Sonata Software Limited has informed the Exchange about Investor Presentation made on 13th May 2022.
13th May, 2022
National Stock Exchange of India Limited Exchange Plaza, Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai Kind Attn: Manager, Listing Department Email Id: neaps@nse.co.in Stock Code - SONATSOFTW
Dear Sirs,
BSE Limited P.J. Towers, Dalal Street Mumbai Kind Attn: Manager, Listing Department Email Id: listing.centre@bseindia.com Stock Code - 532221
Sub: Investors’ Presentation
Pursuant to Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we are enclosing presentation made to Analyst/Investor meet held on 13th May, 2022.
The aforesaid details are also made available at the Company’s website www.sonata-software.com.
Thanking you,
Yours faithfully, For Sonata Software Limited
Mangal Kulkarni Company Secretary, Compliance Officer and Head Legal
Sonata Software Limited - SSL Registered Office: 208, T V Industrial estate, 2nd Floor, S K Ahire Marg, Worli, Mumbai – 400 030 Corporate Office: APS Trust Building, Bull Temple Road, N. R. Colony, Bangalore - 560 004, India
Website: www.sonata-software.com email: info@sonata-software.com Tel: +91 80 6778 1999
Sonata Software
Investor Presentation
Q4’22
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Sonata - A Snapshot
The Company
36 YEARS as a IT Solutions Provider
$740+ M REVENUE 23% 3 Yr. CAGR
5100+ TEAM across US, Canada, EU, Asia, ANZ, Japan, Malaysia, and China
SEI CMMI L5, ITIL & ISO certified
Industry Focus
CPG & MFG Consumer Goods, Industrial Goods, Wholesale
RETAIL Apparel, Hard Goods, Grocery, Hypermarket
TRAVEL TO, OTA, Airline, Rail, Hotel, Cruise
SERVICES Energy & Utilities, Oil & Gas, Specialty Contractors & Professional Services
AGRI & COMMODITY Agri manufacturers & commodity Traders
SOFTWARE VENDORS ERP, SCM, Retail, Travel
Competencies
DIGITAL Omni-channel, Mobility & IoT, Analytics, Cloud
APPLICATION LIFECYCLE SOLUTIONS ADM, Testing, IMS Managed Services
PLATFORM IP Brick & Click Retail, Rezopia Digital Travel, Modern Distribution
Credentials
CUSTOMERS Global Top 5 – Leisure Travel Co, Grocery Retailer, F&B CPG Co, Software Co
TECHNOLOGY Microsoft, SAP, Oracle, Open Source, IBM
Strategic acquisitions and investments Microsoft – Inner Circle, SAP Pinnacle Award, Microsoft Country Partner of Year India
TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS Software, Cloud, Server & Storage, Systems Integration
FINANCIAL National Stock Exchange Listed Public Ltd Co
A Global IT Solutions Organization, with focused Industry Verticals, versatile Portfolio of Services covering wide range of Technologies and delivering value through our unique Platformation™ approach
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Sonata Vision
A world class firm that is a benchmark for Catalyzing Business Transformation for our Clients, Fulfilling Employee Aspirations & Caring for our wider Community
through Depth of: Thought Leadership Customer Centricity Execution Excellence
For the Customers IT Partner of choice for transformation thru deeper industry, technology & customer focus
For the Employee A fun & fearless environment where the potential & passion for work flourishes
For the Community CSR initiatives to support IT needs of projects with Social impact
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Sonata – In 4 ‘P’s
•Employees as consultants •Employees as family •Employees as enablers •Employees as citizens
•Common goals •Lasting relationships •Shared values •Growing together
People
Partners
Platforms
Performance
•PlatformationTM Advantage •Platform engineering leadership •World class IP’s •Farsighted vision
•Value creation •For customers •For Partners •For employees •For Investors
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Vertical Focus
• Retail, travel, Distribution & CPG, ISV, Commodity Trading, and
Services Industry – Field Services
• IP – Brick and Click, Modern Distribution, Agri Business, Rezopia,
Service Industry, GBW
• Platform led Digital Transformation • Track record
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What is different about Platformation™ as a tool for Digital Transformation • Sonata’s structured process for Platformation comprises the following :
