New Delhi, NFAPost: India’s leading digital payments and financial services platform Paytm on July 15, 2021 filed the first official papers for its much awaited IPO. The company is heading for a market debut with an aim to raise $2.2 billion, which is touted to be India’s largest IPO.
The company’s DRHP reveals its financial aspect, which shows how the company is growing. Paytm has acknowledged its losses, and the potential of profitability in its prospectus. However, the numbers say a different story. Paytm has a robust revenue of ₹3186 crore, much higher than its competitors, and has also been cutting down its losses massively.
In FY21, the company cut its losses by 42% on a year-on-year basis, which is a continuation of a trend that had set in since FY19. In FY19, Paytm reported losses of ₹4230 crore, in FY20, the company brought it down to ₹2942 crore and in FY21, brought it down even further to ₹1701 crore.
This progress was also seen in the DRHP, in which the company revealed that it has turned contribution margin positive. “Our contribution profit improved from a loss of ₹19,980 million in FY 2019 to a profit of ₹3,625 million in FY 2021. Our contribution margin increased from a loss of 61.8% in FY 2019 to a profit of 12.9% in FY 2021,” the company said in its DRHP.
