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Smartworks Coworking Spaces Limited provides flexible, fully managed office spaces primarily to enterprise clients across India and Singapore. It operates a platform connecting landlords, vendors, clients, and employees, focusing on large-format campuses and technology-driven operations to deliver scalable, value-centric workspaces.
SMA20 -6.5% / mo · RSI oversold · MACD −
FPI equity flow was positive in both fortnights, but exact sector-index confirmation is unavailable. View sector evidence
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Weak fundamentals, management evidence is still limited to a financial-only Trust Lite signal, price trend is neutral, and recent execution is consistent.
Fundamental lens: valuation, quality, growth, balance sheet, and cash flow.
Revenue +44.1% · PAT NDF YoY
Price trend and sector-relative-strength timing.
Legacy margin-of-safety estimate; the revised evidence label remains in shadow validation.
Financial-only signal; management claim evidence is not sufficient yet.
Fundamentals, quarterly history, margins, returns and balance-sheet evidence
margin compression · Rev +44% YoY
| Metric | This quarter | YoY | QoQ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | ₹546 Cr | +44.1% | +5.0% |
| EBITDA | ₹346 Cr | +43.6% | +2.4% |
| Operating margin | 63.0% | -100 bps | -200 bps |
| PAT | ₹13 Cr | NDF | -23.5% |
| PAT margin | 2.4% | +344 bps | -89 bps |
NDF means not disclosed in the current structured filing feed. It is intentionally not treated as zero.
Updated 20/10/2026
Trend interpretation, Stage 2, relative strength, volume and indicator evidence
Signals are conflicting — long-term uptrend intact. RSI 29. Wait for confirmation.
Mechanical read from the price + indicator series above. Not a recommendation — technical setups can reverse without warning, especially around earnings and macro events.
U-Score 32 · legacy U-Score band WATCHLIST · valuation evidence and comparable companies
Top U-Score contributors and drags from the latest stored fundamentals.
For this sector, IndiaPulse uses a blended lens rather than relying on a single valuation ratio.
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.
12 stored score snapshots. Latest stored move: +0 points.
Business-comparable peers in Services — ranked by industry, sub-sector, theme-tag overlap, market cap, and U-Score similarity. Green cells mark the best available peer metric in this table.
Growth engines, risks, management commitments and evidence-backed delivery
Q1 FY27 saw strong financial and operational growth with revenue up 44% YoY and 5% QoQ to INR 5,462 Mn. Normalised EBITDA surged 74% YoY to INR 1,069 Mn, with margins expanding to 19.6%. RoCE held at 21.5% despite a 66% YoY increase in growth capex.
The company demonstrates consistent sequential and annual growth in revenue, EBITDA, and RoCE, supported by a strong pipeline of pre-contracted space and deepening enterprise client relationships. The self-funding model and disciplined capital allocation appear to absorb growth capex without impacting returns. Market tailwinds from flex demand, GCCs, and AI adoption further support the growth trajectory.
Latest issuer-disclosed distribution across 4 reported categories.
Long-tenure, multi-city contracts deliver high visibility, low volatility, and repeat expansion.
Full-building assets, secured early, ramp predictably at superior unit economics.
Incremental revenue converts disproportionately to EBITDA and operating cash flow.
GCC contribution to revenue increased to ~21% from 15% in FY26; flex rises from 18% to 32% of GCC leasing.
16.9 Msf (includes leased, LOI/Term Sheets/Heads of Terms).
~0.3 Msf added in Q1 FY27, reaching 10.4 Msf operational.
2.2–2.7 Msf operationalizing over the next nine months from a ready pipeline of signed buildings.
~863,000 sq. ft. SBA, live in H2 FY27, with strong pre-fills.
Grade-A demand has outrun new office space since 2022, with a projected gap of +5 to +15 Msf in 2026.
Flex operators were 27% of Q2 leasing, ahead of technology; flex drove 57% jump in 200k+ sq. ft. deals.
Occupiers with flex in portfolio expected to rise from 55% to 65% by 2027; penetration to exceed 14% of total office stock.
AI is reshaping office demand upward; GCCs plan net increase in India headcount, with flex rising from 18% to 32% of GCC leasing.
Management claims value pricing keeps Smartworks preferred in downturns; long-term agreements with landlords and clients.
Typically no more than ~30% of a centre leased to a single client; IT/ITeS is ~35% of portfolio (down from ~44% in FY24).
Mid-to-large enterprise focus drives longer lock-ins; pricing targets rental revenue of at least 2x rental expense, eliminating mismatch through FY29.
Issuer guidance and extracted claims are tracked against later reported outcomes. Treat these as management statements, not IndiaPulse forecasts.
The company emphasizes both sequential growth ("fifth in a row since listing") and strong annual growth rates (e.g., revenue +44% YoY, EBITDA +74% YoY), indicating consistent momentum and overall expansion.
INR 5,462 Mn, ▲ 44% YoY · +5% QoQ
INR 1,069 Mn, ▲ 74% YoY · +8% QoQ
19.6%, ▲ ~340 bps YoY
21.5%, ▲ ~870 bps YoY
28–30% revenue growth, 19–20% normalised EBITDA margin, 12.5–13 Msf operational by March 2027.
OCF structurally above 1x EBITDA; net debt of just INR 56 Mn; mature-centre cash flows self-fund new investment cycle.
Modular, standardised builds cap maintenance capex at ~12–15% of initial capex.
| Checkpoint | Current evidence | What to verify next |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue Growth | +44% YoY, +5% QoQ (Q1 FY27) | Delivery on FY27 guidance of 28-30% YoY growth, supported by ~INR 54,000 Mn contracted revenue. |
| Normalised EBITDA Margin | 19.6% (Q1 FY27) | Continued expansion towards FY27 guidance of 19-20%, driven by operating leverage and cost excellence. |
| Operational SBA Additions | 10.4 Msf operational (+0.3 Msf in Q1 FY27) | Progress towards FY27 target of 12.5-13 Msf operational, with 2.2-2.7 Msf operationalizing in next nine months. |
| Mature Committed Occupancy | 92% (Q1 FY27) | Stability or improvement in mature occupancy as new centers ramp up and portfolio rebalancing continues. |
Verification checkpoints are IndiaPulse research interpretation, not investment advice.
Trust asks: does management behaviour match later outcomes? Higher is better, but confidence and evidence depth matter as much as the number.
Limited evidence: Claim history is still being built. It ranks around the 52nd percentile of the scored universe and 58th percentile within Services. Main check: balance sheet trust is weak at 22/100.
This is a financial-behaviour screen, not a claim-tested management reliability verdict.
Financial behaviour is scored, but management claims do not yet have enough outcome checks.
overall median 67 · Services: 58th pctile, median 66 · Micro: 32nd pctile, median 73
27 documents have extracted text, but claim history is not strong enough yet.
0 claims extracted · No contradicted claim yet
Read 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.
Read low sub-scores as due-diligence warnings, not automatic sell signals.
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