NETWEB · Q3 FY24 · earnings call
NETWEB
Netweb reported strong Q3 FY24 results with record revenue and profits, driven by significant growth in AI systems. Margins faced pressure due to high-end compute segment dynamics, but the company remains optimistic on future growth with a robust pipeline.




Key financials
| Revenue from Operations | ₹2,534.0 Mn | YoY 41.9% increase |
| Gross Profit | ₹551.4 Mn | YoY growth |
| Operating EBITDA | ₹342.5 Mn | YoY 9.9% increase |
| PAT | ₹260.1 Mn | YoY 20.0% growth |
Segment commentary
AI systems and enterprise workstations
Revenue increased by ~340% YoY, driven by Generative AI adoption.
Private cloud and hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI)
Strong demand from enterprises for scalable solutions.
Guidance & outlook
- Expansion into Europe & Middle East with service networks.
- Introduction of ARM-based servers optimized for newer AI workloads.
- Plan to establish an SMT line within 3-6 months.
Notable quotes
“We are happy to announce that the company achieved its highest ever quarterly revenue and profits in the current quarter.”— Sanjay Lodha
“Adoption of Generative AI models has expanded rapidly, integrating widely across various industries.”— Sanjay Lodha
Key takeaways
- Strong revenue growth driven by AI systems.
- Challenges with gross profit margins due to compute segment dynamics.
- Positive outlook with expansion plans and new product introductions.
Risks flagged
- High entry barriers in HCS industry.
- Dependence on government policies like Make in India and PLI schemes.
Educational analysis only. Not investment advice. Consult a
SEBI-registered advisor before investing. Source: https://nsearchives.nseindia.com/corporate/NETWEB_23012024181828_Earning_Presentation_Q3.pdf
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CIN : L72100HR1999PLC103911
PAN NO : AABCN4805A
GST NO : 06AABCN4805A1Z3
Date: 23.01.2024
To, To,
BSE Limited The National Stock Exchange of India Limited
Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, “Exchange Plaza”, Bandra – Kurla Complex,
Dalal Street, Fort, Bandra (EAST), Mumbai – 400 051
Mumbai – 400 001. NSE SYMBOL: NETWEB
BSE Scrip Code: 543945
SUBJECT: EARNING PRESENTATION ON THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL RESULTS
Dear Sir/ Madam,
Please find enclosed herewith the Earning Presentation on the unaudited standalone financial
results for the quarter ended December 31, 2023
Kindly take the same on record.
Netweb Technologies India Limited
[Formerly Known as Netweb Technologies India Private Limited]
Plot No. H-1, Block-H, Pocket No. 9, Faridabad Industrial Town, Sector-57, Faridabad, Haryana 121004
Tel. No. : +91-129-2310400
Website : www.netwebindia.com E-mail : complianceofficer@netwebindia.com
India’s Leading High-end Computing Solutions (HCS) Provider
Q3FY24 -
Earnings Presentation
January 2024
BSE: 543945
NSE: NETWEB
Bloomberg: NETWEB:IN
Safe Harbour Statement
This presentation may contain certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of applicable securities laws and
regulations, which may include those describing the Company’s strategies, strategic direction, objectives, future projects
and/or prospects, estimates etc. Investors are cautioned that “forward looking statements” are based on certain assumptions
of future events over which the Company exercises no control. Therefore, there can be no guarantee as to their accuracy and
readers are advised not to place any undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no
obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events,
or otherwise. These statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results or
positions to differ materially from those that may be projected or implied by these forward-looking statements. Such risks and
uncertainties include, but are not limited to; growth, competition, acquisitions, domestic and international economic
conditions affecting demand, supply and price conditions in the various business's verticals in the Company’s portfolio,
changes in Government regulations, laws, statutes, judicial pronouncement, tax regimes, and the ability to attract and retain
high quality human resource.
