Review By on March 23, 2013
Perhaps the last IPO for Fiscal 2012-13 is from BSE SME Platform that is likely to bid adieu to the primary market. With this the total tally for BSE SME IPOs will be 23 during the first year of SME platform.
Ashapura Intimates Fashion Limited (AIFL) is in the business of designing, trading, job contract manufacturing, branding, marketing and selling of intimate garments such as loungewear, bridal night wear / honeymoon sets, bathrobes and nighties since incorporation. The company expanded its product portfolio by adding other intimate garments such as sportswear, women's innerwear including lingerie. It now plans to foray into a new product category i.e. kids' innerwear having cartoon characters.
AIFL's products such as loungewear, bridal night wear, honeymoon sets and bathrobes under the brands 'Valentine' and 'N-Line' are available through our large network of distributors to our customers in India as well as other countries. Its products such as nighties, maternity feeding nighties and bridal night wear (two pieces) are marketed under the brand called 'Night & Day'. Further in the year of 2011, the company started marketing of sportswear, women's innerwear and lingerie's under the brands 'Valentine Sportswear', 'Valentine Secret Skin' & 'Valentine Pink' respectively by leveraging its existing marketing network.
Now the company proposes to mobilize Rs. 21 crore to set up 10 (ten) Exclusive Brand Outlets, fund branding and marketing set-up, modernizations and investment in group companies along with other general corpus fund. For this it is coming ut with an IPO of 5250000 equity share of Rs. 10 each at a fixed price of Rs. 40 each. The issue opens for subscription on 28.03.2013 and will close on 04.04.13. Minimum application is to be made for 3000 shares and in multiples thereof, thereafter. KJMC Corporate Advisors (India) Ltd is the sole manager to this offer and Link Intime India Pvt. Ltd. is the registrar to the offer. CARE has assigned 'SME Fundamental Grade 4' to this IPO indicating very good fundamentals. Post allotment, the shares will be listed on BSE SME platform. The original face value of Rs. 100 per share was splitted in Rs. 10 in October 10. Between March 2009 to March 2011 it made preferential allotments at a price between Rs. 1000-Rs.2850 per share and In March 2012 it allotted shares at par. It also issued two bonus shares in the ratio of 5 for 1 in March 2012 and 1 for 1 in October 2012.
On company's performance front, for the last three fiscals it posted an average EPS of Rs. 6.7 and NAV as on 31.03.12 is at Rs. 20.68. This will get diluted on post bonus issue. For first half of current fiscal it has earned net profit of Rs. 1.65 crore on a turnover of Rs. 57.47 crore. If we attribute this on annualized basis on the post IPO equity of Rs. 19.47 then the issue is at a P/E of 22 plus which is higher compared to its peers.
On merchant banker's mandate front, perhaps this is the first mandate and there is no past track record. Due to entry barrier and higher pricing, better to skip.
Review By on March 23, 2013
Dilip Davda is a veteran financial journalist associated with the Indian stock market since 1978. He has been contributing to print and electronic media on capital markets, insurance, and finance since 1985.
He is widely recognized for reviewing public issues and non-convertible debentures (NCDs) in the primary market. Drawing on over three decades of market experience and close interaction with merchant bankers, his reviews focus on detailed fundamental and financial analysis of companies, with a special emphasis on SME public issues.
Dilip Davda
SEBI Registered Research Analyst – Mumbai
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Our recommendation for Ashapura Intimates Fashion IPO is to avoid.
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