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Gameskraft achieves Rs 3,500 Cr income in FY24 with Rs 947 Cr PAT

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Gameskraft achieves Rs 3,500 Cr income in FY24 with Rs 947 Cr PAT
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Gameskraft achieves Rs 3,500 Cr income in FY24 with Rs 947 Cr PAT Gameskraft has consistently reported net profits of around Rs 1,000 crore over the past three fiscal years. Despite encountering various legal challenges, the Bengaluru-based company achieved a 30% year-on-year growth in the fiscal year ending March 2024. Gameskraft’s revenue from operations grew to Rs 3,475 crore in FY24 from Rs 2,673 crore in FY23, its consolidated annual financial statements sourced from the Registrar of Companies show. Gameskraft operates popular gaming apps such as Rummy Culture, Playship, Pocket 52, RummyPrime, Ludo Culture, and Rummy Time. Its revenue (gross gaming revenue) comes from a platform fee or commission charged as a percentage of the buy-in fees users invest in games. This remained its sole revenue source during FY24. The company also made Rs 46 crore from interest on fixed deposits and gain on sale of current investments which tallied its overall revenue to Rs 3,521 crore in FY24 from Rs 2,732 crore in FY23. Similar to other gaming companies, Gameskraft has over a dozen brand ambassadors, including Harbhajan Singh, Mahesh Bhupathi, and Abhinav Bindra, and has run several campaigns on social media and TV. This pushed its advertising costs up by 113% to Rs 1,315 crore in FY24 from Rs 616 crore in FY23. Gameskraft employee benefits grew 23.5% to Rs 463 crore in FY24. This includes Rs 12 crore as ESOP cost which is settled in cash. Its legal, communication, domain, web hosting, and other overheads took the overall cost up by 71.7% to Rs 2232 crore in FY24 from Rs 1300 crore in FY23. The more than two-fold increase in advertising costs outpaced Gameskraft's revenue growth, causing its profits to drop by 10.8% to Rs 947 crore in FY24 from Rs 1,062 crore in FY23. Its ROCE and EBITDA margin stood at 69.4% and 37.46% respectively with an expense-to-earning ratio of Rs 0.64. At the end of FY24, Gameskraft's total current assets were recorded at Rs 1,680 crore with the cash and bank balance of Rs 306 crore. In the real-money gaming sector, MPL reported a 22.2% increase in revenue from operations to Rs 1,068 crore in FY24, while also achieving positive cash flow during the year. Gameberry saw a 46.9% growth in revenue to Rs 461.7 crore, with a 150% surge in profit to Rs 92.8 crore in the same period. Meanwhile, major competitors such as Dream11 and A23 have yet to release their financial results for FY24.

Unpacking Oyo profitability and its financial position in FY24

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Unpacking Oyo profitability and its financial position in FY24
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IPO bound Hospitality firm Oyo reported steady revenues during the fiscal year ending March 2024, but the SoftBank-backed company made a turnaround as far as bottomline is concerned. Oyo has posted Rs 230 crore profit in the last fiscal year as compared to Rs 1,286 crore losses in FY23. Oyo’s revenue from operations declined 1.4% to Rs 5,389 crore in FY24 from Rs 5,464 crore in FY23, its consolidated annual report shows. Income from the sale of accommodation services formed 63.8% of the total operating revenue which decreased by 7.3% to Rs 3,441 crore in FY24. Income from commission and bookings brought Rs 1,344 crore to the firm’s coffers. The sale of tour packages, events, cancellation income, and insurance services fees were other revenue drivers for Oyo. The Gurugram-based company also made Rs 153 crore from interest on fixed deposits and gain in foreign exchange difference which took its overall revenue to Rs 5,542 crore in FY24 from Rs 5,602 crore in FY23. See TheKredible for the detailed revenue breakup The cost of its lease rental and service component lease accounted for 50% of its overall cost which declined 8% to Rs 2,885 crore in FY24. This payment was made to hotel owners that includes lease rent and services such as housekeeping, electricity, and maintenance among others. The company’s burn on salaries and other employee benefit schemes nosedived 52% to Rs 744 crore in FY24, primarily due to a reduction in ESOP costs, which fell to Rs 107 crore in FY24 from Rs 363 crore in FY23. Oyo paid Rs 844 crore (around $100 million) in interest during FY24 on the $660 million term loan it secured from various lenders in FY22. Its advertising, commissions, brokerage, legal, IT, and other overheads catalyzed its total expenditure to Rs 5,726 crore in FY24. See TheKredible for the complete expense breakdown Despite the flat revenue, Oyo’s cost-control approach and Rs 453 crore income from exceptional items (mostly a fair value gain of Rs 240 crore on the acquisition of OYO Hotels Cayman and Reversal of financial liability of Rs 249 crore) led Oyo to turn profitable with Rs 239 crore in FY24 as compared to a loss of Rs 1,286 crore in FY23. FY23-FY24 FY23 FY24 EBITDA Margin -4.23% 15.52% Expense/₹ of Op Revenue ₹1.24 ₹1.06 ROCE -8.60% 13.40% With the improved bottom line, Oyo’s ROCE rose to 13.4%, and EBITDA to 15.5%. On a unit level, it spent Rs 1.06 to earn a rupee in FY24. Meanwhile, Oyo has managed to raise $175 million in two tranches of which $100 million was pumped in by the company’s founder Ritesh Agarwal.