Agenda
About Netweb Technologies
1
Quarterly Key Highlights
2
Key Investment Highlights
3
Growth Drivers
4
Annexure
5
About Netweb Technologies
India’s leading Indian origin, owned and controlled OEM in the space of High-end Computing Solutions (HCS)
● Offers a full stack of product and solution suite with comprehensive
capabilities in designing, developing, implementing and integrating high Business Tailwinds ►►
performance computing solutions
● Collaborates with various technology partners such as Intel Americas, Inc, AMD, ‘Make in India’ Policy & ‘PLI Scheme’ of the
Samsung India Electronics Private Ltd, Nvidia & Seagate India Private Ltd GOI
● Develops homegrown compute and storage technologies, deploys
Import Licensing on Servers, Laptop, &
supercomputing infrastructure to meet the rising computational demands of
Tablets from Nov 2023 by DGFT*
businesses, academia, and research organizations
Overview
● Compliant with the “Make in India” policy of the Government of India ‘Make AI in India & Make AI work for
India’ initiative of the GOI
● One of the few OEMs in India eligible to participate in and seek incentives in
terms of both the IT Hardware PLI and Telecom and Networking PLI schemes Growing demand for cloud-based services
and network switches
● Established in 1999 with manufacturing facility located in Faridabad, Haryana
and 17 offices located across India
Upgrading network to 5G technology
driving 5G ORAN
Q3 FY24 Financial Metrics
Accelerator / GPU
300+ Supercomputing 4000+
based AI systems & Revenue from Operation: ₹2,534.0Mn
systems installed
Customers: Govt. (50.8%) vs Non-Govt. (49.2%)
enterprise workstations
Op EBITDA Margin:
PAT Margin: 10.1%
13.5%
Supercomputers listed eleven
50+ Private cloud & HCI 3
times in the world's top 500
installations
ROCE1: 32.1% ROE2: 25.3%
supercomputers
*Notification No. 26/2023 dated 03.08.2023 – GOI, Ministry of Commerce & Industry Note: 1Return on Capital Employed annualized ; 2Return on Equity annualized;
Snapshot of Our HCS Offerings
India’s leading HCS provider with fully integrated design and manufacturing capabilities
(A) High performance computing (Supercomputing / HPC)
(B) Private cloud and hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI)
systems
● Bespoke, and tailored with specialized hardware designs and architecture ● Private cloud and HCI offers hyper-converged capabilities i.e., combining
● Cater to varied customer specifications compute, storage, and network' to build:
Simplified Cluster Cluster
Private & Cloud Cloud
Deployment Management HCI
Hybrid Cloud Tools Native Storage
(D) High performance storage (HPS/Enterprise
(C) AI systems and enterprise workstations
Storage) solutions
● Address standalone parallel compute-intensive applications, ● Centralized repository for business-critical information that
machine learning, deep learning, and support CF-CAD-CMD provides data sharing, data protection across multiple computer
Applications. systems
Unified High IOPs
Machine Deep
Storage Storage
Learning Learning
Parallel File Scalable to
System Storage Exabytes
(E) Data Centre servers (F) Software and services for HCS offerings
● Designed to reduce the complexity of managing critical and heavy ● Cloud Managed Services – These are the partial or complete
workloads. management and control of a client's cloud platform, including
● Servers are advanced Al powered that allow intelligent and efficient data migration, maintenance, and optimization
processing and storage
Cloud 5G related AI, ML & deep
Low rack space High energy High in-built Wide accelerator/ solutions services learning as a service
consumption efficiency Storage GPU support
*Source: F&S Report;
Management Commentary
“We are happy to announce that the company achieved its highest ever quarterly revenue and profits
in the current quarter. It is also pertinent to note that revenue from AI systems and enterprise
workstations segment increased by ~340% YoY. Operating income increased by 41.9% YoY and 74.8%
QoQ, reaching ₹2,534 million in Q3’FY24.
Gross profit was at ₹551 million, registering a YoY growth of 20.2% and a QoQ growth of 40.8%. Gross
profit margin was 21.8%, down from 25.7% in the corresponding quarter of the previous year. Gross
profit margin for our business needs to be seen on an annual basis, as we deal in high-end compute
segment where in the margins may vary quarter to quarter. Gross profit margin for 9 months ended
Dec 23 stood at 25.4%.
