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4 min read | Updated on March 20, 2025, 08:15 IST
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Divine Hira Jewellers IPO allotment is expected on Thursday, March 20. The SME IPO closed with strong demand, oversubscribing 4 times, with retail investors’ portion booked 6.62 times as of 5 pm on Day 3.
Divine Hire Jewellers has proposed to utilise net proceeds from the IPO to mainly fund working capital requirements and for repayment of loans. | Image: Pixabay
Divine Hira Jewellers IPO allotment status is expected to be finalised on Thursday, March 20. The NSE SME issue closed for bidding on Wednesday, March 19.
The initial share sale closed with decent demand, as the issue was booked nearly 4 times on the final day of bidding. The IPO attracted bids for more than 1.33 crore shares against 33.6 lakh shares on offer.
The retail investors’ portion was the most subscribed at 6.62 times, with bids for over 1.11 crore shares, compared to 16.8 lakh shares on offer. Meanwhile, the non-institutional investors’ (NIIs) segment was bought 1.27 times, with bids for 21.34 lakh shares compared to 16.8 lakh shares reserved for the category. In the Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs) category the IPO received applications for only 56,000 shares.
Investors who have placed bids for the Divine Hira Jewellers IPO will now be awaiting the finalisation of the share allotment process. Investors can check the status online on Thursday on the website of either the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) or the IPO registrar Bigshare Services Pvt. Ltd.
Established in 2022, Divine Hira Jewellers Ltd specialises in designing and marketing premium 22 Karat gold jewellery. The company is based in the Zaveri Bazar area in Mumbai and caters to wholesalers, showrooms, and retailers.
The company does not have its own manufacturing facility, but claims to have established strong relationships with skilled artisans. These craftsmen, in collaboration with the company’s in-house designers, produce a variety of handcrafted jewellery.
Products include necklaces, mangalsutras, chains, malas, rings, pendants, bracelets, bangles, kadas, coins and wedding jewellery. The company is also a wholesaler of silver articles, bullions and coins in Mumbai.
Divine Hire Jewellers has proposed to utilise net proceeds from the IPO to mainly fund working capital requirements and for repayment of loans.
In its red herring prospectus, the company said that it planned to use ₹19 crore for funding working capital requirements, ₹3 crore for prepayment or repayment of all or a portion of certain loans availed by the company and ₹6.2 crore for general corporate purposes.
In the first six months of FY 2024-25 ended September 2024, Divine Hira Jewellers reported revenue of ₹136.03 crore, while profit after tax (PAT) for the period stood at ₹2.5 crore.
In FY 2023-24, revenue stood at ₹183.41 crore compared to ₹246.45 in the previous financial year (FY23). However, PAT increased to ₹1.48 crore in FY24 compared to ₹91 lakh in FY23.
KPI | Values* |
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Return on Equity (RoE) | 16.36% |
Return on capital employed (RoCE) | 13.54% |
Debt/Equity ratio | 1.9 |
Return on Net Worth (RoNW) | 16.36% |
PAT margin | 0.81% |
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