How Zomato earnings show growth has stalled

The food delivery company has opened up in its first full-year earnings report, but the outlook is weak once you get past the headline numbers.

It has been a big week for Zomato. On Monday, the food delivery company reported earnings for the quarter and year ended 31 March 2022. It was Zomato’s first full fiscal year results announcement as a publicly listed company and the scorecard reads something like this: 

  • Revenue from operations: Rs 4,192 crore, up 2.1x from 2020-21 (peak pandemic) but only 1.6x from 2019-20 (pre-pandemic)
  • Net loss: Rs 1,220 crore, up 1.5x from 2020-21 but down about 50% from 2019-20
  • Advertising and sales promotion expenses: Rs 1,216 crore, up 2.3x from 2020-21 but down 10% from 2019-20 

Markets cheered the growth. …

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