From FD returns to cricket analogy, Twitter reacts to Zerodha’s profit

Amid appreciation, many are highlighting the major chunk of Zerodha’s investments in Fixed Deposits(FD), often advocated as the worst investment tool.

However, Zerodha founder, Nithin Kamath, is often seen encouraging young and new investors to build their safe haven by starting from fixed deposit investments. Months ago, he had also suggested the people to invest in government securities (G-Sec) and Treasury Bill (T-bill), as they would give much better interest rates.  

Abid Hassan, CEO of Sensibull, India’s largest options trading platform, highlighted Zerodha’s approach towards its growth, and called it a complete contrast with many fintech firms which set unrealistic profit targets despite undergoing loss.

“Other Fintechs: We made 1000 Cr losses. But in the next 3 years, we will make 1 Lakh Crore Profit. Also, 77% of India and 95% of the world will use our app

Le Zerodha: We made 2000 Cr profits. But this is luck. Set your expectations realistic, bois. Sab mohmaya hain”, tweeted Abid Hassan.

Another Twitter user compared Zerodha’s success with cricketer Suryakumar Yadav’s ramp shot. Whereas, other fintech firms’ performance was compared with a clean bold shot.

“India’s largest brokerage with all info access has the highest allocation to FDs, advocated as the worst investment. Tells you something” tweeted Aviral Bhatnagar, a Venture Highway investor.

Twitter was divided on Zerodha’s comparison with Tata Consultancy Services due to its high profits. Many applauded the online brokerage firm for generating a high amount of profit with less number of employees. Whereas, some criticised the comparison. 

“TCS has 6 lac employees / 45k cr profits or 7.5L profit /employee. Zerodha has 2k employees / 2K cr profits or 1 cr per employee. Size and efficiency masters.” tweeted Alok Jain, who introduces himself as a SEBI Research analyst.

TCS, one of India’s largest private sector employers, registered a lower-than-expected profit in its Q3 FY23 results. Its profit for the quarter ending in December surged by 11% to ₹10,883 crore. Its consolidated revenue was up by 19.11%.