Paytm shares demonstrated positive momentum on Wednesday, rising 2.02% to ₹1,577.60 as of 09:49 am on August 19, 2026. According to Moneycontrol, the stock is a constituent of the Nifty Midcap 150 index and showed very bullish investor sentiment during the trading session. This recovery comes after the stock had fallen 2.15% to ₹1,546.30 following the recent block trade execution, with the stock having declined for three consecutive sessions after hitting a 56-month high last week. The latest gains are being supported by the Resilient Asset Management block deal, which attracted significant foreign institutional participation.
The block deal attracted significant foreign institutional participation, with Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas, and Societe Generale among the key buyers alongside domestic institutional investors. As per Upstox, these entities acquired a total of 1,92,10,110 equity shares, representing a 3% stake in the Noida-based One97 Communications Ltd. Other foreign investors that participated included Ghisallo Capital Management, Oxbow Capital Management, North Rock Capital Management, Viridian Asset Management, Vittoria Fund-OC (a hedge fund owned by Pathstone Family Office LLC), and Integrated Core Strategies (Asia) Pte Ltd. The shares were picked up at an average price of ₹1,535.10 apiece, taking the combined deal size to ₹2,948.94 crore. Domestic institutional investors also participated, including SBI Mutual Fund, Aditya Birla Sun Life MF, HDFC MF, Kotak Mahindra MF, HSBC MF, Sundaram MF, and Tata MF. Among insurers, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company and Tata AIA Life Insurance Company also purchased shares.
For Q1FY27, Paytm reported robust financial results with consolidated revenue reaching ₹2,448 crore, representing a 27.63% year-on-year increase and 8.13% sequential growth from ₹2,264 crore in Q4FY26. As per Moneycontrol, the company's net profit surged 78.86% year-on-year to ₹220 crore, with EBITDA surging 181.94% YoY and 53.79% QoQ to ₹203 crore. The EBITDA margin expanded to 8% from 4% in Q1 FY26 and 6% in Q4 FY26. The company's Consumer Unified Payments Interface (UPI) Gross Transaction Value (GTV) increased 45% year-on-year to ₹5.9 lakh crore in Q1FY27, growing around 2.2 times the growth recorded by the broader industry. Monthly Transacting Users also increased by 60 lakh to 8 crore, highlighting strong user engagement growth. Speaking during the company's Q1 FY27 post-results analyst call, Founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma said the company's focus on improving the app experience, rather than relying on individual financial products, is driving stronger consumer engagement and attracting younger customers.
Resilient Asset Management, a company wholly owned by Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma, offloaded 1.92 crore shares through block transactions on Tuesday, representing a 3% stake in the company. As per Mint, the transaction was valued at ₹2,949 crore and included a base offering of up to 19.2 million shares. After the share sale, Resilient held 4,61,24,991 shares, or 7.20% stake in Paytm, while promoter Vijay Shekhar Sharma continues to hold 5,78,45,053 shares, or 9.02% stake, and his wife Mridula Sharma holds 7,00,000 shares, or 0.11% stake. The stock has shown strong performance with Paytm shares hitting a 52-week high of ₹1,656 on August 14 after hitting a 52-week low of ₹947.10 on March 30. Year-to-date, the stock has climbed 25% compared to a 9% loss in the equity benchmark Sensex. Over the last 1 year, the stock has gained 29%, while in the last 2 years, it has delivered a multibagger return of 181%.
On Tuesday, Paytm announced that its 26th annual general meeting (AGM) will be held on September 15, 2026, at 9:30 am IST through video conferencing and other audio-visual means. According to Upstox, the company also received disclosures under Regulation 29(2) of SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares & Takeovers) Regulations, 2011, from Elevation Capital V Ltd & PACs and SAIF Partners India IV Ltd on August 6, 2026. The company's efforts to simplify its payments app and invest in artificial intelligence (AI)-led features are helping attract more Gen Z customers, as the company's UPI payments business continued to grow more than double the broader industry for the second consecutive quarter. The company's UPI payments business has gained consumer payments market share for five consecutive quarters while growing more than twice as fast as the overall UPI industry.