• Digital Business Process Library & Identification • Customer Digital Agenda led based approach • Platform Maturity Assessment ( Separate Business & Technology maturity assessment ) • Marchitecture™ aligned to CDAT • Platform Characteristic Requirements ( With a 16 point Framework ) • Technology Architecture to achieve the Platform Characteristics • Cloud Engineering ( Cloud Native Development ) • Data Platformation Methodology ( Structured Assessment of Data Infrastructure & Platform) • Accelerated Platform Engineering ( Solution Accelerators ) • IPs aligned to Platformation™
• 4 Years of Proven Success, Only methodology that remains relevant in an ever-
evolving landscape for a company looking at digital transformation
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Platformation™
Platforms - the secret behind the digital economy’s most successful companies
OPEN
SCALABLE
CONNECTED
INTELLIGENT
Sonata’s approach to Digitizing business using platforms
PLATFORMATION™
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Approaches to achieve Platformation™
Sonata READY
Sonata ACCELERATE
Sonata CUSTOM
• End-to-end, industry-
• Deploy popular
• Engineer custom
specific digital business platforms
horizontal platforms adding required functionality
platforms that deliver unique digital capability and scalability
Omni channel reservation system for a large Australian rail network built on a travel platform ensuring seamless booking experience
Versatile retail store and e-Commerce integration for a US fashion brand ensuring scalable, omnichannel shopping experiences
A US-based travel company innovating on membership- based business models, increasing bookings by 200%, and scaling service 6X
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Engineering Excellence
Focused approach • Industry Specialization
• Retail, travel, distribution & CPG, ISV, Commodity Trading, and Services
Industry – Field Services
• Expertise through IP’s
• Brick and Click, Modern Distribution, Agri Business, Rezopia, Service
Industry, GBW
• Proprietary & proven approach to Digital Transformation
• Platform led across Data, Cloud, Modern Technologies, Mobility, Digital
Assurance, Devops
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Global Full Stack Microsoft Partner aligned to the Digital Transformation vision
30 Years
MICROSOFT PARTNER
GISV, lSP, CSP, ISV Dev Centre, SI.
Country Partner India 2014, 15, 17.
Global alliance footprint
18 Gold certified & 8 Advanced specializations Skills in Dynamics 365, Azure, Power BI, Cortana, .Net, Mobility
3600 Partnership
Product Engineering, Professional support, Delivery, LSP partner for MS, MCS and ISV/SI ecosystems.
INDUSTRY
PLATFORM IP
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION for
Retail, Consumer goods, Distribution, Agri Products, Field Service, Travel, ISV
ON MS DYNAMICS & AZURE
Brick & Click, Modern Distribution, Commodity Trading, Rezopia, Kartopia, Halosys, Rapid
STRATEGIC
ACQUISITIONS
Scalable Data Systems, Sopris Systems, Encore Systems, GBW, & IBIS Inc
2500+ TEAM
On Microsoft Technologies with 1200 + on Microsoft Biz Apps
Clients
ACROSS THE GLOBE
USA, Europe, Asia, India, Australia, Middle East
Recognition and Awards
Inner Circle member 2021-22, Partner of the Year, India for BizApps 2021-22
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Delivering value through our innovative engagement models
Customer-Specific Center of Excellence
• Governance
• Leadership role
• Strategic metrics
•
•
•
Value Co-creation
SLAs and outcomes
Co-investment in IP
TECHNOLOGY | SKILLS | ASSETS | PROCESSES
Charter
Domain Knowledge | Technical Knowledge | Knowledge Management | Innovation | Process & Capability | Reusability
Commercial Models: Project-based | Outsourced | Output-based
Build-Operate-Transfer | Turnkey-managed | Joint Venture
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With a team nurtured to make a difference
Deeper roles
Regular exposure to newer technologies, evolving business scenarios, and building cross-functional expertise
Customer impact
Continuous exposure to clients to assess business impact of solutions delivered
Freedom to contribute
Our flexible working style encourages ideation within broad boundaries
Growth
Early identification, mentoring, and nurturing of talent for growth by senior leaders
We need to take a pause and appreciate the drive and determination we have seen from every player on what is a complex effort and delivery. We commend you all for your effort…keep up the good work!
