Lenskart shares fall 5% amid reports of block deal by Alpha Wave Ventures; here’s what we know

Lenskart Solutions shares slipped as much as 5% to ₹643.75 apiece in the early trade on Monday, October 12, after a CNBC-TV18 report said that Alpha Wave Ventures LP was looking to sell a stake in the eyewear retailer through a block deal.

According to the report, the proposed transaction involves the sale of up to a 1.6% stake, valued at around ₹966 crore, with an additional option to sell another 0.7% stake worth ₹725 crore. The report put the total potential deal size at ₹1,691 crore, with a floor price of ₹640 per share.

No official confirmation regarding the reported block deal was available from the company at the time of writing this report.

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In September 2026, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) pared its stake in Lenskart Solutions, selling shares worth ₹2,390 crore through an open-market transaction.

ADIA, through its affiliate Platinum Jasmine A 2018 Trust, sold 3.5 crore shares, representing a 2.01% stake in the Gurugram-based eyewear retailer, according to bulk deal data on the National Stock Exchange (NSE). The shares were sold at an average price of ₹683.02 apiece, taking the total transaction value to ₹2,390.57 crore.

Following the sale, ADIA’s stake in Lenskart declined to 7.76% from 9.77%, although it remained the company’s second-largest public shareholder after SoftBank.

The transaction follows a series of stake sales by existing investors in the company. In June 2026, Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group sold a 3.25% stake in Lenskart Solutions for ₹2,873 crore.

Lenskart Q1 FY27 earnings

Lenskart posted a multifold surge in consolidated net profit in the April-June period to ₹221.84 crore.

The company had reported a net profit (attributable to owners of the holding company) of $60.08 in the year-ago period.

Lenskart's revenue from operations grew 43.3% to ₹2,714.18 crore in Q1 FY26, compared to ₹1,894.46 crore in Q1 FY26.

Revenue from the India segment grew 30.7% to $1,531 crore, while international revenue rose 38% to ₹1,203 crore.

Seen sequentially, the company's profit and revenue rose 10.7% and 7.9%, respectively.

The company added 132 net new stores during the quarter, bringing its total active store count to 3,459.

Lenskart conducted 70 lakh (0.7 crore) eye tests during the quarter, a 39.8% increase over the previous year.

The company's board approved increasing the equity stake in its Chinese frame-manufacturing joint venture, Baofeng Framekart Technology Ltd, from 51% to 70%. The acquisition of the additional stake is valued at around RMB 7.5 million (about ₹10.6 crore).

The company also announced the incorporation of "OWNDAYS Korea" in South Korea and "Wenzhou Framekart Trade Co., Ltd" in China as step-down subsidiaries.