Hyundai Motor India’s shares fell 2% of their market debut as we speak, after a tepid response from retail traders to the nation’s largest ever preliminary public providing.
The inventory listed at 1,934 rupees on the Nationwide Inventory Change, in comparison with its difficulty worth of 1,960 rupees, and was final buying and selling down 2% at 1,920 rupees at 0431 GMT.
Hyundai is India’s No. 2 carmaker with a 15% market share. Its document $3.3 billion IPO was oversubscribed greater than two-fold final week, led largely by institutional traders, however pricing issues deterred retail participation.
Tuesday’s itemizing in Mumbai is Hyundai Motor’s first such debut exterior its dwelling market of South Korea and comes at a time when India’s fairness markets have risen sharply.
The 2-biggest IPOs previous to Hyundai India – Life Insurance coverage Company and Paytm mother or father One97 communications – each listed at a steep low cost.
Whereas Hyundai’s market valuation is way smaller than Indian market chief Maruti Suzuki’s $48 billion, analysts have expressed issues over the narrower hole when valued by their price-to-earnings ratios.
The problem had valued Hyundai at 26 occasions its fiscal 2024 earnings, not far off the 29 occasions a number of for market chief Maruti.
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