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4 min read | Updated on February 12, 2025, 18:30 IST
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Ajax Engineering IPO, backed by Kedaara Capital, raised ₹1,269.35 crore with a subscription of 6.44 times on the final day. The retail portion was booked 1.92 times, and institutional investors showed strong interest, with the Qualified Institutional Buyers oversubscribed 14.41 times. The IPO share allotment status will be finalised on February 13.
On the final day, IPO attracted applications for more than 9.11 crore shares against 1.41 crore shares on offer. | Image: Shutterstock
Ajax Engineering IPO share allotment status is expected to be finalised on February 13 following the decent IPO subscription on the final day. Kedaara Capital-backed Ajax Engineering Ltd launched its initial public offering on February 10 to raise ₹1,269.35 crore from the primary market.
On the final day, the public offer attracted applications for more than 9.11 crore shares against 1.41 crore shares on offer, leading to an overall subscription of 6.44 times.
Retail individual investors placed applications for over 1.35 crore shares compared to their quota of 70.35 lakh shares. The retail portion was booked 1.92 times. The Non-Institutional Investors (NIIs) booked their segment 6.46 times with bids for nearly 1.95 crore shares against the allocation of 30.15 lakh shares. The Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs) booked their segment 14.41 times with bids for more than 5.79 crore shares against 40.2 lakh shares on offer.
The company employees booked their quota 2.62 times with bids for over 2 lakh shares against the allocation of 78,947 shares.
Following the successful subscription, the IPO investors are awaiting the finalisation of share allotment. The investors can check the Ajax Engineering IPO share allotment status on the NSE and BSE. The IPO allotment status can also be checked on the website of the issue registrar, Link Intime India.
Ajax Engineering offers a range of construction equipment, services, and solutions across the value chain. It has developed a wide range of products, including self-loading concrete mixers, transit mixers for transportation, batching plants for concrete production, concrete pumps, boom pumps, and self-propelled boom pumps for the placement of concrete, slip-form pavers, and 3D concrete printers for depositing concrete.
The company caters to the needs of various industrial users in the fields of concrete, cement, crushing, construction, and building materials. It offers 141 concrete equipment variations and has a dealer network with 114 touchpoints in 23 states. As the IPO is a complete OFS issue, the proceeds of the issue will go to selling shareholders.
Ajax Engineering reported a profit after tax of ₹101.02 crore for the April-September period of FY 2024-25. Its revenue from operations stood at ₹794.15 crore in the first six months of the current financial year.
The company posted a PAT of ₹225.14 crore for FY 2023-24 compared to ₹135.9 crore in FY 2022-23. Its revenue stood at ₹1,780 crore in FY24 against ₹1172.5 crore in FY23.
KPI | Value |
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Debt to equity ratio | 0.002 |
Return on Capital Employed | 13.84% |
Return on Equity | 10.14% |
P/E Ratio | 31.96 |
PAT Margin | 12.72% |
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