Ladies and gentlemen, good day. Welcome to Tata Technologies 4Q FY 2026 earnings conference call. As a reminder, all participant lines will be in the listen-only mode. There will be an opportunity for you to ask questions after the presentation concludes. Should you need assistance during the conference call, please signal an operator by pressing star and then zero on your touchtone phone. I now hand the conference over to Mr. Vijay Lohia, Head of Investor Relations at Tata Technologies. Thank you. Over to you, sir.
Thank you, Sagar. Hello, everyone, and welcome to Tata Technologies fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026 results call. I'm Vijay Lohia, Head of Investor Relations. Joining me today are Mr. Warren Harris, CEO and Managing Director, Ms. Sukanya Sadasivan, Chief Transformation Officer, Mr. Uttam Gujrati, Chief Financial Officer, and Ms. Gina Binoy, Chief Human Resources Officer. We'll begin today's session with an overview of the company's performance from our leadership team, followed by a Q&A. Any forward-looking statements made during this call should be considered in the context of the risks outlined in the second slide of our quarterly fact sheet available on our website. Our press release and earnings presentations have been submitted to the stock exchanges and are also available on our website. We hope you had a chance to review them. With that, let me now hand over the call to Warren.
Good evening, everyone, and thank you for joining us today. Let me begin with the fourth quarter and what it represents for Tata Technologies. In our previous interaction, we had guided that we expected Q4 to deliver more than 10% sequential revenue growth alongside an operating margin exceeding 16%. I'm pleased to say that we delivered on both of these commitments. Q4 revenues grew by nearly 12% quarter-on-quarter in constant currency, with services showing a similar step-up and margins improved sequentially, reflecting operating discipline and the early benefits of operating leverage as volume scaled. This performance marks a clear inflection point for the business after a mixed first half, and importantly, the growth we saw in Q4 was broad-based rather than being driven by a single customer or program.
Automotive showed renewed momentum, with non-anchor customers growing meaningfully faster, driven by increased activity across multiple European and global OEMs. Aerospace and industrial heavy machinery continued to scale, reinforcing the diversification we have been deliberately building over the last two years. Technology solutions also delivered strong sequential growth as customers moved back from planning into execution. At the same time, we exercised discipline on costs, resulting in margin improvement as we continued to invest in capabilities and capacity. As we've said consistently, we made a deliberate choice earlier in the cycle to protect our delivery engine and invest through the downturn rather than optimize for short-term margins. As demand normalizes, those decisions are now beginning to translate into healthier economics. Beyond the quarterly numbers, I want to step back and talk about what has structurally changed in how customers are engaging with Tata Technologies.
Through much of FY 2025 and the first half of FY 2026, geopolitical uncertainty, and in particular, the impact of tariffs and related trade actions, led many automotive and industrial heavy machinery OEMs to pause, defer, or resequence product plans. As a result, large system-level awards and full vehicle programs were largely absent from the market during that period. As that uncertainty began to ease in the second half of FY 2026, customer decision-making restarted, and the shift has been meaningful. Today, we have visibility into multiple full vehicle programs across our pipeline. At least two of these were closed during Q3 and Q4, and we expect at least another two to close over the next eight to 12 weeks. These are multi-year, multi-domain programs, typically extending 18 to 36 months with deal values in the tens of millions of dollars. These are not point solutions.
Importantly, we do not view a full vehicle program as a standalone revenue stream. We see them as a strategic wedge, an entry point that allows us to embed ourselves deeply into the customer's product life cycle. Once positioned at that level, we can expand systematically across engineering, embedded software, manufacturing, digital continuity, and ongoing transformation services over the life of the product. What is driving this shift in customer behavior is the credibility of our value proposition. OEMs today are looking for partners who can deliver China-like speed and cost efficiency while meeting global quality, governance, and reliability standards. We are increasingly being recognized as one of the few players who can do this at scale.
That capability is being enabled by a sustained commitment to process rigor and continuous improvement by accelerating deployment of AI across our delivery model, including generative and agentic AI, to improve productivity, consistency, and predictability across complex programs. For us, AI is not a concept or an experiment. It is becoming a core execution enabler, helping compress cycle times, improve quality, and run large multi-geography programs with greater confidence. Taken together, our Q4 execution against guidance, the nature and scale of our full vehicle programs we are now winning, and the visibility we see in the order book, it reinforces our confidence in the outlook for FY 2027. We continue to expect double-digit organic top-line growth, excluding any inorganic contribution from ES-Tec, we expect to exit FY 2027 with an operating margin run rate that exceeds 18%, driven by operating leverage, portfolio mix improvement, and disciplined execution.
