Paytm Shares Rise 18% in a Month; Motilal Oswal Sees Further 34% Upside

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Paytm Shares Rise 18% in a Month; Motilal Oswal Sees Further 34% Upside


Last Updated: April 20, 2023, 14:24 IST

Motilal Oswal Securities mentioned Paytm has reported a wholesome traction in rising its gross merchandise worth (GMV) at 55 per cent CAGR

Suggesting that Paytm’s two-pronged technique will drive profitability, the brokerage famous that Paytm achieved breakeven in adjusted Ebitda

Paytm shares rose on Thursday after home brokerage Motilal Oswal Financial Services initiated protection on the digital funds agency’s inventory with a ‘buy’ ranking and a goal value of Rs 865 — implying upside potential of 34.2 per cent from its closing value on Wednesday.

In final one month, One 97 Communications share value has risen to the tune of 18 per cent in final one month, whereas in YTD time, this fintech inventory has shot as much as the tune of 24 per cent.

Suggesting that Paytm’s two-pronged technique will drive profitability, the brokerage famous that Paytm achieved breakeven in adjusted Ebitda in the December quarter, effectively forward of its steering. It mentioned that a fixed enchancment in contribution margin and working leverage will proceed to drive its working profitability.

“We thus estimate Paytm to attain Ebitda break-even by FY25 with an Ebitda margin of three.2 per cent. We additional estimate its income and contribution revenue to develop at 26 per cent and 32 per cent CAGR over FY23-28. We thus worth Paytm based mostly on 18 occasions FY28E EV/Ebitda and low cost the identical to FY25E taking a low cost fee of 15 per cent, thus valuing the inventory at Rs 865, which suggests 4.5 occasions FY25E value to gross sales,” it mentioned.

Motilal Oswal Securities said Paytm has reported a healthy traction in growing its gross merchandise value (GMV) at 55 per cent CAGR over FY19-23. While the growth was slightly softer due to Covid-19, the same picked-up strongly post-Covid, it said.

“GMV clocked 81 per cent CAGR over FY21-23. With increasing use cases, we expect GMV to report a healthy 27 per cent CAGR over FY23-25. Paytm also posted steady growth in MTUs to 9 crore as of FY23 while the number of subscription payment devices rose to 68 lakh. As the penetration among merchants remains low, we expect the traction to sustain with a quarterly addition of 10 lakh devices. We forecast the payment revenue to thus clock a healthy 21 per cent CAGR over FY23-25,” it mentioned.

MTU stands for month-to-month transacting consumer. Motilal Oswal mentioned Paytm’s MTUs present a prepared buyer base to cross-sell monetary merchandise to customers; whereas, sturdy progress in subscription gadgets has helped enhance throughput and supported progress in service provider loans. The brokerage mentioned Paytm reported a 4.6 occasions bounce in the worth of loans disbursed to achieve an annualised run-rate of Rs 50,000 crore. It estimates disbursements to report a regular 64 per cent CAGR over FY23-25, thus driving the combo of monetary income upwards to 31 per cent. It sees contribution margin to enhance to 56.8 per cent by FY25 from 30 per cent in FY22, fuelled by enchancment in working leverage and rise in monetary enterprise combine.

“Paytm has seen moderation in fee processing prices, advertising and marketing actions and promotional bills over latest years. Hence, direct bills have moderated to 54 per cent of income in 9MFY23 from 162 per cent in FY19. Similarly, oblique bills have moderated to 54 per cent of income from 69 per cent in FY19. While Paytm will proceed to take a position in progress and service provider base growth, the development in working leverage will however help profitability,” it mentioned.

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