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Quikr posts Rs 51 Cr revenue in FY23, losses shrink 62%

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
Quikr posts Rs 51 Cr revenue in FY23, losses shrink 62%
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Quikr, the online marketplace and classified platform, experienced a drop in scale from Rs 191 crore in FY19 to Rs 110 crore in FY20. This declining trend continued until FY22. The Bengaluru-based firm, however, has recently shown signs of stability and resilience with its revenue growing for the first time in the last three years in FY23. Additionally, the former unicorn also managed to bring down its losses by a significant margin during the period. Quikr’s revenue from operations marginally grew 4.7% to Rs 51.36 crore during the fiscal year ending March 2023 as compared to Rs 49.07 crore recorded in FY22, as per the company’s consolidated financial statements with the Registrar of Companies. Quikr made the majority of its revenue from lead referral fees followed by advertising, both verticals collectively contributed to around 90% of revenue in FY23. The remaining sum was collected via commissions, management consultancy services, business support, and other operating activities. The company also earned Rs 2 crore from interest and gains on other financial assets (non-operating income). Considering this, the total income of the company stood at Rs 53.38 crore in FY23. On the cost side, employee benefit was the largest cost expense for the company. Which however shrank 17% to Rs 41.5 crore in FY23 from Rs 50 crore in FY22. IT costs including web hosting and payment gateway also dwindled 43% to Rs 3.5 crore during the year from Rs 6.13 crore in FY22. The company also cut down its legal, promotional, and other expenses, akin to which, the overall expenditure dwarfed 27% to Rs 61.36 crore in FY23. The total expenditure was Rs 84 crore during the previous fiscal year. For a complete expense breakdown and year-on-year financial performance and more information about the company, visit TheKredible. The cost-cutting measures taken by the company during the year can also be seen in its bottom line which improved significantly. Quikr’s losses declined 62% to Rs 7.98 crore during FY23 in comparison to Rs 20.98 crore in FY22. Additionally, the company’s outstanding losses stand at Rs 3,077 crore at the end of FY23. Operating cashflows also turned green (positive) to Rs 2.57 crore in FY23 against Rs 29.23 crore (negative) in the previous year. The EBITDA margin and ROCE of the company strengthened to -3.52% and -3.87%, respectively during the period. On a unit level, Quikr spent Rs 1.19 to earn a rupee of operating revenue in FY23.

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Quikr posts first-ever profit in FY24 but left with only Rs 20 Cr in current assets

EntrackrEntrackr · 2m ago
Quikr posts first-ever profit in FY24 but left with only Rs 20 Cr in current assets
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Quikr’s revenue from operations dropped 12% to Rs 45 crore in FY24 from Rs 51 crore in FY23, according to its consolidated financial statement sourced from the Registrar of Companies (RoC). Once one of India’s early unicorns, horizontal classifieds platform Quikr has experienced a consistent year-on-year decline in revenue and is now barely clinging to survival, operating at a drastically reduced scale. While the Bengaluru-based company reported a 12% drop in operating revenue, the silver lining is that it turned profitable for the first time, achieving a profit-to-revenue ratio of 1:22 in the fiscal year ending March 2024. Quikr’s revenue from operations dropped 12% to Rs 45 crore in FY24 from Rs 51 crore in FY23, according to its consolidated financial statement sourced from the Registrar of Companies (RoC). The bulk of Quikr’s revenue, accounting for 86% of total income, came from lead referral fees and advertising. Lead referral fees generated Rs 22 crore, while advertising services brought in Rs 17 crore. Commission and other service income contributed Rs 3 crore each. The firm earned an additional Rs 11 crore from provision write-backs and gains on financial assets, taking its total income to Rs 56 crore in FY24. On the expense side, employee benefit expenses remained the largest cost center, accounting for 69% of the expense. To the tune of scale, this cost was trimmed by 10% to Rs 37 crore. Interestingly, spending on advertising, while still relatively small, tripled to Rs 3 crore from Rs 1 crore in FY23. Depreciation and amortization expenses fell drastically from Rs 5 crore in FY23 to just Rs 15 lakh in FY24, significantly reducing non-cash expenses. Overall, Quikr managed to cut total costs by 11.5% to Rs 54 crore in FY24 from Rs 61 crore in the previous year. The company’s ability to bring down operating costs along with other revenue helped Quikr to gain profitability in FY24. The Tiger Global-backed firm recorded a profit of Rs 2 crore in contrast to Rs 8 crore loss in FY23. Its ROCE and EBITDA margin improved to 1.69% and 5.36%, respectively. Quikr spent Rs 1.20 to earn a rupee of operating revenue in FY24. As of March 2024, the Bengaluru-based firm reported current assets of Rs 20 crore for FY24, including Rs 2 crore in cash and bank balances. This marks an 80% drop from Rs 11 crore in FY23, raising concerns about liquidity, cash flow utilization, or a potential shift in capital deployment strategy. According to startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, Quikr has raised a total of $380 million in funding to date, which is a staggering 52 times its FY24 revenue. Its prominent backers include Warburg Pincus, Kinnevik, Tiger Global, and Matrix Partners India (now Z47). With most investors having written off their investments in the firm, the only question remaining now is if it can survive as some sort of sustainable business. While perhaps enriching for many personally, such a spectacular burnout does leave its mark on the ability to pivot to new realities, something Quikr consistently failed to do. For a firm that doubled down harder with even more money spent every time it faced a setback, the new reality is to use the collective experience of a decade and more to monetise, at however small a scale. And do it profitably. Will the present reserves be enough to turn it around for good? We wouldn’t count on it, the profits notwithstanding.

