ESDS Unlisted Shares

Why It Trades Where It Does

As of 18th August 2026, ESDS traded at roughly 42.8x FY26 earnings and an estimated 9.6x book value at the desk price, against a return on equity of 25.1% and a net-cash balance sheet (debt-to-equity of -2.13x). Its closest listed comparable, E2E Networks, another Indian GPU-cloud operator, traded at a far steeper roughly 437x earnings as of 17th August 2026, though that multiple reflects a momentum re-rating on hyper-growth revenue rather than a stable earnings base, making it an unreliable earnings comp right now. On margin trajectory alone, ESDS's EBITDA margin expanded from 35.6% to 50.8% and PAT margin from 4.8% to 25.6% over three years, a cleaner signal of improving quality than either multiple in isolation.

Top Risks

• The Sharon AI GPUaaS contract, worth $1.95 Bn over five years, is large relative to ESDS's core business; October 2026 go-live execution and GPU supply timing both carry delivery risk concentrated in a single anchor partner.

• Revenue mix has shifted meaningfully year to year: BFSI customer share swung from 30.9% in FY25 to 17.5% in FY26, and government customer share declined from 34% in FY24 to 27.4% in FY26.

• The DRHP was filed in March 2025 and the RHP has not followed as of this page; there is no confirmed IPO timeline, and ownership or capital structure details may have shifted since filing.

Top Opportunities

• India's DPDP Act 2023 and data localisation mandates favour sovereign, India-based platforms like ESDS over global neocloud operators for government and regulated-sector AI workloads.

• Margin expansion has been consistent and broad-based: EBITDA margin rose from 35.6% to 50.8% and PAT margin from 4.8% to 25.6% across FY24 to FY26, with RoCE reaching 33.7%.

• A further roughly 16,000 GPUs are reportedly in final-stage discussion beyond the contracted 8,192, which would roughly triple committed AI infrastructure capacity if converted.

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