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Swiggy reports mixed Q4 results, quick commerce struggles
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- Date
- Company
- Swiggy
- What it does
- Food delivery and quick commerce
- Kind
- Results
What they do
Swiggy runs food delivery and quick commerce through Instamart
What happened
Q4FY26 food delivery grew 22% but quick commerce GOV fell 0.7% quarter on quarter
Why it matters
Instamart added 0.5 million users while rival Blinkit added 3.6 million in the same period
The details
- Swiggy reported its Q4FY26 results with mixed performance across segments.
- Food-delivery gross order value (GOV) grew 22% year on year.
- Adjusted Ebitda margin for food delivery expanded 30 basis points.
- Quick-commerce GOV fell 0.7% quarter on quarter.
- Instamart's contribution margin improved 70 bps to negative 1.8% of GOV.
- CEO Sriharsha Majety said Instamart will not buy growth and aims for contribution margin breakeven by Q1FY27.
- Swiggy's stock price has fallen 40% since September.
The bigger picture
- Swiggy spent Rs 4,200 crore on advertising in FY26, more than rival Eternal's Rs 3,350 crore.
- Losses widened by a third to over Rs 4,000 crore in FY26.
- Instamart's average order value dropped to Rs 700 from Rs 746 in the previous quarter.
- JM Financial valued Instamart at zero in April and suggested Swiggy be taken over.
- Blinkit added 3.6 million monthly transacting users in one quarter, while Swiggy took 15 months to add the same number.
About the business
- Swiggy operates food delivery and quick commerce (Instamart) in India.
- Food delivery and out-of-home segments are Ebitda positive.
- Instamart had 13.3 million monthly transacting users in Q4FY26.
- The company competes with Zomato (Blinkit) and Eternal in quick commerce.
What happens next
- Swiggy maintained guidance of Q1FY27 contribution margin breakeven for quick commerce.
- CEO said Instamart will focus on increasing contribution margin to zero while maintaining growth.
Founders
- Sriharsha Majety, Founder and CEO
- Phani Kishan Addepalli, Founder
- Nandan Reddy, Founder
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