Central Depository Services (India) settled at Rs 260.70 on NSE, a premium of 74.96% over the initial public offer price of Rs 149, on its debut on the bourses today, 30 June 2017.
Meanwhile, the Nifty 50 index rose 16.80 points, or 0.18%, to settle at 9,520.90.
Shares of Central Depository Services (India) (CDSL) debuted at Rs 250 on NSE, a 67.79% premium over its initial public offer (IPO) price of Rs 149 per share. The stock had hit a high of Rs 269.95 and low of Rs 250. On NSE, 5.03 crore shares were traded on the counter.
The initial public offer (IPO) of Central Depository Services (India) (CDSL) had received bids for 422.45 crore shares. The IPO was subscribed 170.16 times. The IPO had opened for bidding on 19 June 2017 and closed on 21 June 2017.
Category wise, the qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) category was subscribed 148.71 times. The non institutional investors (NIIs) category was subscribed 563.03 times. The retail individual investors (RIIs) category was subscribed 23.83 times.
Ahead of the opening of the IPO, CDSL had raised Rs 154.06 crore from anchor investors by selling 1.03 crore shares. The shares were allotted to the anchor investors at Rs 149 per share, the top end of the Rs 145 to Rs 149 per share price band for the initial public offering (IPO).
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Anchor investors included FIL Investments (Mauritius), ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund, HDFC Standard Life Insurance Co., IDFC Equity Fund, DSP BlackRock, SBI Mutual Fund, Tata Mutual Fund, HSBC Indian Equity Mother Fund, Axis Mutual Fund, IIFL Special Opportunities Fund, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, and Goldman Sachs India among others.
Post-IPO, promoter BSE's stake in CDSL reduced to 24% from 50.05%. Shares of CDSL were listed only on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and not on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) as the latter is the promoter of the depository.
Consolidated sales were up 19% to Rs 146 crore and the operating profit margins increased from 52% to 54.4%, resulting in a 24% spurt in operating profit to Rs 79.42 crore in FY 2017. After providing total tax of Rs 29.98 crore, consolidated profit after tax stood at Rs 86.59 crore in FY 2017.
CDSL is the leading securities depository in India by incremental growth of beneficial owner (BO) accounts. However, in terms of market share, the company is the second largest depository in India. The depository commenced in 1999 to provide convenient, dependable and secure depository services at affordable cost to all market participants.
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