came from drone spray services, 17% from drone parts sales, and the rest from miscellaneous leftovers. All those IT services, digital marketing solutions, and training programs? They exist, but financially they whisper while drones shout.

So the real question for investors is simple: is Niks Technology a drone services company with some side hustles, or a tech company pretending drones are a phase? And more importantly — does the valuation understand this identity crisis, or is it pricing the dream version?


3. Business Model – WTF Do They Even Do?

Let’s break this down like we’re explaining it to a smart investor who skipped the company website.

First bucket: IT & Digital Services.
Niks offers customized application development, managed IT services, cybersecurity solutions, professional services, and digital marketing. This is the most generic menu in Indian IT. Every second SME with a website claims the same thing. There is no disclosed client concentration, no marquee contracts mentioned, and no revenue split that screams “IT powerhouse.” Translation: this segment exists, but it is not paying the bills.

Second bucket: Training & Education.
Courses include ethical hacking, embedded systems, robotics, software development, and networking. Again, solid topics, but India already has more training institutes than traffic signals. There is no scale data, no student numbers, and no separate profitability disclosed. So assume this is supportive, not transformative.

Third bucket: Drone Technology – the Real Boss.
This is where the money actually comes from. Niks is involved in manufacturing, repair, trading, and rental of drones, along with drone spray services for agriculture. They also provide drone services for healthcare, construction, and event videography, plus AMC contracts and sale of drone parts.

And here’s the punchline: drone spray services alone contribute ~81% of FY25 revenue.
So despite the fancy multi-segment description, Niks Technology is primarily an agricultural drone spraying company that happens to own laptops and whiteboards.

Does this model work? It can — but it also means revenue is seasonal, execution-heavy, and dependent on regulatory approvals, weather, and farmer adoption. Not exactly SaaS-like stability, is it?


4. Financials Overview – Numbers Don’t Lie, But They Do Smirk

📊 Half-Yearly Results Detected: H1 FY26 Locked

The latest official announcement clearly states “Unaudited Financial Results for the Half-Year ended 30th September 2025.”
So this is HALF-YEARLY RESULTS, and EPS annualisation must be done accordingly.

🔢 Quarterly / Half-Year Comparison Table (₹ Crore)

MetricLatest Half (H1 FY26)Same Half Last YearPrevious HalfYoY %HoH %
Revenue5.315.034.06+5.6%+30.8%
EBITDA0.380.400.32-5.0%+18.8%
PAT0.130.280.17-53.6%-23.5%
EPS (₹)2.896.223.78-53.6%-23.5%

Now let’s talk honestly.

Revenue is growing slowly — single-digit YoY, decent HoH. EBITDA margins are hovering around 7%, which is thin for a company valued at 68× earnings. PAT, however, took a sharp hit YoY, falling more than 50%. That’s not a rounding error; that’s a mood swing.

📐 Annualised EPS (Half-Yearly Rule Applied)

Latest EPS (H1 FY26): ₹2.89
Annualised EPS = ₹2.89 × 2 = ₹5.78

At a market price of ~₹455, that’s how you land at a P/E north of 68× — for a company growing revenues at ~5–6% and profits shrinking YoY. Bold. Very bold.

Is the market pricing future drone domination, or just vibing?


5. Valuation Discussion – Fair Value Range Only, No Astrology

Let’s keep emotions aside and do this properly.

🔹 Method 1: P/E Based Valuation

  • Annualised EPS: ₹5.78
  • Reasonable P/E for small, volatile, execution-heavy business: 18× to 25×

Fair Value Range:
₹104 to

Lalitha Diwakarla

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