Capital Infra Trust (NSE:CAPINVIT)
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Aug 28, 2026

Summary

Q1 FY 2027 saw stable operations, strong annuity-backed cash flows, and disciplined cost control. Six new HAM assets are under due diligence, with leverage set to rise for acquisitions. Distribution guidance of INR 9–9.25 per unit is reaffirmed.

Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, good day and welcome to the Capital Infra Trust Q1 FY 2027 earnings call hosted by HDFC Securities Limited. As a reminder, all participant lines will be in the listen-only mode, and there will be an opportunity for you to ask questions after the presentation concludes. Should you need assistance during this conference, please signal an operator by pressing star then zero on your touchtone phone. Please note that this conference is being recorded. I now hand the conference over to Mr. Aditya Sahu from HDFC Securities Limited. Thank you, and over to you, sir.

Aditya Sahu
Research Associate of Institutional Equities, HDFC Securities

Thank you, Robin. On behalf of HDFC Securities, I welcome everybody to Q1 FY 2027 earnings conference call of Capital Infra Trust. From the management, we have Mr. Hare Krishna, Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. Amit Kumar, Chief Financial Officer. I now hand over the call to Mr. Hare Krishna and his management team for the opening remarks, followed by the Q&A session. Over to you, sir.

Hare Krishna
CEO, Capital Infra Trust

Thanks, Aditya. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us today for Capital Infra Trust Q1 FY 2027 earnings call. During the quarter, the Trust continued to deliver a resilient operating and financial performance, reflecting the strength of our strategy of owning and operating high-quality operational infrastructure assets through a risk-conscious approach. Stable asset operations, predictable annuity-backed cash flows, and prudent balance sheet management continue to provide a strong foundation for sustainable long-term value creation.

Our portfolio remains well-positioned to benefit from the current macroeconomic environment. Our hybrid annuity model portfolio is structurally linked only to the interest rate cycle, which benefits from rising interest rate environment and is insulated from several external variables that typically impact cash flow visibility and earnings. As such, the Trust inflows for the quarter were in line with the business plan. In addition, the contractual fixed-price O&M contract for our portfolio has insulated us from any inflationary pressure on our overall expenses.

This enables us to maintain stable and predictable cash flows irrespective of broader economic conditions. Our portfolio of 12 operational HAM assets continued to perform satisfactorily. Routine and preventive maintenance activities were undertaken across the portfolio. Asset availability remained high, and the independent engineer confirmed satisfactory riding quality with no material pavement or surface deficiencies. We also remain compliant with our concession obligations, with no NHAI litigations or penalties reported during the quarter.

As part of our acquisition strategy, we have identified six NHAI HAM assets from the sponsored ROFO pipeline that are currently undergoing technical, legal, and financial DD. Together, these assets represent approximately 181 km of project length across four assets and a combined bid project cost of INR 4,871 crore. They are operational or at advanced stages of completion, are under National Highways Authority of India authority, and provide annuity and concession visibility extending largely to 2040.

Subject to satisfactory due diligence and necessary approvals, the proposed acquisition could expand our portfolio from 12- 18 assets. The addition of long-duration National Highways Authority of India-backed HAM assets would also expand our annuity visibility, diversify project and geography-level cash flow, and increase the recurring cash flow base available to support future distributions. With no direct traffic risk exposure and large predictable operating obligations, these assets are aligned with the existing risk profile and investment strategy of the Trust.

Our sponsored ROFO pipeline of additional 11 assets provides us with an important strategic advantage, providing meaningful visibility for further portfolio expansion. In addition, we are also selectively evaluating suitable third-party operational assets where the asset quality, contractual framework, risk profile, and valuation are aligned with our investment criteria. As of June 26th, our consolidated net debt to enterprise value ratio stood at 41.1%.

As part of our acquisition funding strategy, we expect the leverage ratio to move towards approximately 60% from current 41%, subject to the proposed transaction structure and applicable approval. This available headroom gives us the ability to fund a meaningful portion of the acquisition through debt while calibrating the requirement for incremental equity. Our borrowing profile has also become increasingly aligned with the structure of our underlying HAM assets.