Healthians achieves EBITDA breakeven with Rs 250 Cr income in FY24

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Healthians achieves EBITDA breakeven with Rs 250 Cr income in FY24
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Diagnostic startup Healthians recorded a modest 8% year-on-year growth during the fiscal year ending March 2024. However, the WestBridge-backed company reduced its losses by 65% and achieved EBITDA breakeven in the same period. Healthians’s revenue from operations increased to Rs 243 crore in FY24 from Rs 224 crore in FY23, its consolidated annual results sourced from the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) show. Healthians offers at-home diagnostic services across over 250 cities and claims to have conducted more than 10 crore tests to date. Income from running laboratories for pathological tests was the primary source of revenue for Healthians which increased 8.62% to Rs 240.5 crore in FY24. The rest of the collections were from the sale of supplements, which stood at Rs 2.2 crore in the last fiscal year. Healthians also added Rs 10 crore from non-operational activities (interest income) which tallied the overall revenue to Rs 253 crore in FY24, as compared to Rs 236 crore in FY23. The Gurugram-based company allocated 40% of its overall burn to employee benefits. This cost dropped by 11.8% to Rs 120 crore in FY24 compared to Rs 136 crore in FY23. Advertising expenses also shrank over 62% to Rs 39 crore in FY24 from Rs 103 crore in FY23. The cost of material consumed, rent, Information technology, and other overheads took the overall expenditure to Rs 298 crore in FY24. The controlled spending on advertising and employee benefits helped Healthians to narrow losses by 65% to Rs 45 crore in FY24. With this, the company has achieved EBITDA breakeven in the previous fiscal (FY24). Coming to the ratios, Healthians’ ROCE and EBITDA margins improved to -20.4% and 0% (breakeven) in FY24. It spent Rs 1.23 to earn a rupee in FY24. The company has a total current assets of Rs 62 crore including the cash and bank balances of Rs 30 crore in the previous fiscal. Healthians has raised around $80 million to date including its last round of $54 million led by WestBridge in 2022. According to the startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, WestBridge is the largest external stakeholder with 25% followed by Beenext and DG Ventures. Financial stability is the primary thing that a company needs to survive. It seems like Healthians got some of the mantras to how to be constant with the scale while burning low. Achieving EBITDA breakeven for the first time will give more confidence to both founders and investors. Turning this achievement into net profits is difficult yet achievable- an approach Dr. PathLabs has been executing for many years. The next two to three years will be crucial in shaping the company's trajectory.

Oyo raises $65 Mn from Ritesh Agarwal’s Redsprig Innovation

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Oyo raises $65 Mn from Ritesh Agarwal’s Redsprig Innovation
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Oyo raises $65 Mn from Ritesh Agarwal’s Redsprig Innovation Hospitality major Oyo has raised Rs 550 crore (approximately $65 million) from Redsprig Innovation Partners, an affiliate entity of the company’s founder Ritesh Agarwal. The board at Oyo has passed a special resolution to issue 12,91,07,982 equity shares at an issue price of Rs 42.6 each to raise Rs 550 crore or $65 million, its regulatory filing accessed from the Registrar of Companies shows. After the recent funding injection, the company's valuation rose to $3.79 billion, reflecting a 59.2% increase from Oyo's previous Series G round, when the firm was valued at $2.38 billion. As per the filings, the company plans to use these funds for growth, supporting global expansion (including acquisitions), strengthening business strategies, and other corporate initiatives. The funding will also result in a 1.728% dilution of the company's total stake. This is the second major capital infusion by Agarwal in Oyo. In August 2024, he led a $175 million round through his Singapore-based fund, Patient Capital. Last month, a CNBC TV18 report suggested that Nuvama Wealth & Investment Limited (formerly Edelweiss Securities) purchased shares worth Rs 100 crore in Oyo’s parent Oravel Stays Limited. During FY24, IPO-bound Oyo posted a flat scale which stood at Rs 5,389 crore, as compared to Rs 5,464 crore in FY23. Despite the stagnant revenue, the company managed to control its expenditure by 16% which resulted in Oyo posting a net profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 230 crore in the last fiscal (FY24). In May, the Gurugram-based company withdrew its draft papers (DRHP) for the second time due to unfavorable conditions. The firm also said that it will refile the IPO papers after concluding a large funding round, which is about to close after the latest fundraises.

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