Q2 FY27 letter: PAT of ₹118 Mn, fourth straight profitable quarter
MobiKwik's Q2 FY27 shareholders' letter shows PAT of ₹118 Mn, its fourth consecutive profitable quarter, against -₹286 Mn a year earlier.
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- PAT
- ₹118 Mn, fourth consecutive profitable quarter, against -₹286 Mn a year earlier
- Revenue
- ₹3,028 Mn (+8% YoY)
- FY27 Guidance
- maintained at PAT of ₹400 Mn and EBITDA of ₹750 Mn
Headline numbers for Q2 FY27 (July-September 2026)
- Revenue: ₹3,028 Mn, up 8% YoY and 5% QoQ
- EBITDA: ₹227 Mn (7.5% margin), a ₹291 Mn YoY swing from -₹64 Mn
- PAT: ₹118 Mn (3.9%), the fourth consecutive profitable quarter and up 55% QoQ
- Contribution Profit: ₹1,439 Mn, at 48% of income
The payments engine
- Platform GMV ₹597 Bn, up 35% YoY, described as the 15th consecutive record quarter
- Merchant GMV ₹133 Bn, up 76% YoY, now 22% of Platform GMV
- UPI GMV ₹247 Bn (up 42% YoY); PPI Wallet GMV ₹124 Bn (up 20% YoY); Recharge and Bill Payments GMV ₹94 Bn
- Payments revenue was flat YoY at ₹2,088 Mn, while Payments Gross Margin rose 884 bps to 38.2%
- Net Payments Margin was 13 bps, within the guided 12–15 bps range
Lending scaled up
- Disbursals ₹10,826 Mn, up 34% YoY and 47% QoQ, crossing the ₹10,000 Mn level the company had indicated
- Financial services revenue ₹869 Mn, up 42% YoY; gross profit ₹571 Mn, up 2.2x YoY
- FS Gross Margin at a record 65.7%; Net FS Margin 5.27% versus 3.17% a year earlier
- Major lending partners now 11; top-3 lender concentration 71%, down from 91% a year ago
- FLDG accounted for 79% of disbursals and distribution 21%
Costs, cash and debt
- Fixed costs ₹1,212 Mn, at 40.0% of income; employee costs rose 59% YoY
- Net (unencumbered) cash ₹3,827 Mn, compared with ₹4,374 Mn as of June 30, 2026
- Total bank cash and balances ₹9,886 Mn; lien-marked fixed deposits ₹2,683 Mn; net worth ₹5,660 Mn
- Short-term working capital facilities ₹3,490 Mn; the company states it carries no long-term loans
- Operating cash flow was -₹261 Mn in H1 FY27, an improvement of about 86% from -₹1,838 Mn in H1 FY26
Guidance and new licences
- FY27 guidance reiterated at PAT of ₹400 Mn and EBITDA of ₹750 Mn; H1 FY27 delivered PAT of ₹195 Mn and EBITDA of ₹385 Mn
- RBI issued the final Certificate of Registration for the NBFC, received on 6 November 2026, with launch expected in the next 3 to 6 months
- UPI MDR of 0.4% on select person-to-merchant UPI transactions above ₹2,000, capped at ₹300 per transaction; implementation was deferred by NPCI to immediately after Diwali, with the structure unchanged; the company estimates at least ₹1,000 Mn of payments revenue from this in FY28
One correction disclosed
- The Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share for the quarter is ₹1.50 per equity share; it had been reflected as ₹0.75 per equity share in the results submitted to the exchanges, described as an inadvertent typo, now corrected and notified, with no impact on the financial position or performance
How to read this as a shareholder
The letter is a management commentary on the quarter rather than a standalone results update. It pairs the profit numbers with segment-level detail on payments volumes and lending disbursals, restates the full-year targets, and adds two forward-looking items: the newly received NBFC registration and the pending UPI MDR framework. The EPS correction is a factual note about a corrected figure.
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More numbers
- PAT for Q2 FY27₹118 Mn
- Total Revenue for Q2 FY27₹3,028 Mn
- EBITDA for Q2 FY27₹227 Mn
- Platform GMV (incl. Zaakpay) Q2 FY27₹597 Bn
- Lending GMV (ZIP EMI Disbursals) Q2 FY27₹10,826 Mn
- Basic and Diluted EPS for the quarter₹1.50 per equity share
- FY27 guidance - full-year PAT₹400 Mn
- UPI MDR rate approved on select P2M transactions0.4%
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