Zomato Q3 Results 2025: Food delivery aggregator Zomato Limited has released its December quarter results for the current financial year. The company has seen a decline in net profit from October to December. The company’s net profit declined by 5% to ₹59 crore compared to last year. This was Rs 138 crore in the year-ago period.
At the same time, the company’s revenue in the December quarter was Rs 5,405 crore, which is 64% more than Rs 3,288 crore in the same quarter of the last financial year. Meanwhile, yesterday shares of the company also fell by more than 7% to Rs 230. Zomato shares fell by 9% today after weak quarterly results. Zomato shares are trading at Rs 217 this afternoon with a fall of 9.16%.
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Zomato Q3 Results 2025 Details
On a sequential basis, profit after tax (PAT) declined 66% from Rs 176 crore reported in Q2FY25. Zomato’s gross order value for the food delivery business grew 17% from last year, but only 2% on a quarter-on-quarter basis. Management attributed the slow growth in Food Distribution GOV to a slowdown in broad-based demand.
Revenue from Blinkit, Zomato’s quick commerce business, grew 117% from last year and 21% compared to the September quarter. However, on an EBITDA basis, Blinkit was back in the red, with positive EBITDA at ₹30 crore compared to ₹48 crore in the same quarter last year.
BlinKit’s Profit
Blinkit also reported a net profit of ₹103 crore. According to the company statement, Blinkit will reach the figure of 2,000 stores by December 2025. The business has crossed the mark of 1,000 stores in this quarter.
Zomato got a big blow, shares fell by 7% after Q3 results, know 3 big reasons –
Aggressive expansion of Blinkit stores –
Zomato Q3 Results 2025 net profit fell by 57% to Rs 59 crore. The biggest reason for this is believed to be the rapid expansion of Blinkit. In Zomato’s quick commerce platform Blinkit, the company’s expenses have increased and margins have decreased due to expanding its stores to fulfill the fast incoming orders.
The company said – Blinkit-related losses have increased by Rs 95 crore in the December quarter. Its EBITDA has increased by 14% to Rs 45 crore. Has decreased. The company has also said that this expenditure was already fixed, but due to it happening a little ahead of time, there has been pressure on the company’s margins.
Slow growth in food delivery businesses: The second reason for the share fall is the slow growth in the food delivery business. Zomato’s gross order value (GOV) has increased by 2% compared to the previous quarter, but it is much lower than investors’ expectations.
CEO of Food Delivery Business Ranjan Said on Zomato Q3 Results 2025
Zomato Q3 Results 2025: Rakesh Ranjan, CEO of the company’s food delivery business, said – Our food delivery business is expected to grow by more than 20% annually. But growth is not always the same, right now we are going through a recession, but we expect strength in the long term.
The company also said that – a decline in demand was seen in the second half of November, but the company is confident that soon the company can achieve 20% annual growth in GOV.
Recently, the expenditure on team, market, and technical costs of the district app launched by Zomato also became a major reason for the company’s loss. On this, the company said that – We are likely to work at a loss for the district app in the next year.
Zomato Q3 Results 2025 Table
| Metric | FY25 (October-December) | FY24 (October-December) | Change (%) | FY25 (October-December) | FY25 (July-September) | Change (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operational Revenue | ₹5,405 | ₹3,288 | 64.39% | ₹5,405 | ₹4,799 | 12.63% |
| Other Income | ₹252 | ₹219 | 15.07% | ₹252 | ₹221 | 14.03% |
| Total Income | ₹5,657 | ₹3,507 | 61.31% | ₹5,657 | ₹5,020 | 12.69% |
| Total Expenses | ₹5,533 | ₹3,383 | 63.55% | ₹5,533 | ₹4,783 | 15.68% |
| Net Profit | ₹59 | ₹138 | -57.25% | ₹59 | ₹176 | -66.47% |
Zomato’s Rising Employee Costs
Rising employee costs are the third reason for Zomato’s losses. The company’s employee costs have increased by 21% in the December quarter. The reason for this is the competition to recruit new employees and retain good employees.
Zomato CFO Akshat Goyal said – Our overall employee costs will remain high for the next few quarters. However, by FY26 we are planning to reduce it to 6-8% of adjusted revenue. Hiring of employees has increased due to the introduction of new features like blinkit and district.
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