At the end of June 26th, approximately 58.6% of our borrowings were floating rate, while 41.4% were fixed rate, while the overall effective interest rate declined from 7.33% in March to 7.24% in June. Our focus will remain on maintaining a competitive borrowing cost, aligning debt repayments with project cash flows, and preserving sufficient rate flexibility for future acquisitions. Predictable and sustainable distributions remain central to our investor proposition. For FY 2027, we maintain our distribution guidance of INR 9- INR 9.25 per unit.

Having declared a distribution of INR 2.32 per unit for Q1 FY 2027, we remain confident of delivering the full-year distribution guidance. To conclude, Q1 FY 2027 has been a quarter of stable operations and disciplined preparation for the Trust's next phase of growth. We also have six identified assets currently under diligence, supported by a broader sponsor ROFO pipeline, while retaining the flexibility to selectively evaluate value-creative third-party opportunities.

Our priorities remain clear, maintain high-quality operations, complete acquisitions only where they are NAV accretive, use leverage prudently, optimize our cost of capital, and deliver predictable distributions to our unitholders. Thank you. Now, I would like to hand over the call to Amit for financial update.

Amit Kumar
CFO, Capital Infra Trust

Thank you, Hare. Good afternoon, everyone. I will briefly cover the key financials and distribution updates for Q1 FY 2027. During the quarter, we received annuity inflows of INR 2,162 million from four projects. The remaining two annuities due during the quarter aggregating to approximately INR 1,629 million, was received subsequently in July 2026. On a standalone basis, total income for Q1 FY 2027 stood at INR 2,313 million compared to INR 2,519 million in Q4 FY 2026. Standalone EBITDA was INR 2,258 million, while profit after tax stood at INR 1,734 million.

On a consolidated basis, total income stood at INR 2,950 million compared to INR 3,450 million in the preceding quarter. The quarter-on-quarter movement primarily reflects the timing and seasonality of income recognition across our HAM assets. Consolidated EBITDA for the quarter was INR 1,807 million compared to INR 2,818 million in Q4 FY 2026. While consolidated profit after tax stood at INR 1,256 million compared to INR 1,950 million in the preceding quarter. The movement also reflects planned maintenance and asset upkeep expenditures incurred during the quarter.

Importantly, the underlying portfolio continued to generate stable, contracted, and annuity-linked cash flows. During Q1 FY 2027, we have also received an indemnity claim amounting to INR 104.1 million from the sponsor. Moving to distributions, the board has approved a distribution of INR 2.32 per unit for Q1 FY 2027, translating into an aggregate cash distribution of INR 1,140 million. With this distribution, cumulative distributions since the IPO stands at INR 37.84 unit, aggregating to INR 12,079 million.

Further details on our financial performance, cash flows, and distributions are available in the investor presentation. Thank you. We can now open the floor for questions.

Operator

Thank you very much. We will now begin the question and answer session. Anyone who wishes to ask a question may press star and one on their touchtone telephone. If you wish to remove yourself from the queue, you may press star and two. Participants are requested to please use handsets while asking a question. Ladies and gentlemen, we will now wait for a moment while the question queue assembles. Our first question comes from the line of Dhvanil Raut with Dalal & Broacha. Please go ahead.

Dhvanil Raut
Analyst, Dalal & Broacha

Hi. Thank you for the opportunity. I have been going through your financials, and I have been comparing your P&L statement where your operating and maintenance expenses account to around 36% and 38% for this quarter, considering other expenses, too. For the last financial year, it was accounting to around 40%, whereas the previous financial year before that was around 43% to your total revenue. This is all accounting to total revenue I am speaking. I just wanted to understand why is it such a big number, and your peer groups have been maintaining the same operating and maintenance as expenses to total revenue at around 20% or some are 18%.

So why is there such a big gap in the figures according to peer groups and what you give us? Also, I wanted to understand why the project management fees have been increasing a lot.

This is regarding your previous quarter financials and this quarter also.

Hare Krishna
CEO, Capital Infra Trust

Okay. As you are aware, we have done the acquisitions of three SPVs in December 2025, which has led our portfolio increased from nine assets to 12 assets. If you compare with the last financial year, it was for a good number of nine months. It was only assets for nine months. Nine assets were considered, while this quarter entire operation and maintenance is considered for 12 assets.

Dhvanil Raut
Analyst, Dalal & Broacha

Yeah, but I have been comparing your insurance expenses. This is as per the Q4 financials I am talking about. The insurance expenses went from INR 46 million in FY 2024-2025 to around INR 69 million in FY 2025-2026. That is such a big jump, like of approx 50%. So if you are adding three assets, why is there such a big jump in insurance expenses?

