Fino Payments Bank IPO subscription status: Fino Payments Bank IPO fails to attract investors, subscribed only 65% so far on Day 2

New Delhi: The Rs 1,200 crore IPO of Fino Payments Bank, promoted by Fino Paytech, has failed to garner much interest from investors as it received only 65 per cent subscription so far on Day 2 of the bidding process.

As per the data provided by National Stock Exchange (NSE), investors made bids for 74,69,725 equity shares as of 12.20 pm, against the total issue size of 1,14,64,664 equity shares. The retail portion was subscribed 1.89 times, whereas NII and QIB quota did not see any bids till the time of writing this report.

Since the IPO failed to attract rich investors or institutional bidders, there is no activity in the shares of the company in the grey market. The selling pressure from the secondary markets is also weighing on the sentiments of primary markets. Heavy FII selling is keeping investors at bay.

The issue also garnered mixed responses from brokerages as they weighed the company’s asset-light model and long-term growth prospects against its high valuations, which they see as a key risk for the issue.

Considering the TTM as of June 2021, adjusted BVPS of Rs 54.52 on the post-issue basis, the company is going to list at a Price to book value P/B of 10.58, with a market cap of more than Rs 4,8015 crore, said Marwadi Shares and Finance.

“The company has an asset-light and scalable business model, with operational experience and expertise. It has a unique DTP framework that enables it to serve the target market efficiently,” said the brokerage, giving it a ‘subscribe’ rating.

The three-day stake sale of Fino Payments Bank will run till Tuesday, November 2. The fintech lender, which has no comparable listed peer, turned profitable in the fourth quarter of FY20 and has been consistent since.

The payments bank is eyeing to raise Rs 300 crore via the sale of fresh equity shares, whereas its promoter Fino Paytech will offload 1,56,02,999 equity shares worth Rs 900.29 crore. The price band is fixed in the range of Rs Rs 560-577 per share.

The company has appointed Axis Capital, CLSA India, ICICI Securities and Nomura Financial Advisory and Securities (India) to manage the issue.

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