Quess Corp. Ltd. · NSE:QUESS
Quess — Q2 FY27 Earnings Presentation
43 slides from Quess's earnings presentation, Oct 30, 2026
Slide 1: Exchange filing cover letter - Investors Presentation Q2 FY27
QCL/SEC/2026-27/72 October 30, 2026 To, BSE Limited National Stock Exchange of India Limited Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, Exchange Plaza, Dalal Street, Bandra- Kurla Complex, Mumbai – 400 001 Bandra (East), Mumbai – 400 051 Security Code – 539978 NSE Symbol – QUESS Dear Sir/ Madam, Sub: Investors Pres
Slide 2: Quess Corp Ltd Investor Presentation Q2 and H1 FY27
Quess Corp Ltd Investor Presentation Q2 and H1 FY27 1
Slide 3: Safe Harbour
Safe Harbour This presentation has been prepared by Quess Corp Limited (“Company") solely for information purposes without any regard to any specific objectives, financial situations or informational needs of any particular person. This presentation may not be copied, distributed or disseminated, di
Slide 4: Q2 FY27 Highlights
Q2 FY27 Highlights Headcount of 5,04,000 – India’s largest staffing player with net addition of 21k in Q2 Revenue: ₹ 4,396 Cr, up 15% YoY and EBITDA: ₹ 86 Cr, up 12% YoY; PAT at ₹ 75 Cr and EPS at ₹ 5.0 up YoY by 44% with ROE* of 25% Net cash of ₹ 471 Cr after final dividend of ~₹ 45 Cr of FY26 paid
Slide 5: Table of Content
Table of Content 1 Company Overview 2 Financial Highlights 3 Segment Updates QuessQuess Corp Confidential © 2026. Corp Confidential All Rights © 2026. Reserved. All Rights Reserved.
Slide 6: Company Overview
QUESS WINNING TOGETHER Company Overview
Slide 7: Quess – Tech enabled Workforce platform
Quess – Tech enabled Workforce platform Quess is one of the largest private- sector employers and a focused, tech- powered talent infrastructure company helping enterprises hire, manage, and scale talent across functions and industries. 8 5.04L+ 2,300+ 40K+ 1400+ Recruiters powered Countries Employe
Slide 8: Our Journey
Our Journey Objective Strategic Outcomes Position Quess as the preferred career and A focused, agile, and future-ready technology-driven talent partner organization built for long-term sustainable growth and shareholder value. 3- Way Demerger Expansion Focused Play Global Scale Initial Growth India’
Slide 9: Purpose That Powers Us: Our Mission and Vision
Purpose That Powers Us: Our Mission and Vision What differentiates us is not just our scale, but our mission and vision. Employment Opportunities Social Security We help job seekers find formal We provide social security benefits to a employment opportunities. wider employable population. Productivi
Slide 10: Large Scale Operations
Large Scale Operations General Staffing: ~490k Candidates sourced from Active Associates: Professional Staffing: ~8k 700+ Districts across India ~504,000 Overseas Businesses: ~6k Recruiters: Monthly Onboarding: 1400+ ~40,000+ Gross Adds 30+ Offices – Across India • Guwahati • Chandigarh • Patna • De
Slide 11: Quess Business Segments (H1 FY27 figures)
Quess Business Segments (H1 FY27 figures) (Figures in ₹ Cr) Building a future-ready workforce ecosystem • Consumer, Retail & Telecom (CRT) • Manufacturing 4,90,262 ₹ 7,419 ₹ 108 General Staffing • Banking and Financial Services & Insurance (BFSI) (97%) (86%) (53%) • Construction • Digital & Technolo
Slide 12: Board of Directors
Board of Directors Gopalakrishnan Ajit Isaac Lohit Bhatia Anish Thurthi Soundarajan Non-Executive Chairman ED & Group Chief Executive Officer Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director Founder of Quess Corp, with With 29+ years experience, Director, Fairbridge Capital MD, Hamblin Watsa Investment
Slide 13: Management Team