Amit Kumar
CFO, Capital Infra Trust

If you compare FY 2026, FY 2025 was a reflection of only three months from where we have started operations in trust, where we have got listed in January 2025. For financial 2025, the financials were only of 2.5 months for the entire asset. In FY 2026, there was nine assets existing, plus three more assets which we have taken in December 2025. So that is not comparable in per se.

Dhvanil Raut
Analyst, Dalal & Broacha

Okay. Could you please explain what is loss on modification of financial assets?

Amit Kumar
CFO, Capital Infra Trust

Loss of modification. Okay. Basically, as per Ind AS, whenever there is an asset being taken from as per concession, it has been based on the estimates. We did devise certain projections for the upcoming period or the operation period. If there is any change in the estimate, which was like in the last year, there was a change in bank rate and other changes in the insurance estimates and everything, which has led to any modification gain or loss, keeping the IRR, which we have fixed at the time of acquisition of assets.

Dhvanil Raut
Analyst, Dalal & Broacha

Okay.

Amit Kumar
CFO, Capital Infra Trust

Modification gain, loss, if I will put it per se, it is a notional gain and loss based on the change in the estimates during the year from the last estimate.

Dhvanil Raut
Analyst, Dalal & Broacha

Okay. Thank you so much. If you do not mind, I have one question about the indemnity claim and why did you all receive it? If you could please answer that..

Amit Kumar
CFO, Capital Infra Trust

At the time of acquisition of assets, at the time of IPO, there is certain claims which were pending from NHAI, which is basically pertaining to GST change in law. There was a clause in that at the time of share purchase agreement, and if we have not been able to receive it from NHAI within 18 months from the last approval from NHAI, sponsors or the seller has to indemnify me for the loss of cash, which I am not getting from the NHAI.

This indemnity claim was due since that 18 months has lapsed, so that claim we are receiving the year.

Dhvanil Raut
Analyst, Dalal & Broacha

Okay. Thank you so much, sir, and all the best for the future.

Operator

Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, you may press star and one if you wish to ask a question. Our next question comes from the line of Priyam Shah with Value Equity. Please go ahead.

Priyam Shah
Analyst, Value Equity

Thanks for the opportunity, sir. My first question is that, we are for the financial year FY 2027, we have guided a DPU of INR 9 and INR 9.25 per unit. As we are in the growth phase, and we are doing new acquisition, just wanted to check, is this INR 9, the guidance, sustainable?

Hare Krishna
CEO, Capital Infra Trust

Hi, this is Hare Krishna here. Yes, the guidance is sustainable. See, in the beginning of the year, we have given a guidance of INR 9 to INR 9.25 per unit. This quarter, we got approval from board to distribute INR 2.32. We are pretty much on track to maintain the guidance for the financial year. Even if we are to acquire additional assets, they themselves would be operational assets. They themselves would be receiving annuity income, therefore, they are not going to track the guidance for this year at all.

In other way around, even we have a leverage headroom along with us, we are going to increase the leverage for our portfolio going forward, which is further going to be accreted to the unit holders. Therefore, to summarize, we don't see any challenges in meeting the guidance for this financial year.

Priyam Shah
Analyst, Value Equity

Okay. Thank you so much for your detailed answer. Secondly, just a bit addition on the same one. At this point, would you be able to guide in the DPUs for FY 2027 and beyond?

Hare Krishna
CEO, Capital Infra Trust

To give a guidance for FY 2028 would be difficult at this stage. Although we expect it to be increased by roughly 7%-10%, we won't be able to give exact guidance for FY 2028. We do anticipate 7%-10% increase in the next financial year because we are already evaluating six sponsor ROFO assets right now. In addition, a few additional assets as well. These will and the higher leverage will help us in increasing the DPU going forward, FY 2027 onwards.

Priyam Shah
Analyst, Value Equity

Noted, sir. As you are mentioning about the additional ROFO assets which you're looking, could you also share that what would be these third-party assets that you're looking for, and what is the aspiration of the management for the next, about five years?

