01 — At a Glance
The Startup That Decided to Become a Utility Tomorrow
- 52-Week High / Low₹510 / ₹263
- 9M FY26 Revenue₹1,928 Cr
- 9M FY26 PAT₹166 Cr
- 9M FY26 EPS₹14.74
- Order Book (Mar’25)₹5,044 Cr
- Book Value₹51.8
- Price to Book5.41x
- Debt / Equity0.41x
- Interest Coverage7.41x
- Promoter Holding61.55%
Auditor’s Spoiler Alert: Bondada hit ₹1,928 crore revenue in just 9 months of FY26 — already exceeding FY25’s full-year ₹1,571 crore. PAT surged to ₹166 crore (+7.67% margin), profit growth is +119% YoY. Order book sitting pretty at ₹7,385 crore in Mar’25 (per investor presentation). The stock is down 27% in one year because apparently, the market decided to punish competence. Also, BESS BOO contracts worth ₹425 MW / 850 MWh signed. Running at Usain Bolt speeds with the brakes inverted.
02 — Introduction
A 2012 Startup That Looks Like It’s Been Operating Since 1947
Bondada Engineering Limited. Founded in 2012. Doesn’t sound revolutionary. Then you look at the concall and realize they’re executing the infrastructure equivalent of a startup blitzkrieg — EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) for solar. Then telecom tower operations. Then BESS (Battery Energy Storage Systems) that didn’t exist for them three years ago. Then Indian Railways Kavach deployment. Then defence products. Then data centre infrastructure. It’s like watching your chartered accountant friend suddenly announce he’s launching a SpaceX competitor from his garage in Hyderabad.
The numbers speak. Revenue CAGR over 14 years: 56%. That’s not steady growth — that’s velocity. Nine-month revenue in FY26 (₹1,928 crore) already exceeds the full FY25 (₹1,571 crore). Profit growth of 119% YoY in Q3. A management that talks about “vision 2030 targeting ₹10,000 crore revenue” not like it’s an aspiration, but like it’s a schedule. The CRISIL rating is A/Stable. The working capital cycle looks tighter than a Gujarati businessman’s expense claim. And the stock is down 27% because apparently, the market is still deciding if this is growth or a statistical anomaly that will collapse by Tuesday.
This is a company running at escape velocity. But that raises a question that every analysis should grapple with: is the valuation pricing in the next decade of growth, or is it pretending the last decade didn’t happen?
Concall Insight (Mar 2026): Management confirmed that as of Nov 2025, consolidated turnover was up 107% YoY, already surpassing full-year FY25 revenue. The order book is getting “progressively cleaner and richer in quality” — translation: fewer one-off projects, more recurring BESS and O&M contracts. Management is not optimistic about growth — they’re matter-of-fact. Like they’ve pre-calculated the next three years and are just executing the script.
03 — Business Model: WTF Do They Even Do?
They Build Solar Farms, Run Towers, and Now Store Electrons (Somehow).
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