Prudent Corporate is third straight IPO to list at discount, shares dip 10%

Shares of Prudent Corporate Advisory Services, a mutual fund distributor, closed 10 per cent under their challenge value throughout their inventory market debut on Friday.

Prudent Corporate is the third straight IPO to list at a reduction after LIC and Rainbow Children’s Medicare. The weak listings are on the again of a selloff within the secondary market. The benchmark Nifty has crashed as a lot as 8 per cent this month earlier than the newest rebound.

Shares of Prudent Corporate completed at Rs 566.3 in contrast to challenge value of Rs 630 per share. The inventory touched a excessive of Rs 650 and a low of Rs 541 on the NSE, the place Rs 190 crore price of shares modified palms. The firm’s IPO had nearly managed to scrape via with simply 1.2 instances subscription. The IPO was totally a proposal on the market.

Wagner, an affiliate agency of US-based personal fairness TA Associates, offered shares price Rs 527 crore within the IPO. Ahmedabad-based Prudent Corporate is the nation’s main nationwide distributor of mutual fund merchandise among the many non-banking and non-broking gamers. At the final shut, the corporate had a market cap of round Rs 2,350 crore. Its inventory presently trades at 30 instances its annualized earnings for the 12 months FY22.

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