HSBC halves Zomato's $1 billion valuation. Zomato has zero profitable markets, though Info Edge says revenues have doubled
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In the note, concerns have been raised regarding Zomato's ad-heavy business model, its international operations and growing competition in the online food ordering segment, says a Mint report.
"Zomato is present in 23 markets so early on and none is profitable, which implies that to address both the investments in last-mile delivery and losses in international operations, fund-raising will be a continuous phenomenon, suggesting current valuations don't make much sense. We do a discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis and value the business at 50% lower to the $1-billion valuation"
Last year, Zomato’s valuation has jumped to $1 billion after it had secured funding worth $50 million from Info Edge, Sequoia Capital and Vy Capital. Talking of the overall funding that it has raised since its launch in 2008, the figure comes to around $225 million.
Info Edge, which owns a 50.1% stake in the company, has disagreed with HSBC's estimate, with founder and VC
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"We value our investments at cost and Info Edge has not marked down Zomato at all" Bikhchandani added.
"Our ad business in various countries has up to 93% gross margin... We are profitable in eight countries as of today" a Zomato spokesperson told the publication. "We are growing fast and are on course to becoming profitable as a company very soon. Beyond this, we do not want to comment on valuation markdown speculations of third parties."
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