Le Travenues Technology Ltd — Q1 FY27 earnings call
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The short read
ixigo reported Q1 FY27 GTV of Rs. 5,524.33 crores, up 19% year-on-year, revenue from operations of Rs. 356.75 crores, up 13%, and profit after tax of Rs. 34.24 crores, up 81%. Adjusted EBITDA declined 7% year-on-year to Rs. 29.24 crores as the company increased investment in hotels and AI while its trains, flights and buses businesses generated operating leverage. Management described buses as the largest contributor to contribution margin, cited constrained aviation capacity and train ticketing policy restrictions as headwinds, and detailed the acquisition of a 54.66% stake in Brevistay alongside AI initiatives including ixigo NEXT and TARA.
Numbers mentioned
GTV: Rs. 5,524.33 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 12
“Gross transaction value, or GTV reached INR 5,524.33 crores, a 19% increase over 4,644.66 crores in Q1 last year.”
Saurabh Devendra Singh, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Revenue from operations: Rs. 356.75 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 12
“Revenue from operations stood at INR 356.75 crores, up 13%.”
Saurabh Devendra Singh, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Contribution margin: Rs. 144.94 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 12
“Contribution margin grew to 144.94 crores, up 13%, with contribution margin percentage at 40.6% against 40.5% last year.”
Saurabh Devendra Singh, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Adjusted EBITDA: Rs. 29.24 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 12
“Adjusted EBITDA, excluding other income and ESOP costs, was INR 29.24 crores, compared to INR 31.34 crores, a decline of 7%.”
Saurabh Devendra Singh, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Profit after tax: Rs. 34.24 crores (Q1 FY27)
p. 12
“Profit after tax came in at INR 34.24 crores.”
Saurabh Devendra Singh, page 12 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Train segments booked: 2.44 crore, down 8% (Q1 FY27)
p. 13
“For trains, we booked 2.44 crore train segment, down 8%.”
Saurabh Devendra Singh, page 13 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Train contribution margin: Rs. 52.74 crores, up 29% (Q1 FY27)
p. 13
“Contribution margin rose to INR 52.74 crores, up 29%, with the contribution margin percentage improving from 32% to 37%.”
Saurabh Devendra Singh, page 13 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Flight segments: 0.29 crore, up 4% (Q1 FY27)
p. 13
“In flights, we booked 0.29 crore flight segments, up 4%, with a GTV of Rs. 2,341.84 crores, up 27%.”
Saurabh Devendra Singh, page 13 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Bus passenger segments: 0.89 crores, up 33% (Q1 FY27)
p. 13
“On buses, passenger segments grew 33% to 0.89 crores.”
Saurabh Devendra Singh, page 13 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Bus contribution margin: Rs. 54.22 crores, up 28%, at 53% margin (Q1 FY27)
p. 13
“Contribution margin grew 28% to INR 54.22 crores, at a margin of 53%.”
Saurabh Devendra Singh, page 13 of the filed PDF · View the filing
AbhiBus GDP growth: 39% year-on-year (Q1 FY27)
p. 4
“Our year-on-year GDP growth came in at 39%, much higher than that of the market, and it even exceeded 60% in 17 of the states we operate in, including large markets such as Delhi, Odisha, Uttarakhand, West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh, as well as in several states in the Northeast.”
Aloke Bajpai, page 4 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Monthly active users: 8.5 crore (Q1 FY27)
p. 13
“In terms of operating metrics, monthly active users were 8.5 crore, monthly transacting users were 0.42 crore, with our MTU to MAU ratio up to nearly 5%.”
Saurabh Devendra Singh, page 13 of the filed PDF · View the filing
AI chatbot query resolution rate: 92% (Q1 FY27)
p. 13
“App downloads for the quarter were 3.27 crore, and 92% of our customer queries were solved by the AI chatbot this quarter, up from 88%.”