While Operating EBITDA for the quarter increased by 9.9% on YoY basis to ₹342 million, it increased
by 78.0% on QoQ basis. The operating EBITDA margin for the quarter was at 13.5%. Profit after tax
(PAT) for the quarter increased by 20.0% YoY and 71.8% QoQ, reaching ₹260 million, and the PAT
margin for the quarter was at 10.1%.
In recent months, adoption of Generative AI models have expanded rapidly, integrating widely across
various industries and signaling a dynamic evolution in our approach to work and life. Notably, India's
substantial potential is evident in recent developments, highlighting the country's capacity to seize
opportunities in this evolving landscape. This is promising for the expansion of our diverse product
offerings. Our business pipeline and order book is strong, reflecting continual growth. We are pleased
to inform you that we have received the prestigious order from VSSC (ISRO) for their upcoming
supercomputer, envisaged to be the largest for the Department of Space, valued at ~₹1,477 million.
Continuous improvements in our capabilities, along with the expansion of our operations and product
portfolio, positions us favorably for sustained growth while retaining our technological leadership. “
Sanjay Lodha, CMD
Agenda
About Netweb Technologies
1
Quarterly Key Highlights
2
Key Investment Highlights
3
Growth Drivers
4
Annexure
5
Quarterly Key Highlights
Profit and Loss Summary
₹ in millions
Gross Operating Cash
Operating Income PBT PAT
Profit EBITDA Profit
2,534.0 551.4 342.5 351.5 260.1 278.2
Growth (YoY) 41.9% 20.2% 9.9% 21.0% 20.0% 22.7%
Growth (QoQ) 74.8% 40.8% 78.0% 74.0% 71.8% 67.9%
Margin 21.8% 13.5% 13.6% 10.1%
EPS/CEPS (in INR)* 4.76 5.09
*EPS and CEPS are diluted & non-annualized
Quarterly Key Highlights (Cont.)
Balance Sheet Summary
₹ in millions Net Debt/ Equity Net Debt/ Op. EBITDA*
0.35
0.30
Particulars Dec’22 Mar’23 Sept’23 Dec’23 0.40 0.41
Equity Share Capital 56.6 101. 9 112.1 112.1
Other Equity 751.5 834.8 3,605.4 3,822.6 (0.00)
(0.00)
Net Worth 808.1 936.7 3,717.5 3,934.8 (0.05) (0.22)
Borrowing 296.7 304.0 44.4 142.5
Dec' 22 Mar'23 Sept' 23 Dec' 23
Dec' 22 Mar' 23 Sept' 23 Dec' 23
Lease Liabilities 39.2 52.1 82.6 78.4
Cash and Cash Equivalent 51.8 70.9 127.3 403.6
ROE* ROCE*
Net Debt 284.2 285.1 (0.3) (182.7) 71.6%
64.4%
77.6%
68.0%
Net Fixed Assets 200.9 251.5 313.7 318.5
Net Current Assets# 879.8 959.9 3,362.1 3,351.0 32.1%
25.3% 22.3%
17.4%
Ratios
Fixed Asset Turnover Ratio* 21.3 17.7 13.1 19.2
Cash Conversion Cycle* 60 58 108 77 Dec' 22 Mar'23 Sept' 23 Dec' 23 Dec' 22 Mar'23 Sept' 23 Dec' 23
*Dec ’22, Sep’23 & Dect‘23 are Annualized.
#Net Current Assets does not include Short-term Borrowing & Cash & Cash Equivalents as they are part of Net Debt. It includes unutilized proceeds from IPO
Quarterly Key Highlights (Cont.)
Revenue breakup – HCS Offering
Launched Network Switches in the quarter, contributing INR ~10 Mn to the Topline
Q3 FY24 – Revenue
Breakdown by offerings
951
1,004 255
815 681 1%0.4% 1%
586 509
s
n 113
o 4%
illim 58
6%
n
₹
i
Q3 FY23 Q2 FY24 Q3 FY24 Q3 FY23 Q2 FY24 Q3 FY24 Q3 FY23 Q2 FY24 Q3 FY24 10%
40%
High performance computing Private cloud and hyperconverged AI systems and enterprise
(Supercomputing / HPC) systems infrastructure (HCI) workstations
108 38%
150 43
117
72 30
s
n 18
o 41 Supercomputing / HPC Systems
illim 43
Private cloud & HCI
n
i
₹ Q3 FY23 Q2 FY24 Q3 FY24 Q3 FY23 Q2 FY24 Q3 FY24 Q3 FY23 Q2 FY24 Q3 FY24 AI & enterprise workstations
HPS solutions
High performance storage Software and services for
Data Centre servers
(HPS/Enterprise Storage) solutions HCS offerings Data centre server
Software & service for HCS offerings
Network Switches
Spare & others
Quarterly Key Highlights (Cont.)
