Bharti Airtel may return to black in Q3, revenue to grow over 15%: Analysts

Management commentary on the timing of tariff hikes and outlook on spectrum investments including renewals will be among the key things to watch in Airtel's results

Bharti Airtel is set to announce its December quarter results of FY21 (Q3FY21) on Wednesday amid expectations of strong earnings in which the telecom operator may return to profit while revenues may grow in mid-teens on a year-on-year (YoY) basis, mainly on account of strong subscriber addition momentum. During the quarter under review, Airtel recorded 6.3 per cent YoY growth in subscribers to 30.1 crore, with data subscribers rising 24.6 per cent YoY to 17.3 crore.

Airtel had reported net sales of Rs 21,947.1 crore and a loss of Rs 1,112.3 crore in the year-ago quarter. In Q2FY21, it had reported