Saurabh Devendra Singh, page 13 of the filed PDF · View the filing
OTA train market share: 63% (Q1 FY27)
p. 6
“Our share of the OTA train market has increased from approximately 60% a few quarters ago to 63% this quarter.”
Aloke Bajpai, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Food on trains meals: 17 lakh (Q1 FY27)
p. 6
“Food on trains crossed 17 lakh meals during the quarter, touching 20,000 plus on many days.”
Aloke Bajpai, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Hotel heads on beds: 0.5 million (Q1 FY27)
p. 6
“During the 1st Quarter, we put half a million heads on beds across our hotel network.”
Aloke Bajpai, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Hotel partnerships: more than 10,000 hotels across nearly 700 towns
p. 6
“We now have direct partnerships with more than 10,000 hotels across nearly 700 towns, including thousands of independent properties, and we are signing up several thousand more every quarter.”
Aloke Bajpai, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
What management said it would do
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Customer inducement cost as % of GTV — around 4% of GTV
stated as an aspiration by Aloke Bajpai
p. 14
“what I can tell you is that if you look at the overall customer inducement cost that we have, right, which is brand performance and discounts put together, we try to stay in the 4% of the GTV range, right, whenever we can.”
Aloke Bajpai, page 14 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Technology costs as % of revenue — longer-term
stated as an aspiration by Rajnish Kumar
p. 10
“From a longer-term perspective, our objective remains for technology costs as a percentage of revenue to become more efficient year-on-year, although individual quarters may continue to reflect investments in new capabilities.”
Rajnish Kumar, page 10 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Hotels market position — number one discovery and booking platform for India's mid-market and budget hotels · next four to five years
stated as an aspiration by Aloke Bajpai
p. 7
“but over the next four to five years, our ambition is to become the number one discovery and booking platform for India’s mid-market and budget hotels.”
Aloke Bajpai, page 7 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Flight passenger growth — near term
stated conditionally by Aloke Bajpai
p. 5
“We remain cautious about aviation passenger growth in the near term while remaining constructive about the medium-term opportunity.”
Aloke Bajpai, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Aviation capacity restoration — 3rd Quarter
stated conditionally by Aloke Bajpai
p. 5
“Airline commentary also suggests that meaningful capacity restoration may begin only when the festive period starts in the 3rd Quarter.”
Aloke Bajpai, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
SME/corporate travel segment entry — subsequent quarters
stated as an aspiration by Aloke Bajpai
p. 5
“So, we will explore getting into this segment in subsequent quarters.”
Aloke Bajpai, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Peace of Mind hotel products rollout — subsequent quarters this fiscal year
stated firmly by Rajnish Kumar
p. 8
“We are now testing this PMS across select properties and developing Peace of Mind products specifically for the budget hotel category, which will be rolled out over subsequent quarters this fiscal year, and we will talk more about it then.”
Rajnish Kumar, page 8 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Q&A highlights
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Management said brand marketing spend is seasonal and tends to be heavier in Q1, and that the company targets keeping combined brand and discount spend around 4% of GTV, though this can vary by quarter.
Answered by Aloke Bajpai
Asked by Anmol Garg: Is the sharp sequential jump in advertisement spend a one-time item or an ongoing trend, and how should overall margins be viewed going forward?
p. 14
“Is this going to be the new level? No, because there could be quarters where we take it to these levels.”
Aloke Bajpai, page 14 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management attributed the difference to average transaction value composition and said near-term aviation capacity cuts by Air India and Indigo make forward guidance difficult.
Answered by Aloke Bajpai
Asked by Anmol Garg: Given strong flight GTV growth versus weaker volume growth, what is driving the pricing increase, and should Q2 flight segments decline given airline capacity cuts?
p. 16
“Right now, I can tell you that for Air India, we have seen close to 20% cut. Indigo, we have seen like a 10-ish% cut, right.”
Aloke Bajpai, page 16 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said 90% of hotel bookings come from users already registered on the platform, reducing dependence on third-party acquisition funnels.