Management Team Lohit Bhatia Sunitha Neeraj Jain Namrata Sajnani Karthikeyan ED & Group Chief Executive Officer Chief Financial Officer Chief Operating Officer Chief People Officer With 29+ years experience, Brings 20+ years in finance 18+ years in operational 10yrs in textile & auto leadership acro
Slide 14: Shareholding Pattern
Shareholding Pattern Promoters Ajit Isaac 57% Chairman and Non Executive Director Shareholding AIF 1.39% Non promoter shareholders* % Corporate bodies 1.19% FPI 10.31% Insurance Tata Mutual Fund 7.85% companies, 0.09% Ashish Dhawan 4.90% Mutual Funds Others, 0.27% 10.50% Ellipsis Partners LLC 3.91%
Slide 15: Independence of Directors & Auditors
Independence of Directors & Auditors Auditors Independent Non-Executive Directors Directors 50% of Directors are Independent Non- Executive Executive Chairman Director Quess Corp Confidential © 2026. All Rights Reserved. 14
Slide 16: Dividend Distribution History
Dividend Distribution History Financial Year Type of Dividend Dividend per share % of Dividend Total Dividend Dividend per share, ₹ 2020-21 Interim Dividend 7 70% 7 2021-22 Interim Dividend 4 40% 4 ₹12 ₹11 Interim Dividend 4 40% ₹10 ₹10 2022-23 12 3 Interim Dividend 8 80% ₹7 Interim Dividend 4 40% 6
Slide 17: Market Opportunity for Quess
Market Opportunity for Quess India Staffing & Recruitment Growth Drivers Services $ Bn 49 Unorganized to Farm to non-Farm 40 Organized 30 CAGR 13% India expected to add GST collection up from 19 7.85 Mn non-farm $103Bn in FY18 to 20 jobs annually through $257Bn in FY25 (~2.7X) 10 2030 0 2022 2030 Pr
Slide 18: Our Differentiators
Our Differentiators Market Credibility Robust Governance Your Trusted Partner for Scalable, & Transparency Structure Governance driven by a Board Compliant & Future-Ready Staffing Publicly listed organisation ensuring full regulatory of 8 Directors, including 4 Solutions compliance, transparency, an
Slide 19: India's Largest Staffing & Workforce Solutions provider
India’s Largest Staffing & Workforce Solutions provider 490K+ 55K+ associates deployed apprentices 70+ 30+ sourcing hubs for offices and extensive onboarding including a Tier 2 & 3 reach for centralised Center of faster onboarding Experience in Jaipur 57k 166K+ new UANs for FY26 first-time workers
Slide 20: Quess IT Staffing & Solutions
Quess IT Staffing & Solutions India's leading technology workforce partner, delivering skilled IT talent and managed technology solutions to 300+ enterprises across 80+ cities. ~7,500+ 800+ Technology skill Associates deployed domains 350+ 30K+ Specialist IT Monthly talent recruiters outreach QuessQ
Slide 21: Quess Recruitment Services
Quess Recruitment Services India’s leading recruitment company with 15+ years of experience staffing executive professionals across levels and skillsets. Our RPO recruiters across India cover 800+ tech skills, deliver 8,000+ hires annually, and support both IT and Non-IT hiring. 8,000+ 75+ Annual hi
Slide 22: Overseas Business
Overseas Business Global Expansion Engine 6,000+ Associates 7+Countries APAC • Singapore & Malaysia (Professional & General Staffing) • Philippines (Professional Staffing) • Sri Lanka (Professional & General Staffing) • Vietnam (Professional Staffing) Middle East • Dubai and Abu-Dhabi (Professional
Slide 23: Digital Platforms
Digital Platforms Job Platform for Mobile-first One of the largest Blue & Grey Collar HRMS Platform employee benefits Workforce platforms Transforming One of the largest employee learning tech-driven gig discovery platforms in India 12.6Mn+ Job 150K+ Daily 75K+ Gig Seekers On Active Users Worker Ham
Slide 24: Our Reach
Our Reach Among the top India’s biggest retail private banking & company by revenue and NBFC leaders driving store network hire from us. India’s largest telecom operator by subscriber World’s largest IT base and data services & consulting consumption hire from firm hire IT professionals us. from us.
