IndiaMART InterMESH Ltd — Q1 FY27 earnings call
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The short read
IndiaMART reported consolidated revenue from operations of Rs. 414 crores in Q1 FY27, up about 11% year-on-year, with collections from customers growing 8% and deferred revenue growing 16%. The paying supplier base declined by 1,850 during the quarter due to moderation in gross additions and elevated churn at the Silver subscription tier, while Platinum and Gold subscribers continued to show good upsell and retention. Management also announced the creation of a new subsidiary, IndiaMART Finance Limited, to facilitate short-term transaction financing for MSMEs, and provided an update on BUSY Infotech's billing and revenue growth.
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Numbers mentioned
Consolidated Revenue from operations: Rs. 414 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 3
“IndiaMART has delivered a consolidated Revenue from operations of Rs. 414 crores in Quarter 1, representing a year-onyear growth of about 11%.”
Dinesh Chandra Agarwal, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Consolidated Collection from customers: Rs. 463 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 3
“Consolidated Collection from customers grew to Rs. 463 crores, representing year-on-year growth of 8% in the first quarter.”
Dinesh Chandra Agarwal, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Consolidated deferred revenue: Rs. 2,014 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 3
“Consolidated deferred revenue grew to Rs. 2,014 crores, representing year-on-year growth of 16%.”
Dinesh Chandra Agarwal, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Unique business enquiries: 26 million (Q1 FY27)
p. 3
“In quarter one, unique business enquiries were 26 million.”
Dinesh Chandra Agarwal, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Total paying supplier base: 2 lakh 18 thousand (Q1 FY27)
p. 3
“Our total paying supplier base was 2 lakh18 thousand at the end of the quarter 1, reflecting net decline of 1,850 suppliers during the quarter.”
Dinesh Chandra Agarwal, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
BUSY billing: Rs. 59 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 4
“BUSY did a billing of about Rs. 59 crores in Q1 and this represents a year-on-year growth of 10%.”
Brijesh Kumar Agrawal, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
BUSY Revenue from operations: Rs. 36 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 4
“Revenue from operations were at Rs. 36 crores, which is about 47% growth.”
Brijesh Kumar Agrawal, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
BUSY Deferred revenues: Rs. 146 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 4
“The Deferred revenues were about Rs. 146 crores for the quarter and this shows a growth of 44% on year-on-year basis.”
Brijesh Kumar Agrawal, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
BUSY Cash from operations: Rs. 16 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 4
“The Cash from operations were at about Rs. 16 crores.”
Brijesh Kumar Agrawal, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
New BUSY licenses sold: 12 thousand new licenses; total 4 lakh 54 thousand (Q1 FY27)
p. 4
“During Q1, we sold approximately 12 thousand new licenses, and with this the total number of new licenses sold count has gone to 4 lakh 54 thousand.”
Brijesh Kumar Agrawal, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Consolidated EBITDA: Rs. 146 crores, 35% margin (Q1 FY27)
p. 5
“Consolidated EBITDA was Rs. 146 crores for the quarter, representing margin of 35%.”
Jitin Diwan, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Other income: Rs. 107 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 5
“In Q1, consolidated Other income for the quarter stood at Rs. 107 crores.”
Jitin Diwan, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Consolidated Net profit: Rs. 172 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 5
“Consolidated Net profit for the year was Rs. 172 crores, and consolidated Cash generated from operations was Rs. 163 crores for the quarter.”
Jitin Diwan, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Cash and treasury balance: Rs. 3,553 crores (as on June 30, 2026)
p. 5
“Consolidated Cash and treasury balance overall stood at Rs. 3,553 crores as on June 30, 2026.”
Jitin Diwan, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Silver monthly churn: 7% (current)
p. 14
“From that 7% silver monthly, I think nothing has changed, and that's why we are continuing to be negative or flattish total number of customers.”
Dinesh Chandra Agarwal, page 14 of the filed PDF · View the filing
90-day repeat rate: 58-59% (current)
p. 20
“One number that we typically give is the repeat rate. So if you see 90-day repeat, that number is 58-59% as of now.”
Dinesh Chandra Agarwal, page 20 of the filed PDF · View the filing
What management said it would do
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BUSY revenue CAGR growth — 35-40% CAGR · five-year duration
stated as an aspiration by Brijesh Kumar Agrawal
p. 17
“We would want this business to become at least a 35-40% CAGR business year-on-year.”
Brijesh Kumar Agrawal, page 17 of the filed PDF · View the filing
BUSY license growth rate — 15-20% · immediate year or two
stated as an aspiration by Brijesh Kumar Agrawal
p. 18
“So ideally, we would want to see a higher growth rate of about 15-20% in the licenses in the immediate year or two.”
