BBajel ProjectsExecutive Cockpit

Value Creation Plan

The shareholder-value view — start → today → target, the equity re-rating that order-book growth, margin expansion & the T&D supercycle earn, plus the capacity, capability & working-capital programs behind it.

Bajel Projects Limited · FY26 (Mar'26, standalone audited anchor)
Bajaj Group's power-transmission & distribution EPC and tower/monopole manufacturing arm
1,400 employees · 1+ plants & units · 6 export markets
Executive read· the answer, then the moves

Enterprise value has gone from ₹1.35k Cr at the start of the journey to ₹2.36k Cr today (the EV that maps to Bajel's ₹2,201 Cr market cap + ₹160 Cr net debt); ₹1.48k Cr of the plan remains to the ₹3.84k Cr target. This is a listed re-rating story — order-book growth + margin expansion + the T&D supercycle justifying the rich ~66× P/E — so expand EBITDA margin from 4.4% toward 6% and bank the ₹80 Cr of open capacity / capability / working-capital programs.

4 of 4 headline metrics improving vs prior · still off target: Revenue (FY26) ₹2,792 Cr vs ₹3,200 Cr, EBITDA ₹125 Cr vs ₹160 Cr, EBITDA Margin 4.4% vs 6.0%

Do now — ranked by urgency
  1. 1
    Capture the ₹1.48k Cr of value remaining to targetWatch
    Why it matters

    ₹1.48k Cr of enterprise value stands between today's ₹2.36k Cr and the ₹3.84k Cr target plan — the swing that compounds shareholder value as the order book executes.

    What's driving it
    • EV ₹1.35k Cr → ₹2.36k Cr today → ₹3.84k Cr target
    • ₹1.01k Cr created, ₹1.48k Cr remaining
    FYI
    • Driven by order-book growth, EBITDA & margin — not multiple expansion
    • EBITDA margin 4.4% → Emerging T&D EPC tier (12–16×)
  2. 2
    Bank the ₹80 Cr of open programs run-rateWatch
    Why it matters

    ₹80 Cr of ₹106 Cr run-rate capacity, capability & working-capital programs is still to capture — the same work that lifts blended margin and cuts the 214 debtor days.

    What's driving it
    • Programs ₹106 Cr run-rate, ₹26 Cr banked
    • 2 of 6 workstreams behind plan
    FYI

    WC / debtor-days · Ranjangaon galvanizing · commodity hedging · 765 kV AIS/GIS · digital controls

  3. 3
    Expand EBITDA margin toward 6% — earn the multipleOpportunity
    Why it matters

    Bajel already trades at ~18.9× EV/EBITDA (66× P/E) — above the emerging-T&D-EPC fundamental, priced for growth optionality. Margin expansion (4.4%→6%) and order-book execution are what grow earnings into, and justify, that multiple.

    What's driving it
    • EBITDA margin 4.4% · Emerging T&D EPC tier (priced richer on growth optionality)
    • Higher-value scope (AIS/GIS · data-centre GIS · international) ₹1.46k Cr of the ₹4.05k Cr book
    FYI
    • The re-rating comes via earnings & margin growth — the target EV/EBITDA normalizes toward 16×
    • Shift mix toward 765 kV AIS/GIS, data-centre GIS & international
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● LiveBuilt forBoard / Investors· thesis progress & shareholder valueChairman / CFO· what earns the multipleStrategy· order-book growth & capability in the plan

Bajel runs a listed-company Value Creation Plan from start to target. The business has grown to ₹2.79k Cr of revenue with an all-time-high ₹4.05k Cr order book; the prize from here is an equity re-rating earned by order-book growth + margin expansion — India's T&D capex supercycle underwrites the demand, and higher-value 765 kV AIS/GIS, data-centre & international scope lifts blended margin to justify the rich ~66× P/E. This is the screen that tracks it.