Slide 25: Our Trusted Partners
Our Trusted Partners Telecom FMCG BPO/ITes Retail Lifesciences FMCD & Pharma E-Commerce Consulting & Logistics QuessQuess Corp Confidential © 2026. Corp Confidential All Rights © 2026. Reserved. All Rights Reserved. 24
Slide 26: Our Client Portfolio
Our Client Portfolio BFSI Manufacturing IT Services Automotive Quess CorpCorp Quess Confidential © 2026. Confidential All Rights © 2026. Reserved. All Rights Reserved. 25
Slide 27: Awards earned by Team
Awards earned by Team Ranked #1 In SIA’s top 100 largest staffing Ranked #2 among Ranked 40th among the #19 Best Place to Work Certified Great Place to firms in India, 2025, India’s Top 10 Best India’s largest Best workplace in the in India, 2025 | Great Work in 2026 – Ranked #37 top 100 workplace i
Slide 28: Financial Updates
Financial Updates QUESS WINNING TOGETHER 27
Slide 29: Q2 FY27 Financial Highlights
Q2 FY27 Financial Highlights (Figures in ₹ Cr) Revenue Q2 FY27 YoY QoQ Op. Margin Q2 FY27 YoY QoQ General Staffing 3,823^ ▲ 15% ▲ 6% General Staffing 57 ▲ 23% ▲ 11% Professional Staffing 254 ▲ 13% ▲ 1% Professional Staffing 27 ▼ 2% ▼ 4% Overseas Business 318 ▲ 10% ▼ 4% Overseas Business 22 ▲ 23% ▲ 7
Slide 30: H1 FY27 Financial Highlights
H1 FY27 Financial Highlights (Figures in ₹ Cr) Revenue H1 FY27 H1 FY26 YoY Op. Margin H1 FY27 H1 FY26 YoY General Staffing 7,419^ 6,439 ▲ 15% General Staffing 108 92 ▲ 18% Professional Staffing 506 468 ▲ 8% Professional Staffing 55 52 ▲ 4% Overseas Business 651 575 ▲ 13% Overseas Business 43 36 ▲ 20
Slide 31: Q2 FY27 Financial Updates
Q2 FY27 Financial Updates (Figures in ₹ Cr) Revenue EBITDA & Margin % 15% 12 % 100 4,396 86 85 86 90 77 80 80 4,182 70 60 3,930 3,892 2.0% 2.0% 2.2% 2.0% 3,832 50 1.9% 40 30 20 10 0 0% Q2'26 Q3'26 Q4'26 Q1'27 Q2'27 Q2'26 Q3'26 Q4'26 Q1'27 Q2'27 5% 1% PAT & Margin % EPS (in ₹) 44% 44% 100 82* ₹ 5.5*
Slide 32: Income Statement
Income Statement (Figures in ₹ Cr) Particulars Q2 FY2027 Q1 FY2027 QoQ Q2 FY2026 YoY H1 FY27 H1 FY26 YoY Revenue 4,396 4,182 ▲5% 3,832 ▲15% 8,578 7,483 ▲15% Adj. EBITDA (excl. ESOP cost)* 92 86 ▲7% 77 ▲20% 178 146 ▲22% Adj. EBITDA Margin % 2.1% 2.1% ▲ 4 bps 2.0% ▲ 10 bps 2.1% 2.0% ▲ 12 bps EBITDA 86
Slide 33: Balance Sheet
Balance Sheet (Figures in ₹ Cr) Particulars (₹ Cr) H1 FY2027 FY2026 Movement % Change FY 2025 Assets Fixed Assets & Intangibles 395 388 7 ▲ 2% 341 Other Non-Current Assets 447 638 (191) ▼ 30% 575 Trade Receivables & Unbilled Revenue 2,150 1,582 568 ▲ 36% 1,529 Cash and Cash Equivalent 471 271 201 ▲
Slide 34: Cashflow Statement
Cashflow Statement (Figures in ₹ Cr) Particulars (₹ Cr) H1 FY27 H1 FY26 FY2026 FY2025 PAT 157 103 222 46 Cash generated from operations 137 199 298 251 Income taxes (paid)/refund received 229 (41) (68) 129 Net Operating cashflows 366 158 229 380 Expenditure on PPE (6) (3) (9) (1) Other Investing Act
Slide 35: Segment updates