Hare Krishna
CEO, Capital Infra Trust

Yeah. With regards to the sponsor assets, there are about 17 assets on which sponsors are working upon. Six are under diligence at this stage. We have in the technical, legal and financial DD advisors to conduct the diligence. We anticipate completing that exercise by mid-August, and complete the acquisition subject to regulatory approvals and the other approvals either in Q2 or Q3 of this financial year. In addition, the additional revenue assets would be available for acquisition over the next two to three years from a sponsor.

In addition, the third-party assets, we are in the evaluation stage at this point of time. Advanced discussions are underway for two assets. However, we are yet to execute term sheets with them. The discussions are underway, and we are confident of closing out one or two additional third-party assets over the next six to nine months.

Priyam Shah
Analyst, Value Equity

Thank you so much for your detailed answer. My one last question. Let's say, for example, if repo rates decline by, let's say, 50 basis points or 100 basis points. In this scenario, would there be any net impact on our annual DPU guidance? Because as we understand that the annual receipts and the borrowing both are rate linked.

Hare Krishna
CEO, Capital Infra Trust

Yes. We have an annuity-linked portfolio. Which largely relies on the future cash flows in the annuity portfolio, is largely linked to the interest rate environment. If interest rate rises, our future cash flows increase. If it goes down, our revenue decreases. Therefore, if there is a rate cut, this will impact our revenue and overall cash flow of the firm. And vice versa, if a rate hike has to happen, then it will increase as well. The way I mentioned earlier, we have good amount of floating rate loans available with us, which are a natural hedge to the revenues which we are receiving.

Therefore, even if a rate cut were to start right now, this would not severely impact us because 60% of our approximate portfolio is based on floating rate loans, and it would not severely impact our portfolio that way. However, from our view, we do expect the increased interest rates to firm up going forward, not immediately, but in the short to medium-term.

Priyam Shah
Analyst, Value Equity

That's all from my side, and I wish you all the best, sir.

Operator

Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Nachiket Kali, an individual investor. Please go ahead.

Speaker 7

Yes. Hi, thanks for the opportunity. My query was a little different. We have given the breakdown on rigid and flexible bit in the portfolio. Could you tell me the dynamics and what is the advantage or disadvantage of this, and how is the fit for the upcoming ROFO assets?

Hare Krishna
CEO, Capital Infra Trust

Yeah. Hi. So essentially in our portfolio, around 35% of the kilometer, green kilometer, which we have, that's rigid and the residual is flexible. The way it goes is that for a flexible pavement highway, typically your O&M costs are higher, and for a rigid, the O&M costs are lower. In our investment thesis, what has happened is that the moment we were to acquire those assets based on a third-party diligence, we have given a fixed-price O&M contract to our sponsors as project manager.

The trust has no inflationary impact on managing the assets on a day-to-day basis. For us, in any financial year, the outlay is fixed, and we are not exceeding beyond that, and we are operating at the same level with that.

Speaker 7

Okay. How would this split shape up in the upcoming ROFO assets?

Hare Krishna
CEO, Capital Infra Trust

For upcoming ROFO assets, we are still in the due diligence phase. We are yet to collate the stuff. We have just initiated the process. We would be able to answer

Speaker 7

Okay.

Hare Krishna
CEO, Capital Infra Trust

Yeah.

Speaker 7

Okay. I understand. So this 35/65 the optimal mix or will there be ideally some looking to 60/40 or even 70/30, which would be ideal?

Hare Krishna
CEO, Capital Infra Trust

No, I will not say this is ideal. See, because depending upon the geography terrain, NHAI bids out the pavement quality based on the requirement of the terrain itself. So this varies, and the rigid to flexible composition in which portfolio would vary. So I will not say there is an ideal composition for this.

Speaker 7

Okay. Understood. Okay, thanks. I will get back to you.

Operator

Thank you. Participants who wish to ask questions may please press star and one. Our next question is from the line of Jahnvi Shah from Share India Securities Limited. Please go ahead.

Jahnvi Shah
Analyst, Share India Securities Limited

Hello, sir. Congratulations on the result, and thank you for letting me ask the question. Mainly, these are two questions. We have some ROFO assets in the pipeline. I think you will be adding some this year maybe. So for the ROFO assets, is there any funding requirement that do we need to raise some money to acquire them on books? And how will that work? Are we looking at equity or debt? And if debt, then what is the ratio that we are comfortable with?

Hare Krishna
CEO, Capital Infra Trust

Sorry, your voice was not clear. Could you repeat your question, please?