Brijesh Kumar Agrawal, page 18 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Bank account verification — cross 50% plus · next year or so
stated as an aspiration by Dinesh Chandra Agarwal
p. 15
“Bank account verified, we will start today, and I am sure in the next year or so, we will cross 50% plus on the bank account.”
Dinesh Chandra Agarwal, page 15 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Bank account verification — cross 80% verification · two years
stated as an aspiration by Dinesh Chandra Agarwal
p. 15
“And in the two years' timeframe, we will cross 80% verification on that.”
Dinesh Chandra Agarwal, page 15 of the filed PDF · View the filing
BUSY ARPU realisations — next 3 to 5 years
stated as an aspiration by Brijesh Kumar Agrawal
p. 18
“And that is something which will happen over the next 3 to 5 years continuously.”
Brijesh Kumar Agrawal, page 18 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Q&A highlights
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Management said it would work with partner lenders on short-term transaction financing rather than lending from the company's own balance sheet.
Answered by Dinesh Chandra Agarwal
Asked by Kunal Thanvi: What is the objective of the new finance subsidiary and how will it operate?
p. 6
“We do not have any plans to lend out of our own balance sheet any large amount. So it is mainly to do the partnerships and short-term financing.”
Dinesh Chandra Agarwal, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management attributed the prior year's high base to one-time winback billings, saying normalised growth is around 30%.
Answered by Brijesh Kumar Agrawal
Asked by Abhishek Banerjee: Why was BUSY's collections growth slower than trend this quarter?
p. 8
“And therefore, if we were to remove that one-time Rs. 10 crores growth advantage that we got in that quarter, we would still be growing on a normalised basis at about 30 odd percent.”
Brijesh Kumar Agrawal, page 8 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management explained that advertising is concentrated in higher-ARPU categories, causing overall buyer numbers to stagnate while monetizable buyer growth improves.
Answered by Dinesh Chandra Agarwal
Asked by Abhishek Banerjee: Why is buyer count on the platform stagnating despite marketing spend?
p. 8
“So while on an overall number, you are seeing that the overall number of buyers are stagnating, but we are filling only those buyers where we have a very strong monetisation from the seller side.”
Dinesh Chandra Agarwal, page 8 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said only about 4-5% of the decline could be attributed to OTP verification, with the rest uncertain.
Answered by Dinesh Chandra Agarwal
Asked by Samarth Patel: What portion of the decline in unique business enquiries and active buyers is due to OTP verification versus other factors?
p. 15
“There is definitely about 4-5% decline has happened because of the OTP verification, etc. But rest of that, whether it is to do with our own change or whether it is to do with traffic migrating to LLM, or whether it is to do with the war and U.S. tension, I can't really tell.”
Dinesh Chandra Agarwal, page 15 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management clarified the paid buyer program is voluntary and does not restrict free access, targeting buyers willing to pay for added features.
Answered by Dinesh Chandra Agarwal
Asked by Anirudh Shetty: Why introduce buyer monetisation now given weak buyer enquiry growth?
p. 16
“Buyer access to IndiaMART remains completely free. But even then, there are buyers who are willing to pay for value-added services.”
Dinesh Chandra Agarwal, page 16 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management described gains in buyer experience, verification and content aggregation, though cost savings were limited initially.
Answered by Dinesh Chandra Agarwal
Asked by Shivam Gupta: What windfall gains has the AI voice call centre program delivered?
p. 22
“So we may or may not gain much on the cost side, but I think in terms of the buyer experience and in terms of the domain knowledge, we are able to do a good job there.”
Dinesh Chandra Agarwal, page 22 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Risks flagged
Elevated churn at the Silver subscription tier contributing to supplier base decline
p. 3
“This decrease can primarily be attributed to moderation in the gross addition as well as elevated churn at the Silver subscription tier.”
Dinesh Chandra Agarwal, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Traffic migration to LLMs and search engine disruption creating uncertainty for buyer acquisition
p. 11
“Google is also a little bit under pressure from ChatGPT and others.”
Dinesh Chandra Agarwal, page 11 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Difficulty attributing decline in unique business enquiries to a specific cause
p. 15
“But rest of that, whether it is to do with our own change or whether it is to do with traffic migrating to LLM, or whether it is to do with the war and U.S. tension, I can't really tell.”
Dinesh Chandra Agarwal, page 15 of the filed PDF · View the filing
First-year customer cohort churn remains the biggest retention problem
p. 14
“Most of the churn or retention problem is limited to the first-year onboarding itself.”
Dinesh Chandra Agarwal, page 14 of the filed PDF · View the filing
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