India shares Paytm Losing 24% on its first day of trading, investors questioned the business model of the loss-making digital payments firm while it completed the country’s biggest IPO.
Shares were changing hands at Rs 1,645 in morning trade, with an offer price of Rs 2,150, valuing the Ant Group-backed company at around Rs 1.07 trillion ($14.4 billion).
If it falls to Rs 1,560, it will hit the 20% circuit breaker of the exchange, at which trading will be halted for the day.
Partha Nyati, Founder, Indian trading platform Tradingo said, “Paytm is making losses and there is no sign of turning profit in the near future.”
Paytm, which also counts SoftBank among its backers, raised $2.5 billion in its initial public offering, of which $1.1 billion was from institutional investors. Last week it received bids for the remaining shares worth $2.64 billion, or 1.89 times.
Analysts Macquarie Research A note to customers said Paytm’s business model lacks “focus and direction” and has initiated coverage with an underperform rating. “Achieving scale with profitability is a major challenge,” the note said.
Many market participants saw the stock’s opening decline as a sign that investors had become disillusioned with a string of IPOs recently combined with soaring valuations.
Mumbai-based investment advisor Sandeep Sabharwal said the listing of Paytm could put an end to unpleasant prices in the IPO markets.
Bachelor of Engineering Vijay Shekhar Sharma Established Paytm in 2010 as a platform for mobile recharge. The company grew rapidly after ride-hailing firm Uber listed it as an instant payment option in India, and its use increased in late 2016 when New Delhi’s shock ban on high-denomination currency notes allowed digital payments to take off. promoted.
The success of Paytm has made Sharma, the son of a school teacher, a billionaire with a net worth of $2.4 billion. Forbes, Its IPO has created hundreds of new millionaires in a country where per capita income is less than $2,000.
Shares were changing hands at Rs 1,645 in morning trade, with an offer price of Rs 2,150, valuing the Ant Group-backed company at around Rs 1.07 trillion ($14.4 billion).
If it falls to Rs 1,560, it will hit the 20% circuit breaker of the exchange, at which trading will be halted for the day.
Partha Nyati, Founder, Indian trading platform Tradingo said, “Paytm is making losses and there is no sign of turning profit in the near future.”
Paytm, which also counts SoftBank among its backers, raised $2.5 billion in its initial public offering, of which $1.1 billion was from institutional investors. Last week it received bids for the remaining shares worth $2.64 billion, or 1.89 times.
Analysts Macquarie Research A note to customers said Paytm’s business model lacks “focus and direction” and has initiated coverage with an underperform rating. “Achieving scale with profitability is a major challenge,” the note said.
Many market participants saw the stock’s opening decline as a sign that investors had become disillusioned with a string of IPOs recently combined with soaring valuations.
Mumbai-based investment advisor Sandeep Sabharwal said the listing of Paytm could put an end to unpleasant prices in the IPO markets.
Bachelor of Engineering Vijay Shekhar Sharma Established Paytm in 2010 as a platform for mobile recharge. The company grew rapidly after ride-hailing firm Uber listed it as an instant payment option in India, and its use increased in late 2016 when New Delhi’s shock ban on high-denomination currency notes allowed digital payments to take off. promoted.
The success of Paytm has made Sharma, the son of a school teacher, a billionaire with a net worth of $2.4 billion. Forbes, Its IPO has created hundreds of new millionaires in a country where per capita income is less than $2,000.
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