Jahnvi Shah
Analyst, Share India Securities Limited

Hello. Sorry, am I audible now?

Hare Krishna
CEO, Capital Infra Trust

Yes.

Jahnvi Shah
Analyst, Share India Securities Limited

I was saying that we have a lot of ROFO assets in the pipeline. Six of them, the ones that we are going to acquire soon. What will be the timeline in that? To acquire the same, are we looking at raising equity or debt? If debt, what levels are we comfortable with?

Hare Krishna
CEO, Capital Infra Trust

So as of now, we are working on acquiring six ROFO assets. See, our current net debt-to-EV ratio for the trust is around 41.1%. Right now, we will be making six distributions. Post that, we will be eligible to increase our leverage ratio to 70%. Our endeavor would be to initially increase from 41% to somewhere close to 50%, and then eventually around 60% mark over there. Therefore, to answer your question, for acquisition of the current six assets, we would be utilizing both debt and equity.

So that our overall leverage at the trust level increases from around 41% currently to somewhere around 50% right now, and eventually to the target of 60%.

Jahnvi Shah
Analyst, Share India Securities Limited

Okay. Thank you, sir. For these six assets, how much money is actually required? Either debt or equity, but how much is actually required to acquire them?

Hare Krishna
CEO, Capital Infra Trust

We are yet to conduct the detailed diligence evaluation.

Jahnvi Shah
Analyst, Share India Securities Limited

Okay. Is there any tentative timeline, any something?

Hare Krishna
CEO, Capital Infra Trust

Based on our.

Jahnvi Shah
Analyst, Share India Securities Limited

Okay.

Hare Krishna
CEO, Capital Infra Trust

Yeah. Based on our estimate, the enterprise value should be around close to INR 2,900 crore.

Jahnvi Shah
Analyst, Share India Securities Limited

Okay. Thank you so much.

Operator

Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Rahul Gupta from Astra Investments. Please go ahead.

Rahul Gupta
Analyst, Astra Investments

Hi, sir. Good afternoon. Thank you for taking my question. Sir, basically I have a couple of questions. Firstly, sir, I wanted to understand what is the NAV for Q1 of 2027, I mean, this quarter. And if you could provide medium-term target for the growth, NAV growth specifically, as acquisitions are being executed.

Hare Krishna
CEO, Capital Infra Trust

See, this quarter, we did not get external valuation done. This is as per the SEBI regulations, because it was not mandatory. Based on our management estimate, the NAV should be around INR 74.8. Last quarter, this was INR 74.7. Based on our management estimate, it should be around INR 74.8, and this does not include additional about INR 17 crore of indemnity, which is due from sponsors in June 2027.

Rahul Gupta
Analyst, Astra Investments

Okay, sir. Understood. Sir, and my second question was on ROFO pipeline. Beyond the six assets currently under due diligence, I think we have a sizable ROFO pipeline of around 11 assets. Can you help us understand the duration of growth visibility that is embedded in the current ROFO pipeline?

Hare Krishna
CEO, Capital Infra Trust

Yeah. See, the six ROFO assets, we already talked about. Additional two assets should be ready by February to April next year, February to April 2027, and the residual would be developed over the period of two to three years. These are the identified pipelines which we have as we speak. In addition, sponsors are bidding for new projects with NHAI, and they are trying to acquire additional assets as well. As and when they acquire, that will also form part of our ROFO assets altogether.

Rahul Gupta
Analyst, Astra Investments

Understood, sir. Understood. All right, sir. Maybe I will get back in touch too. Thank you.

Operator

Thank you. Our next question is from the line of Kalyan, an individual investor. Please go ahead.

Speaker 10

Thank you. Can you hear me clearly?

Operator

You are audible, sir. You may proceed.

Speaker 10

Thank you. Good afternoon, and I joined a couple of minutes late in case if this question or parts of this question would have been asked. Apologies. My question is, saw the breakup of the distribution. Predominantly, almost 90-odd percent is taxable. I know, as an investor or even as an operator, you wouldn't have much control because I think it comes from the way SPV is structured and the way in which the tax regime is chosen. But if this is the proportion at which we are seeing the same type of taxable distribution we are seeing for the rest of the three quarters in the financial year. That is one.

