Results · Commerce & Consumer Brands
Yatra posts record profit, revenue jumps 103%
By Startup Enthusiast ·
- Date
- Company
- Yatra Online
- What it does
- Online travel booking platform
- Kind
- Results
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.