BSOFT
Large CapBIRLASOFT LIMITED
IT
Birlasoft is an IT services company focused on AI-led capabilities and enterprise software. It recently onboarded new leaders and is investing in its sales team to pivot to a growth-oriented "AI First" organization amidst a challenging demand environment, aiming to return to revenue growth.
One read, four checks
75+ is strong, 60-74 is usable, 45-59 is mixed, and below 45 needs caution. These are research lenses, not buy/sell instructions.
Investable fundamentals, management trust is acceptable, price trend argues for patience, and recent execution is weak.
Fundamental lens: valuation, quality, growth, balance sheet, and cash flow.
low confidence · 0/0 claims checked
Timing lens: price trend and sector relative strength.
Rolling lens: recent quarterly delivery, not the latest single-result score.
Quarter ended 31 Mar 2026
Good · 70/100Rev +2% YoY · PAT +44% YoY · margin expansion · operating leverage
| Metric | This quarter | YoY | QoQ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹1,349 Cr | +2.4% | +0.1% |
| EBITDA | ₹249 Cr | +43.1% | +1.6% |
| Operating margin | 18.0% | +500 bps | +0 bps |
| PAT | ₹176 Cr | +44.3% | +46.7% |
| PAT margin | 13.1% | +379 bps | +415 bps |
NDF means not disclosed in the current structured filing feed. It is intentionally not treated as zero.
Where growth can come from, and what can break the case
Q4 FY26 revenue grew 0.1% QoQ (INR) but declined in USD. Full-year FY26 revenue declined 1.2% (INR) / 6% (USD). EBITDA margins expanded significantly to 18.5% in Q4 and 16.3% for FY26, driven by operational efficiencies and strategic exits. Deal signings exceeded $200M for two consecutive quarters.
Despite strong margin expansion and deal wins, Birlasoft's revenue has been flat or declining for six consecutive quarters, reflecting a challenging demand environment and client-specific issues. Management is undertaking a second restructuring with new leadership and substantial sales team expansion, betting on an "AI First" strategy to drive future growth. The success of these investments and the conversion of delayed deals are critical.
AI-led capabilities
Deploying AI-powered solutions like Cogito platform to accelerate enterprise software development, automate processes, and enhance decision-making.
Sales team expansion
Expect to increase sales team strength by 30-40% YoY by mid-FY27 to enhance capacity and capability, with additions in US and Europe geos.
ERP business turnaround
New leader from SAP with 25 years of experience hired to lead the ERP business, with hopes to get it back to growth.
BFSI vertical
Scaling Gen AI services across the North American P&C market; management expects BFSI to be a strong growth vertical going forward.
Sales team headcount
Sales team strength expected to go up by 30% to 40% on a year-on-year basis by the middle of FY '27.
Leadership hires
Onboarded Vikram Puranik as COO, new leaders for Data & AI practice, ERP practice, Global Partnerships & Alliances, and Lifesciences vertical.
Currency tailwinds
Benefited by incremental one-offs in Q4 versus Q3, including currency tailwinds contributing 170 basis points to margin.
Tax concessions
Took the benefit of available tax concessions in some global operations in Q4, which acted as a tailwind.
Lower provisions
Lower provisions for performance-based compensation and leave encashment in Q4 contributed 170 basis points to margin.
Soft demand environment
Sustained macroeconomic headwinds led to some client-specific issues and erosion of revenue.
Client-specific operational issue
An operational issue at one MedTech customer affected volume growth in Q4, reflected in the Life Sciences business.
Productivity benefits from AI deals
Upfront productivity benefits had to be passed on because of AI deals won, denting revenue.
Non-profitable revenue streams
Bold decisions to walk away from several non-profitable revenue streams affected overall revenue but contributed to margin expansion.
Market volatility
The demand environment is challenging, marked by uncertainty, making future predictions difficult.
Execution risk of new hires
Success depends on new leaders and expanded sales team settling down, building pipeline, and converting orders.
Competitive intensity
Larger players are now competing for mid-sized deals due to AI creating a level playing field.
Revenue deflation from AI deals
Outcome-based, fixed-price AI deals can lead to immediate revenue deflation, with revenue catching up in future quarters.
What management said, and what results must prove
Issuer guidance and extracted claims are tracked against later reported outcomes. Treat these as management statements, not IndiaPulse forecasts.
QoQ is crucial to track sequential momentum, especially with new investments and deal conversions. YoY is important for full-year performance and margin expansion context, but the company's recent performance issues make QoQ more indicative of immediate trends.
Revenue (Q4 FY26)
INR 13,486 million (0.1% QoQ, 2.4% YoY); $145.3 million (-3.7% QoQ CC, USD)
Revenue (FY26)
INR 53,100 million (-1.2% YoY); $597.5 million (-6% YoY USD)
EBITDA Margin (Q4 FY26)
18.5% (+30 bps QoQ)
EBITDA Margin (FY26)
16.3% (+333 bps YoY from 13% in FY25)
Focus on sales, pipeline, order booking
Entire focus going forward will be centered around sales, pipeline generation, and order booking, especially for outcome-based and managed services engagements.
