
Paytm Share Price: Global brokerage firm Macquarie published a note regarding PhonePe’s IPO, which had a positive impact on Paytm shares. Its shares have risen today for the second consecutive trading day on this note. Shares of Paytm’s parent company One97 Communications jumped more than 2%. Some investors took advantage of this rise due to which the price softened but due to buying at lower levels it is still in a very strong position. Currently on BSE it is at ₹1192.05 with a jump of 1.85%. It jumped 2.24% to reach ₹1196.65 intra-day. It had closed with a gain of more than 4% a trading day earlier.
What does Macquarie have to say about PhonePe IPO?
Macquarie has published a note regarding ‘PhonePe IPO in focus, but can Paytm re-rate’ i.e. PhonePe IPO is in trend but can Paytm be re-rated. The brokerage firm believes that the proposed IPO of PhonePe may lead to re-rating of Paytm in the near term. PhonePe has filed the draft of its IPO and according to reports its valuation is around $1500 crore. The sale of about 10% to existing shareholders could raise around $150 crore.
What is the connection with Paytm?
Based on the final deal with General Atlantic in September 2025, the estimated valuation of PhonePe is between $1300-$1500 crore, which is about 60-90% more than Paytm’s current market cap. This is the situation when PhonePe is still in negative at the operating level, while Paytm has become positive. At a valuation of $1300-$1500 crore, Macquarie estimates PhonePe to trade at 37-43x 1H1 adjusted revenues, while Paytm trades at around 19x.
The brokerage firm says that financial services distribution business like loans, mutual funds and insurance has expanded rapidly and its revenue share in the first half of this financial year 2026 was 13% which was only 4% in the financial year 2024. PhonePe’s further foray in this segment could have an impact on Paytm, which currently gets one-third of its revenue from distribution.
PhonePe is among the largest fintech platforms in the country with more than 45% market share in UPI transactions. As of September 2025, it had more than 65.7 crore registered users and 4.7 crore merchants. Its share in the UPI market by value was around 49-51%, which is more than competitors like Google Pay and Paytm.
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