MUMBAI: The covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdown exacerbated the growth slowdown at Info Edge (India) Ltd. Revenue during the March quarter grew 10.3% year-on-year, the slowest in two years.
The stock was down 2.5% in early deals on Thursday. Note that the quarter had about two weeks of the lockdown but already had a telling impact on the company's collections. “For Q4 FY20, pre covid-19 growth was 13%, the lockdown had slowed down the (collections) growth to 0%, leading to a shortfall of collection of ₹40-44 crore (had the business grew at pre covid-19 growth rate for the whole quarter)," Info Edge said in a statement on its recruitment business Naukri (India).