Let me now provide some color on high-level performance. In Q4, services revenue grew 12% quarter-on-quarter in constant currency, driving total revenue growth of 12.4% for the quarter. Growth was broad-based across services, supported by deal ramp-ups, normalization at a few large customer engagements, and improving decision velocity across OEMs, particularly in automotive, which grew 13.6% over Q3 in U.S. dollar terms, driven by solid performance across both anchor and non-anchor clients. The aerospace and industrial heavy machinery verticals recorded 4.6% growth quarter-on-quarter, underpins by successful execution of key projects across our service lines. Our technology solutions business saw 12% sequential expansion. The products business saw a decline of 10% coming off a seasonally strong Q3 and reflecting the normal phasing of customer PLM budgets.
The education business, however, saw a strong finish to this year, delivering sequential growth of 36% on the back of improved demand traction and steady execution across programs. From a profitability standpoint, our EBITDA margin for the quarter came in at 16%, representing a roughly 200 basis points improvement from Q3. Let me now briefly touch on deal momentum. Deal activity remained strong during the quarter, with a closure of four large deals in Q4, followed by two milestone wins subsequent to the quarter end in April. These deals include a long-term strategic engagement with a North American commercial vehicle OEM to deliver end-to-end expertise across PLM, testing and quality assurance, MES, and project management. A collaboration with a European automotive OEM to design, develop, and integrate advanced comfort electronics features across multiple vehicle programs.
The engagement spans systems engineering, software development, and integration, supporting the OEM in enhancing in-vehicle user experience while enabling scalable deployment across current and future platforms. We also won a partnership deal with a European automotive OEM to provide supplier quality and coordination support with a focus on strengthening supplier governance and quality execution. We also won a multi-year engagement with a tier-one automotive supplier to super scale a global engineering center that we had previously secured. This win positions us as a strategic long-term partner, and more importantly, serves as a strong accelerator for the upcoming pipeline. In addition to the deal secured in Q4, we also secured two significant deal wins during April, further strengthening visibility for the year ahead.
The first one involves a large multi-year partnership with a European luxury automotive OEM to own their enterprise PLM service transformation and operations across all their product domains, which includes engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, purchasing, and manufacturing. The second one is a full vehicle program with a leading Japanese automotive OEM, marking our entry into the Japanese market at a meaningful scale and further strengthening our Asia footprint. This win reinforces our full vehicle engineering credentials and validates our ability to partner with global OEMs on large, complex programs across geographies. Collectively, these wins enhance geographic and customer diversification, improving revenue visibility, and support a more resilient growth trajectory. We finished FY 2026 strongly, and as we enter FY 2027, what gives us confidence is that this momentum is already visible across the business. We are making tangible progress in diversifying our portfolio beyond our traditional anchor customers.
We are strengthening our presence in aerospace, industrial heavy machinery, and newer lines of service, and we are seeing the benefits of earlier customer engagement, strong deal shaping, and a more consultative posture in the market. At the same time, we're continuing our investment in AI, and it's beginning to change how work gets done, improving speed, quality, and decision-making across the value chain. Let me provide a little bit more color on these facets. Over the past 18 months, we've built a structurally more resilient and diversified business, anchored by a steadily improving mix and the addition of marquee global OEMs such as BMW, Volkswagen, and Airbus. As highlighted during our IPO, Germany was a strategic gap in our portfolio, and we've now firmly addressed this through the BMW TechWorks India and the ES-Tec acquisition.
These initiatives, together with the addition of a large Japanese OEM in our customer mix last month, meaningfully broaden our global footprint, reduce reliance on anchor customers, and position us for more balanced growth over the medium to long term. Our focus on embedded software and services has improved our portfolio mix. We are now uniquely positioned to address the mechanical, digital, and embedded requirements of our customers. Revenue from our embedded software segment has grown at a solid 60% CAGR in the last three years. Our segment mix has continued to improve with the strengthening presence and strong growth across our aerospace and IHM verticals. In the last four years, our aerospace revenues have grown 8x and is now at over $40 million in terms of annual run rate. We expect the strong growth momentum to continue.