Director – Platform Systems, US Travel Leader
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Financials
Strong Execution
International Services • Platformation™, IP & Alliance led
growth
• Stronger & Deeper revenue mining
from existing customers
• Strong Pipeline and Acquiring new
clients
• Strong sales hunting leading to
acquiring of new clients
• Margin levers -platformation driven execution, onsite and offshore mix, utilization and revenue per person
• High-end digital services
Domestic Business • Very large deals, Consistent absolute
gross margin growth
• Strong Customer Retention • Consistent growth in Marker share • Established Customer Base • Strategic shift towards cloud • Addition of new strategic business lines
for expansion
• Multi year annuity license sales • Time tested risk and credit
management
• Consistent growth of absolute
profitability, positive cash flow with zero increase in working capital investment
• Globally leading ROCE and ROE
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Financial Management
Focus on high revenue rate realization and high margins business
Focus on Reduction of DSO days
Very strong positive cash generation and cash position
Industry leading ROCE and ROE
Sound capital allocation
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Consistent Growth Over Last 10 years
Consolidated Revenue & *EBITDA
*Consolidated EBITDA for FY22 is adjusted for one off item of INR 22.9 cr which pertains to gain associated with write-off of Earn out provision.
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International Services Revenue & EBITDA trend for last 12 Quarters
Revenue (in crs)
EBITDA (in crs)
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EBITDA for Q4’ 22 is adjusted for one off item of INR 22.9 cr which pertains to gain associated with write-off of Sopris Earn out provision.
Adjusted EBITDA % (excluding one-off item, other-income and FX) for FY22 was at 24.4% and for Q4'22 was at 24.8%.
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Financial Performance of International Services – Q4 FY22
Revenue in INR. Cr
*EBITDA
Revenue in $ Mn
PAT
*EBITDA for Q4’ 22 is adjusted for one off item of INR 22.9 cr which pertains to gain associated with write-off of Earn out provision.
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International Business Revenue Growth
Revenue in $Million
New Customer added
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
13
11
12
8
Q1 22
Q2 22
Q3 22
Q4 22
Client Concentration
No. of $Million Customers
71%
61%
53%
71%
63%
56%
72%
62%
54%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
Q4 21
Q3 22
Q4 22
Top 5 Customer
Top 10 Customer
Top 20 Customer
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Operational Performance – Q4 FY22
Revenue by Geography
No. of Customers by Geo
120%
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
24%
25%
51%
22%
23%
55%
21%
22%
57%
Q4 21
Q3 22
Q4 22
USA
Europe
Rest of World
39
46
17
2
28
105
Europe
US
India Middle East
Asia
ANZ
No. of Customers by industry
Customer Category
5
53
17
34
10
18
22
62
16
ISV Retail (Essentials) Distribution & Manufacturing Others
TTL Retail (Non Essentials) Commodity Business & Service Industry Health Care
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110.0%
100.0%
90.0%
80.0%
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
7.0% 1.5% 8.5%
21.4%
18.7%
10.2%
32.7%
Q4 21
Revenue by Vertical Mix
2.4% 2.9% 6.3% 3.2%
9.0%
20.0%
15.4%
9.4%
31.4%
Q3 22
2.6% 3.6% 4.8% 4.2%
10.0%
20.7%
12.3%
9.4%
32.4%
Q4 22
ISV Distribution & Manufacturing Commodity business & Service Industry
Travel Retail (Essential) Heath Care
Others Retail (Non Essential) Logistics
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Revenue by high end Service Mix
100.0%
90.0%
80.0%
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
1.5% 1.0%
11.1%
10.7%
29.2%
20.3%
4.7%
9.5%
12.0%
Q4 21
0.3%
0.3%
10.6%
9.0%
30.1%
20.2%
4.4%
11.5%
13.7%
Q3 22
0.1% 0.1% 11.0%
7.6%
30.5%
20.6%
4.4%
11.7%
14.0%
Q4 22
Data & Analytics
IMS
Managed Cloud Services
