The first-ever report card as a listed entity reads red for Paytm

Despite revenue growth of 64 per cent, the net loss of the company increased by over 8 per cent.

One 97 Communications Ltd, the parent company of Paytm reported its revenue from operations which grew 64 per cent YoY to Rs 1,090 crore for the quarter ended September 2021, driven by 52 per cent growth in non-UPI payment volumes (GMV) and strong growth in financial services and other revenue. The consolidated net loss was Rs 473 crore as compared to Rs 437 crore in the same period a year ago. Expenses jumped to nearly Rs 1,600 crore from Rs 1,170 crore a year ago. 

One97 Communications Ltd, which debuted on the bourses this month, is a pioneer in mobile internet services for consumers in India. It has the widest and largest deployment of telecom application cloud platforms. Their key offerings are branded content services for mobile consumers, mobile advertising – pay per click and pay per insert mobile advertising on 2.5G and mobile internet properties, and Paytm, a mobile commerce platform - offering mobile recharge and deals for consumers.

  Revenue from grew 69 per cent to Rs 842.6 crore for payments and financial services, while commerce and cloud services revenue grew by 47 per cent to Rs 243.8 crore. 

The company’s GMV or Gross Merchandise Value for Q2 FY 2022 was Rs 1,95,600 crore, up by 107 per cent YoY. The average Monthly Transacting User in Q2 FY 2022 rose 33 per cent YoY. 

The fintech company claimed a steep jump in contribution margin which is seen as a clear trend towards continued YoY improvements. Q2 FY 2022 contribution profit of Rs 260 crore has exceeded contribution profit of Rs 40 crore on a YoY basis with a growth of 592 per cent. 

The shares of the fintech company One 97 Communications Ltd were trading at a price of Rs 1765 with a loss of 0.99 per cent at 1.27 pm on November 29.