We've established clear focus areas to embed AI across the automotive NPI value chain, spanning engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain, and the aftermarket. Underpinning these capabilities is our proprietary AI platform, Chromosome AI, which acts as an orchestration layer across product development processes. By integrating AI seamlessly into each stage of the life cycle, the platform enables workflow automation, fast decision-making, and cross-functional collaboration across programs and geographies. Chromosome AI is designed to deliver tangible outcomes, improving engineering efficiency, reducing costs, and compressing product development timelines while providing a scalable foundation for sustained multi-year growth from digital and AI-led engineering services. In summary, Q4 was not just a strong finish to the year, it represents a turning point. We enter FY 2027 with stronger momentum, deeper customer engagement, increasing strategic relevance, and a clearer path to the sustainable growth and margin expansion.
With that, let me hand over to Uttam to take you through the financial performance in more detail. Thank you.
Thank you, Warren. Good day, everyone. Thank you for taking the time to join us. In continuation to the business update shared by Warren, let me share with you the financial performance in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026. FY 2026 was a year of transition and deliberate execution for Tata Technologies. Against a backdrop of uneven demand cycles across automotive and industrial sectors, we focus less on chasing short-term volatility and more on strengthening the quality, resilience, and sustainability of our revenue engine. That discipline is clearly visible in how we close the year. In Q4, we delivered strong sequential momentum, marking a clear inflection after a softer first half.
Services revenue grew 15% QoQ and 11.9% in constant currency to INR 1,220 crore, driving total revenue growth of 15.1% reported and 12.4% in constant currency to INR 1,572 crore for the quarter. Notably, reported revenue growth exceeded the 10% guidance we had shared last quarter. This performance reflects a full three-month contribution from ES-Tec, compared with just 1 month in the prior quarter. On an organic basis, the total revenue from operations grew 8.8% in constant currency. I am particularly encouraged by the quality of our revenue growth, which was diversified across our services portfolio, spanning both anchor and non-anchor clients, as well as automotive and non-automotive segments.
Technology solutions segment reported revenues of INR 353 crores for the quarter, led by a strong performance in the education business, which grew 40% QoQ. This reflected a strong close to the year, supported by improving demand momentum and consistent execution across key programs. Stepping back to the full year, FY 2026 has been marked by a meaningful shift in the quality and composition of our deal pipeline. We focused on deepening client relationships, evolving our engagement models, and sharpening our positioning in areas where customer spend is structurally migrating, particularly embedded systems, software-defined vehicles, and digital continuity. As the year progressed, this repositioning translated into improved deal velocity and broader participation across our customer base, reducing dependence on any single program or account.
The wins secured during FY 2026 reflect a more diversified and resilient portfolio and position us well as customers transition from planning to execution. Looking ahead, we remain confident in our outlook and continue to guide for double-digit organic revenue growth in FY 2027, alongside meaningful bottom-line expansion. Supported by an improving margin profile and increasing contributions from the BMW TechWorks India. From a profitability standpoint, our EBITDA stood at INR 252 crores, up 30.7% sequentially. EBITDA margins for the quarter came in at 16%, representing a roughly 200 basis point improvement from Q3. As a reminder, we had made a deliberate choice to preserve delivery capacity and continue investing through the cycle rather than optimize for short-term margins.
Now, as the demand environment begins to rebound, we are increasingly seeing the benefits of that decision flow through in the form of operating leverage and margin improvement. We remain confident in the underlying trajectory for continued margin improvement as volumes scale through FY 2027. Our operating profit or EBIT increased by 27.8% sequentially, reaching INR 220 crores. Our joint venture with BMW has continued to grow at a healthy rate. Our share of profits from the JV stood at INR 6.6 crores in the quarter, and the net benefit stood at INR 19 crores. Other income came in at INR 31 crores versus INR 32 crores in the previous quarter.
