paytm q1 results today: Paytm to report its Q1 results today. Here’s what you can expect

Fintech main Paytm will announce its first-quarter earnings on Friday and analysts predict a gentle sequential progress in income, whereas sooner progress in monetary companies might be offset by seasonally weak commerce enterprise and decrease funds income.

The decrease fee income is especially because of the excessive base within the previous March quarter as the corporate obtained UPI incentives.

Total, estimates are blended on the income entrance, with some analysts anticipating a progress of as much as 14%, whereas others are penciling in a flat and even decline throughout the first quarter.

YES Securities expects the income to develop as much as 14% quarter-on-quarter, whereas DART and Axis Capital are seeing a marginal drop.

For the quarter ended June, Paytm has already reported 37% year-on-year (YoY) progress in its GMV (gross merchandise worth), whereas the typical month-to-month transacting customers went up by 23% YoY.

The lending enterprise, which the corporate is betting closely on, recorded disbursements of Rs 14,845 crore, a YoY progress of 167% in Q1.

The June quarter losses are anticipated to say no over the earlier yr’s interval however could rise when put next with 1 / 4 in the past.Within the previous March quarter, the funds supplier narrowed its loss considerably to Rs 168 crore from a yr in the past, whereas revenues jumped 52%. On the working degree, the corporate managed to rebound and reported an adjusted revenue of Rs 101 crore.

Here is what brokerages anticipate from Paytm’s Q1
YES Securities
We forecast fee processing costs (PPC) as a proportion of funds income to be at 62%, a metric that was 54% in 4QFY23 because of the UPI incentive.
We arrive at a complete Bills (ex-PPC) progress of 9% QoQ, in contrast with a progress of two% in 4QFY23, leading to an EBITDA margin (ex different earnings and after ESOP price) of -7.8%, a deterioration of -227 bps QoQ as Paytm had obtained UPI incentives in 4QFY23.

DART
We anticipate a decline of 1.7% QoQ progress in income on account of decrease progress within the service provider fee enterprise. EBIT sequential decline primarily on account of a base impact of UPI incentive in This fall of Rs 49 crore.

PAT loss anticipated of Rs 370, on account of decrease OI and better tax outgo.

Axis Capital
The brokerage expects opex to be greater on the again of a rise in advertising and promotional bills together with greater worker prices (appraisal, workers addition).
Contribution margin to be regular QoQ at 51% (ex-UPI incentives) helped by decrease processing costs.

ICICI Securities
We anticipate complete fee companies revenues to stay flat largely because of the greater base of Q4FY23. Revenues from monetary companies are anticipated to develop 12% regardless of an 18% QoQ enhance within the complete worth of a mortgage disbursed in Q1FY24.

We’re at the moment anticipating flattish income within the cloud enterprise. Whole mounted can enhance on account of inflationary development on account of which anticipate an EBITDA of Rs 72 crore in opposition to Rs 100 crore in Q4FY23.

(Disclaimer: Suggestions, options, views and opinions given by the specialists are their very own. These don’t signify the views of Financial Occasions)