Tanla Platforms Limited, India’s largest CPaaS provider, today announced its financial results for the quarter three of FY’21-22.

Key Metrics: Third Quarter
 

• Revenue increased by 35% year-over-year to Rs 8,849 million.
• Gross profit increased by 62% year-over-year to Rs 2,610 million. Gross margin at 29.5% and improved by 486 basis points year-over-year.
• EBITDA increased by 60% year-over-year to Rs 2,028 million. EBITDA at 22.9 % and improved by 352 basis points year-over-year.
• Profit after tax increased by 69% year-over-year to Rs 1,580 million.
• Earnings per share increased by 70% to Rs 11.66.
• Free cash flow at Rs 302 million and Cash & Cash Equivalents at Rs 8,807 million.

Key Metrics: Nine Months
 

• Revenue increased by 39% year-over-year to Rs 23,529 million.
• Gross profit increased by 66% year-over-year to Rs 6,647 million. Gross margin at 28.2% and improved by 457 basis points year-over-year.
• EBITDA increased by 72% year-over-year to Rs 5,161 million. EBITDA at 21.9% and improved by 425 basis points year-over-year.
• Profit after tax increased by 57% year-over-year to Rs 3,987 million.
• Earnings per share increased by 65% to Rs 29.37.
• Free cash flow at Rs 3,804 million.

Uday Reddy, Founder Chairman & CEO, Tanla Platforms Limited said, “Tanla has delivered year-on-year growth for 22 quarters in a row with a very strong performance in the quarter across all metrics, and we are confident this momentum will continue.”

Significant events during the quarter:

• Tanla and Vodafone Idea Limited (Vi) entered into an exclusive multi-year partnership for deployment of patented block-chain enabled Wisely Platform to secure, encrypt and enhance performance for the entire international messaging traffic on the Vi network.
• Onboarded two of the top ten Indian banks for secure and critical notification service on Wisely.
• Trubloq, our DLT platform crossed 31bn transactions in December 2021, handling more than 1bn transaction a day.
• Tanla has been included in Nifty India Digital Index, newly launched by NSE to track stocks broadly representing digital theme.
• The customer base has expanded with addition of 77 new customers. Revenue from > Rs10Mn+ customers grew by 36% year-over-year.
• As part of our net zero journey, we have measured our baseline carbon footprint and are working towards achieving commendable USGBC certifications for our new premises.

Invitation to conference:
Tanla will host a conference call and live webcast to discuss the financial results.

Conference call details:
The conference call will begin at 4.30 PM IST on January 24, 2022. Interested parties may listen to the call by dialing +91 22 6280 1141 / +91 22 7115 8042, or if outside India, by dialing toll-free number UK 08081011573, USA 18667462133, Hong Kong 800964448, and Singapore 8001012045. The live audio webcast link will be available on the Tanla website.

About Tanla

Tanla transforms the way the world collaborates and communicates through innovative CPaaS solutions. Founded in 1999, it was the first company to develop and deploy A2P SMSC in India. Today, as one of the world’s largest CPaaS players, it processes more than 800 billion interactions annually and about 63% of India’s A2P SMS traffic is processed through Trubloq, making it the world’s largest Blockchain use case. Wisely, our patented enterprise grade platform offers private, secure, and trusted experiences for enterprises and mobile carriers. Tanla Platforms Limited is headquartered in Hyderabad. Tanla is listed on two national exchanges, the NSE and BSE, (NSE: TANLA; BSE:532790) and included in prestigious indices such as the Nifty 500 and BSE 500, Nifty Digital Index, FTSE Russell and MSCI.

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Consolidated statement of Profit and Loss (Unaudited):       Rs. Lakhs Particulars Q3 FY22 Q2 FY22 Q3 FY21 I. Revenue from operations (net) 88,492.00 84,161.76 65,411.22 II. Other income 409.19 314.48 242.55 III. Total Income (I+II) 88,901.19 84,476.24 65,653.77 IV. Expenses       Cost of services 62,394.27 61,138.78 49,296.79 Employee benefits expense 3,797.02 3,305.47 2,003.54 Depreciation and amortisation expense 1,110.07 1,041.40 892.10 Connectivity expenses 326.38 351.00 286.40 Finance costs 28.21 57.87 17.37 Other expenses 1,690.34 1,498.37 1,136.29 Total expenses (IV) 69,346.29 67,392.89 53,632.49 V. Profit before share of profit/loss of associate and income tax (III - IV) 19,554.90 17,083.35 12,021.28 VI. Share in net profit/(loss) of associate -                     -   - VII. Profit before tax (V - VI) 19,554.90 17,083.35 12,021.28 VIII. Tax expense:       Current tax 3,553.31 3,356.95 1,680.40 Prior period taxes/MAT credit - (177.66) - Deferred tax 201.31 287.01 988.93 IX. Net Profit for the period (VII - VIII) 15,800.28 13,617.05 9,351.95 X. Other comprehensive income 16.93 25.11 (173.02) XI. Total Comprehensive income for the period (IX + X) 15,817.21 13,642.16 9,178.93 XII. Earnings per equity share       Basic & Diluted (not annualized for quarters) 11.66                   10.04 6.87   Consolidated Abridged Cash Flow Statement:       Rs. Lakhs Net cash provided by/(used in): 9M FY 22 (Unaudited) FY 21 (Audited) 9M FY 21 (Unaudited)       Operating activities 41,487.09 56,101.69 41,862.24       Investing activities (2,293.47) (977.64) (957.01)       Financing activities (9,534.98) (16,767.36) (16,030.03) Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 29,658.64 38,356.69 24,875.20 Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year 58,414.16 20,057.47 20,057.47 Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period 88,072.80 58,414.16 44,932.67

 
 
Consolidated statement of assets and liabilities:     

ASSETS   Rs. Lakhs Non-current assets As at Sept 30, 2021 (Unaudited) As at Mar 31, 2021 (Audited) Property, plant and equipment 2,702.65 2,966.56 Intangible assets 9,111.81 8,881.46 Intangible assets under development 2,767.90 638.67 Goodwill 13,455.69 13,455.69 Capital work in progress 745.88 - Right-of-use assets 5,577.19 385.79 Other financial assets 1,027.33 627.09 Deferred tax assets 3,712.03 4,284.37 Other non-current assets 2,053.32 3,069.23 Total non-current assets 41,153.80 34,308.86 Current assets     Trade receivables 52,117.18 37,314.68 Cash and cash equivalents 86,815.48 53,710.97 Bank balances other than cash and cash equivalents 1,257.32 4,703.18 Loans and advances 8.89 343.55 Other financial assets 38,505.55 25,646.05 Other current assets 4,564.81 5,233.46 Total current assets 1,83,269.23 1,26,951.89 TOTAL ASSETS 2,24,423.03 1,61,260.75       EQUITY AND LIABILITIES     Equity     Equity share capital 1,357.46 1,360.36 Other equity 1,19,207.73 87,949.86 Total equity 1,20,565.19 89,310.22 Non-current liabilities     Lease liabilities 5,435.29 348.67 Other financial liabilities 37.33 45.35 Provisions & other liabilities 155.90 820.54 Total non-current liabilities 5,628.52 1,214.56 Current liabilities     Financial liabilities     Trade payables 66,165.84 50,619.82 Other financial liabilities 28,578.53 18,599.54 Other current liabilities 1,273.87 1,249.60 Provisions 20.67 96.42 Liabilities for current tax (net) 2,190.41 170.59 Total current liabilities 98,229.32 70,735.97 TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 2,24,423.03 1,61,260.75

Source: BUSINESS WIRE INDIA