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Bharti Airtel Limited — Q4 FY25
Bharti Airtel delivered a strong Q4 FY25 with consolidated revenue of INR 47,876 crore and India EBITDA margin expanding 140 bps YoY to 50.7%.
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Bharti Airtel delivered a strong Q4 FY25 with consolidated revenue of INR 47,876 crore and India EBITDA margin expanding 140 bps YoY to 50.7%. India mobile ARPU was flat sequentially at INR 245 (INR 248 on equal-day basis), with 5M net customer adds. Broadband added 810K customers, with FWA contributing 40-45% of net adds. Management reiterated the need for tariff repair and restructuring, with CapEx expected to trend lower in FY26 as rural rollout slows. Key growth drivers remain postpaid, broadband convergence, and B2B digital services. Risk: competitive intensity from Vodafone Idea's 5G launch could moderate market share gains.
भारती एयरटेल ने वित्त वर्ष 2025 की चौथी तिमाही में मजबूत प्रदर्शन किया। कंपनी की कुल आय 47,876 करोड़ रुपये रही और भारत में EBITDA मार्जिन (कमाई का अनुपात) 50.7% तक पहुंच गया, जो पिछले साल से 1.4% अधिक है। मोबाइल सेवा पर प्रति ग्राहक औसत आय (ARPU) 245 रुपये रही, जो पिछली तिमाही के बराबर है। कंपनी ने 50 लाख नए मोबाइल ग्राहक जोड़े। ब्रॉडबैंड में 8.1 लाख नए ग्राहक जुड़े, जिनमें 40-45% फिक्स्ड वायरलेस एक्सेस (FWA) से आए। प्रबंधन ने टैरिफ (कीमतों) में सुधार की जरूरत बताई। अगले वित्त वर्ष में खर्च कम होने की उम्मीद है। वोडाफोन आइडिया के 5G लॉन्च से प्रतिस्पर्धा बढ़ सकती है।
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Mobile ARPU
INR 245
Flat QoQ
ARPU flat sequentially; on equal-day basis INR 248. Key drivers remain intact.
Broadband Net Adds
810K
+810K QoQ
Strong broadband customer additions; FWA contributed 40-45% of net adds.
5G Customers
135M
+25M QoQ
5G customer base grew to 135 million; 85% of smartphone shipments are 5G devices.
Payments Bank MTU
96M
+10% QoQ
Monthly transacting users reached 96 million; annualized revenue run rate INR 2,900 crore.
What Changed vs Last Quarter
NEW
FY26 CapEx to be lower than FY25
Management guided that total CapEx will trend downwards in FY26, driven by substantially lower rural rollout and moderation in radio CapEx.
NEW
Broadband home passes to increase to over 2.5 million per quarter
Management aims to step up fiber home pass rollout from current 1.7 million per quarter to over 2.5 million.
NEW
Postpaid net adds expected to step up in coming quarters
Management expects postpaid net adds to increase from current 600K per quarter as tariff repair impact settles.
NEW
Data center capacity to double over next 18 months
Management plans to significantly step up data center capacity, with multiple builds underway and aspirations to increase market share from 12%.
DROPPED
CapEx moderation in FY26
CapEx for FY25 will be lower than FY24, and moderation will continue into FY26, with CapEx/revenue trending down toward global peer levels.
DROPPED
B2B low-margin exit to impact top line but not EBITDA
Exiting commodity voice and messaging business will reduce top line over ~6 months but have negligible EBITDA impact.
DROPPED
Home broadband momentum to improve
Expect continued growth in home broadband via FWA expansion, fiber rollout, and channel expansion to 100,000 points of presence.
DROPPED
Dividend step-up likely
Free cash flow will be used for deleveraging, dividend step-up, and selective bolt-on acquisitions in B2B adjacencies.
NEW RISK
Vodafone Idea 5G launch could slow market share gains
Analyst raised concern that Vodafone Idea's 5G launch and network investments may impact Airtel's postpaid additions and market share trajectory.
NEW RISK
B2B revenue decline from shedding low-margin business
Management acknowledged B2B revenue declined sequentially due to strategy to exit commoditized low-margin businesses, with further shedding expected next quarter.
NEW RISK
DTH business structural headwinds from regulation and free dish
Management highlighted regulatory asymmetry and free Doordarshan dish as headwinds, though subsidies are being removed to improve cash flows.
NEW RISK
Africa currency volatility remains a risk
While Naira stabilized, Africa currency devaluation impacted reported revenues during the year; any reversal could affect consolidated performance.
RISK GONE
B2B EBITDA margin dilution from digital adjacencies
Growth in lower-margin digital services (security, cloud) is diluting B2B EBITDA margins, a trend likely to continue.
RISK GONE
Home broadband competitive gap vs Jio
Despite improvements, Airtel's home broadband adds remain below Jio's; management acknowledges dissatisfaction but expects channel expansion to close gap.
RISK GONE
FWA unit economics uncertainty
FWA CPE costs are higher than fiber CPE, and payback depends on multi-port CPE adoption and network congestion; margin parity with fiber is not guaranteed.
RISK GONE
Regulatory/legal provisions
Bharti Hexacom took an exceptional charge of INR 1.4 billion related to regulatory dues; further provisions cannot be ruled out.
🤫 Topics management stopped discussing
Mentioned in Q2 FY25, Q3 FY24, Q4 FY24
While customer discussions have improved, they have not yet translated into firm orders, posing a risk to B2B revenue growth.
Mentioned in Q1 FY25, Q2 FY25, Q4 FY24
Management expects the full impact of the recent tariff increase to be reflected in the coming quarters, with normalization of customer trends already seen in October.
Mentioned in Q2 FY24, Q4 FY24
Free 5G data weighs on ARPU; management sees no near-term monetization and expects only gradual improvement via tariff repair.
Mentioned in Q1 FY25, Q4 FY24
Reverse auctions for government tenders and PSU contracts continue to exert pricing pressure, though management views it as business as usual.
Mentioned in Q1 FY25, Q4 FY24
Fixed wireless access will be launched on standalone 5G architecture nationally by August/September 2024.
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Management guided that total CapEx will trend downwards in FY26, driven by substantially lower rural rollout and moderation in radio CapEx.
Analyst raised concern that Vodafone Idea's 5G launch and network investments may impact Airtel's postpaid additions and market share trajectory.
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