Revenue breakup – Application Industry
Q3 FY24 – Revenue Breakdown
by application industry
1,103 923
884
s
n 580
o
illim
401
258 1%
n
i 19%
₹
Q3 FY23 Q2 FY24 Q3 FY24 Q3 FY23 Q2 FY24 Q3 FY24
Higher Education and Research Information Technology and 44%
Information Technology Enabled
Services
36%
626 191
475
s
n
o 278 Higher Education and Research
illim
32
18
n
i Information Technology and Information
₹
Q3 FY23 Q2 FY24 Q3 FY24 Q3 FY23 Q2 FY24 Q3 FY24 Technology Enabled Services
Other Enterprises Space and Defence Other Enterprises
Space and Defence
*Other enterprises includes BFSI, entertainment and media etc.
Quarterly Key Highlights (Cont.)
Diverse Customer Base Revenue^ from Repeat Customers Customer Concentration^
Higher education and IT & ITES
Research 90.7%
Top10 Top 5
77.7%
65.1%
58.7% 57.8%
49.5%
47.1% 48.7%
38.4%
FY22 FY23 9M'FY24 FY22 FY23 9M'FY24
256
10.67%
Repeat Customers (9M’FY24)
Space & Defence Others
associated for over 5.07 years using Customer Accretion CAGR*
Fiscal 2016 as the base
3.36 years 124
Average top 10 customer age New clients onboarded across diverse
(9M’FY24) using Fiscal 2016 as base industries in the 9M’FY24
Note: *CAGR FY20 – 9M.FY24, period 3.75 years ; **9M’FY24 ^As a % of revenue from operations excludes other operating revenue
Quarterly Profit & Loss
₹ in millions
Particulars Q3 FY24 Q3 FY23 YoY Change Q2 FY24 QoQ Change 9M FY24 9M FY23 YoY Change FY 23
Operating Income 2,534.0 1,785.6 41.9% 1,449.8 74.8% 4,581.9 3,215.8 42.5% 4,449.7
Gross Profit 551.4 458.9 20.2% 391.6 40.8% 1,164.8 880.6 32.3% 1,206.1
Gross Profit Margin (%) 21.8% 25.7% (394) bps 27.0% (525) bps 25.4% 27.4% (196) bps 27.1%
Operating EBITDA 342.5 311.6 9.9% 192.3 78.0% 621.1 539.2 15.2% 700.2
Operating EBITDA Mrg (%) 13.5% 17.4% (393) bps 13.3% 25 bps 13.6% 16.8% (321) bps 15.7%
Other Income 45.1 1.2 3598.4% 30.2 49.4% 79.5 3.8 1991.3% 6.8
Finance Cost 18.0 12.4 44.9% 6.2 189.9% 33.8 30.7 10.0% 40.7
Depreciation 18.1 10.0 81.3% 14.3 26.5% 45.2 24.2 86.7% 36.6
PBT 351.5 290.4 21.0% 202.1 74.0% 621.6 488.0 27.4% 629.6
PAT 260.1 216.8 20.0% 151.4 71.8% 462.5 364.1 27.0% 469.4
PAT Margin (%) 10.1% 12.1% (205) bps 10.2% (14) bps 9.9% 11.3% (139) bps 10.5%
EPS1 (₹) 4.76 4.26 11.8% 2.70 76.4% 8.45 7.15 18.2% 9.07
1. Diluted EPS; non-annualised
Agenda
About Netweb Technologies
1
Quarterly Key Highlights
2
Key Investment Highlights
3
Growth Drivers
4
Annexure
5
Key Investment Highlights
1 4
India’s leading Indian origin owned
Long standing relationship with a
and controlled OEM for HCS with
marquee and diverse
integrated design and manufacturing
customer base
capabilities
2 5
Operates in a rapidly evolving and
Track record of financial performance
technologically advanced
and consistent growth
industry with high entry barriers
3 6
Significant product development and Experienced Board & Senior
innovation through R&D Management Team
*Source: F&S Report
Agenda
About Netweb Technologies
1
Quarterly Key Highlights
2
Key Investment Highlights
3
Growth Drivers
4
Annexure
5
Growth Drivers