Drishti IAS posts Rs 405 Cr revenue and Rs 90 Cr PAT in FY24

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Drishti IAS posts Rs 405 Cr revenue and Rs 90 Cr PAT in FY24
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Drishti IAS posts Rs 405 Cr revenue and Rs 90 Cr PAT in FY24 Offline coaching firm Drishti IAS Institute crossed Rs 400 crore of revenue during the previous fiscal year ended in March 2024. The profits for the Vikas Divyakirti-led firm touched Rs 90 crore in the same period. Drishti IAS’s revenue from operations increased by 30.6% year-on-year to Rs 405 crore in FY24 from Rs 310 crore in FY23. The Delhi-based company's revenue rose from Rs 40 crore in FY21 to Rs 119 crore in FY22, and further to Rs 310 crore in FY23. The 26-year-old educational platform mainly provides offline coaching for Civil Services Examination (CSE). Income from coaching services accounted for 94.8% of the total operating revenue, which increased by 37.6% to Rs 384 crore in FY24 from Rs 279 crore in FY23. The remaining income is generated from the sale of study materials, including pen drives, books, test papers, and other resources. Drishti IAS operates seven institutes, including two in Delhi, three in Uttar Pradesh, and one each in Jaipur and Indore. Its Mukherjee Nagar Institute is the largest revenue contributor, accounting for 58% of the total coaching income. Employee benefits and faculty charges constituted 40% of its overall cost, increasing by 41% to Rs 117 crore in FY24 from Rs 83 crore in FY23. Drishti IAS's advertising spending also jumped 3.4X to Rs 51 crore in FY24. Drishti IAS's overall expenditure increased to Rs 289 crore in FY24 from Rs 197 crore in FY23. Higher spending on employee benefits and advertising resulted in a modest 3.4% increase in net profits, which rose to Rs 90 crore in FY24 from Rs 87 crore in FY23. The company's ROCE and EBITDA margin were recorded at 55.7% and 33.73%, respectively, while the expense-to-revenue ratio stood at Re 0.71. As of March 2024, the company's total current assets were valued at Rs 88 crore, with cash and bank balances of Rs 54 crore.