QUESS WINNING TOGETHER Segment updates
Slide 36: Financial Performance | General Staffing
Financial Performance | General Staffing (Figures in ₹ Cr) Revenue EBITDA & Margin % 15% 23% 60 57 55 52 51 3,823 50 46 45 3,596 45 40 3,409 3,328 35 3,317 1.6% 30 1.4% 1.4% 1.5% 25 1.3% 20 15 10 0% Q2'26 Q3'26 Q4'26 Q1'27 Q2'27 Q2'26 Q3'26 Q4'26 Q1'27 Q2'27 6% 11% Key Developments • 116 new contrac
Slide 37: Operational Performance | General Staffing - QSS
Operational Performance | General Staffing - QSS Associate : Core FTE Collect & Pay % 289 76% 76% 76% 75% 286 74% 279 273 270 Q2'26 Q3'26 Q4'26 Q1'27 Q2'27 Q2'26 Q3'26 Q4'26 Q1'27 Q2'27 Sector-wise Concentration % Headcount (‘000) 10% 8% 9% 7% 6% 486 18% 18% 19% 19% 25% 468 468 463 466 43% 48% 48% 5
Slide 38: Q2 FY27 Hiring snapshot (Quess Staffing Solutions)
Q2 FY27 Hiring snapshot (Quess Staffing Solutions) Sector-wise State-wise Operational Metrics (Q2 vs Q1) Gross addition : ~ (133k vs 104k) Gross addition : ~ (133k vs 104k) ▲34,779 ▲22,862 MAHARASHTRA Female Gender Retail Male ▲33,775 Industrials ▲12,974 KARNATAKA ▲ 80% | vs 78% ▼ 20% | vs 22% ▲20,6
Slide 39: Financial Performance | Professional Staffing
Financial Performance | Professional Staffing (Figures in ₹ Cr) Revenue EBITDA & Margin % 13% 35 (2)% 25% 252 254 30 30 29 28 230 232 27 27 224 25 12.5% 12.8% 20 12.2% 11.0% 10.5% 15 10 5% Q2'26 Q3'26 Q4'26 Q1'27 Q2'27 Q2'26 Q3'26 Q4'26 Q1'27 Q2'27 1% (4)% Key Developments • Added 27 contracts durin
Slide 40: Operational Performance | Professional Staffing
Operational Performance | Professional Staffing Headcount (‘000) Revenue Contribution % 20% 21% 21% 22% 21% 10% 11% 12% 11% 10% 7% 7% 8% 7% 8% 21% 21% 22% 21% 19% 73% 72% 71% 71% 71% 71% 69% 67% 67% 68% Q2'26 Q3'26 Q4'26 Q1'27 Q2'27 Q2'26 Q3'26 Q4'26 Q1'27 Q2 27 GCC Enterprise IT/ITeS GCC Enterprise
Slide 41: Financial Performance | Overseas Business
Financial Performance | Overseas Business (Figures in ₹ Cr) Revenue EBITDA & Margin % 10% 23% 332 333 22 22 318 21 21 20 290 290 20 18 18 16 7.0% 6.9% 14 6.2% 6.2% 6.2% 12 10 1% Q2'26 Q3'26 Q4'26 Q1'27 Q2'27 Q2'26 Q3'26 Q4'26 Q1'27 Q2'27 (4)% 7% Key Developments • 33 new contracts added with double
Slide 42: Operational Performance | Overseas Business
Operational Performance | Overseas Business Region-wise Headcount % Region-wise Revenue % 26% 28% 27% 27% 29% 46% 45% 42% 43% 44% 23% 25% 23% 23% 22% 37% 38% 40% 37% 36% 50% 48% 50% 50% 49% 17% 18% 18% 20% 20% Q2'26 Q3'26 Q4'26 Q1'27 Q2'27 Q2'26 Q3'26 Q4'26 Q1'27 Q2'27 Singapore ME ROW Singapore ME
Slide 43: About Quess Corp
About Quess Corp D:\My Work\Template\Icons\Social Media\LinkedIN.png Established in Bengaluru in 2007, Quess Corp Limited (BSE: 539978, NSE: QUESS) is India’s largest and a global leader in staffing and workforce solutions. Quess leverages deep domain expertise and AI-driven digital platforms to hel