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Yatra posts record profit, revenue jumps 103%

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Yatra Online
What it does
Online travel booking platform
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Results
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Commerce & Consumer Brands

What they do

Yatra is an online travel agency that books flights, hotels and packages

What happened

It reported a net profit of Rs 15.2 crore in Q4 FY25, up 173% from a year ago

Why it matters

The company shifted focus to high-value corporate travel, which now makes up 65% of bookings

The details

  • Yatra reported a net profit of Rs 15.2 crore in Q4 FY25, up 173% from Rs 5.6 crore in Q4 FY24.
  • Revenue from operations in Q4 FY25 was Rs 219 crore, up 103% from Rs 107.7 crore a year ago.
  • For the full year FY25, consolidated revenue stood at Rs 791.4 crore, up 87% from Rs 422 crore in FY24.
  • FY25 net profit was Rs 36.5 crore, compared to a loss of Rs 4.5 crore in FY24.
  • Total expenses in FY25 were Rs 788 crore, up 75% year-on-year.
  • Service costs made up 51% of Q4 expenditure at Rs 110 crore; employee benefits were Rs 39 crore.
  • Air ticketing revenue rose 7% despite a 24% drop in volume, thanks to higher-value bookings.
  • Hotels and packages revenue grew 35% even as volume fell 1.7%.

The bigger picture

  • Yatra deliberately shifted from low-value B2C bookings to high-value corporate travel, which now accounts for 65% of gross bookings.
  • Corporate travel realisation is 1.5 times higher than B2C, boosting margins.
  • The company added 35 new corporate clients in Q4, contributing Rs 140 crore in expected annual business.
  • Customer acquisition cost improved to 2.8% in Q4 FY25 from 4.7% in FY24, helped by cross-selling personal travel to existing corporate customers.

About the business

  • Yatra is an online travel agency that books flights, hotels, holiday packages and corporate travel.
  • It holds 9% market share among 13,000 companies in the managed corporate travel space.
  • Its SaaS platform enables 70% of total customer transactions.
  • Yatra is developing co-branded travel and expense cards with banks, aiming to replace corporate purchase cards.
  • It began monetising its expense management solution RECAP and is exploring a freemium model.
  • The company acquired Globe Travels in September 2024 for Rs 128 crore, which now contributes 10% of gross margin.
  • Yatra ruled out adding Airbnb properties, citing higher demand for guest houses in the corporate sector.

What happens next

  • Yatra aims to transition corporate customers from business purchase cards to its own credit card platform.
  • It plans to expand co-branded card partnerships with banks for the corporate segment.
  • The company is exploring a freemium model for its expense management solution RECAP.

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