Toh bhaiyo aur behno, Jio Platforms ka jo IPO aane wala hai na, uski valuation ko lekar thoda drama chalu hai. Jab baat $120 billion se $170 billion ki valuation ki ho rahi hai, toh investors ye sawaal pooch rahe hain ki har user se kamai (ARPU) agar Airtel se kam hai toh itni badi valuation kaise justified hai? Yahi hai asli tension!
Dekho, numbers kya kehte hain? Jio ka ARPU FY26 mein ₹214 tha. Thik hai, thoda upar hai, but Bharti Airtel ka Q3 FY26 mein ₹259 tha, aur woh log toh ₹300 target kar rahe hain. Vodafone Idea toh ₹186 pe hai. Revenue ke maamle mein bhi, Airtel ka India revenue Q3 FY26 mein ₹39,226 crore tha, jo Jio ke ₹37,262 crore se zyada hai, bhale hi Jio ke subscribers March 2026 tak 524 million se zyada hain. Lagta hai Airtel high-value customers pe zyada focus kar raha hai.
Jio wale full confidence mein hain. Unke Head of Strategy Anshuman Thakur bol rahe hain ki 4-5% saalana ARPU growth pakka hai. Kaise? Zyada data use, better plans pe upgrade, aur digital services ka badhta usage. Aur haan, unke paas 268 million 5G users hain, jo total wireless traffic ka 55% hai. 5G fixed wireless access aur digital services se future mein aur kamaane ka plan hai.
Ab market ki tension kya hai? Woh ARPU ka constant gap aur company dwara price hikes mein deri. Kuch analysts ko lagta hai ki Jio ka IPO filing hone ke baad, matlab July 2026 ke aas-paas, market mein koi price hike ho sakti hai. Jab RIL (Jio ki parent company) April 28, 2026 ko trade ho rahi thi, toh ₹1,389 ke aas-paas thi, market cap ₹18.5 trillion thi.
Is IPO mein kuch risks bhi hain. Agar Jio apni organic growth strategy se ARPU ka gap nahi bhar paaya, ya competitors ne price wars shuru kar di, toh investors ka interest kam ho jayega. Aur haan, global events bhi 2026 mein IPO conditions ko affect kar sakte hain. Lekin zyadatar analysts abhi bhi positive hain. Unko lagta hai ye IPO Reliance Industries ke liye ek bada value creation event hoga. Woh expect karte hain ki IPO ke baad Jio prices badha sakta hai, possibly by July 2026, taaki per-user earning badh sake.
