Bengaluru: Zomato reported a bigger-than-expected increase in quarterly profit on Thursday, fueled by soaring demand for its quick commerce offering Blinkit as well as its food delivery services. The company’s consolidated net profit rose to Rs 253 crore ($30.22 million) in the April-June quarter from Rs 20 crore a year earlier.
Analysts, on average, had expected a profit of Rs 215 crore, according to LSEG data. Quick commerce companies such as Zomato’s Blinkit, the Tata group-owned BigBasket and IPO-bound Swiggy’s Instamart are seeing steady demand for home deliveries for a wide variety of products in urban areas.
The intense heat during the summer, which extended into June, also boosted demand for food and grocery home deliveries. Blinkit’s gross order value (GOV) – the total value of all orders – surged 130 per cent, while the food delivery business’s GOV grew 27 per cent.
They had risen 97 per cent and 28 per cent, respectively in the previous quarter, while Elara Capital had expected a GOV growth of 100 per cent and 20 per cent in the two segments, respectively. “Despite multiple expansion plans and store additions, Blinkit has been able to improve EBITDA margin and move towards break-even EBITDA, so we expect potential earnings upgrades,” said Karan Taurani, analyst at Elara Capital.
The Gurugram-based Zomato also raised its platform fee by 20 per xentin April, helping boost margins. The company’s revenue surged 74 per cent to Rs 4,206 crorein the June quarter, beating analysts’ estimates of Rs 3,928 crore, per LSEG data. Its unit Hyperpure, which supplies raw materials to restaurants, saw a 96 per cent growth in revenue.
In its earnings presentation, Zomato said it was building another customer-facing vertical, an app called District (by Zomato), for dining-out, without specifying details. The company’s stock closed 2 per cent higher after it posted results, taking its year-to-date gains to 89 per cent.
Blinkit delivered record RS 253 crore profit for delivery app operator Zomato as the soaring mercury boosted quick grocery delivery demand, the company said. Biz News Business News – Personal Finance News, Share Market News, BSE/NSE News, Stock Exchange News Today
