Uptick in ARPU helps Bharti Airtel trump Reliance Jio in Q3 numbers
The Bharti Airtel stock was up 9 per cent and hit a fresh
all-time high after the company reported a better than expected performance in
the March quarter, led by India's wireless segment. The price hikes that came
into effect in December resulted in a 14 per cent jump in average revenues per
user (ARPU) on a sequential basis. The metric at Rs 154 is the highest in 12
quarters. This helped the company report a 10 per cent uptick in India business
and an 8 per cent increase at the consolidated level. India accounts for
three-fourths of Bharti’s consolidated revenues.
With
wireless subscribers almost at the same level as in Q3FY20, revenue growth for
the India mobile business on a sequential basis was driven entirely by the
increase in ARPUs. Most brokerages had expected a 7-10 per cent sequential
growth in ARPUs. Bharti’s wireless segment operational performance was better
than Reliance Jio according to analysts at IIFL. Read More
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