Microsoft Digital Platformation Services
Microsoft Dynamic Services
Modern Validation and Dev Eng Mgmt Ser
Open Source Digital Platform Services
Other ERP Services
Other Services
Service Mix
QoQ Trend
Q4'21 Q1'22 Q2'22 Q3'22 Q4'22
Data & Analytics
7.1% 10.9% 12.0% 12.0% 6.7%
Managed Cloud Services
12.3% 3.4% 22.9% 16.1% 6.0%
IMS
1.8% -2.8% 11.1% 4.5% 5.5%
Microsoft Digital Platformation Services
9.1% 2.5% 9.5% 7.9% 6.3%
Microsoft Dynamic Services
11.1% 1.9% 11.5% 10.4% 5.8%
Modern Validation and Dev Eng Mgmt Ser
-2.3% -6.8% 11.8% -1.8% -12.3%
Open Source Digital Platform Services
12.2% 6.1% 4.4% 5.5% 7.8%
Other ERP Services
Other Services
-37.9% -18.8% -16.7% -46.0% -57.1%
-19.1% -52.0% -5.0% -46.0% -48.5%
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International Business
IP Led Revenue %
PlatformationTM Revenue %
Digital Revenue %
72%
73%
70%
67%
68%
75%
70%
65%
60%
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Q1 22
Q2 22
Q3 22
Q4 22
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International Business - Revenue Enablers
Revenue by Onsite / Offshore Mix
Utilization & Billability
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
68%
68%
69%
69%
72%
Offshore
Onsite
32%
32%
31%
31%
28%
Q4 21
Q1 22
Q2 22
Q3 22
Q4 22
2,00,000
1,50,000
1,00,000
50,000
-
Revenue per Billable HC
1,86,480
1,86,511
1,87,515
1,90,024
1,89,199
43,450
44,183
44,268
45,182
46,666
Q4 21
Q1 22
Q2 22
Q3 22
Q4 22
Onsite Rev/Billable HC
Offshore Rev/Billable HC
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Human Capital
Overall Headcount
Headcount by Business Type
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Domestic Business – Gross Contribution
Domestic Business – Gross Contribution
33.0
5.4%
30.1
5.8%
30.0
4.4%
47.4
45.1
38.0
38.1
38.0
39.9
6.6%
5.0%
4.0%
3.5%
4.5%
3.1%
Q4 20
Q1 21
Q2 21
Q3 21
Q4 21
Q1 22
Q2 22
Q3 22
Q4 22
Gross Contribution in INR Cr.
Gross Contribution %
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
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Domestic Business - Revenue
Domestic Revenue (Annuity/Others)
Domestic Revenue (Cloud/Non Cloud)
120%
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
28%
26%
25%
25%
24%
72%
74%
75%
75%
76%
120%
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
25%
24%
23%
22%
22%
75%
76%
77%
78%
78%
Q4'21
Q1'22
Q2'22
Q3'22
Q4'22
Q4'21
Q1'22
Q2'22
Q3'22
Q4'22
% of Revenue - Annuity Biz
% of Revenue - others
Cloud Revenue %
Non Cloud Revenue %
Domestic business major revenue contribution from multi year annuity enterprise sales
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Domestic Business - Gross margin Analysis by customers
Domestic Customer Count
Domestic Customer by GC %
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
35
16
27
37
17
27
42
23
28
18
43
29
49
22
30
Q4'21
Q1'22
Q2'22
Q3'22
Q4'22
> 1 cr
>50 L upto 1 cr
> 25 L upto 50L
Calculated based on annualized GC
Gross Margin Analysis in terms of number of years of Association
> than 10 years
42%
5 - 10 years
17%
3 - 5 years
5%
< than 3 years
36%
120%
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
16% 9% 9%
66%
14% 9% 9%
68%
15% 9% 9%
67%
15% 7% 10%
68%
13.0% 10.1% 9.0%
67.9%
Q4'21
Q1'22
Q2'22
Q3'22
Q4'22
> 1 cr
>50 L upto 1 cr
> 25 L upto 50L
Upto 25L
Gross Margin Analysis in terms of Customer's revenue
More than 500,000 crs
100,000 - 500,000 crs
50,000 - 100,000 crs
30,000 - 50,000 crs
15,000 - 30,000 crs
10,000 -15,000 crs
5,000 - 10,000 crs
1,000 - 5,000 crs
500 -1000 crs
Less than 500 crs
6%
5%
6%
10%
7%
10%
8%
12%
21%
16%
0%
5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
Top ~ 58 customers contribute to about 80% of Gross Margin Strong customer retention - ~ 59% if Gross Margin contributed from customers associated for more than 5 years Established customer base - ~83% Gross Margin from customers with revenue greater than 1,000 crs
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EBITDA, PBT and PAT – Last 12 Quarters
Domestic Business
Domestic Business EBITDA
Domestic Business PBT
45.0 40.0 35.0 30.0 25.0 20.0 15.0 10.0 5.0 -
.
