Citi hikes PT on India's Eternal; stock hits record high

Swiggy

09/10/2025 05:34

** Citi Research raises PT on India's Eternal ETEA.NS to 395 rupees from 320 rupees, implying ~16% upside to last close; keeps "buy"

** Shares of Eternal, which owns Zomato and Blinkit, rises as much as 1.5% to a record high of 346.8 rupees

** Citi says Blinkit's growth momentum "remains stellar" on user acquisition focus, continued investment in dark store expansion, adding new cities

** Sees strong rise in app traffic in Q2 for Blinkit, driven by festive season in later part of quarter

** Expects Blinkit's gross order value (GOV) to grow at 140% y/y in Q2 vs 106% for rival Swiggy's SWIG.NS Instamart

** Expects slight improvement in Zomato's food delivery growth on better traffic conversion, increase in investments

** Estimates Zomato's Q2 GOV to grow at 18%

** Eternal, Swiggy rated "buy" on avg, per data compiled by LSEG

** YTD, ETEA up 24%, SWIG down ~21%

 (Reporting by Manvi Pant in Bengaluru)

 ((Manvi.Pant@thomsonreuters.com; +918447554364;))