Opportunities to realize sustainable growth of the business
Strong Topline Visibility Enhanced Capabilties Expansion of Operations Expanding Product
Portfolio
To capitalize on emerging Increasing investments in Forayed into developing
opportunities, will establish Generative AI infra by Govt new product lines, viz.,
Pipeline#
SMT line within 3-6 months & Large enterprises to cater Network Switches and 5G
₹ 32,322 Mn
to demand for LLM related ORAN Appliances
solutions
Partnership with NVIDIA as a
select manufacturing OEM for Introduced 5G cloud on
L1# latest Gen AI systems to Heavy adoption of Private core and edge for telecom
₹ 3,024 Mn unlock potential of AI and Cloud in the PSU Banks service providers
High-Performance computing
Increasing demand for HPC
in the Oil & Gas sector
Plan to introduce ARM based
Order Book
servers, using RISC
₹ 3,391 Mn
Foray into Europe & Middle
architecture, optimized for
East – plan to setup service
newer AI workloads such as
network in 4 countries to
LLM
start with
# Pipeline excludes L1, L1 excludes Order Book, all figures are as on 31.12.23
ARM – Advanced RISC Machines; RISC – Reduced Instruction Set Computer
Source: F&S Report
Shareholding Pattern (December 2023)
Non-Promoter Shareholding
Key Institutional Shareholders
Goldman Sachs Managed Funds
FIIs
26.9%
Mutual Funds /AIF Tata Mutual Fund
39.5%
Banks & Insurance
0.9% 360 One AIF
Body Corporate
2.5% 30.2%
Others
Total Shareholding Nomura Funds
0.2%
The Regents Of The University Of California
0.6%
6.7%
7.4% Eastspring Investments India Fund
9.7% Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund
Promoter Group
FIIs
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
Mutual Funds / AIF
Banks and Insurance BNP Paribas Arbitrage
75.4%
Body Corporate
Nippon Life India Mutual Fund
Others
Thank You
Chief Financial Officer Investor Relations Advisor
Prawal Jain Sanjeev Sancheti
Email: prawal.jain@netwebindia.com Email: ir@uirtus.in
Website: www.uirtus.in
netwebindia.com/ company/netweb-technologies/ twitter.com/netwebtech
Agenda
About Netweb Technologies
1
Quarterly Key Highlights
2
Key Investment Highlights
3
Growth Drivers
4
Annexure
5
IPO Fund Utilization
₹ in millions
Total Un-
Amount to be Amount
Utilized
S. No. Objects of the Issue as per Prospectus
Funded from Utilized as on
Amount as on
Net Proceeds 31.12.2023
31.12.2023
Civil Construction 90.0 17.5 72.5
1 Funding our CAPEX Requirements
Purchase of Equipment 232.9 38.5 194.4
2 Funding our long-term Working Capital Requirements 1,280.2 484.1 796.1
3 Repayment or Pre-payment of loans 225.0 225.0 -
4 General corporate purposes 112.2 - 112.2
Total 1,940.2 765.2 1,175.1
Quarterly Key Highlights
Cash Conversion Cycle Break-up
Particulars Dec’22 Mar’23 Sept’23 Dec’23
Receivable Days 96 94 132 105
Inventory Days 54 52 77 79
Payable Days (90) (88) (101) (108)
Cash Conversion Cycle 60 58 108 77
Note: Dec ’22, Sep’23 & Dect‘23 are Annualized.
Inhouse Design & Manufacturing Capabilities
End-to-End Designing & Production of
Make-in-India Server