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Ixigo records 78% quarterly growth in PAT in Q1 FY25

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Online travel aggregator (OTA) Ixigo announced its financial results on Thursday for the first quarter of the financial year ending March 2025. The company’s revenue from operations went up 10.3% to Rs 181.88 crore during Q1 of FY25 as compared to Rs 164.85 crore in Q4 of FY24, according to the company’s unaudited consolidated quarterly report filed with the National Stock Exchange. Compared to the corresponding quarter of FY24 (Q1 FY24), Ixigo scaled up 16.18% from Rs 156.55 crore. The Gurugram-based company generated the majority (55.23%) of its operating revenue from train ticketing amounting to Rs 100.46 crore in Q1 FY25. Flight and bus booking services contributed 22.82% and 21.79% to the company’s coffers, respectively. Besides operating revenue, the firm also earned Rs 2.4 crore via interest and gains from financial assets during the quarter which took its total topline to Rs 184.28 crore. Meanwhile, Ixigo’s gross transaction value (GTV) surpassed Rs 2,988 crore in Q1 FY25 with 27% year-on-year growth. On the expense front, Ixigo’s employee benefits costs comprised 22.60% of the total expenditure. This cost increased 9.68% to Rs 37.96 crore in Q1 of FY25 from Rs 34.61 crore in the previous quarter (Q4 of FY24). It is worth noting that the company did not disclose the breakup of other expenses incurred during the period. On the line of scale, the company’s total expenses went up 10.3% to Rs 168 crore in Q1 of FY25 in comparison to Rs 152.36 crore in Q4 FY24. In the end, Ixigo’s bottom line flourished over two-fold during the quarter to Rs 14.85 crore against Rs 7.35 crore in Q4 FY24. Compared to the corresponding quarter of FY24 (Q1 FY24), its profits surged 77.63% from Rs 8.36 crore. On a unit level, Ixigo spent Re 0.92 to earn a rupee of operating income during the quarter. After Thursday’s trading session, Ixigo’s share is trading at around Rs 170 per share with a market cap of Rs 6,586 crore or close to $800 million.