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Ankit Agrawal, CFA

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<li>RPSGV's BPO business, Firstsource Solutions, is stabilizing and reported flattish QoQ revenue growth. EBIT margin has also bottomed out and is now at around 11%, an expansion of 300bp YoY.</li>
<li>FMCG Business continues to maintain an annualized revenue run-rate of INR 400cr+. The Sports business generated revenues of INR 50cr+ vs INR 15cr YoY. </li>
<li>The FMCG and the Sports businesses hold tremendous scalability potential going forward. The IPL Lucknow franchise also owns a team named Durban in the South Africa T20 league.</li>
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RPSGV's BPO business, Firstsource Solutions, is stabilizing and reported flattish QoQ revenue growth. EBIT margin has also bottomed out and is now at around 11%, an expansion of 300bp YoY.
FMCG Business continues to maintain an annualized revenue run-rate of INR 400cr+. The Sports business generated revenues of INR 50cr+ vs INR 15cr YoY. 
The FMCG and the Sports businesses hold tremendous scalability potential going forward. The IPL Lucknow franchise also owns a team named Durban in the South Africa T20 league.


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<li>Helped by the share in the incremental IPL media rights value, RPSG Venture's (RPSGV) revenue from the sports business revenue jumped to INR 590cr+ in Q1FY24 vs INR 300cr+ YoY.</li>
<li>Losses in the FMCG business narrowed to INR 63cr vs INR 90cr YoY and INR 70cr QoQ. FMCG revenues continue to be at around INR 400cr+ annualized run-rate.</li>
<li>RPSGV's BPO business, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/firstsource-solutions-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3099:1" rel="noopener">Firstsource Solutions (FSOL IN)</a> saw stabilization in de-growth and margins. Margins expanded by 375bp during Q1FY24.</li>
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Helped by the share in the incremental IPL media rights value, RPSG Venture's (RPSGV) revenue from the sports business revenue jumped to INR 590cr+ in Q1FY24 vs INR 300cr+ YoY.
Losses in the FMCG business narrowed to INR 63cr vs INR 90cr YoY and INR 70cr QoQ. FMCG revenues continue to be at around INR 400cr+ annualized run-rate.
RPSGV's BPO business, Firstsource Solutions (FSOL IN) saw stabilization in de-growth and margins. Margins expanded by 375bp during Q1FY24.


RPSG Ventures: Strong Profitability from IPL

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<li>IPL 2023 concluded recently with record streaming views and TV viewership. This bodes well for the valuation of the IPL Lucknow franchise owned by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/rpsg-ventures-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29022:1" rel="noopener">RPSG Ventures Limited (RPSGVENT IN)</a> ["RPSGV"]. </li>
<li>FMCG business is currently doing a run-rate of INR 400cr+ revenue, however, needs to scale up faster. To drive this, Too Yumm! has entered into a new category, traditional Namkeens.</li>
<li>The Firstsource Solutions business seems to be bottoming out. Operating margin has stabilized in the 11.5-12% range. FY23 revenues de-grew at -1.1% YoY as guided at -1% to -2%.</li>
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IPL 2023 concluded recently with record streaming views and TV viewership. This bodes well for the valuation of the IPL Lucknow franchise owned by RPSG Ventures Limited (RPSGVENT IN) ["RPSGV"]. 
FMCG business is currently doing a run-rate of INR 400cr+ revenue, however, needs to scale up faster. To drive this, Too Yumm! has entered into a new category, traditional Namkeens.
The Firstsource Solutions business seems to be bottoming out. Operating margin has stabilized in the 11.5-12% range. FY23 revenues de-grew at -1.1% YoY as guided at -1% to -2%.


RPSGV: Record Views of IPL Bodes Well for the Sports Business

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/rpsg-ventures-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29022:1" rel="noopener">RPSG Ventures Limited (RPSGVENT IN)</a> ["RPSGV"] continues to scale up its FMCG business. Q3FY23 FMCG revenues saw a YoY growth of 23%. QoQ, there was some de-growth due to seasonality.</li>
<li>Excluding one-off other income, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/firstsource-solutions-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3099:1" rel="noopener">Firstsource Solutions (FSOL IN)</a> reported weak Q3FY23 earnings led by sluggish growth and weak margins.</li>
<li>RPSGV remains a deep-value holding company that is trading at a discount of &gt;85%. As its FMCG and Sports businesses scale up, the stock has potential to re-rate significantly.</li>
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RPSG Ventures Limited (RPSGVENT IN) ["RPSGV"] continues to scale up its FMCG business. Q3FY23 FMCG revenues saw a YoY growth of 23%. QoQ, there was some de-growth due to seasonality.
Excluding one-off other income, Firstsource Solutions (FSOL IN) reported weak Q3FY23 earnings led by sluggish growth and weak margins.
RPSGV remains a deep-value holding company that is trading at a discount of &gt;85%. As its FMCG and Sports businesses scale up, the stock has potential to re-rate significantly.


RPSG Ventures: FMCG Business Continues to Scale Up | Outsourcing Business Is Seeing Weak Demand

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<li>Key highlight of RPSG Ventures' (RPSGV) Q2FY23 results was the FMCG business which reported revenues of INR 125cr, suggesting an annualized run-rate of INR 500cr vs INR 430cr QoQ.</li>
<li>RPSGV is doing all the right things to scale up its FMCG business. Its Sports venture also holds lot of promise.</li>
<li>RPSGV's Venture Capital (VC) Fund that focuses on investing in D2C startups made a lucrative exit in one of its investments which generated 7x MOIC in just 4 years.</li>
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Key highlight of RPSG Ventures' (RPSGV) Q2FY23 results was the FMCG business which reported revenues of INR 125cr, suggesting an annualized run-rate of INR 500cr vs INR 430cr QoQ.
RPSGV is doing all the right things to scale up its FMCG business. Its Sports venture also holds lot of promise.
RPSGV's Venture Capital (VC) Fund that focuses on investing in D2C startups made a lucrative exit in one of its investments which generated 7x MOIC in just 4 years.


RPSG Ventures: FMCG Business Is Scaling Up; VC Business Is Germinating to the Next-Level

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Firstsource Solutions Limited provides business process outsourcing services. The Company provides services globally to companies in the banking, financial services, and insurance industries.

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RPSGV: Record Views of IPL Bodes Well for the Sports Business

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RPSGV is trading at a deep holding company discount of >85%. Even if this discount narrows to 70%, the stock can double. Its FMCG and Sports...

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RPSG Ventures: FMCG Business Is Scaling Up; VC Business Is Germinating to the Next-Level

RPSGV has made great strides in three large-TAM businesses - FMCG, Sports and VC. It has proven its mettle in all three businesses and is now at an...

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