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by sbmthakur 2847 days ago
> Jio was never profitable from start. It won't be profitable anytime soon either.

I don't get this. Jio has been posting profits for a while[1].

1. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/rel...

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Its profit if you completely discount away the debt they have :) Or if you think they started at 0 investment. Or if you thinking on lines of completely discounting their initial capital 'investment' by not calling it Debt.

It is debt nevertheless.

Its like say took like a crore to start a business, and you are making like a profit of 50000 a month. Its profit, but it isn't exactly profit in an absolute sense, given you have to pay back 1 cr.

The thing about companies like Reliance is they can afford to do this. They have debt of $37 billion(https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/cash-rich-...) and they want to raise another $3 billion.

So yes, they post profits. Based on what your definition of profit is.