5 9 3
.
9 6 3
.
8 1 3
.
4 2 3
.
7 3 3
.
3 7 2
.
4 2 2
.
5 2 2
.
0 7 2
.
2 3 2
.
6 9 1
.
9 6 1
45.0 40.0 35.0 30.0 25.0 20.0 15.0 10.0 5.0 -
.
0 1 2
.
0 1 2
.
8 4 2
.
0 2 2
.
8 5 1
.
1 5 2 2 8 1
.
.
5 8 3
.
4 5 3
.
3 0 3
.
0 1 3
.
9 1 3
Q1 20
Q2 20
Q3 20
Q4 20
Q1 21
Q2 21
Q3 21
Q4 21
Q1 22
Q2 22
Q3 22
Q4 22
Q1 20
Q2 20
Q3 20
Q4 20
Q1 21
Q2 21
Q3 21
Q4 21
Q1 22
Q2 22
Q3 22
Q4 22
Domestic Business PAT
.
5 8 2
.
4 6 2
.
6 2 2
.
0 3 2
.
9 3 2
.
1 8 1
.
6 6 1
.
1 6 1
.
7 3 1
.
6 3 1
.
4 2 1
.
6 1 1
30.0
25.0
20.0
15.0
10.0
5.0
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Q2 20
Q3 20
Q4 20
Q1 21
Q2 21
Q3 21
Q4 21
Q1 22
Q2 22
Q3 22
Q4 22
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Strategic Investment (In crs)
M&A Investment
58.1
46.3
39.5
13.4
4.3
FY 18
FY 19
FY 20
FY 21
FY22
60.0
50.0
40.0
30.0
20.0
10.0
-
IP & R&D Investment
28.3
28.1
25.2
20.4
22.2
S&M Investment
62.9
49.2
42.2
52.3
45.0
70.0
60.0
50.0
40.0
30.0
20.0
10.0
-
FY 18
FY 19
FY 20
FY 21
FY22
FY 18
FY 19
FY 20
FY 21
FY22
30.0
25.0
20.0
15.0
10.0
5.0
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International and Domestic ROCE & RONW
ROCE
RONW
50%
40%
36%
37%
33%
32%
30%
20%
10%
0%
41%
41%
39%
38%
37%
35%
50%
40%
39%
38%
38%
30%
35%
33%
34%
40%
38%
40%
39%
20%
10%
0%
Q4 21
Q1 22
Q2 22
Q3 22
Q4 22
Q4 21
Q1 22
Q2 22
Q3 22
Q4 22
International Business
Domestic Business
International Business
Domestic Business
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Capital Allocation (INR Lakhs)
Cash Deployment
To be verrified
40,000
35,000
30,000
25,000
20,000
15,000
13,369
15,859
15,634
9,464
9,464
7,361
10,000
5,000
-
37,659
27,693
24,927
24,396
21,295
19,253
13,408
11,042
14,722
8,413
FY15
FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
Cosnol Pat
Share H Payout
3%
48%
38%
11%
Capex
Share holder Pay out
Acuqisition
Invested
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Days Sales Outstanding
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Credit Management – Domestic Business
Average Borrowings & Interest Cost
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
-
8,000
7,000
6,000
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
-
Average Borrowing
Interest Cost
Domestic Business
r c
s r n
i
t n u o m a
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
-
607
681
523
1,099
946
761
606
1,464
1,051
156
153
170
175
203
219
189
175
206
Q4 20 Q1 21 Q2 21 Q3 21 Q4 21 Q1 22 Q2 22 Q3 22 Q4 22
Revenue
Networking Capital
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