Bajaj Housing Finance shares made a spectacular debut on the bourses on Monday, listing at 114 per cent premium and closing with a gain of 135.7 per cent to its issue price of ₹70 on the BSE.
The shares opened for trading at ₹150 apiece and closed at ₹164.99.
The housing finance company raised ₹6,560-crore via an IPO, comprising net public issue of ₹4,802 crore and anchor investor portion of ₹1,758 crore.
The IPO got an overwhelming response, receiving 88.94 lakh applications from investors, aggregating ₹3.24 lakh crore at the upper end of the price band (₹66-70).
Prashanth Tapse, Senior VP (Research), Mehta Equities, said as expected, the Bajaj Housing Finance IPO debuted, more than doubling allottees’ wealth on the listing day.
He opined that considering the the company’s strong parentage along with its solid position in the housing finance space, with ₹97,071-crore AUM, it is well-positioned to deliver impressive growth in future, its historical CAGR growth of 30.9 per cent in AUM from FY22-24.
“We believe housing as a sector will continue to deliver and perform well in the next three-four years and Bajaj Housing can tap the opportunity to lead the sector,” Tapse said.