"AI First" organization
Intent to pivot to a growth-oriented "AI First" organization with significant changes in delivery mechanism, expecting benefits over the next couple of quarters.
ERP business improvement
Management strongly believes the ERP business will only continue to improve from here with the new leader.
Sustained cash flow generation
Committed to staying focused on sustained cash flow generation and prudent capital allocation.
Numbers and claims to verify in the next filings
| Checkpoint | Current evidence | What to verify next |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth | 6 consecutive quarters of flat/declining QoQ revenue. | Resumption of quarter-on-quarter revenue growth, indicating effectiveness of new investments. |
| Order booking (TCV) | $208M in Q4, second consecutive quarter above $200M. | Sustained strong order booking performance, substantially better than FY26, to build future revenue pipeline. |
| Sales team ramp-up effectiveness | 30-40% increase in sellers expected by mid-FY27. | Tangible improvement in pipeline generation and TCV conversion from new sales hires. |
| EBITDA margin | 18.5% in Q4 FY26. | Maintenance of steady-state EBITDA margins upward of 15% despite growth investments and one-off reversals. |
Verification checkpoints are IndiaPulse research interpretation, not investment advice.
Trend score and candlestick chart
43NeutralSMA20 -16.2% / mo · near 52W low
Technical chart
BSOFTdaily · 6M-24.5%Technical trend read
Bearish setupTrend is weak — long-term trend unclear. RSI 41.
- SMA20 falling (~15.1% over last month) — short-term momentum negative.
- RSI(14) at 41 — falling, no extreme reading.
- MACD above signal but histogram contracting — bullish momentum cooling.
- Within 5% of 52-week low — testing support.
Mechanical read from the price + indicator series above. Not a recommendation — technical setups can reverse without warning, especially around earnings and macro events.
Valuation, score drivers, trust methodology, financials, and peers
Use these sections after reviewing the decision summary, latest result, thesis, management accountability, and technical timing above.
Fundamental score breakdown
UNDERVALUEDWhy this score?
Top U-Score contributors and drags from the latest stored fundamentals.
Positive drivers
- FCF yield is supportive at 3.8%.
- Piotroski is strong at 8/9.
- Fair-value margin of safety is positive at 60.1%.
Main drags
- Quality is weaker at 6/20; verify the latest quarterly trend.
- Growth is weaker at 13/25; verify the latest quarterly trend.
- Valuation is weaker at 17/30; verify the latest quarterly trend.
IT valuation: PE and EV/EBITDA against growth and margins
Asset-light IT companies deserve valuation support only when growth, margins, and cash conversion hold up.
Stored run vs live recompute
This shows the stored score trend when snapshots exist, and also compares the latest stored nightly score with a live recompute from current fundamentals and price.
Score history
12 stored score snapshots. Latest stored move: +0 points.
Factor attribution
Trust asks: does management behaviour match later outcomes? Higher is better, but confidence and evidence depth matter as much as the number.
Healthy Trust: Claim history is still being built. It ranks around the 70th percentile of the scored universe and 64th percentile within IT. Main check: results consistency is weak at 36/100.
Healthy Trust Lite: Promoter pledge is zero. Key concern: ROCE trend is -2.7%.
Generally investable credibility. Look for weak sub-scores before increasing position size.
overall median 67 · IT: 64th pctile, median 68 · Large: 47th pctile, median 74
81 documents indexed, but claim history is not strong enough yet.
0 claims extracted · No contradicted claim yet
How to read this Trust Score
Healthy Trust · low confidenceRead Trust alongside U-Score, result consistency, and technical trend. A cheap stock with weak Trust needs a larger margin of safety; a high Trust score does not make an expensive stock attractive by itself.
Forensic breakdown
Read low sub-scores as due-diligence warnings, not automatic sell signals.
Trust positives
- ▸Promoter pledge is zero.
- ▸FCF yield is positive at 3.7%.
- ▸11 years of positive FCF.
- ▸Debt/equity is 0.03.
Trust risks
- ▸ROCE trend is -2.7%.
- ▸1/4 latest quarters had positive YoY revenue growth.
- ▸1 of the latest 4 quarters had PAT decline worse than 25% YoY.
Trust Lite uses financial behaviour only. Prefer claim-tested Trust when enough concall claims have later outcomes.
Intrinsic value
Fundamentals
Valuation
- P/E
- 16.40
- P/B
- 2.17
- EV/EBITDA
- 9.58
- Market Cap
- 8918.00Cr
Profitability
- ROE
- 14.40%
- ROCE
- 21.60%
- ROA
- 9.84%
- Dividend Y
- 2.04%
Growth (CAGR)
- Revenue 5Y
- 8.00%
- EPS 5Y
- 11.00%
- Revenue 3Y
- 3.00%
- EPS 3Y
- 19.00%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.03
- Interest Coverage
- 43.30×
- Altman Z
- 7.55
- Book Value
- 147.00
Cash Flow
- FCF Yield
- 3.79%
- FCF Positive Y
- 11/5
- OCF
- 481.00 Cr
- EPS TTM
- 18.55
Shareholding
- Promoter Hold
- 40.39%
- Promoter Pledge
- 0.00%
- Momentum 52W
- 8%
Financial History
Updated 9/6/2026
Revenue
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%Peers
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