The other things I want to ask as a second question is that all the additions which are going to happen in terms of AUM addition now, as I said, will this be distribution accretive? Whether servicing of the debt or the higher equity portion, will this be DPU accretive from here? I know the guidance has been given, 99.5, but I still want to make sure that because we are not only looking this year, but we are looking for the future as well. So, two-part question.

First question is whether the distribution of the taxable and non-taxable will stay as it is, with almost all the distribution taxable as it is in this last distribution that has been declared. The second one is, will every one of your additions be DPU accretive?

Hare Krishna
CEO, Capital Infra Trust

Yes. So, with regards to the taxability of the distributions. Yes, in this quarter, the percent of the non-taxable distribution was higher. Overall, we foresee in this financial year, at least 20% to 25% would be non-taxable, which would be in the form of payment of capital from SPVs to trust. So, over the subsequent distributions during the year, that component would increase, and for the entire financial year, we expect that to be in the range of 20%- 25%. With regards to the additions of the assets, our key priority is to acquire assets only when they are accretive to the unit holders.

We always look at, say, first, we look at whether they would be adding to the NAV or not. We will always try to negotiate some discount to the current market value with the sellers to ensure that once we are onboarding them, it helps in increasing the NAV per se and increases the overall return of the existing unit holders as well. Discounts are a function of market timing as well. But to answer your question, we will be undertaking any further acquisition only after they are accretive to the existing IRR, be in terms of upliftment to the NAV or the future IRR of the asset.

Speaker 10

Excellent. Thank you. Much appreciated. Thank you. Both questions are answered. One last question, if I may have time, I do not know. Very quickly, let me run into. This quarter's result, when I quick looked at it first glance, I did not look at it in depth. It looked a little lesser than the revenues sequentially on the quarter wise were lesser, as well as also the profits were lesser. Obviously, everything has got to do with costs. There would have been one-time costs, which probably had shown up. I did not look in depth, but do you have a comment on how the quarter turned out to be?

Hare Krishna
CEO, Capital Infra Trust

Yeah. So for revenue, from an accounting perspective, we adhere to percent completion approach. Therefore, the revenues and the expenses which you are seeing, they are based from an accounting point of view. From a cash flow perspective in the quarter, we operated as per our business plan. These two, we have received four of them. The two annuities were due towards the end of the quarter, and that we received in July itself. Therefore, on the receipt part, we have performed exactly in line with our business plan altogether.

Similarly, on the expenses front, there were no additional major expenses during the quarter. All O&M expenses are fixed, and we have operated within that regime itself. So from a cash flow and the operations perspective, we have remained as per our anticipated business plan, which was in the beginning of the year, and there have been no variations.

Speaker 10

Thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you, sir. Back to the operator.

Operator

Yeah. Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Shanaya Jain from Porwal. Please go ahead.

Shanaya Jain
Analyst, Porwal

Hi, sir. Congratulations on the good set of numbers. I just had two questions. First, can you please elaborate on the key attributes that make these six HAM assets particularly attractive for the acquisition compared to other opportunities available in the market? Hello?

Hare Krishna
CEO, Capital Infra Trust

Yeah. So essentially, the six assets which we are seeing as of today, they are aligned with our investment thesis to particularly target annuity-based assets in the road sector. And essentially, they are staggered across four assets, which adds to the diversification we are looking at. And they are closer to the portfolio we are operating from, so they further are going to provide operational efficiency in future when we were to operate. And as discussed earlier, we are yet to finalize the pricing of the assets subject to the due diligence which is underway.

However, we will ensure that they are NAV accretive, and they help us in increasing the IRR potential of the entire existing portfolio right now.

Shanaya Jain
Analyst, Porwal

Okay, great. And also, with the current acquisition of six assets, how do you expect the NAV to trend? Can you give some color on NAV?

Hare Krishna
CEO, Capital Infra Trust

Yeah. So that would be a little bit difficult to answer because estimating the NAV for six assets is a function of what price the additional capital raise happens and the other parameters as well. Therefore, it would not be possible to answer this question at this stage.

Shanaya Jain
Analyst, Porwal

Okay. Any ballpark range is possible?

Hare Krishna
CEO, Capital Infra Trust

Sorry, it would be difficult to give a range right now on NAV impact of these assets.

Shanaya Jain
Analyst, Porwal

Okay. Thank you so much.

Operator

Thank you. Participants, you may press star and one to ask a question. Our next question comes from the line of Dhvanil Raut with Dalal & Broacha. Please go ahead.