As you will recall, we had recorded a one-time exceptional expense of INR 140 crores in the previous quarter related to provisions for employee benefits following changes introduced under India's new labor law. Upon further assessment and greater clarity on implementation, we determined that the actual impact would be lower than initially estimated. Accordingly, we reversed provisions amounting to INR 56 crore in Q4, resulting in a one-time exceptional gain for the quarter. Excluding this non-recurring item, profit before tax grew 21.6% sequentially to INR 272 crores, and net income came in at INR 163 crores. Our board has recommended a final dividend of INR 8.35 per share for FY 2026, representing a payout of 62%.
In addition, the board has proposed a special dividend of INR 3.35 per share, taking the total dividend for the year to INR 11.7 per share, in line with the dividend paid last year. Both the final and special dividends are subject to shareholder approval at the forthcoming annual general meeting. Our balance sheet reflects strong financial health with a solid cash position, robust liquidity and a favorable DSO level. At the end of the quarter, the net cash position stood at INR 1,188 crores compared to INR 524 crores at the end of Q3. Our collection efficiency improved during the period, with total DSO, both billed and unbilled, coming in at 95 days at the end of March, an improvement from the 111 days that we reported at the end of December.
Our billed DSO improved from 69 days to 59 days, while the unbilled DSO were at 36 days compared with 43 days. For the fiscal 2026, the business generated free cash flow of INR 742 crores, representing a healthy EBITDA to FCF conversion of 87%. Let me now share with you some color on the operational matrix. At the end of the quarter, our total headcount stood at 12,646 associates, representing a net addition of 66 employees sequentially. This reflects our deliberate decision earlier in the cycle to protect and strengthen our delivery engine and continue investing through the downturn rather than optimizing for short-term margins. As demand conditions continue to improve, we will remain selective and disciplined in our hiring, focusing on strategic areas aligned with our growth priorities.
Over the past 12 months, voluntary attrition increased marginally to 16.2%, compared with 15.8% in the previous quarter. This remains within a manageable range and reflects normal movement in a gradually improving and competitive talent environment. We continue to remain focused on employee engagement, career progression, and targeted retention initiatives, and are confident in our ability to manage attrition effectively as we move into FY 2027. We continue to place strong emphasis on building internal talent capabilities to meet the evolving needs of our workforce and create a sustainable pipeline of skilled professionals. During the last fiscal year, our in-house technical learning platform, TechVarsity, reached an important milestone, delivering more than 796 technical modules to over 11,000 unique employees, covering approximately 85% of our workforce.
To accelerate capability building in next generation skills critical to our growth, we rolled out focused learning programs in areas such as GenAI, software-defined vehicles, and cybersecurity. I am pleased to share that more than 50% of our engineering workforce is now AI ready, positioning us well to drive innovation and deliver greater value as the technology landscape continues to evolve. In conclusion, as we enter the new fiscal year, we do so with a stronger sense of momentum underpinned by a solid finish to the year and improving visibility across our pipeline. We are seeing healthier customer engagement and a more constructive demand environment, which gives us greater confidence as we look ahead. Our focus remains firmly on disciplined execution, staying close to our customers, driving timely decision-making, and consistently converting opportunities into outcomes.
At the same time, we remain committed to maintaining strong operational rigor and financial discipline, which we believe will continue to support sustainable growth and margin expansion over the medium term. With that, we can open it up for Q&A.
Thank you very much. We will now begin the question and answer session. Anyone who wishes to ask a question may press star and then one on your touchtone phone. If you wish to remove yourself from the question queue, you may press star and then two. Participants are requested to use handsets while asking a question. Ladies and gentlemen, we will wait for a moment while the question queue assembles. Again, to register for a question, please press star and one. Our fi rst question comes from the line of Chandramouli Muthiah from Goldman Sachs. Please go ahead.
Hi, good evening, and thank you for taking my questions. My first question is just around the QoQ revenue growth. I think last quarter you had guided for 10% QoQ revenue growth. Understanding was that half of that roughly might be organic and the other half might be inorganic. I think you mentioned in the prepared remarks that you have done close to 8.8% QoQ organic revenue growth. Just want to understand the breakdown of the upside, how durable it is, and just related to that if you could share any color on the JLR anchor customers and how recovery has been for you in that account since the cyber issues and any build back help that you've been able to provide in addition to what you normally do.