Answered by Aloke Bajpai
Asked by Pankaj Mahindra: What share of hotel customers come from the existing user funnel versus new acquisition, and how is investment split between hotels and AI?
p. 16
“though I called it out, I will tell you again that 90% of the bookings we are seeing are coming from users who are already registered on our platform, right, which means they were already our users and not people who came and registered for the explicit purpose of buying a hotel.”
Aloke Bajpai, page 16 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management declined to give a specific quantified margin guardrail, saying investment decisions depend on product feedback and conviction rather than a fixed formula.
Answered by Saurabh Devendra Singh
Asked by Pankaj Mahindra: What are the guardrails or benchmarks for operating leverage reinvestment, and can margin decline be quantified for the year?
p. 18
“in case what Rajnish said in case doesn’t seem to be happening, the product which we build is great, we put it out, it is not working that much, you get a much higher margin.”
Saurabh Devendra Singh, page 18 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said the improvement partly reflects cost cuts made during a period of external policy pressure and cautioned against projecting the current contribution margin forward.
Answered by Saurabh Devendra Singh
Asked by Swapnil: Is the improvement in trains take rate and contribution margin due to consolidation or organic performance?
p. 20
“But what we have also done is spend a lot during this time when the external environment has been stabilised. Doesn’t make sense. We have cut costs.”
Saurabh Devendra Singh, page 20 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said future flight growth depends on unpredictable macro factors like average ticket values and airline supply, and declined to project acceleration.
Answered by Saurabh Devendra Singh
Asked by Swapnil: With a weaker base now favorable, should flight growth accelerate?
p. 20
“my growth will be a derivative of where the ATV is and where the supply is.”
Saurabh Devendra Singh, page 20 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said the company has been more disciplined on discounting than competitors this quarter and does not intend to increase discounting significantly in the short term.
Answered by Aloke Bajpai
Asked by Karan Uppal: Has bus discounting increased this quarter given the lower net take rate, and will it revert to prior levels?
p. 21
“But if you look at the discounting levels we have operated at in the last 6-8 quarters, right, we have been range-bound on that. Like we have never really gone crazy on this, nor do we have any intention to in the short term.”
Aloke Bajpai, page 21 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Management said no specific conversion numbers have been disclosed but that products are only released after showing superior performance on metrics like NPS and conversion rate.
Answered by Rajnish Kumar
Asked by Karan Uppal: Can Rajnish share conversion trends for TARA users?
p. 22
“unless we see superior performance in all of those metrics, we don’t release those products.”
Rajnish Kumar, page 22 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Risks flagged
Iran conflict and oil price impact on airfares constraining aviation demand
p. 3
“The Iran conflict affected not just international flights, but also domestic ones through the second-order impact of oil prices on airfares.”
Aloke Bajpai, page 3 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Airline capacity cuts by Air India and Indigo affecting flight segment growth
p. 5
“we do not see this pain easing in the near term given that JAS quarter capacity cuts by both Air India and Indigo have led to a year-on-year decline in overall flown passenger segments in the market.”
Aloke Bajpai, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Policy constraints on train ticketing ecosystem including Tatkal access changes and authentication requirements
p. 6
“Changes to Tatkal access for OTAs last year, lower wait list inventory and additional authentication requirements that were imposed in the last few quarters have constrained the broader online train ticketing ecosystem growth.”
Aloke Bajpai, page 6 of the filed PDF · View the filing
High fare gap discouraging next-billion-user upgrade from trains/buses to flights
p. 5
“When the price gap between a flight and a train or bus journey expands so sharply, these users are more likely to defer or reconsider their upgrade to air travel.”
Aloke Bajpai, page 5 of the filed PDF · View the filing
Uncertainty in aviation capacity recovery timing affecting future quarters
p. 16
“And if the capacity is shrinking at that pace, it could be even depending on how August-September plays out. So, I will not make any forward-looking guesses around it.”
Aloke Bajpai, page 16 of the filed PDF · View the filing
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