CarTrade Tech Shares Jump Over 12% After Q1 Profit Doubles — Strong Growth Across All Segments

CarTrade Tech, a small-cap digital auto platform, reported very strong results for the April–June 2025 quarter (Q1 FY26). The company’s net profit jumped 103% to ₹45.12 crore, compared to ₹22.26 crore in the same quarter last year. This sharp growth came with healthy revenue of ₹173.03 crore, up over 22–27% year-on-year depending on the source.

The company saw broad-based growth across all its business segments—Consumer, Remarketing, and Classifieds. Each area added meaningfully to revenue, showing that the company is not relying on just one stream of income.

Investors responded with excitement. On July 28, 2025, CarTrade Tech’s stock jumped over 12% intraday to touch an all-time high of ₹2,140.50. It later closed at ₹2,065.20—still up nearly 8.8% from the previous day’s close of ₹1,897.70. Other reports showed a 9–13% rally, hitting new 52-week highs, with the surge driven by better-than-expected profits and strong technical trends.

The reasons behind this stock jump are clear. CarTrade’s profit before tax (PBT) grew by 132% to ₹56.91 crore, while EBITDA (a key measure of operating profit) rose 98% to ₹43.51 crore. EBITDA margins—which show how much profit the company makes from operations—also improved significantly, from about 15% last year to 25% now.

Looking at individual segments:

- The Consumer business grew by 32%.

- Remarketing, which involves auctioning used vehicles, grew by 36% and saw margins jump from 14% to 23%.

- The OLX platform brought in 12% more revenue and saw a massive 71% jump in profit.

The company’s management said Q1 is usually a seasonally strong quarter, and they expect further growth as car and vehicle sales pick up in the coming months.

Investor interest is rising. Abhay Agarwal from Piper Serica called CarTrade a "value buy," especially as Indian investors focus more on digital companies that are actually profitable and fairly priced.