Shares of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank have plunged 51.14 per cent year-to-date. Retail investors increased stake by 581 basis points in the small finance bank in the first three quarters of calendar 2021. Retail holding in the bank stood at 10.18 per cent in the September quarter, up from 6.71 per cent in the June quarter, 5.77 per cent in the March quarter and 4.37 per cent in the December quarter.
Retail holding in Bliss GVS Pharma jumped 725 basis points to 18.06 per cent from 10.81 per cent in the December quarter. Here also, the buying was seen quarter after quarter, but the stock has lost half its market value.
Strides Pharma Science was another retail 2021 favourite that eroded investor wealth. The stock fell 42 per cent year-to-date, during which it saw retail holding rising 523 basis points to 14.88 per cent.
IOL Chemicals And Pharmaceuticals, Hathway Cable & Datacom, Future Retail and Amara Raja Batteries were the four stocks that have fallen 30-40 per cent year-to-date. Retail holdings in these stocks have gone up 524-911 basis points in the three quarters to September 30, data compiled by database AceEquity said.
Wockhardt, RBL Bank, SpiceJet and Burger King India have fallen 10-20 per cent year-to-date. Retail holding in these stocks was up 6.3-7.8 per cent. Exide Industries, Engineers India, Indiabulls Housing Finance and Infibeam Avenues have fallen up to 10 per cent.
Himadri Speciality Chemical, retail investor’s top BSE500 pick in 2021, has delivered 7 per cent return. Retail stake in this stock jumped 13.62 percentage points to 35.69 per cent from 22.07 per cent in the December quarter. Ircon International also failed to impress with a mere 6 per cent return year-to-date.
Happiest Minds Technologies, Indian Energy Exchange and Indiabulls Real Estate, meanwhile, have been the only three retail bets that more than doubled (114-272 per cent) this year.