As we commented, the growth was relatively broad-based. Against the 12%, 8% was organic. About 4% was from ES-Tec. That was in line with the expectations that we had when we completed the ES-Tec transaction in November, and certainly was part of the guidance that we provided in January. Of the 8% organic growth, the improvement was relatively broad-based across sectors and certainly between our anchor and automotive customers. We certainly saw JLR return to the normal run rate that we had before the cyber attack.
We've also secured new deals across both our anchor accounts and our automotive non-Tata Group accounts. We've seen growth on the run rate that we were maintaining before the cyber attack in September and in October. To answer the question about sustainability, we are very confident that what we established in Q4 represents a platform from which we can go on and deliver the double-digit organic growth that we previously committed to. That, of course, is will be complemented by the contribution that will come in from ES-Tec.
Got it. That's helpful. My second question is, just specifically on ES-Tec. I think with European acquisitions, it takes some time to extract synergies out of these transactions. Just wanna understand, now that we've already sort of integrated the asset and it's been six to seven months, since we started the whole process. Just wanna understand, from what you've seen so far in the company, where you see both revenue and cost synergies, and what sort of timeframe you'd expect to start, potentially extracting some of those synergies for the combined business.
Well, the post-merger integration plans with ES-Tec are very much on track. Both Uttam and I were in Wolfsburg a couple of weeks ago to assess not only the cross-sell opportunity that we're looking to drive at VW, but also to assess the synergies that we've got within the Tata Technologies customer base. I'm, you know, I'm delighted to say that the business plan that they've committed to is very much being supported by our teams and their teams. Business has already been won, and we are looking to kind of build upon that.
As of right now, despite the announcements that are coming from some of the European OEMs, which in other circumstances have somewhat of a headwind effect. We're seeing the business plan being delivered in a way that's consistent with the plan that underpinned the acquisition in November. We're very much on track. As far as the synergies are concerned, you know, again, we're looking at that in two ways. Our ability to be able to cross-sell into VW specifically, and our ability to be able to extend our portfolio of services into our existing customer base. We have demonstrated tangible progress, and have got proof points against both of those topics.
Got it. That's helpful. Just my last question is just related to one of the points you just made. Over the past 4 to 5 months, we've seen fairly large EV project specific write-downs at Stellantis, at Ford, at GM, and in some ways even at Renault. You did mention that you continued to deliver on some of your plans. You are seeing an inflection in the business. I think over the past 18 months, we've come to appreciate that there are other projects beyond, you know, top-tier EV spending that drove a lot of the industry's upcycle a few years back. If you could just share some color on, you know, what the sort of powertrains you're seeing on some of these full vehicle wins.
What are some of the other allied sort of non-EV aspects of some of the automotive business that's giving you confidence on, this being a turning point into FY 2027?
You know, our view in terms of the write-offs is that I don't think we should be too distracted by the cleaning up of balance sheets that are going on in Europe and in North America. I think the more telling trend is the fact that most of the non-Chinese OEMs, during the period of uncertainty and during the period when many of those organizations were grappling with the impact of tariffs, new products were not getting invested in. I think we've seen that kind of latent demand to invest in new products build.
Over the second half of last fiscal year, we're seeing some of those decisions being discharged. The portfolio of propulsion systems is much more balanced today than it was, say, two years ago when everybody was all in on EVs. The good news for Tata Technologies is that our customers are investing, and we're relatively agnostic in terms of propulsion system. Whether it's a traditional ICE vehicle, whether it's a plug-in hybrid, whether it's a range extender or whether it's a full battery electric vehicle, you know, we're engaging with our customers in all of those areas. Again, the good news is that the customers are making decisions.
I'll reinforce the importance of the full vehicle program that we've won with the Japanese OEM. You know, the Japanese OEMs are, they have very, very high standards, and their expectations for all partners are very, very high. The fact that we've been entrusted to take on the responsibility for a full vehicle program that includes a top hat and adjustments that we need to make to an existing platform, I think is proof positive that our value proposition is resonating across the market. I think this is 1 of the reasons that we have been so bullish, not just about the last 6 months, but about the prospects that this represents for the coming fiscal year.
You know, we believe because of our value proposition, we have a seat at the table with our customers. We're influencing decision-making, and we're intersecting with decisions before that cascades down to the extended supply chain.
Got it. That's very helpful. Thank you very much, and all the best.
Thank you.
