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Meesho slashes adjusted losses by 97% to Rs 53 Cr in FY24

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Meesho claimed to have achieved profitability in June 2023, and the SoftBank-backed firm appears on track to post full fiscal year profitability sometime in FY25 or FY26, as its adjusted losses plummeted 97% to Rs 53 crore for the fiscal year ending March 2024. Meesho registered a 33% year-on-year growth in operating revenue in FY24, reaching Rs 7,615 crore compared to Rs 5,735 crore in FY23, according to the company’s press release. The firm’s revenue growth was triggered by a 36% growth in orders. Home & kitchen, beauty & personal care, and baby essentials were top categories at the Bengaluru-based platform, as per the release. While the company hasn’t provided specific expense figures, Meesho claimed that organic growth and efficiencies in logistics through its own firm, Valmo Logistics, helped it to reduce overall costs in the last fiscal year. The new vertical was officially launched in February this year. Meesho achieved a dramatic reduction in year-on-year losses, shrinking 97% to Rs 53 crore in FY24 from Rs 1,569 crore in FY23, according to the release. The loss figure is adjusted, but it is unclear which costs have been excluded. The firm stressed that share-based compensation paid to employees was excluded from the adjusted bottom line. It’s worth noting that Meesho also concluded its largest ESOP buyback program worth $25 million during the last month of FY24. Meesho is the third-largest horizontal e-commerce platform in India, after Flipkart and Amazon, claiming 14.5 crore unique annual transacting users. “...With over 50 crore downloads, we continued to be the most downloaded shopping app,” the release mentioned. Meesho competes with Flipkart Internet and Amazon India’s marketplace arm. While Amazon India marketplace (B2B) unit has yet to disclose FY24 numbers, Flipkart Internet reported 26.4% growth in its gross revenue which stood at Rs 70,542 crore in FY24. According to an ET report, Meesho secured a $275 million tranche in May this year as part of a larger funding round, which included both primary and secondary components. The company is also working on relocating its domicile from the U.S. to India, though there are no definitive details on the timeline for its initial public offering (IPO).