News on Medial

K12 Techno Services touches Rs 430 Cr revenue in FY24, turns EBITDA positive

Entrackr · 13d

K12 Techno Services, which runs a school chain under the brand name Orchids, has shown efficient financial performance in the last fiscal. The company reported around 20% year-on-year growth in its operating revenue during FY24, with over a 75% reduction in losses. K12 Techno Services’s revenue from operations rose to Rs 429.2 crore in the fiscal year ending March 2024, from Rs 358.3 crore in FY23, its financial statement filed with the Registrar of Companies shows. Apart from operating over 90 Orchids School branches across the country, K12 Techno Services has six verticals, including Sparklebox, an e-commerce store for activity kits, and Eduvate, which provides custom solutions for school operations and curriculum design. The sale of services accounted for the majority, contributing 58.72% (Rs 252.02 crore) of the revenue, with a modest 7.1% year-over-year growth. However, the sale of products for the Bengaluru-based firm surged by 46.5% to Rs 171.72 crore in FY24, making up 40.01% of the total operating revenue. Including non-operating income of Rs 18.47 crore, K12 Techno Services’ total income grew 17% to Rs 447.67 crore in the last fiscal year. On the expense side, employee benefit expenses remained the largest cost component, rising by 28.2% to Rs 173.38 crore in FY24 and constituting 37.92% of the total expense. The cost of materials grew by 23% to Rs 89.2 crore, while depreciation expenses rose by 64.4% to Rs 58.69 crore. Advertising expenses decreased by 20.5% to Rs 58.86 crore. Despite registering 17% growth in scale, the company’s total expenses grew by 8.5% to Rs 457.2 crore in FY24, up from Rs 421.5 crore in FY23. In the end, K12 Techno Service’s losses shrank 75% to Rs 9.5 crore in FY24 from Rs 38.75 crore in FY23. The firm also achieved a positive EBITDA of Rs 80.37 crore in the last fiscal. Its ROCE and EBITDA margin stood at 1.69% and 17.95%, respectively. On a unit basis, the company spent Rs 1.07 to earn a rupee of operating income in the last fiscal year. The company’s assets rose to Rs 402 crore in FY24 from Rs 312 crore in FY23, while its cash and bank balance at the end of FY24 stood at Rs 174.65 crore.