Share valuation just dropped by > 60%. From 5B to 2B. Goes to show that you can’t make money (yet) from tier 2 and tier 3 India even if you have a lot of users.
Unfiltered thoughts (5/5)
There are 3 types of India:
India-1
~Population of 110 Mn
~Per capita income of $10k
~Buys from Flipkart, watch Netflix, drink Starbucks coffee
~Contributes to 40% of India GDP
~Fluent with English
~35Mn credit card users
India in coming 10-12 years-
- Size of economy - from $3.8 trillion to $10t
- Per capita income- from $2500 to $6000-7000
- Discretionary spending- from $500-600 to $3000
- Infra spending- from $200-250b to $650-700b
- Equity Investors- 5-6% to 15%.
India's per capita paint consumption is only 3.8 liters, compared to a global average of 15 liters. That's a whopping 75% less! Plus, the price per liter in India is 61% lower than the global average.