Thank you. Before we take the next question, a reminder to everyone, you may press star and one to ask a question. Our next question comes from the line of Bhavik Mehta from JP Morgan. Please go ahead.
Hi. Thank you. My first question is around, you know, just curious to know how the client conversations have evolved over the past couple of months. You know, since the Middle East crisis began, there have been concerns around supply disruption for the auto OEMs, right? How are clients thinking in this environment? Are they still willing to continue with the R&D spend, or is there some pause they are thinking about given the current situation?
Yeah, that's a great question. You know, I think one of the things that is not being talked about, as far as the Middle East is concerned is the likely impact that what's going on there is gonna have on commodity supply chains and particularly the supply of aluminum and plastics. I think that is likely to impact pricing for our customers, and it's likely to impact supply and their ability to be able to build. I fully expect discretionary spend amongst our customers to tighten if the Middle East crisis continues to extend.
Now, having said that, I don't expect that to impact CapEx or indeed the commitments that are being made to new products. As I said before, most of our customers, whilst they've been grappling with the impact of tariffs, have been pausing and delaying decision-making and in some cases, programs. That demand and need to invest in what will define their competitive position in the future is really defining the type of conversations that we're having with our customers. Again, we've modeled the impact of the Middle East.
We think we factored it into our guidance, and we're fully confident that the indirect impact of what's going on there will not, will not undermine or in any way, challenge the double-digit expectations that we have for this year.
Okay, got it. The second question is on the BMW JV. If I look at the share of profit from that JV was increasing every quarter, but this time we have seen a blip where it's come down from INR 7 crore to INR 6.5 crore. Any particular reason for that, and how should we think about it going forward?
I'll take that, Uttam.
Yeah, sure. Our growth in the BMW JV continues to expand, as we have said. This was more of a one-quarter phenomena, wherein in quarter four there were certain true-up of the whole year expenses. It's an anomaly. I would not guide to any degrowth that we see in the margins or the share of profit from there. We continue to be bullish about the way our contributions with BMW JV would go.
Just to reinforce that, the headcount and the revenues from the JV continues to point in a very positive.
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-direction as far as growth is concerned. To Uttam's point, we fully expect after the 1-quarter impact of the true-up, we expect to get back to the run rate that we were previously at.
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Okay. Just lastly, on the margins, you know, can you explain the bridge to go from 16% EBITDA currently to 18% over the next four quarters? Obviously, operating leverage will be one of the big levers, but outside of that, in terms of SG&A, in terms of gross margin, anything that you'd expect.
Warren, let me take that up. Largely, the operating margin improvement in the year will be driven first by the robust growth that we expect in our services business. As already outlined, we retained some of the capacity, and we have been investing in growing the talent which will support towards the new business that we anticipate to win and close in this year. Therefore, volumes are something that we continue to drive. Over and above that, our standard levers around operate offshore, the mix improvement, the pyramid will continue to support the efficiency that volumes will bring to us. Clearly, while the routine operating levers are in place, volume growth together with them will help us drive coming back to an exit of 18% by the time we end the year.
I think the other thing that I would reinforce is the growing impact of AI. We are deploying AI across all of our delivery LOBs and across the enabling functions, and have fairly aggressive targets in terms of the unit cost of delivery.
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In each of those areas. As part of our margin walk over the next 12 months, that's very much factored in.
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Okay. Got it. Thank you.
Thank you. Participants, you may press star and one to ask a question. Our next question comes from Karan Uppal from PhillipCapital India. Please go ahead.
Yeah. Thanks for the opportunity. Congrats on the set of numbers. Warren, first question is to you. You mentioned about four multi-year deals which you have won and two are also in the pipeline. Is there any geographic trend to it? Is it that North American OEMs are spending more than European OEMs? You also mentioned about Japanese OEM pipeline. Any particular trend to highlight in North America versus EU OEMs, how they are thinking about their spend? Second question is in terms of European OEMs. You know, offshoring was a major part of their spend, which was benefiting most of the Indian R&D vendors. Is that trend accelerating now? Yeah, that's the second question.
Okay. In terms of the large deals that I celebrated, I think the good news for us is that again, it's broad-based and that is not just sectorally, that is not just from a client perspective, it's also from a geography perspective. You know, one of the PLM deals was in the United States, the other was in Europe. We've celebrated the full vehicle deal in Japan. We are developing traction across, I think, almost every country that we have a presence at the moment. You know, one of the things that we shared with our board today was the improvement that we're almost seeing in every geography.
