Gopal Snacks IPO: The preliminary public providing of namkeen and wafer maker Gopal Snacks Ltd, which opened for public subscription on March 6, noticed a muted response from traders on the primary day. The worth band of the Rs 650-crore IPO has been fastened at Rs 381-401 apiece. Till 6:49 pm on the primary day of bidding, the IPO has obtained simply 0.61 instances subscription garnering bids for 68,94,876 shares as in opposition to 1,13,81,955 shares on supply.
The Gopal Snacks IPO will conclude on March 11.
The retail quota has obtained 0.97 instances subscription, whereas the non-institutional investor (NII) class has been subscribed 0.52 instances.
The allotment of the Gopal Snacks IPO will happen on March 12, whereas its itemizing will happen on each NSE and BSE on March 14, 2024.
Gopal Snacks IPO GMP Today
According to market observers, unlisted shares of Gopal Snacks Ltd are buying and selling Rs 58 larger within the gray market as in contrast with its difficulty worth. The Rs 58 gray market premium or GMP means the gray market is anticipating a 14.46 per cent itemizing achieve from the general public difficulty. The GMP relies on market sentiments and retains altering.
‘Grey market premium’ signifies traders’ readiness to pay greater than the problem worth.
Gopal Snacks IPO: Should You Subscribe?
Assigning the ‘Subscribe-Long Term’ ranking, brokerage Anand Rathi in its IPO notice mentioned, “At the upper price band of Rs 401, GSL is available at a P/E of 45x (FY23 EPS), which appears to be fully priced. Considering its strong topline and bottom line growth, emphasis on improving market presence, vertically integrated manufacturing facilities, lean balance sheet, healthy return ratios and promising industry outlook, we assign a ‘Subscribe’ rating on a medium to long term basis.”
Advising traders to take a position on this IPO with a medium to lengthy-time period perspective, Mastertrust in its notice mentioned, “Gopal Snacks offers a diverse selection of quality products that strive to capture the Indian taste under the ‘Gopal’ brand. The company’s brand recognition allows it to stand out in the competitive market as evident from its market position.”
It mentioned the corporate plans to leverage know-how to additional optimise operations and utilise its unutilised capability and increase manufacturing capability at present services and arrange extra strategically situated facilitiesto launch new merchandise, increase pockets share with shoppers and develop its client base to reinforce model consciousness. “Investors looking to invest can invest in this IPO with a medium to long-term perspective.”
Gopal Snacks IPO Details
Rajkot-based Gopal Snacks’ proposed difficulty is totally a proposal on the market (OFS) of fairness shares by promoters and different present shareholders. The OFS includes the sale of shares by Bipinbhai Vithalbhai Hadvani, Gopal Agriproducts Private Ltd and Harsh Sureshkumar Shah.
Gopal Snacks garnered Rs 194 crore from anchor traders on Tuesday, a day forward of the beginning of its preliminary share sale.
Founded in 1999, Gopal Snacks is a quick-shifting client items firm, providing namkeen, western snacks, and different merchandise throughout India and internationally. As on September 2023, the namkeen makers’ merchandise had been bought in 10 states and a pair of Union Territories and has a community of three depots and 617 distributors.
The firm operates three manufacturing services — Rajkot and Modasa in Gujarat, and Nagpur in Maharashtra. Furthermore, it runs three ancillary manufacturing services that largely produce besan, uncooked snack pellets, seasoning, and spices. These are primarily used internally to make completed merchandise like namkeen, gathiya, and snack pellets. The firms’ income from operations elevated from Rs 1,128.86 crore in fiscal 2021 to Rs 1,394.65 crore in fiscal 2023 and revenue grew from Rs 21.12 crore in fiscal 2021 to Rs 112.37 crore in fiscal 2023.
Half of the problem measurement has been reserved for certified institutional traders, 35 per cent for retail traders and the remaining 15 per cent for non-institutional traders. Investors can place bids ranging from a minimal of 37 fairness shares, with the choice to bid in increments of 37 fairness shares thereafter.
Intensive Fiscal Services, Axis Capital and JM Financial are the e book-working lead managers to the IPO. The fairness shares of the corporate are proposed to be listed on the BSE and NSE.