Dhvanil Raut
Analyst, Dalal & Broacha

Hi, sir. Just a follow-up to my first question. I just want to know if the O&M expenses to the total revenue will be continuing at this rate of about 30%-36% for the future too. Because compared to your peers, it's a bit high, so we are a little concerned on that.

Hare Krishna
CEO, Capital Infra Trust

To answer your question, O&M expenses as a percent of revenue. The way I explained earlier, our financials are based on the accounting standards, which uses percent completion approach. Tomorrow, if margin changes, then the revenue factor on O&M will also change altogether. For instance, tomorrow, if an interest rate hike happens, our margin will expand, and therefore, the factor being used on the actual operating expense to derive revenue will also increase and will also go up.

Therefore, if you look at from accounting perspective, there may be variation because if our future revenues are to increase or decrease, there will be variation. However, from an absolute cost perspective, as I mentioned before, our operating expenses for all the 12 assets for the entire residual period of the concession period is fixed, and that's what we have contracted with our project manager. On the operating part, there are no escalation whatsoever in our expenses.

Dhvanil Raut
Analyst, Dalal & Broacha

Okay, sir. Thank you so much. That will be all, and all the best.

Operator

Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Chandrabhan Singh Chauhan with ASK Wealth Advisors. Please go ahead.

Chandrabhan Singh Chauhan
Analyst, ASK Wealth Advisors

Hi, thank you so much. I would like to ask if there is any analysis in terms of increased bitumen prices on acquisition of the new six assets that we are acquiring, as well as on the major maintenance parcel, the impact of the increased bitumen prices. So that's the question.

Hare Krishna
CEO, Capital Infra Trust

No, we have noticed that the bitumen prices have gone up in the last quarter. However, in our portfolio, the way I explained earlier, there is no impact of increase in bitumen prices or any other raw materials on our expenditure at all because we are operating on a fixed-price contract to the project manager. Therefore, on our expenditure side, there has been no increase whatsoever. However, because the WPI and CPI is elevated right now, we do receive 3%-4% of our inflows as O&M operating income from NHAI, and that is linked to WPI and CPI.

Because in the last quarter, the WPI was elevated, the receipts on O&M operating income from NHAI has correspondingly gone up for all the SPVs. Therefore, to summarize, on our revenue side, because of the higher inflation, a small portion of our revenue has increased. However, on the expenses side, our expenses continue to remain at the same level. There is no variation whatsoever on our expenses front despite inflation going up.

Chandrabhan Singh Chauhan
Analyst, ASK Wealth Advisors

Thank you.

Operator

Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, to ask a question, you may please press star and one. Our next question is from the line of Nachiket Kali, an individual investor. Please go ahead.

Speaker 7

Yes, hi. Thanks again for the opportunity. Just a small question. In the assets targeted for 27, the Kangra highways project shows construction status at 96.3%. So for completion of the construction, how is the costing incurred and that will be on books of us or the parent?

Hare Krishna
CEO, Capital Infra Trust

Sorry, couldn't hear you well. Could you please repeat that?

Speaker 7

Yeah. Am I audible better now?

Hare Krishna
CEO, Capital Infra Trust

Yes, it is better.

Speaker 7

In the assets targeted, the Kangra highways project shows construction status at 96.3%. The remaining construction cost, that will be borne on whose books? It will be on the parent's books or our books? The costing will increase for us once we have acquired. I just wanted clarity on that.

Hare Krishna
CEO, Capital Infra Trust

No, sorry, I understood the point you are highlighting. The six projects which we are targeting right now, four have already received the completion certificate or we call COD, which is being issued by NHAI.

Speaker 7

Right.

Hare Krishna
CEO, Capital Infra Trust

The two projects, Bhiwani and Kangra, we have also received a COD. Sorry, proceed. For Kangra proceed, right now the construction status is 96.31% complete. When we are to acquire this, we would initially agree on the residual amount to be funded to complete the asset. We keep it funded, and we will pay that amount to project manager only once that work has been completed. So we would withhold the amount required to complete the work based on

NHAI's assessment from the overall consideration to be paid to HAM.

Speaker 7

Oh. Yes. Thank you.

Operator

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Hare Krishna
CEO, Capital Infra Trust

No additional comment from our side. Thank you everyone for participating in the call. Thank you.

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