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Leap India posts 30% profit jump in Q1
By Startup Enthusiast ·
- Date
- Company
- LEAP India
- What it does
- Supply chain equipment pooling solutions
- Kind
- Results
- Stage
- public
- Founded
- 2013
What they do
Leap India provides supply chain solutions like equipment pooling and inventory management
What happened
Q1 FY27 net profit rose 30% to ₹24.7 crore, revenue up 19% to ₹203.4 crore
Why it matters
EBITDA margin improved to 53.5%, and the company added 100 new customers
The details
- Leap India reported a 30% year-on-year increase in net profit to ₹24.7 crore for Q1 FY27.
- Operating revenue grew 19% to ₹203.4 crore from ₹170.8 crore a year ago.
- Total income for the quarter was ₹213.4 crore, including ₹10 crore from other income.
- Expenses rose 17% to ₹180.5 crore, while tax expense stood at ₹8.3 crore.
- EBITDA increased 21% to ₹114.1 crore, with margin improving to 53.5% (up 108 basis points).
- Sequentially, profit dipped 8.5% from ₹27 crore in Q4 FY26, while revenue was nearly flat.
- The company's shares were listed in mid-August at a premium of about 4.4% over the issue price of ₹159.
- Shares closed Monday at ₹167.70 on BSE, down 0.47%.
The bigger picture
- The results come shortly after Leap India's IPO in August 2026, which raised ₹480 crore in fresh issue and ₹2,000 crore in offer for sale.
- The company's core pallets vertical contributed 60% of total income, growing 18% year-on-year.
- Customer churn remains below 1%, indicating strong retention.
- The company added 100 new customers in Q1, taking its total client base to over 1,000.
About the business
- Leap India provides supply chain solutions including equipment pooling, inventory management, transportation, and repair and maintenance.
- It serves sectors such as FMCG, beverages, ecommerce, automotive, and retail.
- The company's owned and managed asset base is about 1.5 crore units, up 9% year-on-year.
- In Q1 FY27, it added 10 lakh pallets, 20 lakh containers, and 1,467 MHE assets.
- Total pallets stood at 92 lakhs, containers at 57 lakhs, and MHE pooled assets at 4,532.
- Pallet utilisation rate was 89.2% in Q1 FY27, up from 88.6% a year ago.
- Container utilisation rate was 72.9%, slightly down from 73.2%, and MHE value utilisation was 80.9%, down from 82.9%.
- Touchpoints increased over 50% year-on-year to 10,500, while fulfilment centres declined to 28 from 30.
What happens next
- Expand movement hire to transfer assets between entities and improve utilisation.
- Cross-sell pallets, containers, and MHE to existing customers.
- Extend pooling services to new industries.
- Build presence in the GCC region via wholly owned subsidiaries in Saudi Arabia and UAE.
Founders
- Sunu Mathew, Founder
About LEAP India
- Product
- A full-stack international student mobility and study-abroad platform.
- Customers
- Students planning to study overseas, with universities and education partners also involved in the funnel.
- How it makes money
- Makes money through student services and partner referrals or commissions from education institutions.
- What sets it apart
- Offers end-to-end support across the study-abroad journey and is expanding into new geographies.
- Operations
- Works with educational institutions abroad and supports international student placement.
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