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«So, a lot of these models have even made restaurants successful. So, right now, the ordering activity in India and you look at the per order realisation for even Zomato or Swiggy that has been on the rise,» says Devang Mehta, Spark Private Wealth.
Just wanted to get your thoughts in on the kind of valuation that Zomato is currently quoting and we do not know what pricing, etc, is going to be the detail for Swiggy, that is, but just wanted to understand, given that these are the only two players in the market right now, how is it that you would stack up Zomato's valuations?
Devang Mehta: See, honestly, on the valuation front, if you look at both these businesses, they would probably trade at a bit of a, if I can use that word, crazy valuations. Why? Because there will always be a scarcity premium for this type of business and we know that at least Zomato is now that way profitable and, in fact, Blinkit has done very well.
The apprehension that the people earlier had when the IPO of Zomato had come and you saw the seesaw that happened on the stock price, both on the upside as well as on the downside, that was because, yes, India still more or less values companies on profits rather than on revenues.
So, once the operational profit starts to follow and the net profit starts to follow, I think then the valuation actually starts to sort of develop a little more. I think what people have seen is that these models are quite successful. So, a lot of these models have even made restaurants successful. So, right now, the