Tractor Junction revenue soars 2.3X in FY24; cuts losses by 51%

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Tractor Junction revenue soars 2.3X in FY24; cuts losses by 51%
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Tractor-focused marketplace Tractor Junction has been growing at a rapid pace, with the company’s operating revenue surpassing the Rs 60 crore mark for the fiscal year ending March 2024. Moreover, the Bengaluru-based firm reduced its losses by 51% during this period. Tractor Junction’s operating revenue surged 2.3X to Rs 62 crore in FY24 from Rs 26.8 crore in FY23, according to its consolidated annual figures accessed from the Registrar of Companies (RoC). For context, Tractor Junction’s gross scale had spiked 3X in FY23. Tractor Junction Tractor Junction is a rural vehicle marketplace facilitating buying, selling, financing, and insuring new and used tractors, farm equipment, and rural commercial vehicles. It also provides essential information and vetted reviews on farm machinery, enabling users to compare options. The company generated 73% of its revenue from tractor sales, which tripled in FY24, while the remaining 27% came from tractor’s services. It also earned Rs 5.8 crore from interest on deposits, bringing total income to Rs 67.8 crore in the last fiscal year (FY24). Looking at expenses, 60% of the total expenditure went toward material costs, which tripled to Rs 43 crore. Another significant expense was employee benefits, accounting for 21% of total expenses. Advertising, finance, and rent were additional costs, bringing total expenses to Rs 72.8 crore in FY24, up from Rs 35 crore in FY23. See TheKredible for the detailed expense breakup With increased revenue, Tractor Junction managed to reduce its losses by 51%, down to Rs 3.6 crore in FY24 from Rs 7.5 crore in FY23. Its ROCE and EBITDA margin stood at -7.68% and -16.42%, respectively. On a per-unit basis, Tractor Junction spent Rs 1.17 to earn a rupee in FY24. FY23-FY24 FY23 FY24 EBITDA Margin -20.88% -5.85% Expense/₹ of Op Revenue ₹1.29 ₹1.17 ROCE -16.42% -7.68% According to TheKredible, Tractor Junction has raised nearly $6 million to date from investors including Info Edge, Omnivore, Rockstart, and Indigram Labs, and is currently valued at $19.34 million.

Cashify nears Rs 1,000 Cr revenue in FY24, cuts losses by two-third

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Cashify nears Rs 1,000 Cr revenue in FY24, cuts losses by two-third
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The re-commerce marketplace Cashify recorded a modest 14.4% year-on-year increase in revenue, surpassing the Rs 900 crore mark for the fiscal year ending March 2024. However, the NewQuest Capital-backed firm reduced its losses by 63% during the same period. Cashify’s revenue from operations increased to Rs 935 crore in the last fiscal year, from Rs 817 crore in FY23, its annual financial statements sourced from the Registrar of Companies (RoC) show. Cashify enables users to buy and sell used electronics, primarily phones and laptops. It also partners with OEMs like Xiaomi, OnePlus, and Samsung for exchange programs and collaborates with Amazon and Flipkart to simplify refurbished device trade. The sale of used mobile phones and other electronic gadgets like speakers, laptops, tablets, gaming consoles, and smartwatches formed 91.5% of the total operating revenue, which increased by 12.3% to Rs 856 crore in FY24. The rest of the income comes from commission and mobile repair services. The Gurugram-based firm earned Rs 19.8 crore from non-operating services, taking the overall income to Rs 955 crore in FY24, compared to Rs 832 crore in FY23. Having a cash-and-carry model, the cost of procurement of materials accounted for 79.3% of the total expenditure. This cost grew by 6.4% to Rs 800 crore in FY24 from Rs 752 crore in FY23. Cashify managed to maintain its employee benefits steady at Rs 123 crore in FY24 while its marketing cost decreased by 14.3% to Rs 30 crore. Rent, logistics, legal, traveling, and other overheads took the overall cost up by only 3.3% to Rs 1,008 crore in FY24 from Rs 976 crore in FY23. The constant growth and controlled cost helped Cashify to shrink its losses by 63.2% to Rs 53 crore in FY24 as compared to Rs 144 crore in FY23. Its ROCE and EBITDA margin improved to -15.6% and -3.98%, respectively. On a unit level, it spent Rs 1.08 to earn a rupee in FY24. Cashify’s current assets stood at Rs 382 crore with cash and bank balance of Rs 91 crore in the last fiscal year (FY24). Cashify has raised $130 million across several rounds. According to TheKredible, NewQuest Capital is the largest external shareholder with 19.5%, followed by Olympus and MIH Ecommerce Holdings. It competes with Greendust and Yaantra among several others. Writing about Cashify financials last year, Entrackr projected a profitable year by FY26 for the re-commerce firm, and we believe they remain on course for that milestone in FY25 itself possibly. The firm has the scale and experience to make corrections where required, and features like tie-ups with top selling manufacturers or extended warranties for a nominal amount have gone a long way to help assuage consumer fears. Unlike either related though not similar platforms like OLX or Quikr.

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