You know, for us, that's very encouraging, and it's something that we expect to continue. We've factored that into our budget for this year, and certainly the forecast that we have for the first half of the year is very much consistent with that. You know, as far as European OEMs are concerned, I'll specifically point to Germany. I think one of the things that we are seeing as somewhat of a macro trend is that the German OEMs have traditionally surrounded themselves with local engineering and IT service providers. Have been somewhat reticent to embrace the contribution from organizations like ourselves that have a significant presence here in India. We're certainly seeing that change.
You know, I think the announcement that we made 18 months ago with BMW is very much a signal to everybody else. We are in advanced discussions with a number of OEMs and also tier 1s in the German market about helping them diversify and balance their topology of delivery to include a significant presence here in India. That macro trend is something that is tangible and something that we are building a response to. I think, again, given the proof points that we've got in and around engagements like the BMW joint venture, I think we have a very strong story to tell as far as that is concerned.
Okay, great. Another question was on the aero business. You mentioned that aero business is now at $40 million annualized run rate. Could you also mention about the segments which you are contributing to this and what's the outlook for FY 2027? A related question is that would Airbus have a lion's share in this $40 million run rate or is it broad-based across?
No, I think if we, if we look at where it's coming from. You know, Airbus is certainly a flagship account for us as far as the aerospace business is concerned. We're also working with the propulsion and engine manufacturers in North America. We have a strong and growing relationship here in India with Air India as it builds its MRO footprint out in Bangalore and as it looks to increase the number of aircraft that it's got that is flight worthy. The aerospace business is certainly being propelled by our involvement in the EMES3 program at Airbus.
We've leveraged that endorsement and the tailwinds from the influence that the group is now starting to drive into aerospace to grow our business in a relatively balanced way. You know, there are pockets of opportunity that we expect to further pursue in the next couple of years. I'm very, very pleased with the consistent growth and the improvement in capability that we've been driving for the last four years. In the same way that I'm bullish about the entire organization, I'm super excited about what we're doing in aerospace.
Okay. Just the last question on the guidance of double-digit growth, organic growth for next year. Is it going to be double digits across both non-anchor as well as non-anchor clients within automotive?
Yes, it is growth that we expect to drive both inside of the group and outside of the group. I think, you know, one of the things that I think we shared with you about 12 months ago was the work that we've done to really reinforce the commitment that we're making to our strategic customers. Our top 20 customers now make up almost 88% of our business. What we're seeing through the investments that we've made, and with the type of business that we are securing, is real influence at the C-suite level. That manifests itself in terms of some of the large outsourcing projects that we've referred to, particularly full vehicle.
Because of the nature of decision-making around those things, it affords us influence across the entire requirement of the manufacturing customers that we are working with. You now, our confidence in double-digit growth is really informed by the knowledge of things like cycle plans, the knowledge of priorities and the influence that we are extending in terms of the decision-making that's going on within those accounts.
Okay, thanks. Thank you, Warren Harris.
Thank you.
Thank you. A reminder to all the participants, if you wish to ask a question, you may press star and one now. The next question comes from the line of Puneet Lionswala from W Investments. Please go ahead.
Yeah. Hi, Warren. It's Puneet here. First of all, great numbers. A good hats off to all the team. My question is that, you know, in the past 1.5 years, there's been a lot of, you know, turbulence in the journey, like, you know, with the trade deal, with the war situation, with the supply chain issues, globally. There are a lot of global factors that have been affecting. Moving ahead, how much time do you see that, like, you know, we could navigate through all this in a very smooth way and move ahead to a clear growth without any turbulence ahead? Like, do you find a little more time required or is it like, you know, things are pretty much gone and done?
It's a great question, Puneet. You know, I was in Beijing at the auto show 10 days ago. The innovation and the speed at which the Chinese OEMs are operating is remarkable. I think that that is driving a lot of competitive concerns in Europe and in North America. You know, clearly we will all need to be sensitive and cognizant to the geopolitical situation and the impact that that has on various economies and consumer demand. I'll remind everybody that our business is a business that invests today for the competitive position that will define the organizations that we work with in three and four years' time.