Data backing: vcp (value-creation plan) · synergy_prog (programs) · service_line (order book by segment) · kpi · listed-EPC valuation conventions
Enterprise value · start → today → target (EBITDA × multiple)
Start of journey
₹1.35k Cr
₹90 Cr EBITDA × 15×
Today (FY26)
₹2.36k Cr
₹125 Cr EBITDA × 18.9×
Target (plan)
₹3.84k Cr
₹240 Cr EBITDA × 16×
Value created · remaining
₹1.01k Cr · ₹1.48k Cr
The plan

Value-creation workstreams

Each lever shown start → today → target, with progress through the plan.

WorkstreamLeverStartTodayTargetProgressStatus
Scale the order bookT&D capex supercycle · PGCIL / NEP · MENA₹2,984 Cr₹4,055 Cr₹6,000 Cr
On track
Grow revenueOrder-book execution₹2,598 Cr₹2,792 Cr₹4,000 Cr
On track
Expand marginHigher-value mix · commodity hedging · overhead leverage3.43%4.4%6%
Behind
Grow profitScale × margin₹90 Cr₹125 Cr₹240 Cr
On track
Discipline the balance sheetWC / debtor-days reduction · FCF0.2×1.3×
Behind
Re-rate the multipleOrder-book / growth optionality · earnings delivery15×18.9×16×
On track
What the market pays a T&D EPC

The multiple ladder

EBITDA margin moves the T&D-EPC multiple. At 4.4% Bajel sits in the emerging t&d epc tier on fundamentals — yet trades at ~18.9× on growth optionality; margin expansion toward 6% is what earns it.

Sub-scale, thin margin
EBITDA <4%
8–12×
Emerging T&D EPC · Bajel today (on fundamentals)
EBITDA 4–5%
12–16×
Established T&D EPC
EBITDA 5–7%
16–20×
Premium infrastructure EPC
EBITDA 7%+
20–24×

Bajel already trades above its fundamental tier — ~18.9× EV/EBITDA (66× P/E) on ₹125 Cr of EBITDA frames the ~₹2.36k Cr EV today. The honest read: earnings must grow into the multiple through order-book execution and margin expansion, not the multiple expand from here.

The higher-value scope

Higher-value scope · the margin & re-rating lever

Less-commodity, higher-margin scope — 765 kV AIS/GIS substations, data-centre GIS, RE-evacuation & international EPC — carries better margins than line-only EPC and underwrites the multiple; distinct from, and on top of, the commodity line book.

₹1.46k Crhigher-value order book · 36% of the ₹4.05k Cr book
Higher-value scope (AIS/GIS · international · distribution & new energies)₹1.46k Cr
Total order book₹4.05k Cr
Higher-value share of the book36%

So what: scaling 765 kV AIS/GIS substations, data-centre GIS and international EPC lifts blended margin above the thin ~4.4% line-EPC average — the operational lever that grows earnings into the ~18.9× multiple the company trades at. It's the highest-return rupee in the plan.

How the value actually gets captured

₹106 Cr of run-rate value-creation programs · ₹26 Cr banked

The concrete programs behind the numbers — not a slogan, a checklist.

Working-capital / debtor-days reduction
Milestone-billing & collections discipline to cut 214 debtor days — the biggest cash lever.
₹30 CrIn progress
Ranjangaon capacity & galvanizing expansion
₹170 Cr expansion (40,500→110,000 MT) — tower exports + third-party galvanizing.
₹26 CrCaptured
Margin-improvement & commodity hedging
Price-escalation clauses + steel / zinc hedging to protect the thin EBITDA margin.
₹22 CrIn progress
765 kV AIS/GIS capability build
Higher-value substation scope; won Pune 765 kV AIS + 400 kV GIS.
₹18 CrIn progress
Digital project controls (Primavera / MES)
Scheduling + MES for OTIF, margin visibility & working-capital control.
₹10 CrPlanned

Bajel's value-creation playbook in action: working-capital & debtor-days reduction, the ₹170 Cr Ranjangaon galvanizing expansion, margin-improvement & steel/zinc commodity hedging, 765 kV AIS/GIS capability build, and digital project controls (Primavera / MES). ₹80 Cr of run-rate is still to capture — the same work behind the margin-expansion (4.4%→6%) thesis.