Home IPO dharmaj crop guard: Dharmaj Crop Guard IPO subscribed over 3x so far on Day 2

dharmaj crop guard: Dharmaj Crop Guard IPO subscribed over 3x so far on Day 2

by Chris Williams
New Delhi: The Rs 251 crore-initial public offering of Dharmaj Crop Guard continued to receive a strong response from the investors during the second day of bidding. The issue was subscribed 1.41 times on Day 1.

The company is selling its shares in the range of Rs 216-237 apiece between November 28-30, with a lot size of 60 equity shares. The issue comprises fresh equity shares worth Rs 216 and offer-for-sale (OFS) of Rs 35.15 crore.

According to the data from BSE, the investors made bids for 2,46,13,860 equity shares or 3.06 times compared to the 80,12,990 equity shares offered for the subscription by 12.15 pm on Tuesday, November 29.

The quota for retailers was subscribed 4.54 times, whereas the employees portion was booked 2.21 times. Portion for non-institutional investors fetched 3.29 times bids, and the portion for qualified institutional bidders was booked 36%.

Incorporated in 2015, Dharmaj Crop Guard is an agrochemical company, which is engaged in the business of manufacturing, distributing, and marketing a wide range of agrochemical formulations.

At the upper price band of Rs 237, Dharmaj Crop Guard is valued at a P/E multiple of 27.9x its FY22 earnings and post issue market capitalisation of Rs 801 crores, said

Securities.

“The company plans to enhance its manufacturing capabilities through backward integration and expand its product portfolio. The issue is fairly priced,” it added with a subscribe recommendation for the issue.

Qualified institutional investors will get 50% of the net issue, whereas non-institutional players will be allocated with 15% of the offer. Remaining 35% portion has been fixed for retail bidders.

The company has a strong R&D and distribution network across India. It has delivered revenue, EBITDA and profit after tax growth of 41.02%, 57.68% and 63.30% CAGR (FY20-FY22) respectively, said

Securities.

In addition, the government initiatives and various schemes augur better growth potential to the agriculture sector, it added with a recommendation of ‘subscribe for listing as well as long-term gains’ to the issue.

Elara Capital and

are the book running lead managers to the issue, whereas Link Intime India has been appointed as the registrar to the issue.

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