I think the fact that our customers have not been investing in the recent past because of what's gone on, particularly with tariffs. I think there's a catch up that the Europeans and the North American OEMs are gonna have to undertake. I think that is informing the type of discussions that we are having. You know, we will be very mindful of what is going on in different parts of the world. We'll certainly be sensitive to any regulation change. Our view, and I think increasingly this is the view of our customers, is that they have to invest in order to be able to resist the competition that is absolutely gonna come from the Chinese.
You know, we are, involved in the Chinese market. We have an understanding of what's going on there. We're working with Chinese companies. We think we're ideally positioned to be able to support our customers in Europe and in North America and in Japan to resist the competition that clearly will come from Japanese OEMs and their associated supply chains.
Thank you. Thank you for replying to that in such a good detail, and it gives more clarity on the path ahead. I think I'm done. That was my last question. Thank you.
Thanks, Puneet.
Thank you. The next question comes from the line of Samir Bardekar from Elara Capital. Please go ahead.
Yeah, yeah. Thanks for the opportunity and congrats for a good set of numbers. Can you tell us about the ES-Tec contribution for FY 2026 in terms of dollar?
Wanna take that?
ES-Tec contribution in quarter four has been about INR 9 million, and in previous month it was one third. Roughly INR 11 million-INR 12 million has been the contribution from ES-Tec.
Okay, thanks. When you are referring to the target for FY 2027 as a double-digit, are you referring to dollar revenue or a constant currency or INR? Which way you have in mind?
Constant currency.
Constant currency. Okay, sure. Thank you, Samir. That's it from me.
Thank you. The next question comes from the line of Satish from FMA Services. Please go ahead.
Yeah. Good evening. First of all, congratulations on a strong set of numbers. My question is, are there any plans by the board to start new vertical in the high sector growth to maintain high growth factor?
Yeah, this is a topic that we revisit in all of our strategy discussions. The consistent response that we've had to the challenges that we presented to ourselves is that there's more than enough headroom in automotive, industrial heavy machinery and aerospace for us to satisfy our growth aspirations. In the short term, we are going to stay very focused, laser sharp in terms of our focus upon those industry verticals. You know, somewhat counterintuitively, the more focused that we can be, the more relevant that we can be to our customers, the faster we think that we can grow, and achieve the type of influence over the market that we have the ambition to achieve.
For us right now, we're not looking to diversify into other industry verticals.
Okay. My second question is, historically, there was a vision to reach INR 1 billion revenue during the S. Ramadorai period. What is the realistic timeline now to achieve $1 billion in revenue?
Our North Star from a revenue perspective has been $1 billion, and it continues to be that. You know, I think we are looking to get back to double-digit revenue growth this year. If we can do that and we can sustain that next year, we can complement that with one or two inorganic transactions. I think within the next two-three years, we have the opportunity to get to where we need to get to. You know, that's the North Star for us, and that's what we're looking to achieve.
Okay. It means can we expect the sustainability of this performance moving to the financial year 2027? You mean, this growth?
I think that is what Warren outlined. We are looking at a double-digit constant currency growth as we move into the next year financial year.
Okay. Thank you.
Thank you. The next question comes from the line of Ankur Pant from IIFL. Please go ahead.
Hi. Good evening. Thanks for taking my question. Congrats on a good set of numbers. I have just 1 question. In terms of the double-digit growth that you're targeting, organic growth that you're targeting next year, how do you see it panning through the year in terms of the cadence that we expect? Would it be more of a two-edge phenomena that you would see a pickup in growth, or how would how are you looking at the entirety?
I think we're looking at consistency across the quarters. I will say that we have had very strong signings period. We expect, as I signaled before, to close more deals in the next four to six weeks. I think it's likely that the second half of the year will grow faster than the first half of the year. We expect consistency across all four quarters. The confidence that we have is very much based on that.
Just one follow-up on that. What kind of demand environment are you baking in for that growth? Are you also expecting some improvement or recovery in the demand environment or a status quo in terms of that?
Yeah. The guidance that we've provided is very much driven by the order book that we have and the probability-adjusted pipeline that includes deals that we are very much in the process of trying to close. It's not factoring in any improvement to the demand environment that will be required to deliver against those numbers.
Sure. Thank you, and all the best.
Thank you.
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